Observing Ghostland November 10, 2009

I don’t think it’s possible to describe a laser light show to someone who has never seen one, but I’m going to try anyway.

Saturday night was the first time I’d gone to a concert where I had no idea who the headliners were or even really their genre. I didn’t pay for the ticket, which is a plus, but it would have been worth it even if I had. I was a little bored waiting for the show to start, but there was a DJ and it was a woman, which was cool to experience.

For …various reasons, I was pretty apprehensive once the show was about to start. We were right in the middle of the crowd, and I was terrified that the scene was going to turn into a mosh pit and we were going to get trompled and stepped on, and I was going to get sick and hot and miserable. My friends said, “it’s not that kind of show.”

Then the music started, and it became a little more clear that the crowd wasn’t going to be such a problem… but was the music going to be too loud? I was a little afraid that it was going to be a little too intense. My friends didn’t say anything– they were pretty wrapped up in the show, being the ones who actually knew what they were hearing.

Then… the laser light show started. My breath caught momentarily and I got nervous about getting sick again, but then it was too cool to miss by being sick, so I decided not to be sick, and instead to immensely enjoy this new experience.

Ghostland Observatory played for maybe an hour and a half, and it was the fastest hour and a half concert I think I’ve ever been to. I don’t remember being at a concert where I liked the music less, but wanted it to go on more.

It’s not my favorite genre, I must admit. It’s sort of electronica/rock/experimental, which I generally have very little patience with. I’m not sure whether the light show is what made it amazing, or just my state of mind, or what. I got home and tried to listen to the band on eMusic, and I could barely get through one song.

I don’t care. From now on, I have a resolution to broaden my horizons, even if it pegs me as a hipster (which, actually, I take a forbidden pleasure in–and I think that means I don’t really stand a chance of being a hipster anyway).

re: Tom Felton: Where to Find… July 26, 2009

Ok, I’m a little dense, and I just needed to put this up for clarification RE: Tom Felton’s music/Feltbeats:

Tom Felton has released an EP under his own name, In Good Hands, which is the one on Amazon that I linked to. However, Feltbeats has three other albums (though one of those is only a single). They are:

Time Well Spent

All I Need

Silhouettes in Sunsets (single)

These are all available at iTunes and Amazon, as well as at eMusic, which is a fantastic source that I really prefer (it’s cheaper, plus there are fantastic free downloads sometimes).

Please, my one request is that you don’t try to find these tracks on LimeWire. We all know that it’s not like it would hurt Tom financially if no one paid for them, but the Feltbeats EPs from eMusic (or Tom’s solo one, In Good Hands, from Amazon) are already cheaper than the typical $.99 downloads anyway. Plus, if he’s really serious about wanting to study music and continue a musical career after HP, then we should be supportive of that, right? :P

And just so you know, I have downloaded them all from eMusic, and all the songs are as fantastic as the YouTube vids :) Well, maybe not quite as fantastic, because you can’t see him, but still… And “If You Could Be Anywhere” is longer then the YouTube version and it’s amazing! But now that I’m listening to the full album, I think I’m going to have to review the whole thing! Coming soon…

Also, I really do promise to review Half-Blood Prince. soon.

Zoot Suit Riot July 1, 2008

…is playing, and I just realized my stupidity after the last post. Of course you can change the tagline under the blog’s title. Why didn’t I think of that?

Well, eventually, I did.

But the fact still remains, that the whole blogging thing may just be a Catch-22. There’s little motivation to post anything if there’s no feedback, but there’s no feedback if we don’t post anything.

I could bitch and moan some more, but I’m in a much better mood thanks to all the music I’m putting on my computer. I got an eMusic account (www.emusic.com) yesterday… one of the best things I’ve ever done! I love it! Plus, I got 50 free downloads right off the bat. Could it get any better? The only slightly sad thing is that they don’t have any really mainstream artists. That’s ok, because I’m not that interested in much mainstream music because, frankly, it’s crappy. But I do wish I could get some of the classics, like Elvis… because it’s still way cheaper than a CD… and let’s face it, the mainstream artists don’t need or really deserve all the money we’d be giving them if we bought their CDs. The off-the-beaten-track artists do, and they’re not profiting much from this whole eMusic thing, but it’s better than LimeWire for sure.

I wasn’t against LimeWire until I wrote the article below. Even now, I can’t really pinpoint exactly why I don’t really approve of it. If I need a song and don’t have time to purchase it, I’ll still get it from LimeWire (usually only if the artist is mainstream, or if I already have at least one CD by the artist). Yeah, I guess it’s still a little hypocritical. What can I say; I just love my music and will go to any lengths to get it…

So, I leave for California tomorrow (well, technically Phoenix, and then drive up) and I’m just totally stoked. I just hope all this music syncs to my iPod in time, because it was really slow yesterday. The BEST thing in the world would be to see some celebrities there.

I also can’t wait to go to school. Absurd, I know… but if you only knew Evergreen! It’s fantastic.

I’m out. for now…