tonight i went to see LMFAO live on their Party Rock tour. they had a series of dj's open up for them such as dj skeet skeet , dj jason smith, and roxy cottontail and they were all really good, even the worst performance was dance-able (perhaps i might have to look into techno more seriously hmmmm...). one of their openers was David Rush. they remixed one of his songs called shooting star. this song is sick. it seriously makes you wanna move in the worst way. i would not advise listening to it while driving, you're bound to be pushing 100 wihtout even thinking about it. in addition to this remix they also do remixes to several popular songs such as hot n' cold by katy perry and boom boom pow by the black eyed peas. these remixes and several other songs of theirs are availible on their myspace.
while the music on their albums is quite good to jam to (especially if you feel like dancing) their live show is certainly a sight to be seen. they're as filled with energy as their songs are and they dress exactly as their songs say they dress ("no lenses, checkered shoes..."). the show featured a few (friends of theirs presumably) dancers, a guy and girl who jumped around and at times acted out the lyrics. in their song "im in miami, bitch" there's a line that says "hey! you look kinda cute, in that polka- dot bikini, girl..." at that point the girl ripped her clothing off revealing of all things, a polka dot bikini (that happened to say im in miami bitch on it and was for sale after the show). with each song they changed shirts that had a quoteable lyric printed on it. by the end of the show they had pulled people from the audience on stage to dance with them. it was crazy. below are picture of my friends and i with red foo and sky blue respectively.
for this blog i shall discuss my latest music obsession: innerpartysystem. they're an amazing blend of techno and alternative. their lyrics are as edgy as they are catchy. if i listen to their songs i find myself singing them all day but at the same time i don't mind doing it. i saw them a few weeks ago in Allentown, PA at a venue called Crocodile Rock Cafe. the concert had 5 or 6 openers (wayyyyy too many) but the venue was really nice. small enough that i could feel as though the band was playing to me but not too small that it was completely overcrowded. there was plenty of room for all of the innerpartysystem fans, but the space durring the openers didn't seem awkward and underfilled.
as much as the openers sucked innerpartysystem was outstanding. their live show was among the best ive seen. it featured an awesome light show that i wanted to watch as much as i wanted to see them play. they kept me dancing the entire time. i dont think ive ever sweated that much at a show, ever.
on the way out my friend and i met a few of the band members and thanked them for the show. they were nice enough to take a picture with us. i also picked up a sweet white v-neck t-shirt. i intend to rock it this summer with skinny jeans and my DC Villains mostly because i can.
so today I realized just how closely much of the hipster fashion trends are with what 60+ women are wearing, but first i must tell explain how i came to this realization:
so for some reason many adults in my parents lives (boyfriends, girlfriends, fiancees, friends, family members, etc.) have felt the need to buy me things in order to win over my affection. recently one of my dad's friend's very generously gave me a box from chico's containing a purple sweater hoodie and a shirt that says "love" "peace" "enjoyment" and other words like that all over it with a giant heart in the middle, that says "love" in the middle of it. i hate to say that these two gifts were ugly so im just gonna say that they were not my taste, remotely. so my mom decided that since im around this week we should go return this gift. we first get there and are greeted by the sound of the alarm going off. my mom walks over to a women who we assume works there and explains how we got these items as a gift and would liek to exchange them. the women replies "oh im sorry our alarm is malfunctioning we should be up and running in a little while." no biggie. we go to a nearby diner and get lunch (omlettes - they were kinda mediocre). we go back and the same woman who told us about the alram says "oh! you ladies came back.... leave what youre looking to exchange with me and ill figureo ut what we can do." alright. i look around and am greeted with a barage of bright colors. it seems like this store only sells neon and bright colored things. weird, but ill make it work. i figure that the two items im returning won't yeild me much money so i start looking at price tags, (keep in mind almost everyhting there was "on sale"). i figure i'll look at accesories siince they're usually pretty cheap and usually fairly consistant from store to store, i start with the belts, apparently chico's only sells belts that i would never dream of wearing that cost $65. Great. i look at clothing. i know chico's target audience isn't 19 year old college students, but i look anyway. and that's when i see it. the clothing here is so over the top and vaguely 80's, that a 19 year old college student might wear it. all of these indicators lead me to think jsut how closely linked the clothing of 60+ year old women is nearly identical to that of male and female hipsters. the only difference being the pants. while the chico's crowd enjoys loose fitting comfortable yet stylish capri's the hipster will seemingly exclusively wear the skinny jean. i guess this equation seems kind of obvious since hipsters frequently wear vintage clothing that the chico's crowd would have worn when it was first in fashion, but what would make them want to still wear it now? are hipster's still going to wear skinny jeans when they become the 60+ group? or will the opt for the more comfotable clothing that chico's offers? in the meantime, hipsters, do not waste your money in overpriced vintage shops, simply steal your grandparents clothing.
side note: i wound up getting a pair of bright blue sunglasses with leopard print on the side and $4 cash. hipster- ish much? wouldn't your grandma also wear them? my point exactly. side note 2: these sunglasses were the cheapest items in the store and pretty much all i could afford to exchange as i only got money for the sweatshirt. apparently the awesome shirt was a freebee so they wouldn't take it. maybe i can find a hipster friend who might like it...
ever since i finished finals and my first year of college, i have been reading tucker max stories. my friend Jess showed me his website two weekends ago by reading me his "famous 'sushi pants' story." the following week i was distracted with studying for finals and thankfully didn't really explore his site until i was done. tucker max is a writer who posts stories of the crazy exploits he's engaged in, these include serious levels of debauchery that make frat boys everywhere blush. he is a self proclaimed asshole and even states it right off the bat on his site. he introduces it as follows:
My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole.
I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable, and just generally act like a raging dickhead.
But, I do contribute to humanity in one very important way. I share my adventures with the world. They are known as:
The Tucker Max Stories
he then proceeds to list some of his best and most well-known stories. ive read almost all the ones he's listed and they're all bananas in their own unique way. in each story the fact that tucker is an asshole and should not be able to get away with the stuff he does crosses your mind at least a dozen times, but nonetheless you keep reading. with each story your impression of him starts out at animal house wannabe and degrades from there. having read most of his so called "classics" i can safely say that as much as he is an asshole, he is also a genius (at least at writing). his stories are riddled with as many masogynistic elements as they have pop culture and historical references including a very accurate comparison to himself and Phinus Gage. Tucker's stories are so outrageous that they make you question their validity. i think they must have some element of truth in them because i just don't think any human is that creative. In short, they're some of the most entertaining things i've ever read, thank God i didn't seriously start reading them last week, or i would've failed all of my finals.
crazy hectic week, im basically just gonna write about what ive been listening to. on my ipod: pretty much on loop this whole week has been interpol's second album, Antics. ive had the album for a really long time and for some reason just never listened to it, but its fantastic, go pick it up or find it online to listen to. also some get him, eat him. i have two of their albums and again i didnt like them at all when i first listened to them, but theyre growing on me, especially their song "mumble, mumble" live and online: the N result- theyre not well known at all and are actually playing at rutgersfest this coming week. i caught their performance at rutgers day and it was awesome. the guys in this band are so nice, seriously some of the most laid back and genuine people ever. they sound like a mix of maroon 5 and linkin park. they do sick covers and theyre original stuff is also really good, especially the song "hollywood" last, but certainly not least reality addiction they play an awesome live show and have the nicest guys in their band. their lyrics are outstanding and extremely catchy. you can check them out at bamboozle this coming weekend.
expect better things from me in the coming weeks when i have more time.
so lately I've been debating with some friends about music, specifically sampling in music. This issue came up when discussing Asher Roth's single "I love College" The beat of this song is the same as Weezer's "Say it ain't so". Actually if you want to get technical, they don't have exactly the same beat, but that's not the point. the beat IS very similar. i personally don't see the problem, but a friend of mine claimed that "it's unoriginal ." ok, but what's your point? first off, its a song and if you can't sit back and enjoy it then don't listen to it. secondly, if you're going to throw out song's like this then you need to throw out the baby with the bathwater and not listen to any song that samples. this includes most of industrial rock that frequently uses samples from movies or from political speeches. you would also be throwing away a lot of hip hop. artists from the beastie boys to flo rida are known for their use of samples. in addition to music you would have to throw out a lot of really amazing paintings and sculptures because they "sample" elements from other artists or the world around us. what all of these artists are doing is taking something that you know and have known and making you rethink it. this concept is applied in art in many modern art movements and with the use of the ready-made, or a found object integrated into the piece. one of the most famous examples of this is duchamp's the fountain. whether or not you personally consider this art, it is art because duchamp said it was and is therefore legitamate. duchamp took something that you see in your everyday life and challenged your concepts of it. basically saying, "no, this is not a urinal this is a fountain." interestingly enough titling it for the very opposite of its purpose as a fountain give off liquid and (without getting graphic) you put liquid into a urinal. it is my belief that artists like asher roth are merely doing the same. he took the beat to a song about heart break that is a cliche college "bro" song and made about being a bro in college. genius. i think the song is infecteous and captures what its like to be in college. his rhymes are well crafted and its overall an enjoyable song. this kid's got skills, watch out for him. im leaving you with another song of his "Lark on my go kart" the video awesomely spoofs save by the bell and a bunch of other things and yet again features some awesome lyrics. enjoy.
k, well, I'm not sure what I'm gonna write here. I'm thinking its just gonna be my thoughts. i know that's what all blogs are, but i don't think i have enough to say about any one topic to write a blog about one topic. so i guess ill explain the name of the blog. it's the title of a poem i wrote this year for a creative writing class. i really liked the poem, but my CW professor thought it was too cliche. ill post it at some point. anyway, I'm gonna start writing about what goes on in my life. being as I'm home and didn't feel like looking for plans, i stayed in and watched Milk with my parents. it's odd because if i was at Rutgers, i wouldn't have had to look for plans, but because I'm home i did. i dunno what it is but for some reason i don't mind hanging around as much when I'm at home. at school, i need to go out, like smokers need cigarettes. without it i feel like i might go insane or something, but i digress. Milk was fantastic. Sean Penn definitely deserved an Oscar for his performance; he rocked. actually, everyone in it was awesome. i had heard a lot about Sean Penn's brilliant performance, but i think the supporting cast was really under-rated. Emile Hirsch and James Franco should've won something also (I'm not sure if they were even nominated, but shwhatever, not the point). just go see it, trust me.
