9.24.2009

Monolith Festival 2009

On my last day of being 21, maybe thirty other kids and myself took a bus up to Red Rocks Amphitheater for the Monolith Festival for that Sunday only:  The Dandy Warhols, Glitch Mob, Redman and Methodman, HEALTH, Passion Pit, Chromeo, Phoenix, MSTRKRFT, Savoy, and The Mars Volta.  That is everyone I can think of at this point.

Highlights:  Memories of The OC soundtrack from the Warhols, GLITCH MOB, and Phoenix was so much better than I thought they would be in that venue- I love their album (no, I do enjoy it a lot) and I was nervous, but they were perfect for the main stage.  Turns out Phoenix lost their equipment before the show.  There was none to rent in Denver so they hit up Guitar Center and bought the cheapest guitars possible.  Read the story and download free remixes of Rome and other favs @ WeArePhoenix

Bad news:  MSTRKRFT was sick (swiney?) and could not perform which changed the schedule (which put Phoenix on the mainstage) but needless to say, everyone was upset.  Worse even, I didn't see Chromeo.  Embarrassing.  At Lollapalooza '08 they were almost my favorite and somehow I managed to not see them in efforts to get good seats at other stages.  Huge mistake.

And of course, there's Savoy, a local 2 DJ's + drummer group that never ever disappoints.  We always look forward to their hometown shows at the Fox Theater (Boulder, not ATL.)  Then there was The Mars Volta.  Their drummer is impressive.  There's a lot going on.  Not my favorite.  Really impressive following, really really impressive afros.


The disposable camera squeezed out a single decent and unsurprising picture from the show.  This picture accurately portrays one of the best aspects of the festival- the vendors.  His earrings were peanut shells... Oh wait, this is pretty good too and should not be discarded...  

There are videos of Phoenix that may or may not be added at a later date.  They are shaky.  I am confident that I will eventually post them after minor editing with a small apologetic note.  Win-win-win.

9.17.2009

Hi, nice to meet you...

I like music.  My favorite genres are of the alternative, indie, electronic, dance, sometimes remixed, sometimes pop or hip hop, not necessarily from the US persuasion.  The music I find comes from my favorite sites and blogs (listed below), my friends, last.fm, and sometimes even the "recommended" bar on iTunes.

I'm from Atlanta, I live in Boulder.  I spent the summer living in Athens, GA and I would love to live in Chicago, London, or San Fran one day.  I'm not cool enough for Brooklyn...  I am unwillingly celebrating my 22nd birthday tonight which is awful because 22 means 2010 which means graduation.  For those of you still in still in school- stay as long as you can... cherish it.  (Imagine me squeezing your face as I say this.)

Now that I've introduced myself, I do not plan on talking about myself too much in future postings.  From now on, I will do my best to share really awesome and entertaining content including: mp3s, videos, photos, links, news, reviews, and loads of random bits.  Get excited.