november 17th ... november flippin' 17th. no, i haven't given up yet. i haven't waited almost two years for NOTHING. dear kid sis, please please please, impress me by not postponing the release again. love, devyn
oh, and i can't even see her on november 27th because it's 19+ ... why is life so shitty right now?!
blawgging has been slow lately ... but it's for a good reason. i've been busy all week pretty much. just been busy being awesome. probably one of the best weeks in a while ... not gonna lie.
on thursday, i went to topshop ... opening day, so i had to wait approximately an hour and 43 minutes to get in, but holy hell, was it worth it. i went through the entire store about 4 times and bought a whole slew of fabulous garments. so exciting.
on saturday, i went to see ra ra riot and cut off your hands at webster hall. as much as i hate hate hate webster hall, this show was just fantastic. i hadn't been to a good show in over a month ... i NEEDED something great to end my withdrawal. okay, so the first guy, jon moses was a little strange, but i suppose he had fun. i'll just say, i would NOT want him to be my underwear. no thank you. next up was cut off your hands. they were every bit as wonderful as we thought they would be. we'd been dying to see them for so long, and my oh my did they deliver. nick basically owned the entire stage with his spazzmatic dancing. agh ... sooooo good!
then ra ra riot was the icing on the already delicious cupcake. i hadn't seen them since summer 2008 because i felt like i was all "ra ra'd out" from seeing them so many times last year. i had almost forgotten how good they are live. of course, i still can't forgive them for changing the lyrics of "can you tell," but the set was good. they played for about an hour and 15 minutes, oh and they did some new songs, good stuff. i was fully satisfied.
and my very favorite:
the next day, i finished all of my awesome essays, then went back to topshop to buy more things and to see kim dj. i picked up another dress and another skirt. kim was playing all my favorite booty bumpin top 40 hip-hop tunes, then as i was dancing while waiting on line, i glanced out of the corner of my eye up to the dj booth, only to see kim waving really hard to get my attention. she slapped matt's arm, pointed at me and they both waved. i looked around to make sure they were waving to me, and sure enough they were. i waved back and continued dancing. i guess matt doesn't secretly hate me anymore. oh matt and kim, you are the best.
tokyo police club, born ruffians and harlem shakes!
most definitely in the running for the top shows of the year. despite the fact that a girl standing near us passed out and then barfed all over the floor ... oh, and that the lights were super close to giving me a seizure.
look what i found!
i had never really given harlem shakes a listen, but i was pleasantly surprised. they were just so energetic and good, i'm not sure why i'd never really listened to them before. it's like being on the beach with a couple saxophones and smiling animals and one floor tom for everyone to play together. it totally made sense why they'd be playing with tpc and born ruffians.
born ruffians were even better than i had remembered them being. but that might be because the first time i saw them, i was outside and it was pouring rain and i had no umbrella. haha, but really ... they were great! and oh hey luke lalonde ... adorable!
tokyo police club was wonderful of course. they're just so good and they make me ridiculously happy every time i see them. again, as i said five months ago, they are one of the few bands who have the ability to make me excited when they play ANY of their songs because every song is just that fantastic. they opened with a new song, and sprinkled a few other new songs in their set. i like the new material ... a step in a new direction, but still good! i can't wait to hear the songs again. they played all my favorites, but strangely, they didn't to "centennial," but that's alright.
setlist: Favourite Colour <-- new song Nature Box Sixties Breakneck Speed <-- new song Works Cave Paste Nursery New New Baskervilles Shoulders Citizens Graves Math Harrowing Tesselaste English Juno Be Good ------------ Cheer It on Spark <-- new song Train In Vain
they've totally gained more stage presence. every time i see them, they just get better and better. oh, and that encore ... so good.
they invited born ruffians out to do one song, then harlem shakes came out too and they did "train in vain" by the clash. SO RIDICULOUS! ahh!
hi, i'm devyn and i enjoy fantastic mustaches, walks in the park, rainy days, wind in my hair and music that makes my heart palpitate.
i'm a student living in urban new jersey, and in my spare time, i go to shows, i write and i take photos (yes, every live music photo on this blog was taken by yours truly, unless credited otherwise).
so, what is this blog all about, you may be asking yourself ... well, maybe it's just another amateur music blog from some naive, moronic, tickety-tack teen living outside of new york city? sure.
just some more crappy photos taken by some kid with a half decent camera? yeah, whatever floats your boat.
just some mindless blurbs about subjects that are too "complex" for a minor to intelligently speak about? right, because clearly my opinion is not valid, and anything i say regarding the music we all love means nothing.
i write about my life, and what i'm up to. not that you care, but thank you for stopping by and reading my rants, raves and racing thoughts.
