Passion Pit

So I love this video...

Thanks to my friends over at FendMagazine for posting this vid, and reviewing the new album.

Passion Pit are coming to a little bar in Buffalo in like a month, and I'm pretty certain I wanna go; anybody that lives nearby wanna join?

Silvy Sun

So I just saw this music vid on MTV.

Silversun Pickups

They grow up so fast don't they?*tear*

Love this band.

I for one am happy when good music starts getting air time.

Selling out? Pshhhhhh. I'm just happy good music is making money. 

New video is directed by James Frost who directed that cool trippy video for Radiohead's House of Cards. 

I remember seeing Silvy Sun like 2 years ago in a small place in Buffalo with like 50 people haha. 

I went alone but it was still super fun.

And... now they have an awesome new album, and I'll be seeing them again in August!

Everyone watch this video many times. It'll bring smiles.

More Dallas Clayton

Ok, cuz the simple coolness of Dallas Clayton needs to be highlighted again.

Medication

"Starting a snowball fight
with a group of six year olds
is one of the best ideas.
Period."

Check out more of his stuff here.

Postographs

I love good imagery. 

This Blog is pretty dang cool. 

The posts are collections of photographs that (I assume) are collected based upon a certain theme. While the blog might not save the world, this chick really has an eye for good photography. Some of the pictures are stunning and it's fun to see the progression through the images within a post.

FED 2

Sooooo, I just bought a new camera!

I'd previously talked about how I wanted a new RangeFinder but a Lecia M8 seemed maybe just a wee bit too expensive.

Sooo, I thought about going back and learning on 35mm, and I did my research and bought a Russian made FED 2 from like the 50's-60's. It should be here pretty soon and as long as it works (I bought it for like 30-40 bucks on ebay, from a dude in the Ukraine ha), it's gonna be awesome! I'll put some pics up just as soon as I get it and start taking some good ones!! Can't wait!

LIT/Coldplay

So I'm not a huge Coldplay kid, though I did enjoy a few of their singles; mainly Yellow & Fix You.

But i just found this video of my favorite movie using a Coldplay tune. 

Watch it.

LIT/Coldplay

P.S. I still really wanna visit Japan someday.

Dream?

You ever like have the best dream ever? Like the most uplifting, pointed dream that when you wake you realize how important certain things in life are?

Neither had I.

Till now.

"you said 'see look thats yours!
stacked on top with your brother's
see how they resemble one another
even in their plastic little covers'"

I fell asleep at like 4:30am, and I accidently left this song on repeat for the past 3 hours.

Bon Iver - Blood Bank

My Itunes play count is now 49,

and I just woke up to the most optimistic/pessimistic/realistic

dream memory that I've ever had,

with this as the soundtrack.

Ok, I know it's not "real", but it is. And, I don't know. I wonder at the power of music.

I don't know why I'm writing this, like at all. Except to say that things are ok. Everything's ok.

WEST COAST!

So, I just bought my plane ticket and my ticket to go to the Outland Music Fest in San Fran!!

So I'm really excited. I'm going to hang out with 2 of my closest friends who are stationed out there, goin to a pretty sweet 3 day music festival, and I'm hanging out in Cali for like 9 days!! 

Like, I've never really been west of Chicago (well I guess I did go to El Paso back in high school, for like a day on the way down into Mexico, but nothing like this) so it's gonna be pretty awesome. Jumping in the Pacific for the first time?? Also awesome.

Plus I haven't been able to go to a show in months. 

I'm pretty excited, I can't lie.

Spring Movies

Ok, so a while back I put up a post about The Road and how excited I was about it. Well, the trailer was finally released...

...and I want to retract my excitement.

Maybe I just loved the book too much but all I could see while I watched the trailer were the reasons why it's going to suck.

Let's put those reasons into a list:

#1-It explains what happens to the world via some BS global warming stupidiy.

#2-Charlize Theron is like all over this trailer and her role is so minimal in the book.

#3-It makes it seems like they are being chased by bad dudes because of who they are.

#4It just seems to downplay the journey element of the story, which is the entire point (imagine apocolypse now, without them going anywhere).

Maybe I'm wrong, and I'd be so happy to admit that. But right now I'm just dissapointed. Think I'll go read the book again. Anyone who hasn't read the book yet, go out and do it! It's the book that won Cormac McCarthy (Author of No Country For Old Men, Blood Meridian, and All the Pretty Horses) the Pulitzer prize. It's one of the best books I've read in the past few years. 

On other news, saw Star Trek last night, and it was freak'in awesome.

So that's a plus. 

Anyways, what do you guys think?

Does the trailer for The Road look good? Am I having too high of an expectation?

Did you guys like Star Trek?

BDAY

It's my birthday :)

that's all I have to say about that

Auditorium

Oh man... So this little game is highly awesome. The aesthetics just kinda suck you in and it's just such good positive reinforcement when you do well. Basically, you redirect light and if done correctly the light makes beautiful harmony. Ok sound confusing? Just check it out, the demo is free but if you get tooooo addicted you might have to spend the 10.99 and buy the full version.

Let me tell you, it's a little distracting from finals. Ok, back to work! 4 days left!

Auditorium

Football

Dude, this football vid is outa control.

Lil' footy vid w/ some RaTaTa soundtrack?

F'en sweet.

Can't wait til I can play kicks' again. 

Thanks to Light for the original post.

Oh yeah, i got a new cord so my comp is back in business. Nice.

MACCCC

So I'm in the macstore right now (on one of their lovely new macbooks) waiting to hopefully (fingers crossed) get a new cord so I can actually use my computer again. Ha.... I'm bored... Not having a computer is killing me.

CrapBook

So the cord on my mac broke, meaning this might be the last post I'll make in a little while (my mac is about to die and I don't have a way of charging it). Hopefully my warranty covers it, does anyone know???? I prolly won't have time to go to the local Apple store to get a replacement for a few days so till then I'll be signing off for a bit. Wish me luck, and for those of ya still in school, GL for the last little push before summer!! Work hard, do well, and know it's almost over!

Fever Ray

I love The Knife.

I love Fever Ray

New solo album (well, came out in March; new enough). 

Similar creepy awesomeness.

Similar good times.

Listen

    

Fever Ray

Keep the Streets Empty for Me

Fever Ray

If I Had A Heart (Sparkletone Remix)