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YEAR END LISTS
Hello folks. The severe lack of updates recently can be attributed to the ungodly number of hours I’ve been working the last few weeks. Who needs sleep when you’re making bank, am I right?
As 2010 winds down, I’m gonna have myself a breather and get crackin’ on my year end “Best of” lists. Unlike last year, I have promised myself not to procrastinate till February. But maybe it was worth it, who else had their 10 favorite albums of 2009 in the form of HAIKUS?
In case you missed it and/or forgot, you can check out my top 10 favorite albums of 2009 in the form of haikus HERE.
You can also find more of my favorite albums of 2009 HERE.
Alright, 2010. Let’s do this!
GANG OF FOUR RETURNS!
On February 11th 2011, Gang of Four will play the Metro. Yep, GANG OF FOUR.
The band have announced a North American tour in support of their first album in fifteen years, Content, released January 25th courtesy of Yep Roc. The 13-date tour will begin in Toronto on February 4th, hitting major cities in the East Coast, West Coast, and most importantly, the Midwest.
Feb. 4: Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, ON
Feb. 5: Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Feb. 7: Paradise, Boston, MA
Feb. 8: Webster Hall, New York, NY
Feb. 9: 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.
Feb. 11: Metro, Chicago, IL
Feb. 12: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
Feb. 15: Venue, Vancouver, BC
Feb. 16: Showbox @ the Market, Seattle, WA
Feb. 17: Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
Feb. 19: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
Feb. 20: House of Blues, Anaheim, CA
Feb. 21: Music Box, Los Angeles, CA
Chicagoans, tickets will go on sale this Saturday Nov 13th at 10am. BUY THEM HERE through Metro’s official website and act fast because I’m pretty positive this show will sell out quick!
Someone’s got a birthday coming up in January and tickets would be a pretty stellar gift. Just sayin’…
ATTN: THIS SITE IS NOT DEAD. MERELY IGNORED.
Hello everyone who still happens to visit this site. How are ya? I hope you’re well. It’s been a while since the site has seen any action, and for that I apologize, but rest assured that You Don’t Spell It is NOT dead. I repeat, NOT dead.
Sure the site has been painfully ignored for weeks and in dire need of some T-L-C, but trust me when I say that plans to get this bad boy rolling again are in effect.
Stay tuned.
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Let’s all go float above the clouds together, okay? Okay. <3
An adorable new video from She & Him
“Thieves” + black and white + mini M. Ward + mini Zooey + paper clouds + fake mustaches = awww
Weezer @ Verge Festival, Milwaukee.
In the last few months, I’ve been to a number of shows thanks to my internship. I’ve never really written about those shows since they weren’t exactly my cup of tea. Although, I can’t really think of a single show I didn’t end up enjoying. It was through my internship that I found myself spending the day at Milwaukee’s first annual Verge Music Festival this past Saturday, getting to see a lot of cool bands, one of which was Weezer.
Weezer are one of those bands I consider an integral part of my youth, so to speak. After all, I’m only 22 years old. I may have only been six years old when they released The Blue Album, but six years later there was very little you could do to get that album out of my CD player. And don’t get me started on Pinkerton. Two of the best records ever made, if you ask me. (Seriously, I dare you to find a flaw with The Blue Album.) Now in the last ten years, my musical tastes obviously changed, my CD player morphed into a Zune, and the quality of Weezer’s records went downhill.
Still, I couldn’t help but be completely enthralled by Cuomo –who acted as though he had skipped his dose of Ritalin that evening– and the gang as they took the stage and energetically ripped through classics (“Undone” / “Say It Ain’t So” / “Buddy Holly”) and more recent hits that I’ve never particularly cared for (“Pork and Beans” / “[If You're Wondering If I Want You To] I Want You To”). But the real sing-until-you-feel-your-vocal-chords-will-tear moments came during incredible renditions of “My Name is Jonas” and “Surf Wax America” (my favorite Weezer song of all time), surprises the rain-soaked crowd welcomed with roaring cheers.
I realize there may be an air of silly fangirlishness to my words, but can you blame me? The 12-year old me can’t help but still be freaking out over having experienced “Surf Wax America” live after all these years and thousands of CD player spins. You never really get rid of that crazy, obsessive love for music. It may fade, but it never goes out. At least not for me.
