September 20, 2009The Ting Tings Paint Party, 9/19/09On September 19, Adidas hosted a semi-secret paint party in Hollywood, featuring the Ting Tings, fluorescent paint, and a few crazy fans. read on...
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February 18, 2009The Brit Awards 2009: The award for best outfit goes to... Katy Perry!
Despite illness Katy Perry received her 'Best International Female' award this evening wearing what has to be the best outfit of the evening though rivaled by Lady Gaga's blue, white and as usual legless ensemble and the many costume changes of Kylie and the girls of Girls Aloud. Paired with the black lame American Apparel leggings also seen on Estelle during her medley performance of 'American Boy' with The Ting Tings and 'Shut Up And Let Me Go' Katy collected her award, sounding awful (get well soon!) wearing the black and pink glitzy Hello Kitty corset she had worked on the red carpet earlier in the evening.
 Update: And in true rock 'n' roll style and Lionel Richie had given her the award Katy puked backstage. Get well soon!
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January 16, 2009Big Day Out 09.... THE REVIEW!!!
So, yesterday I went to Auckland's Big Day Out. It's the first one of the tour, so yay us, but sadly it's also the smallest because it's held in shitty little New Zealand. I'd sell my soul to go to the Sydney or Melbourne ones.
This is the full story of my experiences at BDO Auckland 09... So, of course, it's REALLY long. Hope you have a while. I meant to post this with pictures every so often, but unfortunately Buzznet's not letting me do that, so I've just put little markers where they were meant to be and there'll all lumped in at the bottom. We set off from Tauranga at eleven am. Yeah, dumb thing to do. We probably should have left at like six the night before. We never stood a chance. We were making good time right up until my genius father decided we needed lunch, and picked the slowest diner, with the oldest serving staff, of every town between Tauranga and Auckland. Amazing. Nearly half an hour for two bacon sandwiches. Me and Dad's friend's son Hugh and his mate Matt had finished our McDonalds (I'm vegetarian, won't go near bacon sandwiches) within five minutes. Meanwhile, Dad and his friend Mark were waiting patiently for these charming golden oldies to finish their conversation with a random guy who'd walked in carrying a sack of beans. I ask you. So, we missed all but the (literally) final chord of the final song of Elemeno P's act. The Tutts- missed *tear*. Elemeno P- missed *TEAR*. Dad and Mark had dropped us at the gate so we walked in and sat down in the stands, but Bullet was starting and I had no patience. Hugh and Matt, who'd been raving the whole way over about the awesomeness of Bullet For My Valentine, were content to sit in the stands like a couple of old coots. I gave up after five minutes and went into the mosh pit. I didn't even like Bullet, btu I wanted to make the most of my Big Day Out. Besides, from where I was sitting I could see the pit going wild and I wanted to be part of it, whether the music was good or not. Some people may remember the blog I wrote a few days ago about BDO. In that blog, I wrote off Bullet as a total disappointment. I believe it went something like this... And I'm not even mentioning Bullets for my Valentine. I've given them many chances over the years, but I always come to the same conclusion. They overuse the bass drum, and they must have lost the switch on the amps that stop the guitars sounding like needles because they do, in every single song, without fail. No offense to those who like them. I may change my tune when I've seen them live on Friday. I doubt it, but hey- maybe. ...So, let it be known that my tune has hereby been changed!! They've somehow discovered the distortion switch, and Moose (the drummer, for those who don't know them well- like me!) has misplaced his second bass pedal! Hallelujah! It's a miricle! Praise the Lord! (Pass the ammunition!!!) So, within the course of the first three minutes in the mosh pit, I fell in love with this band. I found myself desperately wishing I knew the lyrics to their songs so that I could sing along at the top of my lungs. I found myself wishing I knew the names of, at least, the lead singer and the bassist, who was right in front of me, so I could fangirl out and scream their names. I pushed to the front, and joined the mosh they set up around that point. I felt like a total pretender- I didn't know their songs, I didn't know their names, I'd never liked them until now. But hey, every dog has its day, right? I loved every minute of the set! At the end, the lead singer (hereby unnamed, as at this point I did not know his name) wiped his face with a towel and threw it into the crowd. I caught it, and I still had a hold on it for the whole of the next several minutes while me and a lot of other people, most of whom were big, burly metalhead dudes, tried to rip it apart so everybody could have a piece. Unfortunately, some chick got slammed up against the barrier and nearly strangled herself on the towel. Still don't know how she did that. One minute she wasn't even there, the next she was, and almost dying of asphyxiation. Needless to say, at that point the security dudes took the towel off us and chucked it under the stage. No fair. Next up was pendulum. Cue the mass exodus of metal dudes and migration of people who'd just come from The Ting Tings or Tiki Taane and a whole heap of... um, I can't think of a better phrase than 'techno randoms'. Seriously weird few minutes, while all the girly girls and techno... uh, people ...pushed in past these massive, dreadlocked, aggro looking muscly metal guys and twice as dangerous looking girls wearing some kickass punk clothing and most of them with more piercings than the whole of My Chemical Romance put together. It was scary at a few points, seriously. I got out, and went back up to the stand, but my father was wandering around with a cigarette, Matt and Hugh had gone off to something I hadn't even heard of and probably didn't want to hear, and Mark was still sitting in the stands. I looked at the timetable, but then the first note of Pendulum's set rocked the stadium and I literally dropped the timetable, wheeled around and walked straight back to the entrance to the mosh pit. The sound was fucking incredible. It took me over half of the set to get into the mosh pit again, and even then I couldn't get further than ten metres from the stage. Epic fail for me, considering I'd give Frank Iero a challenge for midgetness and I'm the kind of kid who can run from one end of Mt Smart stadium during BDO to the other, and back, in under five minutes. It isn't that I'm fit. People just don't notice me, or else take one look at me and decide I look so pissed and/or purposeful they don't want to be in my way and step aside. I stood in the middle of the crush and danced my heart out, and it was awesome. The sheer sound of Pendulum's tracks is a fucking miracle. It's incredible. When they played Tarantula the place blew up! Second time in as many acts I was wishing I knew more than one word in the whole song. So instead I danced, and lip synced really badly. Then Pendulum was over, far too soon, so I looked around and followed the crush back out. At that point, TV On The Radio came on, They looked fun, but I didn't love the songs, so I tracked down Dad again. We went for a walk to the Boiler Room just for the sheer hell of it, and got distracted by the Silent Disco. We thought it looked interesting, so we went in, heard the music, looked at everybody, wondered if they were hearing the same tracks as us, gave up and walked out. We went into the Boiler Room, but Lupe Fiasco was playing and it was lame. And seriously, what happened to 'Boiler' Room? I swear, I nearly caught a chill in there. It was shitty. So we moved on, and decided to go check out the Converse Essential Stage and Green Stage. Can I ask at this point why a rock music icon such as the Converse Allstar Chuck Taylor shoe is sponsoring a stage that plays bands like Ladi 6, Sneaky Sound System and Luger Boa? Escape The Fate would have been at home there. Goodnight Nurse, perhaps. Hell- why not Beneath The Silence?? They were made for that stage! At this point, Sneaky Sound System were playing, so we milled around and checked out the C4 tent - I entered that competition for the pick and win thing, and hopefully I've won Rock Band - and Dad, for some unfathomable reason, forgot it was a sweltering day and bought himself a coffee. We went around to the Spookers tent and I got stickered by a lady whose attempt at a safety pinned shut 'cut' on her forehead, pouring 'blood', was falling off. Well, they tried. I suspected they probably should have shut up shop at that point though. They were next door to the Myspace Signing Tent, and people were arriving for Bullet For My Valentine. I'm being completely honest when I say there were people in that line scarier than everything Spookers can offer put together. I fangirled out over Bullet for the second time in the day, and told Dad I was going to get their autographs. He clearly thought I was completely insane, and left to go find Mark. I joined the line, where I met a girl with a kickass collection of fluoro earrings and bleach blonde hair that had been sprayed into more colours than the rainbow. And you thought people who listen to metal only wear black!! I learnt she had been waiting 3 years to see Bullet, and she was a mad fan. I was reminded heavily of myself in relatin to My Chem. We chatted until we got to the front of the (first) line. Here began the problems. You see, to get to meet the band, all you had to do was sign up to Myspace. So I did, only to discover I've actually got a Myspace lying around somewhere but I've just never used it in my life, and my friend showed them a print out of her Myspace page info. So we both got in, even if neither of us did what we were meant to. But the lady told us that Bullet were only signing for fifteen minutes, there were already a stupid amount of people in the line, and we didn't stand a chance of getting a signature. She suggested we get our cameras and snap as many shots of them as we possibly could. Both of us swore. My camera was back over by the Blue stage with my bag, and my friend loved Bullet more than any other band in the world. Fellow My Chem fan[atic]s, I ask you- how would you feel if you were offered the chance to meet our boys, in person, and get their actual autographs (HOLY SHIT =D I'd be so happy) and were then told you couldn't, you'd just have to sit around outside and try to get photos. I think I personally would sink to the ground and cry. I'd probably be miserable about that for months and months. So for the sake of my new friend, I told her to join the line and I'd run for my camera, and we'd try to get either autographs or a photo. This is where the aforementioned running from one end of Mt Smart to the other and back in under five minutes comes in. I bolted through all the people and got there and back in, seriously, under five minutes. I was so exhausted when I got back I could barely breath and I felt sick, but hey- I did it. That's what counts, right? I stood at the front of the tent and snapped away like a nutter. I got a few good shots. But standing a few meters away and taking pictures like a tourist at a geyser has never been my thing. I turned around, marched over to my friend in the line, and said "Fuck it. We're gonna get signatures." She fretted the whole time, and the chick she was with I suspect didn't even know who Bullet were, but we got there in the end. I was surprised right up until I stepped into the tent that I wasn't freaking out. Then Moose smiled at me, and I very nearly collapsed there and then. Hottest drummer in world history. Hands down. Until you bring Bob Bryar into mix. I know, that's weird and sounds like I'm just trying to say I like MCR better, but he's made of awesome to me. I told Moose (drummer) I loved their band and that they were an inspiration to me. I know, I know, load of bull - I didn't even like them until three hours beforehand. But still. They are pretty awesome. He looked stoked, and said 'wow, thanks.'. God, man. That smile. Shit... Padge (guitarist) just grinned at me. He's awes. Jay (bassist) is really, really nice. He asked me if I'd been in the mosh, I said 'fuck yeah!' he asked if I liked it, I said 'definitely'. He asked me if I was having a good day, I told him it was the best. Sweetheart, welcome to the deepest dam conversation I can hold [oh gods, sarcasm...] but hey, he's still really nice. His accent is so awesome, I love it. He sounds like a fucking leprechaun. When I went to Matt (lead guitarist, singer), I was planning to ask if he had any advice for someone who wants to make it as the vocalist in a rock band (because I mean shit, who better to ask than somebody who has??), but he grinned at me and I lost my train of thought. I can't believe this. I fangirled out, completely, over I band I'd liked for under three hours. Wtf?? He also made the 'g' in Padge's signature into a dick. I laughed. He laughed, and I'm genuinely surprised I did not pass out. I mean it's not that I'm that pathetic screaming idiot who freaks out. If I met My Chem, I seriously think I'd be able to hold a decent conversation with them. I mean shit, I did better keeping myself calm than a lot of the guys who were in that line. Half of them, anybody in the band tried to say something to them and they just choked up. I did better than that... Me and my friend freaked out for a good five minutes when we got out of the tent, then we said goodbye and I went back to the stands. I got there and Hugh and Matt saw the card I was holding the the fact it had signatures on it, and I had the pleasure of watching their faces turn green. It was nice, it really was... The Datsuns were just finishing (dammit! Another band I missed), and I decided Serj Tankian would be interesting to see. I saw them come on and cracked up laughing- full suits, completely with bloody top hats. It was priceless. I went down into the most pit, and got right up to the front. I'd never seen Serj live before, in System Of A Down or otherwise. But about him, I believe there are really only two things that need to be said. One) There are two men on earth that can play a rock concert in a suit and look fucking awesome. One is Gerard Way. The other is Serj. Two) There is only one man in the world who can do a remix of It's A Rich Man's World and have you headbanging to it. And much though I love to rave about Gee's superpowers, onstage and off, in comic books and out of them, that man is not Gerard Way. It is, most certainly, Serj Tankian. Praise the Lord! Pass the Ammunition! (^ I'm not religious, Serj got everybody screaming that) Then Serj finished and everyone started moving around. People were already trying to get in to see The Arctic Monkeys, and they weren't on for an hour. I turned around to leave and go back up to the stands, but then I heard The Living End start and went there instead. I love them. They fucking rock. I got to the front, right in front of Chris (guitarist and singer). It was fucking awesome. The Living End are the best live band apart from my Chemical Romance I've ever seen. If you think that's a bit rich, than let me ask you... have you ever seen a man play a kickass guitar solo while standing on top of an upright bass? It is quite honestly the best thing since Frerard. Seriously. Like, it really is. Chris and Scott (bassist) are amazing performers. Yay!! There was a break between songs and all these people were yelling 'Roll On! Roll On!" and I yelled "Wake Up!" and they played Wake Up instead! I felt so spesh lol even though it may have been set out on a list, there's still a tiny possibility they listened to me...! "This song is dedicated to the memory of George Bush." I loved that. Chris made it sound like George is dead. Man, I wish he were... Scott is extraordinary- he has just about the best stage persona I've ever seen or hear of, he's in the league of fellow [legendary] bassist Lyn Z and Pete Wentz, and he plays an upright bass!!! The dam thing's taller than he is! And he got up on top of it himself! AND HE PLAYED THE WHOLE SHOW IN A SARONG!! If anybody has a picture they can share of Scott at yesterday's show, can they please come forward and share it! I didn't bring my camera into the mosh pit, and I deeply regret it! And Andy (drummer), is awesome! He puts all his heart and soul into his performance- he's the Frank Iero of drummers! I loved watching him play. Often the guitarist(s) and bassist in a band steal all the limelight and the drummer doesn't get a look in. I found myself watching Andy and only Andy for easily a third of the set!! He's just so dam good! Wow! I got back from The Living End on a massive buzz, and went to get food as The Arctic Monkeys began. But I came back and decided I absolutely had to get back in the pit. The Arctic Monkeys are fucking awesome. Hugh said afterwards that they weren't putting much of an effort into pleasing the crowd. I think he needs to get his head checked. Certainly they didn't lose it and jump around the stage, but how could they have? They're not that genre. I think for the kind of music they make, they were fantastic. And man did they draw a crowd! They should have been the headline act! I got right to the front, which must have been a bummer for the people who had been crushing in at the start of The Living End's set to get a place at the front. But it was fantastic. I loved it. And wow, they're seriously just kids! Alex Turner (vocals, occasional guitar and keyboards) probably still gets asked for ID in pubs! Holy shit, they have some serious confidence for their age! Watching Alex was like watching a total veteran of rock! Uh... minus the wrinkles, athritis and... um, and rock. We were nearing the end of our night as I returned to the stands to join Mark, Hugh, Matt and Dad. It was freezing, but I didn't have anything but a shitty jacket. So I huddled up and settled in to watch the final act we'd be staying for... Neil Young. Yeah. There isn't really much else you can say. I tried to get a picture of just how shit it really was, but I only came up with this... So I tried a different approach and turned the camera on myself to try and give you all an idea of just how bad it was. This is five minutes in. By ten minutes in, I was blocking my ears. I mean, I do like one or two of Neil Young's songs. They're not too bad, in small doses. But it wasn't the songs that sucked. It was Neil playing them! His voice was terrible. He was in terrible shape. You know it's bad when the cameramen are trying to distract people from how crap a solo artist is by doing close ups on the drummer. I tried going over to check out Dropkick Murphys. They were utterly hopeless. I came back within ten minutes. At ten past ten, I got my iPod out. I figured I could listen to Bullet For My Valentine to drown him out. But even Bullet didn't do it. I turned to MSI, and rocked out like a total freak in the middle of all these geriatrics singing tunelessly along to Neil. Hugh and Matt looked really jealous. They only had one iPod between them, and it wasn't blocking out anything. They had to sit there and take it, even when Dad and Mark, who only came to Big Day Out for Neil Young, disappeared for twenty minutes to smoke cigarettes over by the Boiler Room. Eventually, they woke up to the fact Neil wasn't going to get any better. We packed up, and like over three quarters of the people at BDO, walked out on Neil. The people I really feel sorry for are the Headless Chickens. By the time they came on, the only people left at Mt Smart were probably a couple of old gerries, some idiots who'd passed out because they were too stoned (seriously, the smell of weed was everywhere!) and the remains of the crowd at The Prodigy. I really wish I'd got to see The Prodigy though. I had been just about to get up and go over there when we left. Oh well. I saw better bands than them that day. And so that, my friends, was my experience at Big Day Out 09!! I hope you didn't fall asleep four hours ago on the first sentence, but hey- what can you do? Tell me what you guys did and what the Aussie dates are like, I want to hear!!
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January 15, 2009Top 10 Bands of 2008 2008 was the year of the new bands, new tastes and new famous people! So, I think a lot and I choose 10 bands who made my 2008 a better year. 10. Boys Like Girls, Ive already knew them, but this year I definitely started to LOVE this guys. The Great Escape drives me crazy all the time, makes me wanna get in a convertible and drive like a crazy with my friends singing along some old song. Or something like that. 9. We The Kings, when I saw the Check Yes Juliet video, I totally fell in love. When Travis started to sing, I didnt knew what to do: if I saw the video or his hair. 8. Every Avenue, Where Were You is addictive and funny. Oh, and the guys are REALLY cute. 7. Airbag, is a band from Argentina - but i still think that Pelé is better than Maradona - and they are very talented. Their brand new album, Una Hora a Tokyo, have a single called Mi Sensación and that music have an amazing solo! There are other musics from this band that i really, really, REALLY love, like Amor de Verano and All Night Long. 6. Breathe Carolina, they show me what is power pop. Really, i didnt knew what was power pop in the beginning of the year, but when i get in the myspace of BC and listened the musics, i really like it because they are totally original and their music deserves a lot of fans. I think that The Birds and The Bees are their best song. 5. Opeth, they arent new and famous, but they are a new taste for my playlist. My brother started to listening them and i started to like their sound. 4. Moby, my daddy was deleting some things from his laptop when he found Porcelain and then i started to find myself in Mobys lyrics. My favorite song of Moby is In My Heart. Dont know why, but I feel fine when I listen this one. 3. The Ting Tings, I was in a magazine site when i read about the song Thats Not My Name. They were saying that the song was agressive and blablabla. In my opinion, they are a fun machine. When Jules start the back vocals in Thats Not My Name i start to sing with him. With the lyrics by my side, of course. 2. Forever The Sickest Kids, i still in love with Kyle and Austin. When i start to talk about FTSK i get in trouble, because i dont know what is my favorite song. My first favorite was Whoa Oh! (Me vs. Everyone), because this one was the pioneer on my viciousness. After this, was the time of The Way She Moves, Men In Black, Breakdown and Coffee Break. But now im absolutely addicted on My Worst Nightmare. I dont know what their music means for them, but for me its already part of my life. They kick some ass! 1. Paramore, ok, everybody knew that them will stay in 1st. Look, Hayley have an amazing, wonderful voice and she is totally gorgeous. Josh have talent and... hes fuckin hot - fact. Everybody loves him, and i agree with this people. Zac is SO cute! But can somebody explain to me why he always stand behind Hayley in the majority of the photos? Suspect. Jeremy is my favorite one. Hes cute, hes gorgeous, he have talent, hes fuckin hot and I LOVE HIM WITH ALL MY HEART! I touched on his reed. That was magical, ok? My favorite songs of Paramore are: Miracle, Born For This, Let The Flames Begin and Here We Go Again. But its complicated to choose one favorite song, because all the songs of them are amazing. Related Groups:
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December 30, 2008Awesomely Awesome Songs of 2008...Everyone else is doing music lists, so I thought I would do one as well... In no particular order. Sam Sparro - Black and Gold M.I.A - Paper Planes Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me and Don't Want To Go To Bed Now Lady Gaga - Just Dance and Poker Face The Ting Tings - Great DJ and That's Not My Name Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris - Dance Wiv Me The Presets - Talk Like That, This Boy's In Love and My People Something With Numbers - Stay With Me Bright Eyes Faker - Are You Magnetic The Verve - Love Is Noise MGMT - Time To Pretend and Electric Feel Related Groups:
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December 2, 2008My Holiday From Real - The Big Snow Show 3 Concert ReviewThis Snow Show was unlike any other I've been too - okay, maybe not the concert itself but the experience was definetly something other than the usual thing for me. And here is how the magical tale began to unfold.... I babysit from afterschool until 6. I begged people all day for a ride to the show, becuase Andi was no longer able to take me. I babysat, very ansty, until 6 on the dot. I got home at 6:05 and rushed my favoritest relative, Grandma, out the door. I felt really bad becuase she was nervous to drive in the snow, but once we got on the expressway she was thrilled she was taking me. She used to dance and swim and hang out at the Eagles Ballroom all the time when it was still a ballroom that is. I arrived at the venue roughly 3 minutes before 7, when the concert was supposed to begin. I got out of the car alone at the same time as two girls got out of a car in front of us. Once inside they asked if I came alone, I explained my situtation and they kinda wandered off. I got checked for cameras and stuff and then went up a zillion sets of stairs to the Ballroom. I had my old camera with me. Now, the Ballroom is my least favorite room at The Rave. It's too big and the crowds just also seem to be worse than the crowds in the other rooms. There was already a massive crowd all around the stage so I decided to get a tshirt right away for the hell of it. I really wanted the purple "I <piano> Jack's Mannequin" shirt, but they didn't have my size, so I got one that says "Swim For Your Life" on it and on the back it says "Jacks Mannequin. Good enough for me!
A few minutes before The Ting Tings started I got 'into the crowd' which means I got in front of a few people kinda on the sidelines of the crowd. I could see fine, I don't really care for them so it was no biggy. They are a very radio-hit, one hit wonder band. They're not horrible, terrible, atrocious, vomit inducing, or anything like that but they definetly aren't wonderful and I wouldn't consider purchesing their cd. All of their songs sound the same. They did have a lot of energy on stage, however few people in the crowd shared that energy, but what can you expect from a Death Cab crowd? Towards the end of their very short set, a guy came out and then came back into the crowd with a girl, I of course followed them in and ended up 5 or 6 tall people back. I soon found the people in front of me had an immense love for Jack's Mannequin - hey so do I! But did I talk to them? No, I wasn't in the mood(if that's the word) to put myself out there. Sometimes I'm up for talking to strangers, today it was interesting to be at a show alone.
Jack's Mannequin came out next, of course, and I went absolutly spazzoid nutzo in love. I sang along to every song and danced my ass off. They played all my favorites, even Lullaby/Hammers and Strings! They played a good mix of new and old songs, but I was surprised they didn't play American Love becuase that seems like it would be a good song live. Andrew talked less than he did at Summerfest but still managed to mention beer, milwaukee, and friends. I love him, I really do. If there's a Jesus, it's him, I promise you that. Jack's Mannequin are rapidly becoming one of my favoritist bands. I think I'm using the lyrics "If you left it up to me everyday would be a holiday from real" or lyrics from "I'm Ready" or "The Resolution" for my senior quote. They are up their with MCS for sure! I basically went to this show for them, and them alone, and it was worth it. I had so much fun. Both at Summerfest and now, I always feel like it's just me and the band in the room. They're music means so much to me, they're lyrics have helped me a lot, and they are magic in music form. I am so in love. They were spectacular, there's not much else I can say about them - without going on for days, that is. After JM, I left the crowd to use the restroom. There was such a huge long line, and two girls got in a fight about something and yea. After that I realized I would not be getting back into the crowd. This crowd was similar to that of Silversun Pickups and Ok Go with Snow Patrol. A few people for the first to bands and then a huge amount of unmoving, unfun, not concert people people for the last band. This crowd was not hyper or very fun. They weren't the kind of people to walk through to get a good spot. I don't like Death Cab for Cutie much anyways though I guess. I went through a short Death Cab binge last year sometime and whenever they were on The OC all the time, but I don't own any full cds and yeah. The singer really looked like a creeper, haha. I sat down on some steps for a little bit of their set and walked around the rest of the time. I saw a girl pass out or faint or something, everyone including her friend were just kinda like "Uhhhhhhh" and stared at her for the 30 seconds she was out. There were a lot of middle aged people at the show too, its so weird to be surrounded by that age group and be a teenager. I'm not saying its weird for not teenagers to go to shows, there just usually aren't that many at shows I go to. So, I was on the left side of the stage the whole time, so I decided to wander over to the right side. HOLY SHIT. The whole back of the room and right side smelled more like drugs than Lollapalooza! Somehow everyone must have been smoking weed and those little brown ciggarette things. It was horrible, I went back to the left side soon.
I surprisingly new a lot of the songs Death Cab played, but they kind of bore me so as soon as they left the stage I went down and out(TAI REFERENCE NAO) and left. I got a victory records demo cd and atticus sticker upon leaving the doors, and then turned the corner and walked to the front of the building. I was really afraid I wouldn't find my mom who was picking me up around 11. I had no clue what time it was. I saw Robert as soon as I turned the corner, we got in the car and left. They must have been their for a while becuase they said they saw some guys of Death Cab outside becuase they parked next to their van or something. I duno about that, haha.
It might be kind of weird, and it's definetly weird to say, but I thought about life a lot at the show, a lot of self reflection too. Jack's Mannequin generally get me in that kind of mood, and Death Cab tend to make me kind of nostalgic, I suppose. With all that's been going on in my mind and life lately I guess I should have expected it, but I thought A LOT. Life, right? I don't even know, there is so much I just don't know any more, but this show was a really good release. I'm actually really happy I went to the show alone, I needed this time to be by myself but doing something I love and listen to great music. I got a lot out at the show, it was a great holiday from the constant stress that I've been under lately. It feels so good to get that out, even if just for one night. I've been home since 11:18 (it's 12:18 as I type this very word) and I'm so happy, relieved, and thankful of what I got to experience tonight. Jack's Mannequin makes me happy, and a break from life makes me even happier. It was a good night. I can't wait to see JM again, and I really hope this uplifted spirits thing keeps up for a while, at least until Envy, next Thursday :) Goodnight, Internet. Related Groups:
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November 10, 2008BACK TO YOU,guys...fill in and tell me what u think..^^
1. Put Your iTunes, Windows Media Player, ETC on Shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer. 3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS. 4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name. 5. Put this on your journal. If someone says "Is this okay?" You say...? "balaclava" by arctic monkeys..[whattt?] How would you describe yourself? "belief" by john mayer..[is that even an adjective..?] What do you like in a guy? they are a "rope of sand" by jamie lidell...[whattt?] How do you feel today? "i'm a sucker for a kind word" by copeland..[yeah...i'm a sucker..today..] What is your life's purpose? "under the influence" by James Morison....[under the influence of TAI,patd and cobra starship^^] What is your motto? "hold your head up" by soulwax...[this one i agree,most..] What do your friends think of you? "perhaps love" by howL and J (korean artists)...[perhaps love?...duuhh..] What do you think of your parents? they are "lollypop"..by Mika...[colorful and sweet..."i went walking with my mama one day..."] What do you think about very often? "No stopping Us" by jason mraz...[aint no stopping us?] What is 2+2? a "lady" by Laurence Page...[wait? since when...?] What do you think of your best friend? "life is wonderful" by jason mraz...[they ARE wonderful..] What do you think of the person you like? "that's not my name" by the ting tings..[wait? if i ever call him in misspelt?] What is your life story? "once when i was a little" by james morrison..[that makes sense..] What do you want to be when you grow up? "dare" by the higher..[to be dared?] What do you think of when you see the person you like? he like "pork and beans" by weezer...[hahahaha,YEAHHHH!!!] What will you dance to at your wedding? "northern downpour" by panic at the disco...[well,i'd crying all over time at my wedding day...] What will they play at your funeral? an instrumental korean music named "woo joo jung bok #2"...[i dont even know what doest it mean..?] What is your hobby? "covered in rain" by john mayer....[yeah and get ill...] What is your biggest fear? "umbrella" by the postal service....[yeaaahhhh,right.what's so scared from an umbrella???but this song is creepy...] What is your biggest secret? "you got me" by VHS or Beta...[yeah..u got me..i have many..] What do you think of your friends? "damn u look good and i'm drunk (scandalous) by Cobra starship...[hahaha,they are gewd...anytime not just at my drunk time..ahahahah] What will you post this as? "back to you" by bryan adams....[oh,well...]
Posted by Little Miss Nanette on 11/10/2008 4:06 AM Comments (4)
October 29, 2008We Are Playing a FREE MYSPACE SECRET SHOW On Halloween in Philly!
Myspace has picked us for their next secret show!!!!!
Check out the invitation on our myspace page for all the details. Hope you can make it out! xx
Posted by thetingtings on 10/29/2008 9:13 AM Comments (0)
October 18, 2008A couple of songs you should listen to.The Used - Sick Hearts The Ting Tings - Be The One The Pigeon Detectives - This Is An Emergency Klaxons - Magick Klaxons - Two Recievers The Horrors - Gloves The Horrors - Count In Fives Mystery Jets - Half In Love with Elizabeth Kids In Glass Houses - Saturday One Night Only - Nintendo These are more indie-ish [except for the used] so no RAWRiness in em tho i do suggest that you should check em out. They're quite brilliant and i wanted to share my "At the moment fav songs" with you =]
Posted by xmirandax9 on 10/18/2008 1:27 PM Comments (0)
October 9, 2008Win Tickets To Our US Fall Tour!
As we head off for LA next week, we wanted to send one last tour update.
We would love to see every one of you at our upcoming gigs, and to help you get there...our label is running a ticket give-away contest! Enter here to win tickets. Good luck, and see you soon!!! xx
Posted by thetingtings on 10/09/2008 8:54 AM Comments (0)
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