Good Bye Alexa

The last show of It's On With Alexa Chung EVER was last Thursday. I will miss this show terribly. But MTV says we might see her soon on another show? Confusing.

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

at the Great American Music Hall

One of the greatest shows I have ever been too. The venue is beautiful.

Fool's Gold opened up for them, and although they were very good, I think their set went over a bit too long. The main thing restricting it being the best show ever, was that I did not know all of the lyrics prior to the concert, although now I do. But even only know lyrics to a few of the songs, I still had an amazing time. Sorry for the quality of the photos, they are from my phone.

"Jade is the girl of the hour."

Highlight of the evening: the very last song when Alex asked that as many people as could fit, to come sit up on the stage and everyone else sit down and we all sang "Brother" together. I was such a calm moment in time, it felt like a dream. Then after the song I hugged Alex and Jade.

"Still singing, his tune"

We were at the very front and there are tables between the stage at audience and Alex walked across them, and everyone (including us) was grabbing his arms and legs.

I found a few videos online of the performance. This person must have been standing right next to me, because from the angle, that was right near where I was. Right up at the front off of the side a little. Enjoy:

Brother:

Home:

Treasure Island Music Festival

A few photos from Treasure Island. Saturday October 17, 2009.

Photos courtesy of Miss Katie (superpoison).

The Arctic Monkeys

September 16, 2009. I saw them at the Fox Theater and wow was it amazing!

I didn't bring a camera, but I was able to take a few very quality photos with my phone.

The Like opened up for them, they were pretty bad. Other than all of their songs sounding very similar, every single lyric was just a day to day term or a common expression of life lessons. "Never going back and forth, only going forward" repeated 10 times each chorus, and that is a Like song. Even though I am not a huge fan, it was pretty cool when we met them after the show and the drummer said she liked my shirt.

We met some cool people at the concert, stared at the beautiful Alex Turner, and soaked up the amazing music. It was a fabulous night.

Bob Dyaln

I saw Bob Dylan over the summer. August 15, 2009.

We got free tickets, which is always lovely.

The Line-up was Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, and then Bob Dylan.

Here are a few photos, I couldn't keep my hands steady so they are poor quality, and the fact that they were zoomed in.

During the show, as we were waiting for Bob Dylan to come on, there were these two drunk (and who knows what else) ladies in their 50s, dancing and falling over. One yelled, "Yeah Neil Young!!!!!" and the other said, "Neil Young? Neil Young's not playing tonight. Bob Dylan." Or something. I found it amusing. How can you not know the main act of a three person gig? No matter how gone you are.

Bob Dylan

His snazzy looking guitarists.

Cougar Mellencamp

Willie Nelson

Catching Up

I have three new posts to write to I am thinking I will just combine them all.

1. I made some t-shirts a while ago. I'm too cheap to buy some.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs one I think looks like a 1st grade project, but I am very pleased with the other two. I am still debating whether or not to put "The Libertines" in the font they use on Up the Bracket on the Libertines shirt. I was thinking of putting it on the back.

2. I went to Amoeba in the city (San Francisco) and went straight for Babyshambles and then over to the Libertines, LPs of course. As I walk up to the Libertines section there was a guy standing looking at the section, so I waited. When he left, I looked to only find a record they already have at my local Amoeba and am still debating whether or not to buy. But then I see him walking away with a Libertines record I have never seen before! So my friend and I stay close in the area, being total creepers waiting to see if he puts it back, and sure enough he did after about 20 minutes. I think he saw me walking around with it later and gave me this odd look. But he left empty handed and I left with:

and

I just love the top left photo of the Kills, so I had to do a close up. The Libertines album is a mixture of demos and bootlegged songs from gig. The songs are from 1999 up to 2004.

3. Silent film of Peter Doherty  

BONNAROO

I am currently obsessed with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Karen O is my newest idol and Nick Zinner is the sexiest skinny guy as of now.

Bonnaroo was this past weekend:

Thurday, June 11 - Sunday, June 14 (today)

So the festivities are still going on as I write this.

Here are some photos from the Bonnaroo website, except for the poster which is from Style Caster. I do not know how to make the photos any larger within the post, but click on the collage and it will enlarge.

Clockwise from top left: Animal Collective, Bonnaroo, Janelle Monae, Passion Pit, of Montreal.

Passion Pit, Chairlift, Bonnaroo, the Decemberists

Jenny Lewis and Elvis Costello

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Karen O, Nick Zinner, and Brian Chase.

Arrested Again

Pete was arrested again yesterday. According to may news reports from sites like the Guardian, Associated Press, and Festival Wise, he pleaded guilt to heroin use and driving without a license or insurance. He was released on a £50,000 ($82,000) bail. There was also £35 worth of heroin in his car and £500 in his house. 

He goes to court in August but until then he has a 7pm to 7am curfew in which he must stay in his Wiltshire house (except for when performing), he can not ride in the front seat of any vehicle, must attend weekly Narcotic Anonymous meetings, and must have his anti-addiction implant again to blocks his opiate receptors. The Guardian also said "the court also heard that Doherty, 30, has a £100-a-day heroin habit."

I've been reading some of the comments on these articles, and they are so full of hate. People bash on him saying "Who cares about this dumbass druggie? Let him rot in jail again!" and "never heard his music. Don't care to. A maid will find him soon in some hotel room. To bad his organs wont be fit for donation."

It kills me that people are bashing on him and for what reasons? I hate how so many people bash on him because they all they see his a druggie and Kate Moss's ex-boyfriend. Even in most of the positive interviews with him, they mention his drug use and how he used to date Kate Moss. Why must people only know him in these ways? 

Why can't people listen to his music and not judge it before even listening to it? Of course if they listen to a song by him thinking "this is shit", that is what they will hear. Listen to "Music When the Lights Go Out" by the Libertines and then try telling me it is shit. The poetry of ever line in that song is astounding, as it is in most of his songs.

I am not trying to sound like a fan who thinks they know him and back whatever he does. However, because I actually listen to his music and have read his lyrics and the diaries from Books of Albion, I think I see more of a real side to him rather than the druggie fuck up painted of him by the media.

Please, remember him as a musician and poet.

BFD

BFD photos finally up! So the battery to my camera died after about 10 minutes and my friend has my camera, so the few photos I did take, I do not have. So after hours (really) of looking for BFD photo on peoples Facebook pages, Myspace pages, Google, and the BFD site I found these. But then there was this issue with them not uploading. So I had to put them all into collages using Picasa. That took about another hour and for a blog that only two people read. (KT & V)

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Crystal Castles are now two of my favorite bands.

Well I hope you two enjoy these photos. (If you really like any, I can send them to you as the individual file, and not in a collage.)

Getting a feel for BFD. Clockwise from top left: people walking around the food and t-shirt area. The crowd in front of the main stage holding up their lighters. The main stage. The Bud Light stage.

The Subsonic Tent (my home for the day): Villains. Villains. Steve Aoki.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Karen O on the Main Stage. Nick, Brian, and Karen pose after their interview. Awkward interview. Karen, Brian, and Nick performing.

Main Stage audience. Karen O (spitting out beer I think).

 More Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

 Alice Glass from Crystal Castles in the Subsonic tent. The Crystal Castles shirt I bought there. I wish I remembered them more and that we didn't have to leave their set so early.

Pete Doherty Arrested, But Libertines Reunite for Gig

My camera died at BFD, but I have been finding photos from it online and I will put up the best soon. But I received some quite saddening news this morning.

This is the best news report I have found so far. It is from AFP.

GENEVA (AFP) — Rocker Pete Doherty was arrested and fined after testing positive for drugs on his arrival in Geneva off a flight from Britain, Swiss police said on Monday.

A local newspaper said that the arrest came after he was found collapsed after injecting himself with heroin.

"He was arrested, tested for usage and then released after an hour and a half," a Geneva police spokesman said.

The British singer was freed after paying a fine, police confirmed.

Swiss newspaper Le Matin reported on Monday that a British Airways crew had contacted the police after finding the Babyshambles frontman collapsed in the plane's toilet with a used syringe last Thursday.

The singer was using heroin, said the report.

After he was freed, the singer played at a scheduled concert at western Switzerland's Neuchatel.

British Airways said it could not confirm details of the reported incident, but a spokeswoman said: "Swiss police met one of our flights and a man was detained."

Doherty has had several run-ins with the police in the past over drugs use and served a brief sentence in prison last year.

But while I was searching for these news articles, I came across some uplifting news about Pete, and all of the Libertines. On May 16, 2009 the Libertines reunited in the London Rhythm Factory for a tribute show to the promoter, John Sedassy. This was the first time they played since 2004. The Libertines performed that night with the line-up of Pete Doherty, Carl Barât, and Gary Powell, but were not joined by John Hassal. Instead, Babyshambles bassist Drew McConnel filled in. "Up the Bracket", "Time for Heroes", and of course "Can't Stand Me Now" were among the songs played that night. The first time I saw a youtube video of "Can't Stand Me Now" while the Libertines were touring without Pete, I started tearing up. Now seeing them reunite, I was almost laughing I was so happy.

NME

The Sun

Playground Boston

Here are some videos. The are very poor quality and filmed back stage, but still you get a feel for it.

"Up The Bracket"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yyFe5Em79U

"Time for Heroes"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op6fmRzKiUs&feature=channel

"What Katie Did"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUsRfJapjR8&feature=channel

"What a Waster"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxq-5oOUCr4&feature=channel

"Can't Stand Me Now"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q0-VebxKJI&feature=channel

Sasquatch

I found some really cool photos from Sasquatch that I wanted to share. Some of these bands I have not heard of or I do not listen to, but I like these photos. I did not get to go this year. These photos are all the from the Sasquatch Photo Gallery.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Crystal Castles

Santigold

Kings of Leon

Gogol Bordello

Of Montreal

Mad Rad

The Gorge