Musics!
Internets, since last we spoke, there has been much awesome music. Last week I saw Gold Motel again. Pics start about halfway down this page. They played an excellent show as always and performed two new songs. I liked both of them, so I'm looking forward to whenever the new album is released. I made a new friend at the show, too. (Hi, 
kinetikatrue!)
Saturday, I spent the day at the DC101 Chili Cookoff consuming zero chili. Instead, I watched awesome bands play awesome music. Pics start here. I got there during Paper Tongues set. I'd never heard of them, but I'll probably look into buying their music. Then Neon Trees played an amazing set, and I started getting tired of crowdsurfers. Panic! at the Disco played next, another great set. The lead singer made several ridiculous comments about the Rapture and trying to fuck everyone after the show. I'm not entirely sure those comments were unrelated. After getting knocked in the head by one too many crowdsurfers, I got out of the crowd by getting to the barrier and having security pull me over. I met up with my friend from work and her boyfriend, and we sat in the shade for Papa Roach and Seether, neither of whom we were interested in. Then once the crowd cleared out a bit we went up to watch Weezer close the show. We managed to get a spot in front of the sound board barrier to make sure crowdsurfers would not be an issue. Weezer played a fun set that was pretty much their greatest hits, and Rivers Cuomo came down to the sound board area for one song. My friend got a high five from him.
Then on Sunday, I went to Soundbites at the 9:30 Club. Pictures start about halfway down this page. Soundbites is an annual fundraiser for the DC Central Kitchen, and many local restaurants had delicious food samples. Ra Ra Rasputin, The Pietasters, and Trouble Funk all performed. I continue to enjoy seeing The Pietasters and Trouble Funk. Maybe I should look into actually buying their musics.
May has been quite a month for shows. July's going to be like this, except I'll be at the Kennedy Center every week. (Yay Wicked!) August will be back to shows with the big one being the Honda Civic Tour co-headlined by blink-182 and My Chemical Romance. I'm currently planning to get tickets with my friend from work and her boyfriend since we had a good time at the show this past weekend. She's a big Blink fan, so we can take turns being excited about things. Anyone else planning to go and looking for someone to carpool with?
Unrelated to music, they put up pictures from the tech rehearsal of the belly dance show I was in a few weeks ago. Pictures from my dance start on this page.
kinetikatrue!)
Saturday, I spent the day at the DC101 Chili Cookoff consuming zero chili. Instead, I watched awesome bands play awesome music. Pics start here. I got there during Paper Tongues set. I'd never heard of them, but I'll probably look into buying their music. Then Neon Trees played an amazing set, and I started getting tired of crowdsurfers. Panic! at the Disco played next, another great set. The lead singer made several ridiculous comments about the Rapture and trying to fuck everyone after the show. I'm not entirely sure those comments were unrelated. After getting knocked in the head by one too many crowdsurfers, I got out of the crowd by getting to the barrier and having security pull me over. I met up with my friend from work and her boyfriend, and we sat in the shade for Papa Roach and Seether, neither of whom we were interested in. Then once the crowd cleared out a bit we went up to watch Weezer close the show. We managed to get a spot in front of the sound board barrier to make sure crowdsurfers would not be an issue. Weezer played a fun set that was pretty much their greatest hits, and Rivers Cuomo came down to the sound board area for one song. My friend got a high five from him.
Then on Sunday, I went to Soundbites at the 9:30 Club. Pictures start about halfway down this page. Soundbites is an annual fundraiser for the DC Central Kitchen, and many local restaurants had delicious food samples. Ra Ra Rasputin, The Pietasters, and Trouble Funk all performed. I continue to enjoy seeing The Pietasters and Trouble Funk. Maybe I should look into actually buying their musics.
May has been quite a month for shows. July's going to be like this, except I'll be at the Kennedy Center every week. (Yay Wicked!) August will be back to shows with the big one being the Honda Civic Tour co-headlined by blink-182 and My Chemical Romance. I'm currently planning to get tickets with my friend from work and her boyfriend since we had a good time at the show this past weekend. She's a big Blink fan, so we can take turns being excited about things. Anyone else planning to go and looking for someone to carpool with?
Unrelated to music, they put up pictures from the tech rehearsal of the belly dance show I was in a few weeks ago. Pictures from my dance start on this page.