Posts tagged with paul oakenfold

06/17/2009

these modern socks – no one’s gonna miss me

these modern socks

now that im finally back to some sense of normalcy after a weekend of insanity and sleeplessness, its time to present this years bonnaroo lineup with some awards:

best show of the weekend – tie between wilco and phishs second performance

sweatiest performer with tightest clothing – bruce springsteen

best performance i didnt want to go to that turned out to be awesome – amadou and mariam

performance that was as eerie and unique as i hoped for and lived up to all my expectations – yeasayer

biggest disappointment – mgmt. im sure the show was great in the tent but we were so far back and there was some malfunction with the second set of speakers so we couldnt hear any bass. all the people in the tent looked like they were having fun and i heard it sounded great in there.

favorite bar of the weekend – the fruit bar. we subsisted mostly on bars for the weekend. granola bars, fruit bars, all bran bars, etc. but the fruit bar is ridiculously good. its basically a really soft fruit roll up thats about an inch thick. i need to find out if its available in america.

best footwear for the weekend – sanuks – wore them all 3 days with no problems whatsoever.

favorite vendor food – the chicken kabobs from the areppa stands.

shows i most wanted to see but missed because of exhaustion/conflicts – band of horses, phoenix, crystal castles, paul oakenfold, yeah yeah yeahs, grizzly bear.

any other categories youre curious about?

so that about sums it up. the rain was pretty bad on the drive down on thursday but after that it didnt rain again the whole weekend and the mud was minimal and very avoidable which made things about a zillion times better than they would have been. now that bonnaroo is over, you can get excited to hear me talk nonstop about my next getaway to pitchfork festival in chicago for my second year there.

back to the music. todays track is no ones gonna miss me by minneapolis band these modern socks. this group is pretty much electro-pop goodness. i especially like the spaceyness (fake word alert), the the unassuming drumbeat, and the bass explosion near the end of the song. its kind of a pretty sad song, both pretty and sad. kind of like my return home after bonnaroo. pretty because i get to take showers and sleep in beds now, but sad because the excitement is over and im going back to work tomorrow.

these modern socks – no ones gonna miss me

These Modern Socks - Picking a Lock At the Speed of Light - No One's Gonna Miss Me buy this track on itunes
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05/30/2009

tv on the radio – halfway home

tv on the radio

in honor of me receiving my ticket to bonaroo today (im kind of confused since nobody was home today when they dropped it off, but im not asking any questions), i decided to write about tv on the radio, one of the bands im most excited to see at the fest in a few weeks. and by a few weeks i mean less than 2(!!!!). thats partially because i was supposed to see them 2 or 3 summers ago at st andrews, and out of the millions of shows ive gone to, theyve been only 1 of 3.5 shows that have gotten cancelled. the other two, coincidentally, were both paul oakenfold. one time his bus allegedly got stuck in some sort of snow storm, so at about 1 am they finally told us he wasnt gonna show up. the second time, we got there and found out he was at the venue, but sick in his tour bus (the infamous night when julie got her hair curled at clutch cargos). the .5 is when cut copy was supposed to close out pitchfork fest last year and their flight got delayed or something like that. by the time they got to the fest and set up, they only played 4 songs before they had to stop because of the curfew. so i think that counts as a half, because i dont feel like i saw them live, even though i technically did.

anyway, some other reasons im pumped to see tv on the radio live: 1. they are totally sweet. 2. their last album, dear science, is totally sweet. 3. the lead singer, whose name i didnt know (its kyp malone), but who i know is also the lead singer of iran, has awesome crazy hair and an awesomer beard. 4. redemption. i think those are all of the main reasons. its also kind of my destiny this time because, in general, every band i really want to see at bonnaroo this year is scheduled to play at the same time as another band i really want to see. all, except tv on the radio. ironically, paul oakenfold is also playing bonnaroo, and is only up against girl talk, who is always fun, but who ive seen many times already. so double (techincally triple) redemption is to be had in just a few short days.

anyway again (i really need to work on those segueways), im not sure why i like todays song so much. i like the weird chord changes in the chorus, the beat changes, and the way that the chorus is different every time, but it still usually rhymes with a lot of the previous lines. i know that didnt really rhyme, but give me credit for trying to find a third rhyming word for at least a minute before i gave up. you know how sometimes you hear an opening track to an album, and you think it sets up the whole remainder of the album perfectly? thats this one for me. and you and everyone we know.

tv on the radio – halfway home

TV On the Radio - Dear Science - Halfway Home buy this track on itunes
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