• "State data shows the number of children who have died as a result of abuse and neglect dropped from the previous year." [Bluegrass Politics]

I attended Forecastle Festival this past Saturday at Louisville's Waterfront Park. My husband and I originally went to see CAKE and then we had planned on leaving the park to go back home and feed our dogs and then return for Smashing Pumpkins. However, to our dismay, there was not reentry for people who had one-day passes. Therefore, our plan to get a cheap dinner and chug as much water as possible at home was dead. If we wanted to see Smashing Pumpkins we were forced to stay, spend all our money, and use port-a-johns.

As the weekend came to a sobering and screeching halt, so did the close of Forecastle, and as I was exiting the gates with the close of the Flaming Lips show I was completely drained.  Two days of drinking in the sun, surfing through the crowds of thousands of attendees, and neglecting your normal sleeping patterns will often do that to you. Sometimes the break from normality, the break from reality, and an out the window take on life is needed.  Sometimes it's praised, but when it's over, what have you gained from it?

Seattle-based indie rock band Minus the Bear got the evening started on the last day of Forecastle Festival on the Main Stage. I wasn't that familiar with the band before this show, but after a few technical issues were cleared up, and I finished getting pictures from the stage, I was able to sit down and listen to a few songs.