saw bloc party at the glass house monday night. to sum it up: both them and the opening act -- does it offend you, yeah? -- were fuckin' awesome, sweaty, dancey fun. there aren't enough synonyms to awesome to adequately describe how much fun it is to stand in the middle of a crowd and jump and down and just rock out with your hands in the air. i ( Read more... )

this is apparently my concert diary now, because if i don't write it down i'll pretty much forget everything. tonight's event -- death cab. i feel totally spoiled/special because i was front row pit the entire time and the theater is huuuuuge, so points there. also the tickets were free from steph's sister-in-law... and i was right in front of ( Read more... )

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spent ditch day at chloe's bomb-ass beach house in long beach. kayaking, gelato, homemade fried squid were all involved. my back is all brown and there is still sand between my toes. all this, plus the state supreme court's ruling lifting the gay marriage ban makes me realize that -- no matter how much i say i'm gonna live somewhere expensive and ( Read more... )

4/28 - colin meloy was GREAT. he was super cute and does endearing little things with his mouth when he's singing (like stick his tongue out more than necessary)... and his voice! the minute he came onstage and went "hi, i'm colin," i remembered everything i loved about his songs and i remembered all the reasons why connie & i once said he was the ( Read more... )

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i think i sort of have a crush on 70s-early 80s bruce springsteen.

exhibit a:

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the best thing about easter is that they show the ten commandments on television, the one with charles heston and yul brynner that is ridiculous and awesome in all its 1956 technicolor splendor. really takes me back to my childhood, when i believed fervently in lavish stage productions -- the only thing this movie is missing is a musical number -- ( Read more... )

the raveonettes, aly, walk with me ( Read more... )

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