music I'm into... and not so into...
So Wednesday rocked... then Thursday night Lyne & I met up with Jem, Hubert and Lulu at the Tilly & the Wall/Of Montreal show at GAMH. (oh & total bonus: lyne & I chanced it to walk up & buy tix - and scored $10 tix out front! thanks, stranger!)I LOVE Tilly & the Wall. I've fallen in love with that CD and I was really excited to see them live - and they did not dissapoint! Jem had seen them before and attested they were great, so I was looking forward to their lovely poppy goodness. I can't recall if Jem had told me - but how great is it they have a live tap dancer!? Love that! It was so fun. I absolutely love harmony - and they're all about that. Really pretty voices, beautiful lyrics and good energy. What's not to love?
Of Montreal was the headliner, but I was prepared to leave a few songs into it so that I could get a good nights sleep. Wednesday night I had come home so fired up from the Bloc Party show that I ended up not going to sleep for a few more hours, leaving me with about 6 hours of sleep... so I was looking forward to bed-e-bye. They came on & they sounded pretty good... but after the beautiful voices of Tilly & the Wall, I felt like his voice was sounding too nasaly for me or something.. and decided I liked them better on CD. And even then I haven't really gotten into their CD. So we stayed for a few songs & took off. There's a few photos from that show in the Bloc Party album, starting on photo #21.
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Friday night I planned to hit Tussle and Out-Hud at BoTH. Mostly because my awesome drum teacher, Warren, is in Tussle and forever I've been meaning to go out & see him play/show my support. It was sold out, but luckily I scored 3 tix for Lyne, Darren & I from some guy on Craigslist.
The opener, Madeline Minx, was a bit too trashy for me somehow... so I couldn't get into it and eventually went to the back with Darren and got to see/chat it up with Warren a bit, too. They share the same letters: a-r-r-e-n! :)
Tussle went on, and it was great to see Warren drum it up up there... but I SO need lyrics at a show. Otherwise I get really bored, really fast. I feel like "what am I doing?". And Tussle sort of has this dub/house/trance thing I guess goin on. I dunno - I can't get into it. I'm not someone who goes out & listens to DJ's or goes to those clubs to hear people spin rave/techno/dub stuff. Dig the drums, and love that they had 2 sets and another guy doing percussion here & there... but I was wishing I was on some kind of a drug to keep me into it.
Pretty much same w/ Out-Hud, except they had lyrics... but it still wasn't doin it for me. I exclaimed to BeeDub (and his pretty wife who I finally got to meet!) that I hated it. And yes, I realize hate IS a strong word. I think it was just that frustration point of the night where I was so ready to be into the music at all. And I so couldn't get there. Arg.
Luckily Lyne was ready to go (yay!), so I said goodbye to some peeps, and went home. But this is where my night began!
My neighbors, who I've hung out with a few times now, and am really stoked to get to know more, were having another party. And so when I arrived they had just sent the last of the parents home & they were ready for the *real* party to begin. Aawww yaaa... just in time! :) All the roomates are so nice, and this time all their friends were so nice... and within about 10 minutes of my being there we did a shot and let the madness begin. :) There's a few photos in this album. Emma's the girl I've been workin out with lately. Pete's her boyfriend. Nathan's the amazing cook and Francesca's the one with the suuuuuuper cutie kitties that I still have yet to do a photo shoot of! They're all so nice... total partiers and I'm stoked to have them living next door! Most of you will meet them at my bday party that's comin up.
So long story short is my Friday night got crazy. Which I emailed Warren about because the last time I went out to see him play it turned into a ridiculously crazy night - so I asked him if he has that effect on all the girls. hahaa. Long story shorter, I didn't get home till way late and my Saturday pretty much consisted of sleeping and movies. :)
But - keepin the great 'hang out with friends' plan goin in full force, I invited Darren over to watch Grave of the Fireflies with me. Which (although I keep saying it was) wasn't directed by Hiyao Miyazaki, who is a favorite of mine - but instead by Isao Takahata. However, it was a production of Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki's animation studio. Got it!
Darren & I finished that and couldn't help but put on my other Netflix movie: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, while we looked through his Stencil Pirates book and my Japanese Illustration book. Darren's awesome and I am so stoked to have found such a solid guy friend (not to mention art buddy) in my life. Plus, movie nights rule! I'm so having more movie nights.
OK - so I think I've finally updated everything! Oh! Except for today! Jeeshk! Ok, new post for that. :)
