hipster hotties playing music!

Yesterday Kara and I traveled to Boston for the WFNX summer concert. Radio sponsored event! Some great bands were playing, and Kara really wanted to go, so I bought her the tickets as an early birthday present! Yay sister day!

The concert was on Lansdowne Street in Boston, right next to Fenway Park. The street opened at 3pm, so we left the house around 12:30pm. Maybe more like 1. We got in the car and realized that we had come up with absolutely no plan for the day, so we decided to just drive to Wonderland station and park there, since that was a pretty easy drive.

That's what we did! Parking only $5, you can't beat it. We took the blue line to the green line and got off at Kenmore, and then walked over to Lansdowne. It wasn't that crowded and we were able to get pretty close to the front! It WAS wicked, super, totally hottttttttt outside. Things got pretty sweaty.

So, the first band performing was DOM. They are from Worcester, MA. Their set was okay... Kara knew one of their songs. It kind of looked like they were all wearing wigs...





They kind of seemed like they were some high school friends who just rolled out of bed and said to each other, "Hey, let's go play some music at that concert..." Whatevs. They covered Prince, so that was cool.


The next band was Young the Giant, and we really liked them. Cuties!!!








I liked a lot of their stuff. And they had these super girl fans in front of us who were just going crazy. I liked watching them too.



And then a giant lobster dressed in Bruins gear came out...?????? Everyone got pretty excited. But check out Young the Giant. I liked a lot of their songs. And I liked the guy's voice.

And then the radio people came out and were like, "WE'VE GOT A SURPRISE FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!" And everyone started going crazy and then this other guy walked out with a fake Stanley Cup trophy. Um, cool? Because the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup the other night! Go sports!!




And then!!!! The Naked and Famous came out and played!!!!



I was really excited to see them because they sing the ultimate 2011 summer jam song, 'Young Blood.'



Girl was a hottie!!





And they are from New Zealand so they had super cute accents. And all their music was really good. I liked the first half of the set a lot better than the second half, though. After a while all the songs blended together.

But, here's my video of 'Young Blood!' It came out pretty good.

YEAHYEAHYEAHYEAHHHHHH. oooooooiloveit.


THEN, Kara got really thirsty and absolutely insisted that we go get water. Now, we had been pretty close to the front this whole time and had no idea how JAM PACKED FULL it had gotten. Well, it had gotten pretty darn jam packed full. Like, there was no extra space. Anywhere. It was kind of insane.

So, we made it to the water table. Paid way too much money for water. And then struggled to get back into the crowd. We weren't able to get as close as we had been before, which was a bummer, and since I am such a shorty, I didn't get to see any of the next band, Foster the People, but I loved all their stuff, and from the looks of these pictures, they were all super hotties.



Oh, but first a lady's hand. I tried to take a band photo, but then she stuck her hand in the air in what I'm assuming was a moment of music euphoria. I actually really like this picture.








Yep, they were hotties! Kara loved the bass player, as is usually the case with Kara. And we both lovedddddd pretty much all of their songs.


And the headlining band out of all the bands was Cold War Kids, and they were great too. It seemed like a lot of people were leaving the front of the crowd, so we took this opportunity to push through until we got to about where we had been.

The lead singer totally looked like Will Forte! For real!





I like that one.






And! And! And! Notice his tattoo!!!! It's the Basquiat crown that Tony from Crash Kings also has!!!



(Mmmm yeah that's nice. Not enough sweaty Crash Kings members have graced this blog recently, if you ask me.)




So, here's my video of 'Skip the Charades' that I took. Came out pretty good. Ohhhh I love this song a lot.

What a great concert!!! All the bands were great. I had a super fun time with Kara. And then on the T ride home, we met a lovely Irishman who had also just been to the concert and just wanted to talk music. He loved Cold War Kids. Said he was also a big fan of Florence and the Machine and Ray LaMontagne, so he was a cool guy. I told him that I had been to Ireland two years ago and that I loved Doolin the best. He seemed excited to know that. And, it made me miss Noel. And Kerianne. A lot.

We arrived home just about two hours after the concert ended! We made really good time coming home. 56 mpg the whole day!


YAYYYYY for sister days and great music! What a fun time :)

HOMETOWN GLORYYYYY

Loving this song, Hometown Glory, by Adele.

'round my hometown
the people i've met
are the wonders of my world

love it.

So, I woke up at 10am this morning. Or rather, Ruby Tuesday woke me up by scratching at my door and also scratching me in the face, as is our normal wake-up routine. Awwwww but she's so sweet! So, I'm up. I slept for like, ten hours so I guess I shouldn't complain.

Weekend was good. I hope everyone else had a great weekend too!!! All day Friday I kept thinking it was Sunday or Monday. It was actually really confusing. Friday at work I didn't have a good day. I wasn't in a great mood Friday.

I had a bad morning commute. After writing all those mean things about Route 236, I figured that it would be smooth sailing here on out. Like, I just had to put all those bad things out into the Universe and then I wouldn't hate it anymore.

NOPE. I still want to murder that road. I'm sorry, all you people in the Route 236 fan club, but I just do not agree. I always have a bad experience on that road. Even when I'm having a great morning and am totally on time and not running late - I'll get stuck behind a fleet of giant cement trucks going 30mph. Yes, that's right. A FLEET OF GIANT CEMENT TRUCKS.

Whatevs. That road just sets the tone for my day, and Friday it was not a good tone. So, work was crappy. But then I got home and my SHOES were in the mailbox! Remember how I bought those shoes online but they were too big and so I had to do a mail order exchange for a smaller size but I had absolutely no faith whatsoever in it working out?!?!?! WELL IT WORKED OUT. And I got the smaller size in the mail on Friday! And although, still a little big, they fit much better. And now I'm wearing the smallest size they make, so it'll have to do.

And I said as I was opening my new shoes,

JULIE: Thank you for arriving on this bad day.

And from then on, the day literally kept getting better. Hung out with my mom a little bit, updated my Facebook blog, ate a sandwich. Sandwiches are usually something that always make my day better. And then Friday night I hung out at a lake with my ol' friend Keith. Not Murdock Lake, mind you, it was a different lake. But I fully intend on exploring this new lake via canoe ASAP.

So, sometimes it's something frivolous like a pair of shoes to make your day better, and sometimes it's something more meaningful like catching up with a good friend, but Friday it was BOTH, and I ended up having a great, great day.

Which meant - that even though I was working 7am-9pm on Saturday - I didn't care! Because I was still on my great mood high that can sometimes last for days.

Work at the coffee shop on Saturday was KRAZZYYYYYY. Yep, I even spelt 'crazy' in a crazy way to emphasize how crazy it was. It was the busiest it's ever been when I've worked. It was just me and Forrest all day and we were swamped! Swamped, I tell you! But - we killed it, duh, and it was fun.

Then I drove home, took a super super quick shower, got ready for work, and then drove to Kittery for more work. It was a good night. I was working with ladies who are awesome and fun to be with. Nice.

Sunday, more work all day. Not krazy though. Me and my boss, Dave, started to practice latte art, but then it was time for me to go.

And today is my day off! It's Kara's day off too!! It's cloudy and cold so we're not taking the Moonraker out, which is a Major Bummer. I have to go to the bank and Kara needs to go buy new cake pans, because she is a famous baker and all.

OH! Also something else that made this weekend GREAT - seeing people I haven't seen in FOREVER! I guess that was the theme of the weekend. I ran into my neighbor at Eddie Bauer on Satuday and we ended up talking for a while. It was really nice, actually. And then on Sunday, I had to run to the grocery store while working at the coffee shop, and I ran into the mom of one of the girls I used to take dance lessons with!! It was really nice and we stopped and chat for a while.

So! When my weekend had all the feelings that it would be melancholy, it actually turned out to be great.

And this week! Kara and I are going to Boston for the WFNX summer concert. Cold War Kids, The Naked and Famous, Young the Giant, Foster the People and DOM are who we are seeing. I'm excited for Cold War Kids and The Naked and Famous.

The Naked and Famous sings that great song, 'Young Blood,' which was featured in the cinema-smash hit, PROM. And Cold War Kids sings this absolutely great song called, 'Skip the Charades.' LOVEEEEEE that song. To the max. It's so heartbreaking.

Wow, you've got some great music to listen to after reading this post!

Alright, I'm gonna go. Kara and I have to run errands and then go to the gym. UUGGHHHHHHHHH THE GYM.

Ok!!!! Everyone have a great start to the week!! That way you'll be in a good mood and therefore the whole week will be great. Good plan!

Alright, take care. We'll talk again soon :)