Lazy Dancer

I've never really listened to Metric. They're one of those bands that I know is good, but I've never bothered to get into them.

Until the past two days. Their new album Fantasies is all I've been listening to at work. The song above is my favorite song from the album, called Collect Call. It's wonderful.

I also forgot to post a picture. My nephew Benjamin is almost two and a half, and comes over to my apartment every few weeks to go swimming in my building's pool. The last time he was over he did something for the very first time!

So what was this amazing feat?

He drew on my wall. Yes, for the very first time, Ben scribbled on a wall. I think it's cute though, and I don't want to remove it. So sweet.

I can't help it, they're my favorite...

Coldplay has a new music video for their latest single Strawberry Swing. I'm not usually one to share music videos, but this one is really cute!

It features stop motion animation of a man (Chris maybe? You can never see his face) going through a sweet imaginary chalk drawing dream sequence.

Here's a screenshot.

The video isn't on youtube yet, but you can view it here on Coldplay's website.

Coldplay!

Ahhh! My favorite band to see live ever.

I saw them in November in Minneapolis after hearing that they'd canceled their Winnipeg show last year and nearly died. I've never been so blown away by a concert.

So, when they announced they were coming to Winnipeg in June, I bought floor tickets as soon as the pre-sale started.



Here's a video from the show. The first time I saw them live, I didn't like this remix of the song, but now I love it! Notice at 3:14, Will and Guy look like their talking with their eyes and Will does this funny little smile. It makes me feel like I'm in their secret conversation.


Here's a few of my favorite shots from the evening.

Punch-kick-kaboosh!



Crowd on the screen during Fix You. Look how happy everyone is!

Viva la Vida. I die every time Will Champion hits that bell.

Chris with a japanese umbrella in the butterfly confetti during Lovers in Japan. I love how the crowd is all looking up at the confetti.


All true performers bow at the end of their show. What gentlemen.



Sigh. I'm in love.

Ah! Exciting!

I was reading Design Sponge this evening and from there I just stumbled upon the most fantastic blog! I'm always loving some good food/fashion/design, and Jen Loves Kev is perfect for me!

I'll share a bit of a post here to entice you a bit...

(image from Design Sponge) I LOVE the wall treatment... I seriously want to do it in my living room. I have this incredibly long concrete wall that I can't put pictures on, but this would be perfect! I love greys. And the little yellow heart on the pillow? Amazing.



Also this very sweet song. I need to re-learn french. I've forgotten so much in the past 5 years.

You must watch this

A truly unexpected performance. Watch the whole thing.




Just goes to show that you never know what you might get.

The most amazing news

I just have to share some wonderful news that I got on Friday.

My lovely Mike and I have been planning a trip to Seattle in May for a few months now. Plane tickets (Winnipeg to Vancouver) and train tickets (Vancouver to Seattle) have been purchased, as well as hotel rooms and Mariners vs. Red Sox tickets.

However, we only just had an amazing discovery on Friday.

While we're in Seattle, the most amazing thing is also occurring a mere 2.5 hours away.

Yes, Sasquatch! Music Festival is happening while we're there! I've wanted to go to the annual festival ever since I first heard of it three or four years ago. What amazing luck! What a beautiful coincidence! What great timing!

The line-up is amazing. Mike's less enthusiastic, there's none of his beloved classic rock on schedule (he doesn't quite share my love of indie music), so I'm trying to convince him that renting a car and driving down to the Gorge for a day would be worth it.


(The mainstage at Sasquatch. Such an amazing view! There's many other stages, as well as camping.)

The shows run Saturday to Monday, and our flight to Winnipeg leaves first thing Sunday morning, so we'd only get to see Saturday's shows (which is the best line up anyways, in my opinion).


Here's the line up (I bolded the bands that I really really like):


Saturday, May 23rd

Kings of Leon / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / The Decemberists / Animal Collective / Bon Iver / Devotchka / M. Ward / Doves / Sun Kil Moon / The Gaslight Anthem / King Khan & The Shrines / Ra Ra Riot / Shearwater / Passion Pit / Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band / Vince Mira / Blind Pilot / AA Bondy / Owl City / Arthur & Yu / Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele / Death Vessel / People's Republic of Komedy / James Pants / Todd Barry / Tim and Eric / Crystal Castles / Nick Thune / Mos Def / Maria Bamford / Champagne Champagne

Sunday, May 24th

Jane's Addiction / Nine Inch Nails / TV On The Radio / The Murder City Devils / of Montreal / The Avett Brothers / Calexico / M83 / The Airborne Toxic Event / The Walkmen / The Wrens / St. Vincent / The Dodos / John Vanderslice / The Submarines / Viva Voce / The Builders And The Butchers / Fences / Point Juncture, WA / The Red Wine Boys / Hockey / Zach Galifianakis / Deadmau5 / Natalie Portman's Shaved Head / People's Republic of Komedy / Aziz Ansari / Japandroids / Mike Watt and The Missingmen / Mad Rad / Street Sweeper

Monday, May 25th

Ben Harper and Relentless7 / Erykah Badu / Silversun Pickups / Fleet Foxes / Gogol Bordello / Santigold / Grizzly Bear / Explosions In The Sky / Girl Talk / Blitzen Trapper / The Knux / Monotonix / Bishop Allen / Black Moth Super Rainbow / Beach House / Mugison / The Dutchess And The Duke / School Of Seven Bells / Horse Feathers / The Pica Beats / Loch Lomond / Heartless Bastards / The Whitest Kids U' Know / People's Republic of Komedy / Tobacco / Chromeo / God's Pottery / Demetri Martin / BLK JKS / Other Lives

Isn't this amazing? We can't NOT go.