You may be wondering where i've been...

i've been a naughty little blogger, haven't I?

Yeah... School does not leave time to think.

Actually, school does. But school in conjunction with learning how to play the drums, my continuing guitar endeavor, and drawing does not give me any time for reviewing movies, talking about great music. I'm actually trying to get a webcomic going, but i'm a perfectionist and i refuse to put anything up that can't rival the sites i've previously droned on about. Actually it leaves me little time for movies at all... So anyway. to recap:


Drive by Truckers & the Holdsteady:
These two bands put on a fantastic show. I'd recommend you buy tickets to their tour immediately, but i think they said our show was their second to last one or something... Anyway, I had only vague notions of DBT before the show, and I enjoyed them way more than I anticipated I would. They are way more rock than any country band i know of. When i think country/rock my mind immediately turns to kid rock and i kinda want to vomit. But, this is nothing like that. The lyrics have a depth to them, I had never actually seen a pedal steel guitar, and the 'three axe attack' will melt your face off. On the other hand, I've revered the holdsteady for quite some time now. Now I face a problem. Their show was too good. It was in fact so good that when i listened to boys and girls in america i got kinda depressed. Because up until a few days ago i didn't think it got better. Now I know. They are even more brilliant in person and god only knows when i'll get to experience that again. I so rarely go to concerts, you know.

Wolfparade & Listening Party:
I have never heard of Listening Party. It was a really interesting set. They used loops very effectively and brought back visions of stomp (or what i imagine it was like since i've never seen the show) by playing drums on a trashcan, bucket and snaredrum with maracas. It was cool, but the songs were a little weak in my opinion. But I'm known to prefer giant supergroups and this was only a three person group, so maybe my vote is biased. Wolf Parade, however, was fantastic. My neck hurt for days, i was dancing so vigorously. I'm also really glad i went with my friend kevin. He knew so much more about music than me, so it was nice to have my questions answered. It also made me less self-conscious about dancing when there was a full grown man yelling "I love you stephen!!" and headbanging next to me. all in all. fun times.

For anyone who's actually interested, I've got a deviantart page now. It seemed better than the facebook photoalbum route. Now i can have them posted as they were originally made instead of having to shrink stuff down. the name is "luckpushedme1st" of course.


toodles