Gives a whole new meaning to shop till you drop!
Today: Noise Pop & Shop @ Club Six
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And then tomorrow, 12 Galaxies is holding the April Fashionfest!
(front of postard)
(back of postcard)
These two events are overflowing with cool things to buy – so go check em out!
i can’t believe i actually got everyone in this photo!
Originally uploaded by spangley.
Ali posted her photos from the Monday night Noisepop Kickoff Party.
This one’s funny… I love how scrunched down I am to fit in the photo. ha! I’m shorter than Ali even! :p But it worked out cuz then Ted’s in the background – yay!
Monday was fun! Here’s photos to prove it:
Ali, John, Ted, Misty & I – the best show goers around! (aka show ho pros! :D)
@ Thee Parkside for the Noisepop 2006 Kickoff Party
ROCK SANDWICH: Ali, Misty, Trevor & I @ the Connecticut Yankee
There’s a few more, of course! View the Noisepop Kickoff Party Photo Album.
Noisepop 2006 has arrived, peeps! Here I thought it was going to be a more mellow Noisepop year for me, but what was I thinking… I’ve got shows lined up for the next 5 nights!
Here’s what I’m hitting… and we even have some extra tix for a few if you’re interested:
Tonite, Wed, 3/29: The Dirtbombs @ The Independent! I’ve been wanting to see this band live for a long time, and I’ve heard they’re really fun. yay! Oh & we have an extra ticket to this tonite, wanna join us? Lemme know!
Also, before hand Ted’s throwing a kick ass pre-party Happy Hour @ Thee Parkside w/ Birdmonster, Hijack the Disco and The Heavenly States! All my favorite local bands on one bill, and FREE! HOLY SHIT! I can’t go unfortunately, because I have BAM tonite, but you should go!
Thurs, 3/30: The National @ The Independent – one of my favorite albums of last year. I am SO excited to see them again!
Fri, 3/31: We Are Scientists @ The Independent – so stoked to see them live for the first time!
Sat, 4/1: Hijack the Disco @ the Rickshaw – gotta support my boys! We haven’t seen them in a few months, and I dig the Rickshaw. Come with us – we have an extra ticket!
Sun, 4/2 (4pm): Smoosh @ the Rickshaw. I’ve been wanting to see them perform for so long.. they’re like 13! cute!
Hope to see you out there!!
So, I’ve been off IM & have been closing Mail and only opening it up every couple hours. You’d be amazed at how much you get done w/o those two distractions! :p No little Myspace message coming in, or Flickr friend or new potential client/project email, etc… just pure PRODUCTIVITY. Which I need right now! I made some serious headway this last weekend, working both days & I feel more on top of it than I have in months. I made last week’s deadline ahead of schedule, and I’m hoping I make my next deadline ahead of schedule, too. Being ahead of schedule is like my form of crack.
I would love to fix up my music calendar so it’s in calendar format (ooh, maybe I’ll do that Saturday while I’m at the sonicliving focus group!) and upload photos from monday night (I’m working on now cuz there’s only a few), but I have got to get to work! Hope you all are having a great week!
oh my goodness… get ready to laugh out loud! so funny!
link from superherodesigns < a couple other great videos on that post!
update: ok, definitely hit that post & download the video andrea tells you to stop everything for to watch. i love stories like that! i have tears streaming down my face with a smile from ear to ear… go watch it!
me w/ my sweet friends dan & sarah, the birthday girl! @ pomelo lastnight
As Ali was saying lastnight, “March is the new ROCKtober!”, and it totally is. Not only do we usually see a couple bands a week as it is, but with SXSW, this weekend’s awesome shows and now, squeezing in right before the end of March, we have Noisepop! AWESOME!!! I’ll have probably seen like 50 different bands by the time the month is over. Might be a record breaker! :p
Ali’s actually been kicking my ass in that department, though, cuz I didn’t even go to shows all week and she did! Coming back from SXSW I had so much work to catch up on and completely needed to chill at home for the week. Both Ali & Ted came back from SXSW and hit shows all week. ROCKSTARS! :p
But I picked up the rock again Friday night and it felt good! :p First I had dinner w/ Ali, Holly, and my friends Justyn & Stephanie, who are visiting from Nashville. We ate at Triptych, where I’d gone originally with Matt & Haylie a few months back. I love that place! (a few photos from dinner are here.)
Then Ali & I cruised over to The Fillmore for Metric, catching the opener, Islands, just in time.
Islands were good! Their front man is from the Unicorns, that sadly broke up a bit ago, so I was stoked to see his new creation. He’s a cutie! All his dorky side kicks even make him cuter. ha!
Next up… METRIC!! *sigh* Emily Haines…. you’re such a kick ass woman!!!
She put on the most amazing show. She puts her all into it, her songs are so AWESOME and I just LOVE HER!! She was wearing this super cute white jumper with a silver belt and silver sparkly boots! aww yaaa! She’s so hot and SO GOOD.
The encore completely stole the show and made me love it all the more.
I LOVE YOU EMILY HAINES! YOU KICK ASS!!!!
View the Islands/Metric Photo Album.
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Lastnight: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ GAMH!
The Brunettes were a fun opening band. Poppy, with an amalgamy of instruments (we saw banjos two nights in a row!), sweet harmonies (soprano girls & alto boys) – and they even pulled out some crazy surprise song at the end about gameboys and mary kate & ashley. ha! I really liked the lead singer’s voice(s) – both the girl & the guy – and by the end I realized lyrics wise I liked a few songs better than others. But they seemed like a cheery group, and Ali & I felt they were a pretty well matched band for CYHSY, and if nothing else a fun & entertaining opener!
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah was great!! This show felt much more personable from the Mezzanine show. It was like seeing old friends and hearing/watching them play you songs you love! Some people dislike Alec’s voice, but I absolutely LOVE it & his singing style. It makes me want to get lost in it.
They came out & played several songs for an encore. And did I mention how much I love the other guys in the band, too? They’re all so cute & they put on a great show!!
Which doesn’t really mean much in terms of how 8-5ers think of it, as I’ll be working most of the weekend… but I’m working on the FUNNEST project, so it’s not that bad!! That and it’s (unfortunately) a somewhat long overdue project, so it feels GREAT to have it moving forward again!!
This poor client got the brunt of us starting and then no sooner did several delaying factors happen: Christmas (and simultaneously my feeling pretty damn depressed from all my December stress), and my taking a much needed break and slowly seeping back into the year (anxious that it might take me back to a deep dark place). Once I was ready to roll again, we made some great progress – I did four photoshoots, revised the illustration and had almost completely finished the animation and then DUN DUN DUN: Wouldn’t ya know it shortly afterwards my Powerbook HD died & ate up about 5 hours of work! I was pretty disheartened about that, and the whole PBHDCrash caused a snowball effect like a 10-car-pile up of all my client work, which on top of I had the rush to prepare for being out of the office for my Cozumel trip, which was only the beginning of my being out of the office for almost all of the last 3 weeks! *oy!* Needless to say, I’d been absolutely guilting and freaking to high heaven over having to have it delayed this much. I am all about staying on top of projects & deadlines and I don’t take delays like this lightly. So again I repeat with much enthusiasm that it is AWESOME to have this rolling!! I hope to have it mostly finished up by next week & I can’t wait to show you all!
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Random notes:
I had a teeny sore throat at the beginning of the week, which led to a teeny bit of snot, which led to a teeny bit of coughing, and here it is Friday & it’s pretty much gone! wahoo!! I have new faith that my immune system kicks ass now that I’ve been taking vitamins, working out & eating so healthy all the time. yay!
I got this email about an event going on @ the Nob Hill Masonic this weekend called Black Sorority Fraternity Council at SFSU Presents the 8th Annual Step Competition. So, doesn’t this just sound like they’re all up on stage seeing who can do a better aerobic step class? ha! I picture them all on stage with headbands, leotards and those 24 hour Reebok Steps. Who will be the victorious Stepper Extraordinaire!?
Are you listening to the Bagel Radio Friday Live Show? :)
My good friend Justyn & his wife (who you may recall from the photos from their Nashville Wedding I went to last fall!) are in town! I’m very excited to see them, our mutual friend Johnny D, and my two girlfriends Holly and Ali. We’re all going out for a yummy dinner tonite!
My workout today was nothing short of FANTASTIC. Ya know those workouts where you come out feeling euphoric? I sweat my butt off on the elliptical reading the last of Sedaris’ new Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, actually laughing out loud on more than one occasion.
I’m trying to find a good recipe that will help me make the Horseradish Encrusted Salmon I had at Moonshine in Austin. It was so dreamy!!
Tonite is Metric (which I hope Ali has our tickets to, cuz I don’t have em!) & tomorrow night: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! yay!
