Posted
by April Fleming
July 15, 2007 at 3:38 p.m.
Summer To Do List
WEAR BUG REPELLENT! Even if you're just going to hang out on your friend's porch for a few hours after the bars close - if you don't you will be massacred by an army of chiggers. The next day when you wake up you will be be itchy to total distraction. It's nearly all you will think about, and Cortizone won't help and it's most of all it's just plain gross. 
Last MondayGross itchy gross gross gross gross gross gross gross gross gross gross gross gross itchy itchy gross gross gross gross gross gross gross gross gross gross gross gross itchy gross.Listen to some podcasts! Some awesome recent additions to my library include [Radiolab.org][1] (highly recommended recently by Ira Glass of NPR's[This American Life][2]), [SModcast][3] (filmmaker Kevin Smith and his producer friend Scott Mosier chat at hilarious length about anything - movies, sex, dogs, high school, etc.), and [Dan Carlin's Hardcore History][4] (history nut on Churchill, the Plague, ancient cultures and modern warfare).Go see some music! After what was seemingly a slow start to the summer, a look at the schedule for the next 6 weeks indicates some difficult decisions will have to be made (8/3-8/4?)... 7/15 Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (Jackpot) 7/18 Havok on Polaris / The Rich Boys (Jackpot) 7/20 Radio Moscow / [Black Christmas][5] (Jackpot) 7/21 [Appleseed Cast / The Life and Times][6] (Jackpot) 7/21 Tilly and the Wall / [Fourth of July][7] (Granada) 7/22 Don Caballero / Sentient (Record Bar) 7/23 Dandi Wind / Coat Party (Record Bar) 7/27 [The Pomonas][8] / [Approach][9] (Jackpot) 7/29 Bears / American Catastrophe (Record Bar) 8/1 Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Granada) 8/1 The Veils (Replay) 8/2 The Polyphonic Spree (Crossroads) 8/2 Snow Patrol (Memorial Hall) 8/3 Modest Mouse / Band of Horses (City Market) 8/3 Marc Broussard (Voodoo Lounge) 8/3 [Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk][10] / Darling at Sea (Replay) 8/3[The Belles][11] / [Danny Pound Band][12] (Record Bar) 8/4 Reverent Horton Heat / Murder by Death (Crossroads) 8/4 [Ghosty][13] / [Republic Tigers][14] / [Fourth of July][7] (Record Bar) 8/4 Sea Wolf (Gaslight) 8/6 The Willowz (Jackpot) 8/9 Rufus Wainwright / Neko Case (Voodoo Lounge) 8/14 [Boo and Boo Too][15] / Bears (Jackpot) 8/17-8/18 North vs. South 8/17 [Namelessnumberheadman][16] / [Archetype][17] 8/21 Corpse Show Creepies / [The Spook Lights][18] 8/24 Avett Brothers / Will Hoge (Crossroads) 8/25 [Coalesce][19] / [This is My Condition][20] 8/25 Detroit Cobras (Record Bar) 8/26 Meat Puppets (Record Bar) 8/27 Magnolia Electric Co. / Thousand Arrows (Grand Emporium) 
Serious about the repellent. [1]: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/ [2]: http://www.thislife.org/ [3]: http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/?p=4682 [4]: http://www.dancarlin.com/ [5]: http://www.lawrence.com/bands/black_christmas/ [6]: http://www.lawrence.com/bands/the_appleseed_cast/ [7]: http://www.lawrence.com/bands/fourth_of_july/ [8]: http://www.lawrence.com/bands/the_pomonas/ [9]: http://www.lawrence.com/bands/approach/ [10]: http://www.lawrence.com/bands/baby_birds_dont_drink_milk/ [11]: http://www.lawrence.com/bands/the_belles/ [12]: http://www.lawrence.com/bands/the_danny_pound_band/ [13]: http://www.lawrence.com/bands/ghosty/ [14]: http://www.lawrence.com/bands/republic_tigers/ [15]: http://www.lawrence.com/bands/boo_and_boo_too/ [16]: http://www.lawrence.com/bands/namelessnumberheadman/ [17]: http://www.lawrence.com/bands/archetype/ [18]: http://www.lawrence.com/bands/the_spook_lights/ [19]: http://www.lawrence.com/bands/coalesce/ [20]: http://www.lawrence.com/bands/this_is_my_condition/
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gaiapapaya (anonymous) says…
Having suffered nearly 100 chigger bites at a solstice party, I'd suggest tea tree oil, benedryl clear anti-itch goop, and a salt bath/scrub. An oatmeal sock in the bath was nice, too.
And yes, I was fully clothed and only there for an hour. I feel like chiggers are only on this earth for population control due to secondary infections from scratching the hell out of all those bites.
godjilla (Jill Ensley) says…
I carry tiger balm with me at all times.
At least, I think it's tiger balm. I got it in China, so it may be....something else.
Stinky tiger cheese maybe.
agrabass (anonymous) says…
I can never be missed at a party during these sultry summer days. I am the only one there with black galoshes (sp) on...ya know rubber rain boots. My great friend who is as prone to the chigger as I am introduced me to this fashion statement and even chiggers are embarassed to be seen with us.
If the bites do happen soak your feet/ankles in the following:
2:1 apple cidar vinegar and witch hazel
Before you soak dot each bite with tea tree oil.
It's a crazy smell, but it works. It cuts the "Oh my god I am going to itch my feet 'til I puke, cry, or loose my epidermis layer" in half!
I actually keep a jug in the fridge premixed. Its a cocktail for the scrars of summer.
agrabass (anonymous) says…
Also....
8/3 Marc Broussard @ Voodoo is where I will be.