Once

Oh. And I saw Once. It was good. It was relaxing. I'll probably go see Paris Je T'Aime this weekend. I like being in an area where I can see sweet movies.

sucker for albums...

in the past 3 weeks i've purchased the following albums:
-Dr. Dogg
-Peter Bjorn & John
-Bjork
-Jon McLaughlin
-Travis
-"Once" Sountrack
-Spoon
-Imogen Heap
-Kaiser Chiefs

I like it.
I love it.

iiiiiPODS are good.

I like walking to the beat of my ipod songs. My favorite song to do this with is Spanish Armada by Ratatat.

sneaky sale prices

So I went to a show at the Canal Room on Tuesday- Colbie Caillat. I heard her on the coffee house station on Sirius. I thought she had a pretty catchy song- "Bubbly"- saw she was playing in the city... and hey, the show was only $10.

I went to Virgin Records a couple days before the show to buy her album. No bueno, she's unsigned. At first I was like man, that sucks and started towards the door. Then $10 signs caught my eye. Oh. A CD/ DVD sale!

I ended up buying 6 cds for $10 instead of one for $15. Lame.

Sales always get me.

who needs shoes?

Obviously not me. I left my shoes at work today.

I bring two pairs to work. Heels and also slippers to wear at my desk. It took me until I was climbing the stairs to my apartment to realize that I wore my slippers out of the office, into the subway and through the city streets.

I think I'll throw them out.

all (good) things go

I got Sirius for my ridiculous drive home from school (28 hours). It's good.. in fact, it's awesome. I've had it for just over two weeks, and now I'm leaving for the summer- which means leaving my car. So long Sirius!

And I guess not all (good) things go. Only Sirius.

small VENUES

Intimate settings. Definitely the way to go.

Take the Black Crowes for example. The first time I saw them was back in high school at the Orphium Theatre in Boston- medium sized venue. Since then I've seen them at Bonnaroo (large), Great Woods/ Tweeter (large), Hippodrome in Springfield, MA (medium) and Pearl Street in Amherst, MA (small). Of course, the Crowes put on a great show in each of these locations, but my favorite show was definitely at Pearl Street. My dad and I actually got to see them perform under "Mr. Crowes Garden." They played several of these small shows under this name during their hiatus right before they were going to start touring again.

I saw Ben Folds awhile back and thought that his opening band was pretty good (The Fray). A few months later I saw that The Fray was playing a show at The Parish in Austin (similar to Pearl Street). Diege, Amy and I went to the show and actually got to see another guy who has started to make it big- Mat Kearney- open for them. We got a pretty cool area to stand-- to the right of the stage (which was only about 20x15 feet).

You can't get the same experience when you see shows in big venues. May as well pop in a live CD.

I mean, you've gotta be happy for the bands who "hit it big." But, the selfish part of me wants to keep them small and underground forever. I guess I can always say "I knew them when..."