These are some photos from the Whitney Summer of Love Show (amazing) and the Guggenheim. They were pretty strict about no photos @ the whitney, but i managed to get a few.
these are some photos that pat (see photo above) took from inside the museums.
(this room had strobe lights and a rainbow swirled floor. it kind of hurt)
I had an amazing time in new york last week. Remnants of my trip will flow in slowly, there’s just too much for one post. I hung out in brooklyn one day and saw wolf parade that night. I have a lot to say about how much fun I had in williamsburg, but for now I’ll just talk about (one of the)shows I saw during my time there. Wolf Parade was fantastic! I normally wouldn’t say they play dance music, but their live show was definitely a dance show. Something about them live just becomes really danceable. The venue was really cool too, the Warsaw. It’s actually a Polish club/home place. The atmosphere felt like an 80’s high school dance, and the management was reallly really loose and easy going. I didnt get any stamps, X’s, or wristbands. It was weird!
Noot and Plants and Animals opened. Noot was a pyschotic canadian kid with a keyboard who looked like he was seven. After his set I was afraid for my life. He seemed like he would snap and go on a homicidal rampage any minute. It was a really uncomfortable performance. Plants and Animals were great though, super catchy. The video I got of them isn’t great, you can’t really hear the vocals:
Wolf Parade (they played mostly new material. It was different, but very good! and sorry for not really being able to hear the vocals):
Shine a Light
I’ll Believe in Anything
You are a runner and I am my father’s son
New
This heart’s on fire
Dear sons and daughters of hungry ghosts
They were pretttty amazing. Lots more from new yizzy to come!
Check this super cool artist named Jamie Burmeister out! He had a recent exhibit at the Sheldon Art Gallery here in Lincoln, NE.
I leave for Interlochen Arts Academy next week and my computer has stopped working. I’ve been checking my email off of my sister’s laptop mainly, although I am on my father’s work laptop right now. It’s a Dell and I really like it, surprisingly.
I don’t know what’s wrong with my iBook. Sometimes it will turn on and not boot. Other times it will force me to restart it soon after logging in. The people fixing it aren’t the greatest, either. I hope it doesn’t come down to my having to buy another computer. I would really hate having to do that.
I just finished reading Lesley Arfin’s DEAR DIARY and I think every teenage girl should read it. It was awesome, funny, sad, and really easy to relate to.
“My diary entries became not just my life story, they’re every girl’s life story. You’re not me, but you’re kind of me. You may not have had your ass kicked by your dad, learned how to weigh coke by a junkie named Skittles, or let a bi-curious cheerleader on K eat you out in the bathtub, but you made a hundred mistakes and you survived. In fact it’s the mistakes that made you who you are today.”
Isn’t that great? There are so many hilarious parts, some really scary parts (i have resolved to neva eva try heroin), and some really inspiring parts. GET IT! …or just borrow my copy.
Diego did a post like this a while ago that was full of cool stuff, so I’ll do one now. The artlab got me looking at tons of exciting new art. Check out the Team Gallery site to see some of their previous shows and installations, and maybe discover a new favorite artist! You might also want to look at Conner Contemporary Art, a DC gallery. Zach Storm is showing there now . He stopped in one day at the artlab, he’s got a killer seafoam green bicycle and his art is just as cool.
“puppet show” by david ratcliff
Music! So many amazing artists are coming to DC in what is left of august. Here’s my picks:
8/16-Professor Murder @ black cat
8/21- Octopus Project @ r’n'r
8/25- Rock and Roll Hotel 1 yr anniversarry party hosted by Andrew WK
8/26-Beach House + Papercuts @ r’n'r
8/30- Deerhunter
In other music news, Devendra Banhart has updated his site, and you can download “Seahorse” at stereogum. He plays october 1st at Sixth + I synagogue, dont miss it! Also, have you gotten the new Stars cd?? I hope! It’s amazing, and right now you can only download it off Itunes, but it officially comes out early september.
Now for an obsession of mine. Super stamp friend necklaces. ‘Nuff said.
all hand made and different and adorable. @ FF
And finally, let’s all hate the Swedes together for being so attractive. Check out stockholm street style.
Oh! I was featured on this neat fashion blog, Human Recipe.
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