I've been watching Takeaway Show episodes for the last two hours or so while working on something for school. AND I had my training, I'll probably start this week calling people! It was really nice, good atmosphere, cool people, I think I'll last here longer than four days :DD
Can't believe I just said that, forgive me Mr. Wolf
Freja Beha, she's just lovely
Love that pink skirt thingy and the wet hair look Shot by Craig McDean, via COÛTE QUE COÛTE
I didn't go to Crystal Castles so I need a replacement which is gonna be either We Were Promised Jetpacks, These New Puritans or New Young Pony Club, which one to choose??? can't go and see them all, perhaps two out of the three, but not all three, need to keep that 7600 euros a year in mind! :(
Tomorrow I'll be doing a training, 'cause I'll be working at a call center doing surveys so I decided not to go to Crystal Castles tonight, 'cause I have to be there early! Not sure how long I will last though considering my last time working at a call center only took me four days before I quit :P But there I had to try selling things to people who are not interested in buying and I'm not someone who's gonna force you into buying things you don't want.
My next gig at the moment thus becomes Bear In Heaven which I plan to actually attend, but May 11th I'll have to stop by this art school in Amsterdam to try if they are willing to accept me, so perhaps I'll have to skip that gig as well, but we'll see.
I don't think I posted these wonderful posters for Paolini's Teorema before, so I will now :)
Very nice, very nice
10 random images from my collection
I'm sleeeeeeepy and HUNGRY :DD
Maybe I have to go to art school abroad and pay less?
I just watched Kids, first time, finally! It came on MTV once when I was still a youth myself and I didn't watch it! I knoooooow, but now I did :D Kids is basically the birth of Chloë Sevigny and Rosario Dawson, 'cause they're the two who really made it big, though like three other kids from the film have been in movies or TV series since then as well and it's filled with punks. It's so bad 'cause watching it these kids look kind of cool, but some of the things they do are so wrong. But they have good friendships and have each other's back. First I was thinking this film might end up depressing me 'cause it reminds me of how much I've missed. I really feel there's this big gap of nothing between the life I had until like 12/13 years old and the age of 19.
Harmony Korine wrote the screenplay. I really loved some of the conversations at the beginning of the film and Rosario Dawson she's such a natural and a incredibly beautiful girl. And it's remarkable how Chloë has turned into such a fine actress, she's one of the best really.
I love you Larry Clark
Caribou's album Swim is one of the best, if not THE BEST album of 2010. I listened to this on repeat a while ago after its leak and now I'm captivated by it again, can't let go, don't want to let go. Kaili is perhaps the best song together with Lailebela, the latter borrows some bits from the first one like the beautiful aaaahahahaa part, oh his voice. Pure bliss. I could drown in it. Found Out and Jamelia are pure gold as well.
Whenever you feel shitty, watch a movie. Even if you think you don't feel like it, watch it. Just insert the DVD and escape your worries, troubles, sadness, whatever. It will save your life.
This afternoon I had my first ever serious job interview. I had done two before, one for a call center and one for the cinema where I worked as a volunteer, but those I consider not that important. This one, however, was a bit more serious. It's not like I really want the job and it means the world to me when I get it, wouldn't go that far, but if I get the job it would be nice at the least. I'll be hearing from them in about two weeks so that leaves me with enough time to do things that I'm no longer able to do if it happens that I have to start working 4 days a week. But it's not certain yet if I get the job so I might still be without one after two weeks. It did go pretty well though. I was very relaxed and the two women I spoke with were really nice and normal. I liked the atmosphere. It didn't feel like this big official thing. It's not that I had to appear in a complete suit or anything. I don't like it when they want to turn these things into something more than they are 'cause at the end of the day it's just a simple conversation in which you tell about yourself. So it was definitely a good thing they were very laid back and didn't put any pressure on me or something. In two weeks I'll know what will happen next, whether they choose me or not. We'll see...
Last night there was Patrick Wolf and as I expected a little and was a bit afraid of the audience was pretty lackluster. I had felt this a bit before at Lowlands and it happened again. It's like some people are a bit afraid to show their massive love for Mr. Wolf because he wears these outrageous costumes and at times bump and grinds the stage with last night him even grabbing his crotch and rubbing his butt showing it off to the audience. :p I can understand if you happen to take a friend of yours with you, one that knows his music a bit but isn't that familiar with Mr. Wolf the performer, and he starts dancing Beyoncé style, you might feel like you have to defend Mr. Wolf as well as yourself a bit, telling your friend he's not always like this and even though he might show up half naked showing off his nipples he's still an awesome performer. So I can understand that completely. I have found myself doing the same, defending him by making clear that whether you might like his nipple touching or not, underneath all of that he's still a very talented musician. But Patrick is Patrick and his craziness and silliness comes with the package. So that response of the audience is okay if, that is, he's performing at some kind of festival where people aren't especially coming to see Pat Pat. But when I'm going to see Mr. Wolf in a sold out Paradiso I expect it to be filled with fans and enthusiasts, or at least some crazy fans at the front row. But this was not at all the case. The entire show I saw those front row people (I was standing something like row 5 or 6) just standing as if they were waiting for the bus to arrive. Okay they applaud and yes, you're allowed to experience a gig entirely the way you want. But don't tell me that as a Patrick Wolf fan the way you connect to his music is by standing still especially to his upbeat songs like Vulture or Bloodbeat. That's how you show your appreciation? That's what his music does to you, makes you feel? When he performs a song like The Sun Is Often Out, a very sad song that asks for the audience to be completely silent, it's perfectly alright. I loved that and I was touched by it the same way as when being at a Beirut concert where it's just all about the music and I don't feel like having to jump and go completely wild. I still loose myself in the music completely, but in a different way. But when songs like Tristan come up or Hard Times you just feel like dancing to that infectious and catchy beat. Those songs ask for that. But these people were still standing fairly still even during those songs. Fortunately I was surrounded by some people who were dancing and enjoyed themselves a lot and I guess those people saved the gig for me. To me the audience adds so much to the atmosphere and is able to hype up the artist performing so when that's not the case it starts to become rather dull. I've read that some people felt at the beginning Patrick didn't seem that much into it but what do you expect when you make your first appearance, you even get real close to the audience at a distance from where they are able to touch you, but nothing happens. I expected girls and boys screaming holding up their arms trying to grab a piece of Pat Pat. But no. It's like they weren't interested. And it's not like you have to be like that, wanting to touch the performer that you came to see, but at almost all concerts I've been to that's what happens when the artist gets that close to his audience. Arms reaching up for Alice Glass of Crystal Castles, Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand, I've seen it happen. But not when Patrick does the same. At least not at Lowlands or in Paradiso. It should make for an exciting moment, but here nothing happened. I remember my first Patrick Wolf show at Shepherds Bush Empire in London where this crowd of mostly teenagers went completely wild. Most of them dressed up, some having their hair dyed Patrick Wolf style and during the show even starting a mosh pit! Where are those Dutch crazy Patrick fans?! I would love to see them at his shows. Perhaps they just don't exist? Still Patrick was in great form and he even played Pigeon Song as well as The Libertine. Didn't expect that to happen. It made me crave for more of his old stuff. But when he played Tristan and I even held my arms up I felt a bit stupid considering around me the enthusiasm was completely lacking and it made me seem a bit weird like I'm being this outrageous fan when all I was doing was holding my arms up just a bit. Those people need to know they almost completely drain the performance from all its energy nomatter how hard Wolf and his band are trying. Luckily Patrick started to get really into it especially after such songs as The Sun Is Often Out and Pigeon Song which did get really enthusiastic responses. Maybe the Dutch fans like his slower stuff more, the darker sound, those songs in which he shows his great musicianship. That has to be it else I just can't explain. But like I said, Pat Pat found his groove and started to make some jokes and even took some shots of some kind of liquor :) Someome I guess ordered it for him 'cause all of a sudden I saw this guy walking towards the stage with these small glasses on his tray. First I thought he was the empty beer glass collector, but turned out he was on his way to bring Mr. Wolf some alcholic beverage. Mr. Wolf changed outfits two times, each time wearing cool black boots, just like me :p Unfortunately his song The Magic Position couldn't really interest me that much anymore, maybe because I've seen him play it before and it's the obvious favourite amongst a lot of his fans, but personally I don't think it's one of his best or most fun songs. I much rather prefer Tristan or A Boy Like Me when I want a Patrick song that can really make me dance and jump around. Apart from the lackluster audience I had a good time and thought the show was great. Patrick has a really strong voice, knows how to play instruments well and is able to entertain his audience in a fun tongue in cheek way. I would love to see him again although I would really like it if he did a show playing only old songs. I recall reading once that Bloc Party did a surprise gig somewhere in Australia where they performed the entire first album live. That must have been a great experience. I would love for Patrick to do the same though I doubt that will happen, unless he once again decides to retire. But I don't see that happening anytime soon and don't want to see that happening either. Unless of course he then decides to unretire like he did before. Then it would be great. :D
This is why I love Dirty Projectors soooo much. Watch them perform on Jimmy Fallon's show. Thanks to Stereogum!
Also they did a very intimate performance of the song for The Roots before they recorded the show. It's even more amazing than the performance on Fallon. One person even had to say this about it:
'This video makes me feel like I've wasted my life. It's that beautiful.'
That's quite a big thing to say, but I feel there's some truth in that. It does kind of make me feel that way. I either want to be in Dirty Projectors or start my own band a la the Projectors. They have one of the best jobs
It was SOOOO good, well at least the second half of it. Bad thing is they kept us waiting like one hour and a half. They were supposed to start at 9pm, but started at 10!! Of course I don't mind having to wait when you get a killer show in return, but still it's not really polite. And especially when you're all by yourself the waiting can seem even longer. As always I complain a bit about people not dancing. I have to do so here again. What is it with these kids?! I wasn't even standing that far away from the stage. So I was thinking, okay, right here where I'm standing right now people will probably still dance. And because these four guys and one girl in front of me where dancing a bit on the music that was playing before Crystal Castles began I expected them to go really wild once Crystal Castles would start. I couldn't be more wrong. They were just standing doing nothing. And this big guy next to me the same. So after two songs I was like, F%ck it, I won't let these people ruin my night. I want to be surrounded by people who dance. So I said goodbye to my spot and walked past those four guys and one girl to join other people who were a bit more into it and who went into screaming when they started playing one of their favourite songs. Fortunately, yes, fortunately, people started to mosh and the second time it happened I got caught up in it so all of a sudden I was like, to the frooooooooooooooooont!!! Moshpits are my saviors, really. Some people really dont like 'em, but so far for me they've only brought me good things. Just make your way to the first row through that pile of people who are jumping and pushing you from right to left. Everytime I find myself in the middle of a moshpit I wonder how I survive it so easily. You would expect, especially with my height, to get hit by elbows at least 12 times. But no, only happened once, and that was an almost hit. But before I knew it I was standing all the way at the front and I went CRAZYYYYYYYYYYYYY I should have been there from the beginning. I mean, a kid like me deserves it. Me and all those other front row jumpers and dancers we add so much to the gig, we should be awarded with a front row spot each time we attend a concert. So I was very happy to be standing there front row, finally among people who get me. I finally was able to enjoy the show completely. My hair was a mess and I was so sweaty I decided to strip down and take off my shirt though keeping my grey tanktop on. I'll soon cut my hair a bit, cause I must say the hair gets a bit annoying when it's constantly in my face :)) From the moment I was a front rower I had a blast. I should have been there from the beginning. I don't know what I was thinking not standing front row from the start. I always stand front row. And especially at the beginning it was such a cool sight. It was completely dark and they only had these flashes of light. The music was already playing but you couldn't see a thing. Only light flashes. So cool. It was so special. Alice Glass, one half of Crystal Castles and the girl who sings on all the tracks, she had this spotlight which she held in direction of the crowd. This girl is sick. I love her. And it seems to me it's just a natural thing. She seems to be completely drunk and on drugs but I think it's just her natural self. I mean, I must be looking like I'm on drugs and completely wasted when I'm out there front row and I didn't even have a sip of orange juice. I must say that sometimes when I find myself around people who don't dance or just a little, I start to wonder if I kind of lost it. My ability to go completely crazy. To be so caught up in the music. 'Cause before I was standing front row tonight I just felt I couldn't get completely into it. Partly because I didnt have much space. Once you find yourself around people who are really into it and are moving continuously you start to have enough space to let yourself go completely. And that's the most fun. So tonight I proofed myself that I can still do it. This was one of the best gigs this year, at least from the moment I was a front rower which means I need to see them again. When that day comes I will be standing front row from the start! :D Tomorrow I'll be buying those tickets to see Metronomy. I won't be going on holiday anytime soon. Or at least not for another week. So next Sunday Metronomy it is!! And I'll make sure I'll be front row from the start :p
I'm watching live performance videos from Crystal Castles on YouTube 'cause I'm going to see them in some hours. Seems I could use a quick nap right now 'cause by the look of things I'll be exhausted at the end of the gig. :D I might seriously die tonight
Their peformance is part of the 5 Days Off Festival which is taking place in Amsterdam at the moment. These last couple of days there were performances from Santigold, Jamie Lidell, and Diplo jut to name a few. I'm excited for tonight. And then tomorrow morning lock myself up in a cinema. Probably going to watch Rudo Y Cursi.
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