we're destruction at its finest

1. obsessed with tsc's no really, i'm fine. how did i not realize this when it came out in 07? i suck. the cd rules.

2. saw the audition last week @ knitting factory as a pre-birthday celebration. their live show has def gotten a lot tighter and their mgr says their new album champion is "sexier than their last album." i think i'll have to take his word for it until i borrow e's copy. totes loved seeing my sd friends come up for the show!

3. ireney took me to see ryan adams @ royce hall at (f)ucla on my birthday. i had heard of ryan but i never listened to any of his music... was definitely pleasantly surprised. has kind of a country/rock feel to him, he tells incredible jokes/stories (he has a fantastically sardonic, sarcastic, self-deprecating sense of humor, which is all my kind of thing). his cover of oasis's "wonderwall" seriously gave me chills. the lighting was beautiful, though i wish they would put more of a spotlight on him so i could see his expressions better. the tripwire has a great review of his sf show.. along with an excellent list of quotes at the end.

i guess one of the best quotes from the show i was at (well.. only because i'm like 12 years old) was: "MY THING FELL OFF... AGAIN!" to which his guitar dudes said "he meant his metal clip thing..." oddly fitting, since on our way into the parking lot, we saw an SUV with the license plate holder "DETATCHABLE PIANIST."

4. download the grad's the evergreen ep for free off of absolutepunk here. it's a zip file so it goes slow. patience.

5. the format is "on hiatus." WHYYYYYYYY. ugh upset.

that's it for the music roundup.
signing off.
xox

punctuation! at the disco

finally posted my jack's photos from the orpheum benefit shows.
october 16
october 17

[jack's mannequin - orpheum theatre - october 17, 2007]
went to best buy to pick up some cds.. finally jumping on the silversun pickups bandwagon-- love the fuzzy guitars.

in other tour.show.random hodge-podge news:

- mezzanine owls w/ the teenagers @ the echo 1/22. d/l "snow globes" at spinner.com's free mp3 of the day.

- the audition is touring now. album out 1/22 but preview it on myspace. la show 1/29 knitting factory. totally excited to dance around and lolsq.

- treaty of paris is opening for yellowcard/mxpx. deets on their myspace.

- jimmy eat world and paramore are CO-HEADLINING. paramore has basically exploded. need to catch this tour since i totally missed both when they came around to la due to conflicts with my evening class. BUT NOT THIS SEMESTER.

- jack's and the spill canvas tour together this yr.

- p!atd is no longer. THEY DROPPED THE ! so we're back to patd. so does this mean we panic, but without emphasis or excitement? they talk about grammar or something here.

maybe love is best left to who cares less

well, now that my rihanna-inspired haircut has passed muster, and i have met the lead singer of the graduate, i can die happy.
[the graduate - the roxy - may 26, 2007]

the graduate = INCREDIBLE live show. i was so stoked that they ended the show with the formula, probably one of my all time fave songs. corey (lead singer) goes nuts on the drums/percussiony stuff and the show just blew me away. lolsq aotp, if i got a scene point for every one i could point out.. i would... have a lot of points. anyway, good friends + the grad playing justified acoustic outside from their van + haircut adoration + extensive discussion re: clermont lounge and how VA is in the south (?) + late night food run to mel's = idk where i was going with that, but it was a good night. perf memorial day weekend (soo much gluttony).

oh, and i fangirled a lot. i think i embarassed e again, which was kind of the point. i kind of also made a big deal of the fact that the grad wasn't coming back till the fall, and then i realized i'll see them twice while i'm out on the east coast. FANGIRL ALL OVER AGAIN.

[the audition - the roxy - may 26, 2007]
i'm just going to flat out admit i'm not the biggest audition fan, but i kinda like those photos of danny. photos of both the grad and the audish are posted here.

i saw new years day a couple weeks ago @ the troub (opening for ozma along with william tell) aaaand i just want to say ashley (lead singer) is so adorable. plus their songs are super emo and fun and all about getting back at your loser ex-boyfriend. well, mostly. go see them on warped (she said they were doing the first half as a full band-- CA fans rejoice!-- and the other half as half the band, which i assume means acoustic).

shortly after i saw nyd, i saw robbers on high street @ the troub as well. ireney should hopefully have photos soon, those dudes are insane. and idk why but there were a lot of REALLY tall people at that show. maybe bball fans are fans of robbers. morrissey TOTES is. haha NAME DROP.