things n’ stuff.
I haven’t felt much like writing lately, i’ve been pretty tired.
I moved, then parents were in town for 10 days, then I watched Pow and Oscar for 6 days, now my brother is in town for 10 days, and I gotta figure out when my aunt and her friend will come visit… I love my family, but I don’t really want any more of them around at the moment.
I haven’t really had time to organize my place yet, or figure out what I want to do to make it look better. I need to buy some furniture, throw some more things out, sort through papers and boxes and more, and I just haven’t had the chance to do it.
I went to bumbershoot last weekend and saw some pretty good bands. All in all i didn’t like it as much as last year, there weren’t as many random cool bands around, or good bands i wanted to see.
Garbage was on Friday, they were really good. They cancelled the concert they were scheduled for back in March or April so i’m glad i got to see them.
Saturday I saw Citizen Cope, he was great too. I also saw Minus the Bear with Mark and Kathryn later at night, and while they’re not quite my thing, they were pretty good. We caught Digable Planets on the way out and i thought they were alright, but i had no idea what to expect really.
Sunday I saw The Pharycyde who were fun, but i probably won’t listen to them much. I was curious, i thought they were more like Jurassic 5 but not so much. I checked out a couple other bands just walking around randomly, but nothing caught my eye really
Monday I saw The Decemberists in the morning, they were good, but not my thing. Lots of different instruments, and a fun sea shanty type song at the end, but they’re too much of the nerd rock thing for me - too much nerd, not enough rock. I watched a couple comedians - Paul Gilmartin and Patton Oswalt - with my bro, Jim, Eric, Kelly, Sarah, and Tom. They were both really funny, and worth missing Dashboard Confessional for, though it meant not hanging out with other friends. Afterwards Bryan and I went home for a bit, had dinner, then met up with Alex, Kathryn and Anna to check out Tegan and Sara, who were cool. I think i should pick up their newest CD, I like their stuff.
I took pictures of Bumbershoot which will be uploaded sometime.
Now it’s back to work after the weekend and my housewarming party is this friday night so i gotta prepare for that.
September 7th, 2005 at 3:58 pm
Housewarming party, woo! What’s on the docket? Nachos ‘n’ cheese and bobbing for apples?
Agreed, Citizen Cope is excellent, & The Decemberists are too shy.
September 7th, 2005 at 11:55 pm
nothing but shots of ouzo all night long.
citizen cope was awesome.
i don’t know that the Decemberists were shy particularly, they’re just, you know, not for me.
I’m a very bad hipster, since not actually a hipster, so I don’t dig much indie music. my music-snob office-next-door neighbor is disappointed in me, since I generally like fewer than half of the bands he tells me about.
Citizen Cope - 2 thumbs up
Arcade Fire - 2 thumbs down
Death Cab for Cutie - 1 thumb up
The Decemberists - 1 thumb down
minus the bear - 1 thumb up
other bands i don’t remember - i don’t remember.
September 9th, 2005 at 5:33 pm
I kinda agree w/ you re: The Arcade Fire — for all the hype they got I just cannot get into their stuff. I have tried.
Have you heard any Aesop Rock? Or Ratatat? If not, I gots ta hook you up…
September 11th, 2005 at 2:30 am
i have heard OF ratatat, but have never heard them. haven’t heard of aesop rock either. maybe i’ll check ‘em out sometime.
September 12th, 2005 at 4:35 pm
wait, i’m a liar, i have heard Ratatat, but only one song. someone (maybe you?) pointed me to the song Seventeen Years which is pretty neat. i would hear more of this band.