The event was great. There was Retribution Gospel Choir, OK Go, Sharon Jones and DAP Kings, and MGMT. The last one was the one I was excited to hear, although I really enjoyed OK Go as well, and the others were just fine to listen to on a sunny day in the park. You'll have to excuse that last post about the New Pornographers. Apparently I was on a previous year and had a mixture of bands in my head that suit my disposition.
OK Go doing a bells number. The women in my hometown Methodist church had a bells group that used to tour the state. Good to see it's gone mainstream. I did enjoy the secular version considerably more than the religious version.
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Stupid sunglasses guy. Maybe he has an ailment? I hope so. There was also stupid dancing girl near us. She was a teenager, so she probably deserved a bit of slack, but there were two teenage sisters sitting next to us who were incredibly amused, so she doesn't deserve too much leeway. I asked one if she was amused and she replied, "No. Confused." Later their mom told us they were referring to her as the Elaine on Seinfeld dancer. I have video, but it was too dark for it to be amusing enough for publication.
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Pooteewheet's ex, from junior high that is, and his wife Ginger. I don't think they'd seen each other in 20 years or more. Luke is a cofounder of The Nerdery, which is cool. A brush with local geek fame. He does indeed have two beers and a dixie cup of heavily vodka-ed juice. He was riding the bus home, so he didn't need a designated driver.
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Some videos from the bands that were playing:
MGMT Time to Pretend:
MGMT Electric Feel:
MGMT Kids:
OK Go, Here we Go Again, for Pooteewheet who has never seen their treadmill video.
OK Go, This Too Shall Pass - Luke was commenting on their Rube Goldberg video:
Sharon Jones and The DAP Kings, 100 Days and 100 Nights:
Retribution Gospel Choir, Hide It Away:
2 comments:
"Ex" is a bit strong, though Luke did take me on my first movie date, and give my my first rose-from-a-boy (at RenFest, I believe).
-PTW
I like the video for "This Too Shall Pass." Looks like it took a tremendous amount of effort. -PTW
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