So I "bought" the new Radiohead CD "in rainbows". As many of you know Radiohead tried something new with this one...they released it themselves with no label simply through thier website...but here is the weird part---they let you pick your price, and anything goes.
Well I decided about 2 weeks before it came out that I was going to pay 5 bucks. Thats reasonable right? I mean i was mainly just supporting the method of distribution so that in the future more bands can do that too.
So I logged onto thier site and added it to my cart. How much do you want to pay? IN EUROS. so i googled conversion and figured if i paid 4 euros that was about what I wanted to pay, updated my order, and added it to the cart. Then i go to check out and it takes forever. finally i get to the checkout screen to enter my information and they have decided for me that I'm paying NOTHING. fine, i'm not complaining. I tried to be good and pay, but they just wont let me. oh well.
The CD is pretty good though. really interesting as usual, and very good for certain moods.
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Friday, October 12, 2007
Friday, September 28, 2007
Go away James Blunt
While we were in hawaii leslie and i would be driving around trying our hardest to find a radio station with partially decent music. We found one mostly listenable station at 99.5 where every half hour they'd give the news update entitled "Maui Nowi". It made us chuckle every time.
This was the only station it seemed on the entire island that didnt play local music or JC music...or even local JC music.
What this station did play between decent songs was endless amounts of Daughtry and lincoln park.
This is what i picture every time i hear that f'ing daughtry song:
No joke. Those guys did karaoke to it EVERY night in new orleans.
Anyway at one point leslie pointed out that these guys play lincoln park "like its thier job" to which i responded....um, they are dj's it IS thier job.
Early on in the trip we thought we were safe when this "retro" song came on the radio. It was terrible but we made it through. honestly we were happy to hear a change of pace, plus we figured we'd never hear it again. Well the next time we got in the car we heard it again. Thats weird. So i pulled out my trusty cell phone and ran the music ID program which is when we found out the terrible news...this was James Blunt singing 1973. TERRIBLE SONG. It seems that every time we got in the car they played it. It is played in Maui nearly as much as hey delilah is played in DC (which i've heard a record 4 times in one hour)
Anyway, i hope to never hear another james blunt song again.
This was the only station it seemed on the entire island that didnt play local music or JC music...or even local JC music.
What this station did play between decent songs was endless amounts of Daughtry and lincoln park.
This is what i picture every time i hear that f'ing daughtry song:
No joke. Those guys did karaoke to it EVERY night in new orleans.
Anyway at one point leslie pointed out that these guys play lincoln park "like its thier job" to which i responded....um, they are dj's it IS thier job.
Early on in the trip we thought we were safe when this "retro" song came on the radio. It was terrible but we made it through. honestly we were happy to hear a change of pace, plus we figured we'd never hear it again. Well the next time we got in the car we heard it again. Thats weird. So i pulled out my trusty cell phone and ran the music ID program which is when we found out the terrible news...this was James Blunt singing 1973. TERRIBLE SONG. It seems that every time we got in the car they played it. It is played in Maui nearly as much as hey delilah is played in DC (which i've heard a record 4 times in one hour)
Anyway, i hope to never hear another james blunt song again.
Friday, June 8, 2007
Air Guitar Rocks Part II
Rachel "Air Kisses" Safran
Also I have now bought Bjorn Turoque (get it....born to rock)'s book called "To Air is Human". Also I am eagerly awaiting the movie "air guitar nation" which is currently in theaters...but only in arizona...looks like i'll wait till its on dvd.
also here is a picture i found on flickr from the show. Check out those gold bike pants, check out that fanny pack, check out the awesomeness.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Adult website propositions, endless drummers, and a general good time
(this is long, but stick with it, its totally worth it with both stories)
So I had almost made it to the end of friday night without anything totally ridiculous happening---when I went to the bar to buy another beer. This guy two over from me leans around to take a picture of my ass. I figure ok, dont make a scene, your underwear (for once) isnt showing, and he wont get your face in it too so whats the harm. He takes the picture then walks around to talk to me, he shows me the picture, then shows me he deletes it because he tells me he can take better of me. Ummmm ok.....He's got me hooked, i'm totally interested to see what he's going to say next. "I run an adult website" he says "you are probably already myspace friends with us". WHAT? yeah, i made the bartender give me a pen at this time to write down his site...pickle pimpin productions at myspace.... At this point a friend I'd made earlier in the night realizes i'm a little weirded out and comes over and puts his arm around me. The adult site guy says "oh, I dont do couple stuff, just you"...I excuse myself to go to the bathroom. Later in the night as I'm closing my tab and Tristan is waiting for me he corners tristan and starts telling her that he thinks he's freaked me out...REALLY? what gave you that idea? i have adult site guys approach me all the time! wtf!
Sat I had lunch with some fairly new found cousins in rockville, that was fun.
Sat night Leslie and I drove to Baltimore to see Brand New at the Ram's Head Tavern. We went with this chick, Tara, who evidently books all acts for all ram's head's and She got us into the sold out show vip style...open bar and everything.
I had been talking about going to this show for months, but It wasn't until a couple days before that Leslie got on the same page as me, and once the show began she was very glad she made that decision.
The opening band--Kevin Divine--was amusing, they had 7 drummers and 5 stringed instrument people, and then random other people standing around stage doing random things like tambourine, or checking cell phone. leslie leaned over to me and said "well they've really set the bar high, I dont know if I can ever be impressed with a band that has less than 7 drummers"
Brand New came out, I have seen them twice before and the last time I saw them I wasnt impressed. This time was a totally different story, they were hands down the best I've ever seen them (i'll probably add a fuller blog to my myspace page later on). They were great...except one thing...they only had one drummer. Well towards the end of the show one of the drummers from the previous band came out to join him on the already set up second full drum set. We were mildly impressed. Then it was time for the Encour. Every drummer in the baltimore area suddenly appeared on stage carrying random parts of drum sets onto the stage. I lost count at 14 drummers! All the while there were still 5 stringed instruments, and one tambourine player. This was pure CHAOS. it sounded awesome. Then people started doing running jumps into the various drum sets. The stringed men walked off stage. The drummed men left. one man was still on stage, he took appart the synthesizer so he could take one of the two previously attached keyboards with him to continue playing as he left the stage. The show was now over and my mind was blown. THIS SHOW WAS AWESOME
Sunday Ended at Irish times to watch the last Redsox Yankees game of the series---SWEPT EM!
So I had almost made it to the end of friday night without anything totally ridiculous happening---when I went to the bar to buy another beer. This guy two over from me leans around to take a picture of my ass. I figure ok, dont make a scene, your underwear (for once) isnt showing, and he wont get your face in it too so whats the harm. He takes the picture then walks around to talk to me, he shows me the picture, then shows me he deletes it because he tells me he can take better of me. Ummmm ok.....He's got me hooked, i'm totally interested to see what he's going to say next. "I run an adult website" he says "you are probably already myspace friends with us". WHAT? yeah, i made the bartender give me a pen at this time to write down his site...pickle pimpin productions at myspace.... At this point a friend I'd made earlier in the night realizes i'm a little weirded out and comes over and puts his arm around me. The adult site guy says "oh, I dont do couple stuff, just you"...I excuse myself to go to the bathroom. Later in the night as I'm closing my tab and Tristan is waiting for me he corners tristan and starts telling her that he thinks he's freaked me out...REALLY? what gave you that idea? i have adult site guys approach me all the time! wtf!
Sat I had lunch with some fairly new found cousins in rockville, that was fun.
Sat night Leslie and I drove to Baltimore to see Brand New at the Ram's Head Tavern. We went with this chick, Tara, who evidently books all acts for all ram's head's and She got us into the sold out show vip style...open bar and everything.
I had been talking about going to this show for months, but It wasn't until a couple days before that Leslie got on the same page as me, and once the show began she was very glad she made that decision.
The opening band--Kevin Divine--was amusing, they had 7 drummers and 5 stringed instrument people, and then random other people standing around stage doing random things like tambourine, or checking cell phone. leslie leaned over to me and said "well they've really set the bar high, I dont know if I can ever be impressed with a band that has less than 7 drummers"
Brand New came out, I have seen them twice before and the last time I saw them I wasnt impressed. This time was a totally different story, they were hands down the best I've ever seen them (i'll probably add a fuller blog to my myspace page later on). They were great...except one thing...they only had one drummer. Well towards the end of the show one of the drummers from the previous band came out to join him on the already set up second full drum set. We were mildly impressed. Then it was time for the Encour. Every drummer in the baltimore area suddenly appeared on stage carrying random parts of drum sets onto the stage. I lost count at 14 drummers! All the while there were still 5 stringed instruments, and one tambourine player. This was pure CHAOS. it sounded awesome. Then people started doing running jumps into the various drum sets. The stringed men walked off stage. The drummed men left. one man was still on stage, he took appart the synthesizer so he could take one of the two previously attached keyboards with him to continue playing as he left the stage. The show was now over and my mind was blown. THIS SHOW WAS AWESOME
Sunday Ended at Irish times to watch the last Redsox Yankees game of the series---SWEPT EM!
Friday, April 13, 2007
velvet lounge and radio stations
Last night I went to Velvet Lounge with Margaret....and for all you winsor girls, yes Margaret from middle school! She and her UConn friends came out to see their friend's band Social hero who turned out to be really good. I like the main guy's voice a lot and will definitely see them again. There was one guy in the band that was in Foreigner. picture this: stone washed jeans, white t shirt, long gray aging rocker hair, bandana, neck scarf, sun glasses. He played a variety of accent instruments including what looked like the spoons. He added backup vocals including cat calls, and when need be he acted out parts of the song. I'm also pretty sure he was on something b/c there were periods of time he just stood there spacing out.
word on the street is that foreigner and styx are touring together this summer...if you are a regular blog reader of mine you'd know that i'm a big styx fan and will most certainly be at that show!
I'm exhausted today b/c I intended to go to bed at a decent hour after the show...but someone didnt let that happen! its alright though.
Lastly...Alright so it took me a few days to notice, but after scanning through the station for almost 5 days in a row I finally started to wonder why it NEVER has music I want to listen to. I finally stayed on the station for a full song, not once, but twice. Well it turns out 104.1 which you might recall turned from z104.1 to something else to george 104.1 a few months ago HAS CHANGED FORMAT AGAIN. This time it is now "inspirational music" my first tip off was that all the songs were about Jesus, the second was the radio announcer who said the name of the station. Awesome, so now I have to reset that radio button again.
word on the street is that foreigner and styx are touring together this summer...if you are a regular blog reader of mine you'd know that i'm a big styx fan and will most certainly be at that show!
I'm exhausted today b/c I intended to go to bed at a decent hour after the show...but someone didnt let that happen! its alright though.
Lastly...Alright so it took me a few days to notice, but after scanning through the station for almost 5 days in a row I finally started to wonder why it NEVER has music I want to listen to. I finally stayed on the station for a full song, not once, but twice. Well it turns out 104.1 which you might recall turned from z104.1 to something else to george 104.1 a few months ago HAS CHANGED FORMAT AGAIN. This time it is now "inspirational music" my first tip off was that all the songs were about Jesus, the second was the radio announcer who said the name of the station. Awesome, so now I have to reset that radio button again.
Friday, March 30, 2007
Top 10 CDs...or at least some pretty darn good CD's
This blog has been inspired by Todd. Although he did tell me that he was going to continue adding top 10 lists till he got to 100---I havent seen that yet Todd...better get on that.
Top 10 CD's that have and will withstand the test of time. This means that in MY opinion they dont really get old, and they are just that cd that I can listen to any time. Lets say I have an hour commute to work and I put my ipod on shuffle, songs on these cd's I probably wouldnt skip if im in most moods (there is always an exception)
OK i wrote this list last week, and since then its already changed, but i decided not to change the list. This is just a snap shot of what my top 10 looked like at that moment, since then i've considered adding other bands like the clash, the cure, the doors, eve 6, and a couple others.
10. Romeo and Juliet CD...ok so 1/3 the cd i never liked even way back when, but I must say this cd will probably always make me stop and listen.
9. Smashing Pumpkins--Mellon Collie and the Infinate Sadness. Who doesnt like a little bullets with butterfly wings? seriously? but also the rest of the double cd is equally as good.
8.Motley Crue--Red White and Crue...I'm kinda cheating here by picking thier best of cd...but why not? It has all the songs I like on it :) mainly Home sweet home and dr. feel good...but as lem and I found out the hard way, sometimes too much dr. feel good gets stuck in your head and NEVER goes away. I'm ok with that though.
7.The Shins--Wincing the night away. Thats right, I did it, I added a brand new cd. whatcha gonna do about it? Who knows, maybe I'll regret adding this in a couple months. But its MY list, so for now its in.
6.The Lemonheads--Its a Shame about Ray. I love this entire CD, plus the title is about me! But seriously, while I LOVE the rest of thier songs, this cd is the main reason i've seen them or just evan alone 7 times.
5. Beatles--Sgt. Pepper. This was a hard call b/c i pretty much like ALL thier cds, but I think this one is the one I'd pick to listen to when I'm bored.
4. Alkaline Trio--Good Mourning. I love alkaline trio, so this was another hard call, and I know people dont agree with me, but this one is my favorite. I think thier new cd Crimson is a close second though.
3.Foo Fighters-- In your Honnor. You knew I'd have the foo somewhere on there, and I think this cd will most certainly withstand the test of time. Every song on both CDs are amazing for ANY mood you are in.
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers-- Californacation. Again, another CD where every song is amazing. I do think this is rhcp's best cd. The flow of the CD start to end is perfect.
1.Green Day- Dookie. Ok you knew I had to pick this. Its an old favorite that I dont feel like de-throning. Plus it is one of those good "aww remember when that happened" cds.
So thats my list. or was my list. whatever, those are still good cds and I stand by that.
Top 10 CD's that have and will withstand the test of time. This means that in MY opinion they dont really get old, and they are just that cd that I can listen to any time. Lets say I have an hour commute to work and I put my ipod on shuffle, songs on these cd's I probably wouldnt skip if im in most moods (there is always an exception)
OK i wrote this list last week, and since then its already changed, but i decided not to change the list. This is just a snap shot of what my top 10 looked like at that moment, since then i've considered adding other bands like the clash, the cure, the doors, eve 6, and a couple others.
10. Romeo and Juliet CD...ok so 1/3 the cd i never liked even way back when, but I must say this cd will probably always make me stop and listen.
9. Smashing Pumpkins--Mellon Collie and the Infinate Sadness. Who doesnt like a little bullets with butterfly wings? seriously? but also the rest of the double cd is equally as good.
8.Motley Crue--Red White and Crue...I'm kinda cheating here by picking thier best of cd...but why not? It has all the songs I like on it :) mainly Home sweet home and dr. feel good...but as lem and I found out the hard way, sometimes too much dr. feel good gets stuck in your head and NEVER goes away. I'm ok with that though.
7.The Shins--Wincing the night away. Thats right, I did it, I added a brand new cd. whatcha gonna do about it? Who knows, maybe I'll regret adding this in a couple months. But its MY list, so for now its in.
6.The Lemonheads--Its a Shame about Ray. I love this entire CD, plus the title is about me! But seriously, while I LOVE the rest of thier songs, this cd is the main reason i've seen them or just evan alone 7 times.
5. Beatles--Sgt. Pepper. This was a hard call b/c i pretty much like ALL thier cds, but I think this one is the one I'd pick to listen to when I'm bored.
4. Alkaline Trio--Good Mourning. I love alkaline trio, so this was another hard call, and I know people dont agree with me, but this one is my favorite. I think thier new cd Crimson is a close second though.
3.Foo Fighters-- In your Honnor. You knew I'd have the foo somewhere on there, and I think this cd will most certainly withstand the test of time. Every song on both CDs are amazing for ANY mood you are in.
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers-- Californacation. Again, another CD where every song is amazing. I do think this is rhcp's best cd. The flow of the CD start to end is perfect.
1.Green Day- Dookie. Ok you knew I had to pick this. Its an old favorite that I dont feel like de-throning. Plus it is one of those good "aww remember when that happened" cds.
So thats my list. or was my list. whatever, those are still good cds and I stand by that.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Show last night and Bad attempts in greenway center
Last night, after a brief stint at a capitol hill reception--I don't know something for trees--Leslie and I went to the black cat to see Army of Me and The Hard Tomorrows.
The hard tomorrows keep getting better which is cool. As they started to play I suddenly remembered that i had a friend that liked to listen to their music at..um..opportune times-so that was interesting. They sounded great, and the crowd REALLY got into it, especially this one really large guy. He was awesome to watch.
Army of Me came on next and after spending about a half hour adjusting the mic etc they finally came out. I was surprised that these adjustments made the lead vocals drowned out a bit more than usual. About 2/3 through they had a band meeting on stage and announced that the main guy's voice was having trouble and he was going to a doctor tomorrow but he'd play one more song for us, but if it was "DC" just to be warned that he couldn't hit the high notes tonight. We agreed and they played it. I love the way his voice sounds, and cant wait for their new CD in 2 weeks.
As for bad attempts--well, its 9 am and standing in the elevator lobby this morning some guy came up to me and said "I have a personal question for you. Coconut, or dark?" I said "dark" to which he handed me two dark chocolate Hershey's kisses and then added "I told you it was personal, I just wanted to Kiss you". Then when I got off the elevator he said "thank you, you made my day today".....I'm kinda hoping he isnt a new employee in this building because that could make for future awkwardness.
Lastly I have an interview today and I couldnt get the stamps off my hand from last night so he's gonna think thats weird. Luckily I'm the interviewer not the interviewee so he'll just have to deal.
OH one more last thing, my awful officemate has taken to talking to himself outloud in arabic as he walks by me...I secretly think he's swearing at me. So if any of you know arabic let me know and maybe you can translate for me.
The hard tomorrows keep getting better which is cool. As they started to play I suddenly remembered that i had a friend that liked to listen to their music at..um..opportune times-so that was interesting. They sounded great, and the crowd REALLY got into it, especially this one really large guy. He was awesome to watch.
Army of Me came on next and after spending about a half hour adjusting the mic etc they finally came out. I was surprised that these adjustments made the lead vocals drowned out a bit more than usual. About 2/3 through they had a band meeting on stage and announced that the main guy's voice was having trouble and he was going to a doctor tomorrow but he'd play one more song for us, but if it was "DC" just to be warned that he couldn't hit the high notes tonight. We agreed and they played it. I love the way his voice sounds, and cant wait for their new CD in 2 weeks.
As for bad attempts--well, its 9 am and standing in the elevator lobby this morning some guy came up to me and said "I have a personal question for you. Coconut, or dark?" I said "dark" to which he handed me two dark chocolate Hershey's kisses and then added "I told you it was personal, I just wanted to Kiss you". Then when I got off the elevator he said "thank you, you made my day today".....I'm kinda hoping he isnt a new employee in this building because that could make for future awkwardness.
Lastly I have an interview today and I couldnt get the stamps off my hand from last night so he's gonna think thats weird. Luckily I'm the interviewer not the interviewee so he'll just have to deal.
OH one more last thing, my awful officemate has taken to talking to himself outloud in arabic as he walks by me...I secretly think he's swearing at me. So if any of you know arabic let me know and maybe you can translate for me.
Friday, February 9, 2007
The Wild Dogs Cry Out in the Night
George 104.1 won a little spot in my heart when they played Toto's Africa yesterday on my drive from Goddard to the maryland trade tower.
Besides this song being awesome it has a kick ass music video. I mean who wouldnt create a power ballad while hanging out at the library? Plus they managed to sing "kilimenjaro" so major gold stars there. (you might think i'm mocking the song, but no, i really do love it and voluntarily listen to it on a regular basis)
Plus it reminds me of the good ole days hanging out in coogan's attic/the saloon Drinkin' beeahs and playing way too many games of caps with coogs and paulie and gelbone, and shields, and jlau. you boys better come visit me soon! although shields lives down the street from me already :) (also i have lots more friends at home that i'd LOVE for you to come visit me, so dont feel left out that africa doesnt remind me of you)
Anyway points to 104.1 for reminding me of some fun times. Lets see if the globe 94.7 can live up to that!
Besides this song being awesome it has a kick ass music video. I mean who wouldnt create a power ballad while hanging out at the library? Plus they managed to sing "kilimenjaro" so major gold stars there. (you might think i'm mocking the song, but no, i really do love it and voluntarily listen to it on a regular basis)
Plus it reminds me of the good ole days hanging out in coogan's attic/the saloon Drinkin' beeahs and playing way too many games of caps with coogs and paulie and gelbone, and shields, and jlau. you boys better come visit me soon! although shields lives down the street from me already :) (also i have lots more friends at home that i'd LOVE for you to come visit me, so dont feel left out that africa doesnt remind me of you)
Anyway points to 104.1 for reminding me of some fun times. Lets see if the globe 94.7 can live up to that!
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Radio-tastrophy
All six FM1 Presets on my car radio are set to stations from home(boston). WBCN (104.1 the rock of boston), WZLX( 100.7 great classic rock), and I think also waaf, and wfnx and then two others that i forget...probably not kiss 108 or jamin 94.5 since i always freaked out when people made me listen to them. (and yes, i'm still on bcn's mailing list so if you want to know whats up in boston just ask me)
After making honnor roll and my parents freaking out after September 11th I was allowed to bring my car to DC Nov 2001. I immediately set the six FM2 stations to DC/MD stations. in this order DC101, the arrow, HFS, 104.1, 106.7, 107.3. Since that fall there have been quite a few changes. The first as you all know was HFS...but that just moved to 105.7 so I switched that preset. Next 104.1 changed to classical music but I was too lazy to switch that.
NOW the arrow no longer plays classic rock, but instead plays like 90's music. like 1 out of 10 songs are great and i get really excited, but the rest should have left the air waves years ago. While I am willing to give this station a chance, I am still really disappointed that there is no longer a classic rock station. This music is key for any long drive (including my hour to and from work).
Then I accidentally hit the button for 104.1 and instead of classical its almost the same music as 94.7....weird. I dont know what happened there. I think they keep calling themselves "george".
The only good thing about these new format changes is that they were actually playing music on my drive to work *gasp*. I guess georgie boy is going commercial free for 104 days...now if only they'd play music I want to hear in those 104 days....
So basically what i'm saying is people, I need help. Can someone recommend another station I can set as a preset that will come in while i'm both in MD and in DC since my drive every day spans both....I really need your help here.
After making honnor roll and my parents freaking out after September 11th I was allowed to bring my car to DC Nov 2001. I immediately set the six FM2 stations to DC/MD stations. in this order DC101, the arrow, HFS, 104.1, 106.7, 107.3. Since that fall there have been quite a few changes. The first as you all know was HFS...but that just moved to 105.7 so I switched that preset. Next 104.1 changed to classical music but I was too lazy to switch that.
NOW the arrow no longer plays classic rock, but instead plays like 90's music. like 1 out of 10 songs are great and i get really excited, but the rest should have left the air waves years ago. While I am willing to give this station a chance, I am still really disappointed that there is no longer a classic rock station. This music is key for any long drive (including my hour to and from work).
Then I accidentally hit the button for 104.1 and instead of classical its almost the same music as 94.7....weird. I dont know what happened there. I think they keep calling themselves "george".
The only good thing about these new format changes is that they were actually playing music on my drive to work *gasp*. I guess georgie boy is going commercial free for 104 days...now if only they'd play music I want to hear in those 104 days....
So basically what i'm saying is people, I need help. Can someone recommend another station I can set as a preset that will come in while i'm both in MD and in DC since my drive every day spans both....I really need your help here.
Saturday, February 3, 2007
Book It! Liberation Dance Party (again)
Sarah was in town so as per usual Sarah Leslie and I went to the Liberation Dance Party. I realized that this is the fourth consecutive year I've been going to this regularly. I love how they show music videos, most of which are totally ridiculous. My favorite might have been the electric six Danger!high voltage. you HAVE to see it. The Perfects (a band) came and played for some of the time...they were much less than perfect. in fact they were borderline terrible. They started and I was thinking OK they sound pretty good, but like 30 seconds into it leaned over to Leslie and said "OK, I'm done with this". Maybe they'll get better, maybe i just wasn't in the mood...who knows
One band that I had never heard before but love now I think was "scissors for lefty" but that could be because the guy in the video wore the sith lord costume the whole time. I'll wait till dc9 posts their play list so i can figure out if that's really the band that goes with the sith video, and then buy it or something. Another video that was awesome was Teddybear's "punkrockstar" with Iggy Pop, check out teddybear and you'll know why.
Funny thing we noticed was that there were a ton of songs we knew from commercials on tv.
I guess this is actually becoming a weekly feature...pick up attempts:
First the amusing one, This was in conversation to both me and Leslie, but I was just being a wing girl ;) So the band members of the perfects kinda dressed appropriately rock and roll, but then the lead singer kinda dressed in a knit sweater bare naked ladies style. Then this random guy "dennis the menace" came up to us and says "i'd probably pay 20 bucks to see them if they changed their name to Fat Guy in a Sweater". We both started laughing incredibly hard. then he says
"ok I am going to give you three options, which band would you buy tickets for?
a. little guy in a sweater?
b. fat guy in a sweater?
c. Midget in a sweater?"
Simultaneously Leslie and i responded "midget in a sweater"
To which he exclaimed "book it!"
Then the horrible one...Some guy was trying to chat with me while I clearly wanted nothing to do with him, he was asking all sorts of questions, so finally i ask him what he does for a living he responds...and i'm not kidding "oh i have a good job, I make a lot of money". He returned the question and asked what I did...he goes "wow, do you even realize how much you could be making?" and i was like "yeah, i have some idea" and he goes "you could be making like 150,000 fresh out" (um, no, you really cant) to which he follows up with "i know because I make a lot of money too"....Needless to say I gave up on being polite and just blatantly walked away at this point. Oh let me also add that he tried to buy me a Schlitz...probably doesn't make as much as he says even if i did care.
I cant even begin to describe the crazy stuff that happened sat night, maybe in future blogs I will. All I know is that the Wizards Lakers game was awesome as was Marie's 29th birthday flip cup fiesta!
I have little to no voice today :(
One band that I had never heard before but love now I think was "scissors for lefty" but that could be because the guy in the video wore the sith lord costume the whole time. I'll wait till dc9 posts their play list so i can figure out if that's really the band that goes with the sith video, and then buy it or something. Another video that was awesome was Teddybear's "punkrockstar" with Iggy Pop, check out teddybear and you'll know why.
Funny thing we noticed was that there were a ton of songs we knew from commercials on tv.
I guess this is actually becoming a weekly feature...pick up attempts:
First the amusing one, This was in conversation to both me and Leslie, but I was just being a wing girl ;) So the band members of the perfects kinda dressed appropriately rock and roll, but then the lead singer kinda dressed in a knit sweater bare naked ladies style. Then this random guy "dennis the menace" came up to us and says "i'd probably pay 20 bucks to see them if they changed their name to Fat Guy in a Sweater". We both started laughing incredibly hard. then he says
"ok I am going to give you three options, which band would you buy tickets for?
a. little guy in a sweater?
b. fat guy in a sweater?
c. Midget in a sweater?"
Simultaneously Leslie and i responded "midget in a sweater"
To which he exclaimed "book it!"
Then the horrible one...Some guy was trying to chat with me while I clearly wanted nothing to do with him, he was asking all sorts of questions, so finally i ask him what he does for a living he responds...and i'm not kidding "oh i have a good job, I make a lot of money". He returned the question and asked what I did...he goes "wow, do you even realize how much you could be making?" and i was like "yeah, i have some idea" and he goes "you could be making like 150,000 fresh out" (um, no, you really cant) to which he follows up with "i know because I make a lot of money too"....Needless to say I gave up on being polite and just blatantly walked away at this point. Oh let me also add that he tried to buy me a Schlitz...probably doesn't make as much as he says even if i did care.
I cant even begin to describe the crazy stuff that happened sat night, maybe in future blogs I will. All I know is that the Wizards Lakers game was awesome as was Marie's 29th birthday flip cup fiesta!
I have little to no voice today :(
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
You gotta hear this one song, it'll change your life I swear
You might recognize the title as a quote from Garden State referring to The Shins. Their new CD Wincing the Night Away has been out for a week and a day now and its excellent. I don't want to steal Leslie's shins review thunder, so this is by no means a review, just commentary.
First I'd like to say that I love the cover design. I have no idea what it is, but it fascinates me. Kinda Dr. Seuss meets blood platelets meets space meets little shop of horrors.
I definitely don't have a favorite song yet since they are all good, but two of the ones that stood out to me were "girl sailor" and "sea legs". Girl sailor more because I like the lyrics and sea legs because i like the tune. I started to wonder if these stood out to me because I was obsessed with water and boats and all that good stuff, but they did have two songs on one 11 song CD about that stuff so maybe it was them that was obsessed.
If any of you know me you know that in reality I am obsessed with it, so I wont try and deny it. But I think it might also be equal parts them. They have another song on the CD called "black wave" and then multiple other songs including "Australia" talks about the ocean. I began to think more about this so I listened to their second CD which Leslie gave me and it also had many songs that mentioned these same topics. So I've come to the conclusion that the shins and I have one very important thing in common, our love for all things water related. (notice how i didn't say water sports b/c that would have been gross)
great, now I have sea legs stuck in my head.
First I'd like to say that I love the cover design. I have no idea what it is, but it fascinates me. Kinda Dr. Seuss meets blood platelets meets space meets little shop of horrors.
I definitely don't have a favorite song yet since they are all good, but two of the ones that stood out to me were "girl sailor" and "sea legs". Girl sailor more because I like the lyrics and sea legs because i like the tune. I started to wonder if these stood out to me because I was obsessed with water and boats and all that good stuff, but they did have two songs on one 11 song CD about that stuff so maybe it was them that was obsessed.
If any of you know me you know that in reality I am obsessed with it, so I wont try and deny it. But I think it might also be equal parts them. They have another song on the CD called "black wave" and then multiple other songs including "Australia" talks about the ocean. I began to think more about this so I listened to their second CD which Leslie gave me and it also had many songs that mentioned these same topics. So I've come to the conclusion that the shins and I have one very important thing in common, our love for all things water related. (notice how i didn't say water sports b/c that would have been gross)
great, now I have sea legs stuck in my head.
Monday, January 29, 2007
lets get stupid, cuse stupid is free
iThis weekend was totally random and a lot of fun, I think i will have to break up the blogs though so it doesn't get too long, so look for the rest in following days (unless you get antsy then you can just see my photo website b/c i posted new pics). I'll start off with Friday night. (as most of you know I have a concert blog as well, but you've probably noticed I've started only blogging there about the important shows)
Leslie and I met up at "mexico Lauriol Plaza taco" with Tristan, mike, will, ted, and Joe. collectively we had some margs, some gin destroyers, some rum and coke, and some beer....oh i think there might have been food too.
Then Leslie Joe Will and I walked to the black cat to see some of Lets French, and all of These United States, and Washington Social Club. I've been wanting to see Lets French (who seemed really good from the 2 songs we saw) and These United States, and I love seeing WSC since Leslie introduced them to me when we started off being friends (yes, our friendship was built on music, but really, what good friendship isn't?)
These United States were nowhere as good as they are recorded. In fact they were almost comedic. At least Leslie and I found humor in their outfits...one of which included rain boots...read Leslie's blog to find out about that. (that being said I'll prob see them again)
WSC was awesome. One of the best times I've seen them. Totally got the crowd going, even at one point started a mosh pit! We only had one person in front of us so we had a pretty good view. I cant wait for their second cd.
Worth noting is this guy that was next to us. He tried to get Leslie to dance with him, briefly tried to get me to dance too but i hid behind Joe, so he fixed his target on Leslie. After we both refused to dance he got himself front and center and was the most ridiculous dancer EVER. Marty Royal even saw this and started laughing and then he started mimicking his hand motions. I haven't laughed that hard at a show ever. The kid just threw his body around and his arms up into the air, its almost indescribable except to say that he resembled Jack Black.
Leslie and I met up at "mexico Lauriol Plaza taco" with Tristan, mike, will, ted, and Joe. collectively we had some margs, some gin destroyers, some rum and coke, and some beer....oh i think there might have been food too.
Then Leslie Joe Will and I walked to the black cat to see some of Lets French, and all of These United States, and Washington Social Club. I've been wanting to see Lets French (who seemed really good from the 2 songs we saw) and These United States, and I love seeing WSC since Leslie introduced them to me when we started off being friends (yes, our friendship was built on music, but really, what good friendship isn't?)
These United States were nowhere as good as they are recorded. In fact they were almost comedic. At least Leslie and I found humor in their outfits...one of which included rain boots...read Leslie's blog to find out about that. (that being said I'll prob see them again)
WSC was awesome. One of the best times I've seen them. Totally got the crowd going, even at one point started a mosh pit! We only had one person in front of us so we had a pretty good view. I cant wait for their second cd.
Worth noting is this guy that was next to us. He tried to get Leslie to dance with him, briefly tried to get me to dance too but i hid behind Joe, so he fixed his target on Leslie. After we both refused to dance he got himself front and center and was the most ridiculous dancer EVER. Marty Royal even saw this and started laughing and then he started mimicking his hand motions. I haven't laughed that hard at a show ever. The kid just threw his body around and his arms up into the air, its almost indescribable except to say that he resembled Jack Black.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
ipod's random shuffle...part two if you include leslie's blog
Happy Birthday Andreea on this lovely 1...2....SEVEN? ( not so inside joke from at least a decade ago, sure makes me sound old doesn't it?)
Recently Leslie decided she didn't buy the ipod's "random" in "random shuffle". I tried to explain to her about random number generators, but then I felt like a big nerd. I have to admit the ipod's function is a bit less "random" than others, this morning's ride in was a good example. I think my ipod knew it was two-fer-tuesday and played me two sublime, two harvey danger, and two phish all in a row! I guess technically that's random in some way, but definitely kinda strange.
My thoughts about the ipod's random number generator is that it takes out the most common ones first because generally what plays on my shuffle are the lesser known songs...like for Harvey danger it didn't play flagpole sita, but instead private helicopter and wooly muffler (yeah, i realize I'm probably the only one in existence that still remembers Harvey danger's lesser known songs, but hey I even went to their concert back in the day)....so yeah those are my thoughts on the ipod.
Recently Leslie decided she didn't buy the ipod's "random" in "random shuffle". I tried to explain to her about random number generators, but then I felt like a big nerd. I have to admit the ipod's function is a bit less "random" than others, this morning's ride in was a good example. I think my ipod knew it was two-fer-tuesday and played me two sublime, two harvey danger, and two phish all in a row! I guess technically that's random in some way, but definitely kinda strange.
My thoughts about the ipod's random number generator is that it takes out the most common ones first because generally what plays on my shuffle are the lesser known songs...like for Harvey danger it didn't play flagpole sita, but instead private helicopter and wooly muffler (yeah, i realize I'm probably the only one in existence that still remembers Harvey danger's lesser known songs, but hey I even went to their concert back in the day)....so yeah those are my thoughts on the ipod.
Friday, January 19, 2007
Velvet Lounge and such
Last night a group of us went to see Velhalla at the Velvet Lounge. Katie invited us to see her mom's friend's son's band play. Without finding out any more information I agreed to go. Why not. So we get there and besides us there is a decent sized crowd, but I look around and realize that they are all significantly older than us. So I leaned over and whispered to katie "why are they all older, doesn't the band have their own friends?" at this point katie fesses up...."oh yeah, they are all in highschool".
I think Katie and Lindsay talked to the boys (and yes, i mean boys) for a little before the show while the rest of us sat on some bleachers in the back...who knew there were seats there! The first song reminded me of a cross between pink floyd and the doors, and then to my surprise for the second song they played a doors cover! Then later on for one song the guitar stoped working with the amp so you noticibly couldnt hear it at all, but they continued anyway and it still sounded really good. Then Rob went up and saved the day and made it work.
These boys were GREAT! The singer had an amazing voice, and the rest of the band was genuinely good at their instruments. Quite the musicians. I'd definitely be interested in seeing them again!
Also I picked up a sampler cd a few nights ago at stetsons and it had 6 bands on it, three that I really like (Cedars, These United States, Welbuilt) and 3 that I could take or leave (politics, leaving TX, some band whose name i dont remember) Clearly I'll be trying to listen more to the three I like. I just thought i'd stick this paragraph in while I was talking about local music.
You may have noticed that I recently started using the labels in my blogs. The place where i can type in labels gives some examples of what to use, like scooters, vacation, fall....SCOOTERS? really? is that something written about frequently enough to be any one's label, let alone the example label?
I think Katie and Lindsay talked to the boys (and yes, i mean boys) for a little before the show while the rest of us sat on some bleachers in the back...who knew there were seats there! The first song reminded me of a cross between pink floyd and the doors, and then to my surprise for the second song they played a doors cover! Then later on for one song the guitar stoped working with the amp so you noticibly couldnt hear it at all, but they continued anyway and it still sounded really good. Then Rob went up and saved the day and made it work.
These boys were GREAT! The singer had an amazing voice, and the rest of the band was genuinely good at their instruments. Quite the musicians. I'd definitely be interested in seeing them again!
Also I picked up a sampler cd a few nights ago at stetsons and it had 6 bands on it, three that I really like (Cedars, These United States, Welbuilt) and 3 that I could take or leave (politics, leaving TX, some band whose name i dont remember) Clearly I'll be trying to listen more to the three I like. I just thought i'd stick this paragraph in while I was talking about local music.
You may have noticed that I recently started using the labels in my blogs. The place where i can type in labels gives some examples of what to use, like scooters, vacation, fall....SCOOTERS? really? is that something written about frequently enough to be any one's label, let alone the example label?
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Everybody cut Footloose
Last night about 15 of us went to see Diana in Footloose. I had never seen the movie before so I was pretty excited.
Before the show Katie, Lindsay and I got some ice cream and walked about 10 blocks in the freezing cold, and it wasn't until intermission that I began to thaw out...not our smartest move.
The show was great! Diana has a really good voice, and it was fun seeing her go back in time and dance around :) Since she started auditioning for the part till now I've come to realize there are a bunch of songs from this show that I actually know, including my favorite "lets hear it for the boy"! I just found out yesterday that Matt reads this blog, but I'm not sure if any other camp people do, but one year we sang that song to the boys at camp. good times.
I sat between Rob and Jen who I now know are possibly the loudest breathers EVER. it was like i was sitting next to Darth Vader impersonators.
Also Leslie was at the show and I havent seen her in weeks b/c she's been a traveling girl, so welcome back!
So i'm probably going to get the footloose soundtrack now, unless someone already has it and they want to share.
Before the show Katie, Lindsay and I got some ice cream and walked about 10 blocks in the freezing cold, and it wasn't until intermission that I began to thaw out...not our smartest move.
The show was great! Diana has a really good voice, and it was fun seeing her go back in time and dance around :) Since she started auditioning for the part till now I've come to realize there are a bunch of songs from this show that I actually know, including my favorite "lets hear it for the boy"! I just found out yesterday that Matt reads this blog, but I'm not sure if any other camp people do, but one year we sang that song to the boys at camp. good times.
I sat between Rob and Jen who I now know are possibly the loudest breathers EVER. it was like i was sitting next to Darth Vader impersonators.
Also Leslie was at the show and I havent seen her in weeks b/c she's been a traveling girl, so welcome back!
So i'm probably going to get the footloose soundtrack now, unless someone already has it and they want to share.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Who doesnt like a good invention!
I just received some tickets in the mail to an upcoming show and it came in probably the best invention ever. Unfortunately I don't quite remember what site I bought the tickets from because it was not one of the major ones like tickets.com or Ticketmaster. Anyway, the tickets arrived in a magnet with a slot in it to hold the tickets.
If you've seen my apt (and if you are reading this I assume you have) you know its fairly messy, but if there is anything that has a specific place its my tickets for future shows since at any given time I have a whole bunch. Lucky for me this spot is metal so I can now hang my new tickets on it. Awesome!
On another note I keep getting "friend" requests from girls on myspace who claim to have gone to my high school. Why you would lie about this I DON'T KNOW. With 50 girls in each grade you kinda know who everyone is. Most of the fake girls are the ones with the slutty pictures of themselves and they claim to be lesbians. I guess that explains why they want to pretend they went to an all girls school...but why friend us? its just weird!!!
If you've seen my apt (and if you are reading this I assume you have) you know its fairly messy, but if there is anything that has a specific place its my tickets for future shows since at any given time I have a whole bunch. Lucky for me this spot is metal so I can now hang my new tickets on it. Awesome!
On another note I keep getting "friend" requests from girls on myspace who claim to have gone to my high school. Why you would lie about this I DON'T KNOW. With 50 girls in each grade you kinda know who everyone is. Most of the fake girls are the ones with the slutty pictures of themselves and they claim to be lesbians. I guess that explains why they want to pretend they went to an all girls school...but why friend us? its just weird!!!
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