trouble in room 517.

so, my mom and i decided that it would be a great idea to stay in the chelsea hotel for a night because of all of its historical value and sheer awesomeness.





we ended up getting a really sweet room right next to the giant "O" in "HOTEL" ... no, our room was not haunted. though, seeing the ghosts of sid and nancy would have been fascinating.



the halls were decked in ridiculous art and the smell of pot filled the whole hotel. clearly a place for "rare individuals."
i was so stoked to be there. everything about it is cool.




i'd most definitely live there if i could.

what's my name?

ummm ... michael assface? ... oh sorry, did i pronounce that incorrectly?

good god, so i just watched top chef masters and i have to say, michael chiarello is a real dick to say the least.
like, i knew he was sort of self absorbed and conceited, but i didn't have a problem with him.
it wasn't until this episode that i really realized it.

but whatever, it was an exciting episode with appearances from past season favorites, including fabio, jamie, dale, spike and ma boyfrannnnnnnnn ilan <33
because i'm biased, i totally wanted anita's team to win. she had jamie, dale and ilan on her team, but she ended up going home. i was thoroughly upset, but her food sucked two weeks in a row, so they had to send her home.
i'm over it nowww. ilan and hung are gonna be on next week's episode along with the other top chef winners to judge.
so excited!


just saying.

hai, i likes da akorn/familiez.

i've really been slacking lately i guess. whatever happened to my decision to blog every single day no matter what?
i guess that was short lived, considering i such a lazy ass and i only blog when i absolutely have nothing else to do at that very moment. but anyways, i had two options of things to do yesterday. i could've seen simian mobile disco at the waterfront, or i could've gone to see akron/family at other music ... OR, i could've gone to both.
plant ended up getting thwarted, and i had to skip simian mobile disco, which made me sad, but whatever, i heard it was empty and dead at the waterfront anyway. and it was about to rain any second, and god knows i hate being outside when it's raining.
so, we made the decision to see akron/family instead.





it was a good decision. i don't regret skipping smd at all.
akron/family are just so talented and exciting. anything that involves clanking on chairs, shouting and clapping is good in my book. yes sir.

slow kids and casioclub?!

today we went to yet another lovely free show at south street seaport. this time it was slow club and casiokids. both of whom, i've never seen before, but i've only heard good things about their live shows, so i was stoked to go.
slow club was all sorts of wonderful and adorable. they were just so enjoyable.




casiokids were also quite lovely. they made me remember why i love scandinavians so much. they're just so charming with their broken english. especially casiokids though. they're from norway, and i don't think any of them really speak english. they jsut danced on stage and smiled a lot and sang in norweigan. i had no problem with that.
the one with the bow tie is my secret boyfriend.





next week is the last seaport show of the summer :C
i'm so upset. it has been a good run this season.

it is now wednesday and i STILL have a headache.

All Points West - Part Tres

i woke up sunday morning, looked out the window and it was pouring rain. i was hesitant of whether i should get up or not. i then decided to go back to sleep, but was rudely interrupted by a slew of texts asking when/if i was going and if it was canceled or not. obviously, it would be absurd to completely cancel it, but because the rain was so bad, they had to delay opening gates by over two hours. people had been waiting in the rain and were already aggravated enough, i can't imagine how they felt when they were told they couldn't even go in until 3:40.
none of this applied to me though. because i had a field pass, i could go at any hour, waltz on in, and no one would care.
but i decided to sleep til 3pm and leave the house around 5:30.
i came equipped with my doc martens. i was ready for any amount of mud that day.

we got to the park just as silversun pickups were finishing and i snagged a spot in the second row for we are scientists.
i had been amped all weekend for them, and now that i was feeling better, i knew i could thoroughly enjoy their set, along with all the other bands i needed to see that day.
they have a ton of energy (especially for guys over 30 haha) ... you can really tell that they're doing what they love and they won't stop for a while. i love them. they even did a new song ... i'm totally psyched for more new material.
towards the end of their set, dev hynes aka lightspeed champion came out to play guitar with them. i got so excited when i saw him. it was completely unexpected and fantastic.












after their epic set, we headed to the blue comet stage to see echo & the bunnymen, but then decided to leave that stage and see lykke li instead, because obviously she is the superior act. she's just fantastic, and the crowd went absolutely insane when she did a cover of "a milli" ... yes, i couldn't believe it either. but anyways, she's lovely and swedish and wonderful and i want to be her. oh, and during her set, i ran into alice glass from crystal castles. she was dancing, and i, like a creep, stood and watched her for five minutes.






after her set, we headed back to the bullet stage to catch a little bit of the black keys ... ok, so i didn't really want to see them. i just wanted to attempt to get a decent spot for MGMT, which not so much to my surprise, was incredibly difficult. i managed to get pretty far up though considering how packed the crowd was.
MGMT came on promptly at 9:40. everyone around me was trippin' on something ... what else is new?
i got so excited when they played "destrokk," a song from an older ep, and it was clear that the australian men in my vicinity and i were the only ones who were singing along. of course everyone went insane when they did "electric feel" and "time to pretend." they "closed" with a new song, but then came back out to do "kids," obviously. ... it was basically a mud party by then. people were flinging it everywhere. it was great, they were great, they're just spectacular live. oh, and let me just say, their lead guitarist is a beast. that solo during "kids" ... wow, i was in awe.














when they finished, i realized that coldplay was still playing, so i met up with katie and we watched from the tent.
i only caught their encore, but from what i heard, they were good. not gonna lie. it was a nice way to end a truly phenomenal weekend. my feet were officially shot by then, and it was hard to walk, but i knew that with every step, i was closer to my bed and closer to the best sleep of my life.

so with that i say, thank you all points west. i had fun.