this year has been a year of music discovery. well, not only discovery, but appreciation . . . of music i haven't really taken a second look at. oh and also a rebirth of appreciation for bands i already liked. here's a list:
- peter bjorn and john
- arcade fire
- belle and sebastian
- april march
- feist
- junior senior
- david bowie
- otis redding
- stevie wonder
- the supremes
- the delphonics
- james brown
- seawolf
- architecture in helsinki
- deerhoof
which lead me into tomorrow: peter bjorn and john! oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh. when we first got the tickets, i wasn't terribly excited, but the more i listened to them, the more i anticipated seeing them. it's going to be so much fun. i cannot wait. oh my gosh.
anyway, this week is finals week. and that's all i have to say about that.
oh and i'm starting a nikon D200 fund. so help me, not by donating, but by saying "no, jessica, you don't really need that trinket box for your earrings right about now" or "no, jessica, do not walk into that forever 21". deal? shmeal.
it's 2 am which means bedtime.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
why i hate avril levigne
i kind of hate her more than the lindsays, parises and britneys. at least they've snorted coke, gone to jail and shaved their heads like real adults.
that was really pessimistic. let me start a new post.
that was really pessimistic. let me start a new post.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Fiona
So as a proud female who grew up in the nineties, i can safely say that i am a Fiona Apple fan. yes, i hate men, and yes, i am emotional; however, there is one thing about fiona that i kind of feel embarrassed of. and it sure is not when she said her "bullshit" comment on national television after winning an MTV award (which was actually a quite dignified moment of hers, you should check it out). after being a fan for about 8 years, i just came across the video for "First Taste", one of her earlier songs, thanks to youtube.com. The song is beautiful. the video is . . . nineties. very nineties. i don't want to sound like a stereotypical idiot. so I'll just have you watch the video and you should understand.
see what i mean. but don't let this one fool you. Fiona's still one classy lady.
ah, that's better.
see what i mean. but don't let this one fool you. Fiona's still one classy lady.
ah, that's better.
Monday, July 9, 2007
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Feist Show
Well, because i'm a shmuck, i don't have any pictures from the Feist show. But i will try to describe it as colorfully as i can.
It was held at the Wiltern which is a great place, but has very little general admission. about 80 percent of the venue is seated, so of course we got the seats all the way at the top (though it could have been much worse) even though Sebastian got the tickets two months ago. We missed the Grizzly Bear, the openeing act, and had gotten there just in time to watch them set up for Miss Leslie Feist. Above the stage hung christmas lights which got me very excited and endeared to me even more (oh, Feist, let's be best friends). Okay so we sat and sat and sat and then finally! The disco ball hung from above the stage (just behing the christmas lights) started up as the keyboard from "honey honey" slowly seduced the audience. and then the disco ball went faster and faster, a nice contrast to the lowkey speed of the song. then she came out. The stage was a cobalt blue and feist was a crimson red. well her dress and tights were. so she popped from the background very nicely. she wnet into her song and it was quite nice, of course. I don't remember what she played next, but she soon got to "when i was a young girl", which is one of my favorites. when she got to the part that i can sing ("all wrapped in white lineeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen"), she whaled. and then she leaned toward the auience and in a singing tone said "come on everybody lemme hear yooouuu" and everyone whaled in the Feist fashion. except for me. because i'm a bit of a wimp. anyway.
after that she sang words to us. she told us we were a chorus of strangers, still singing. and then she had each section of the venue sing a different tune. we were the highest. or maybe in the middle. i don't remember, but it was great.
she continued the show singing all the good ones, except for "inside and out" which is my !!!!!fucking favorite!!!!! (you can tell by the exclamations and cursing that i'm pretty serious here). but anyway, it was okay. i was happy anyway. she ended with "sea lion" (with help of the Grizzly Bear), encored, and ended her encore with "let it die", which almost always brings me to tears.
me and sebastian were the only ones in our section who were dancing and clapping and movin' and groovin'. he said it's because we're latin. which is pretty true. then on the way back we got one of those cheap concert shirts for five dollars. one guy got mad at us because we wouldn't buy his (no, a medium will NOT shrink to a small), but it's okay. hopefully someone helped him out that night.
so then we went home, satisfied, charmed, endeared and ready for the next batch of concerts we have coming up.
It was held at the Wiltern which is a great place, but has very little general admission. about 80 percent of the venue is seated, so of course we got the seats all the way at the top (though it could have been much worse) even though Sebastian got the tickets two months ago. We missed the Grizzly Bear, the openeing act, and had gotten there just in time to watch them set up for Miss Leslie Feist. Above the stage hung christmas lights which got me very excited and endeared to me even more (oh, Feist, let's be best friends). Okay so we sat and sat and sat and then finally! The disco ball hung from above the stage (just behing the christmas lights) started up as the keyboard from "honey honey" slowly seduced the audience. and then the disco ball went faster and faster, a nice contrast to the lowkey speed of the song. then she came out. The stage was a cobalt blue and feist was a crimson red. well her dress and tights were. so she popped from the background very nicely. she wnet into her song and it was quite nice, of course. I don't remember what she played next, but she soon got to "when i was a young girl", which is one of my favorites. when she got to the part that i can sing ("all wrapped in white lineeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen"), she whaled. and then she leaned toward the auience and in a singing tone said "come on everybody lemme hear yooouuu" and everyone whaled in the Feist fashion. except for me. because i'm a bit of a wimp. anyway.
after that she sang words to us. she told us we were a chorus of strangers, still singing. and then she had each section of the venue sing a different tune. we were the highest. or maybe in the middle. i don't remember, but it was great.
she continued the show singing all the good ones, except for "inside and out" which is my !!!!!fucking favorite!!!!! (you can tell by the exclamations and cursing that i'm pretty serious here). but anyway, it was okay. i was happy anyway. she ended with "sea lion" (with help of the Grizzly Bear), encored, and ended her encore with "let it die", which almost always brings me to tears.
me and sebastian were the only ones in our section who were dancing and clapping and movin' and groovin'. he said it's because we're latin. which is pretty true. then on the way back we got one of those cheap concert shirts for five dollars. one guy got mad at us because we wouldn't buy his (no, a medium will NOT shrink to a small), but it's okay. hopefully someone helped him out that night.
so then we went home, satisfied, charmed, endeared and ready for the next batch of concerts we have coming up.
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