Fleetwood Fabulous

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So this is what I came up with.

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FLEETWOOD MAAAAAAAAAAAAC!!!!

It was so good.

SO GOOD.

We had so much fun. The show was truly amazing, you'd think after so many decades they'd either a) have lost their touch or b) have their performance so tight and slick it's unbelievable, and it's the latter. Truly an incredible concert.

Before the show, my parents and I met up and had a glass (or two) of wine at the hotel we were crashing at for the night, so we didn't have to worry about driving after the show. Then we walked up to Yamashiro, a fantastic fancy sushi restaurant overlooking all of Hollywood. It was a bit of a climb, but SO worth it for the views, and the absolutely amazing food. 

I, of course, ordered their crunchy rice with spicy tuna which was sublime, and a salmon sashimi with pistachios that was literally one of the most amazing things I have ever had in my mouth. Ever. Our meal was finished off with "dessert sushi", which was so fun to try even if it wasn't totally delicious. And a cocktail, of course.

Then we walked over to the Hollywood Bowl for the show! There was no opener, and Fleetwood Mac played for a looong time. They were SO FUCKING INCREDIBLE. Seriously, I was blown away. And I would totally do Lindsay Buckingham. And I want to be cool like Stevie Nicks when I grow up and wear pretty gold shawls and hats and shit. And I wonder how his wife feels about them playing up their reunion thing. 

Overall, I HAD SO MUCH FUN. 

Thanks, parents!

"She is like a cat in the dark..."

On Saturday night, I will be seeing this, live.

They may look a little older, but they will no doubt be JUST AS AMAZING.

Show Me Your Royal Teeth

In my new grand tradition of saying YES, I agreed to go to a concert at the Roxy last night with my coworker. The band we wanted to see didn't even go on until 10:30, which is pretty much my bedtime, so you can imagine what a huge effort this was for me.

Be proud.

Of course, I had tons of fun. Half the fun was just having an excuse to wear my leather leggings, of course but the other half was actually being at the show. A bunch of bands played throughout the course of the night, we saw Lakes (pretty awesome actually, and the lead singer was hot), Active Set (meh, not my taste at all and the lead singer had douchey hair), and Royal Teeth, who we were there to see.

Lakes and Active Set

Royal Teeth
The lead singer jumped into the audience and whaled on
a drum. It was awesome. 

So. Fucking. Amazing.

Seriously, they were an incredible live act, and a class act after the show when my friend and I fan-girled all over them. They had great chemistry, amazing voices, and beautiful songs. Apparently their (super charismatic) lead singer was sick, but you couldn't even tell. I highly recommend their EP, "Act Naturally", I bought it on iTunes on Wednesday and haven't stopped listening to it since.

Also, an incredibly attractive band. I would hit all of it, man or woman.

Check them out!

"Some of us are wild ones..."

Metric

A $5 donation to feed the homeless earns you a hippie bracelet.
WONDER TWINS ACTIVATE.

"And I could not love, 'cause I could not love myself..."

Chairlift

Gotye

Every song was accompanied by amazing
animated videos.  

"Someone else's sugar's sweeter..."

Gavin Degraw & Colbie Caillat

"You taste like birthday, you look like New Year..."

Regina Spektor

I have a concert problem.

Just the other night, I had a conversation about wanting to see Gotye in concert. Per a friend of mine, I should be on hallucinogens when I do. I don't know about that, but what should I receive in my inbox the very next morning but a pre-sale password for their show at the Greek Theatre in September? And I just so happened to have that very amount available on one of my credit cards. Fate, I tell you. So I bought two. For me and a mystery guest, potentially the BFF but I just gave her the album so we shall see.

Then the next day, another email, another password, for Metric in October. And my college roommate is moving back to LA, and I happened to know Metric is her favorite. So she bought two for us, and I'll send a check, since I am not a wealthy woman and probably cannot be buying tickets to two concerts in two days.

BUT I WANNA.

8/14      Regina Spektor at the Greek Theatre with the BFF. I <3 Regina.
8/17      Gavin Degraw/Colbie Caillat at the Santa Barbara Bowl with my mama.
9/4        Gotye at the Greek Theatre with Mystery Guest. IT'LL BE MAGICAL.
10/9      Metric at the Greek Theatre with College Roomie. New album comes out next weeeeeeeek.

And in all honesty, I will probably end up buying tickets to Florence + the Machine at the Hollywood Bowl on 10/7 or 8. Did I already see her on this tour? Yes. Do I care? No.

I may have a problem. I do not accept help for it.