we ain't got no place to go

it occurred to me today that i couldn't remember the last show i went to. i actually took time to sit and think about it. besides the occasional sketchy fishtown house show... i'm talking, went to a venue, and possibly even (horror) paid money for a ticket. finally i remembered that it was tom gabel... at the knit... which closed two months ago.

what the fuck? i remember when seeing two shows a week was considered slow. is it the end of winter slump? dec-march always sucks for shows. is it the economy? i was on south street last weekend and the marquee at the tla said the next show wasn't for a week and it had been a few days since the last one. or am i just that lame now? or... is the 'scene' really just over? maybe not even over, but so small now that it's naturally just months between shows? the only show i even have planned is a month away, and then another almost full month until new found.  

i'm in withdrawl. i miss sundays at the pontiac and what seemed like weekly trips to the troc.  what is the solution for this??