my advice to you, indie rocker, is to learn how to dance.

SORT OF FRIENDS ONLY. COMMENT TO BE ADDED.

i was always wary of forever 21. for those of you oblivious to the name, it's basically a trendy teen girl store. once i bought a green corduroy jacket there. once ellen, eva and i went to one in chicago and they played brendan benson and it threw me off a lot.

anyway, for me, forever 21 was always on the same level as rave and deb. i.e. any store targeting young women at macomb mall. trashy, camo, rhinestones, tube tops.

that's why i'm confused. since when does forever 21 consistantly have cute stuff that i'd want to wear?

which brings me to the following: a close reading of the retail offered at forever 21.

( exhibit a: dressesCollapse )



i really like wearing dresses. more than pants. i feel weird wearing pants. and t-shirts. i can't wear t-shirts either.

with the exception of a few terrible, terrible ( strapless numbers i'd never even consider trying on,Collapse ) forever 21's selection of dresses is pretty amazing. for the good dresses they seem to like sticking to the whole knee lenght/empire waist formula.

( exhibit b: shirtsCollapse )



since i don't like wearing t-shirts, shirts in general are a sensitive subject. a lot of these are button downs or tank tops, which is good.

here it seems to be either hit or miss, as shown by the "got god?" shirt above. yeah, yeah, the asians who own forever 21 are big christians. apparently they even put "john 3:16" on the bottom of their bags. it doesn't bother me that much though. i actually sort of enjoy how casually they'll include a "got god?" shirt with the rest of their trendy teen merchandise. at least it doesn't say bAbY gUrL :*.

also, a lot of the shirts they have are overtly trendy and 80s. i didn't feel like including them.

exhibit c: prices

yeah, basically nothing's over $30. i dig that. i wonder if that means they employ crazy child labor in some foreign country. gosh, i hope not.

in conclusion:

i really need to drive to lakeside mall and go to forever 21. sure, they may still carry things like the ( diva jumpsuitCollapse ), but they're still not deb. who's up?

tonight on the park stage...





we'll have have demos (handmade con amore by me, steve, and augie), shirts, and cookies for sale. seriously. those demos were intense. i made 50 of them. didn't sleep. so yeah. come to tastefest. it's free and delicious. directions are on tastefest.com.

last night on the park stage...





( i love how i'd post sights photos before the ones i took in italy, even if they're all uploaded.Collapse )

if MCI calls and asks me how i'm doing one more time, i'm going to explode or something.

We graduate at 6:30, show starts at 8:40. We play at 9:40.

Top 10 most played
#1: Rhinestone Cowboy - Glenn Campbell
#2: I’m Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song - the Sights
#3: Slide It In - Whitesnake
#4: Sexbomb - Tom Jones
#5: Takin a Ride - the Replacements
#6: Pocahontas - Neil Young
#7: Everyone's a Poet - the Sights
#8: Time of the Scab - Black Lips
#9: Andy Warhol - David Bowie
#10: The Leper - Dinosaur Jr

Sort by length

Top 5 longest
#1: Modesto / Ken / Bonus Noise - Beck (20:07)
#2: An American in Paris - George Gershwin (18:05)
#3: Sister Ray - The Velvet Underground (17:27)
#4: Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin (16:44)
#5: Metal Machine Music, Part III - Lou Reed (16:13)

Sort by length

Top 5 shortest
#1: No Money No Honey (Part 1) - Beck (00:05)
#2: Belly Button - Sufjan Stevens (00:09)
#3: Kiss On My Cheek - The Flesh Eaters (00:13)
#4: KGB Phone Sexxx - Thunerbirds Are Now! (00:19)
#5: Green Typwriters II - The Olivia Tremor Control (00:24)

Sort by artist

First 5 artists
#1: ? And the Mysterians
#2: The 5,6,7,8's
#3: Adam Green
#4: Art Brut
#5: Atmosphere


Sort the songs by title.
What is the..

First song?:
'Cross The Breeze - Sonic Youth

Last song?:
Youth Nabbed As Sniper - Blondie

Name a song beginning with this letter.
0-9: 4,000 Times - the Marked Men
A: Ain't it Strange - Patti Smith Group
B: Black and Blue - Ko and the Knockouts
C: Color Me Impressed - the Replacements
D: Die, All Right! - the Hives
E: Emergency - Clorox Girls (orrrrr Empty Pockets - the Satin Peaches ...)
F: February Thaw - Molly Jean!
G: Getting Into The Jame - Electric Six
H: Hey Sandy - Polaris
I: I Don't Wanna Hear It - Minor Threat
J: Jocko Homo - Devo
K: Kill Pop Culture - Human Eye
L: Little Johnny Jewel - Television
M: Milk and Sugar - the Hard Lessons
N: New Pleasure - Richard Hell and the Voidoids
O: Old Man - Neil Young
P: Pigtails and Kneesocks - the Greenhornes
Q: Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) - Backstreet Boys
R: Ruby My Dear - Thelonious Monk
S: Skinny Minny - the Sonics
T: Typical Girls - the Slits
U: Under Control - the Strokes
V: Venus in Furs - the Velevet Underground
W: We're Desperate - X
X:
Y: Your Southern Can Is Mine - the White Stripes
Z:

Sort the songs by album.
What is the ...

First song?:
Air - Slumber Party

Last song?:
Reoccuring Dreams - Husker Du

Sort the songs by artist.
What is the ...

First song?:
96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians

Last song?:
Our Time - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

maybe i'll just be depressed for a while.

today i reminicsed over the past three years, enjoyed a thunderstorm, organized my ACW final project. i have no idea what's happening in any arena of my life

AND

we have a show on friday? TOTALLY forgot about that!

We're for sure playing Tastefest now. July 2nd before SSM and the Sights.

I feel funny about basically everything right now. Seriously, I'm so stressed I'm starting to break out from it. Maybe I'll talk about things, maybe not. I just need to stop thinking so much. I wish things were easy.

My dad's revisiting his past through old records. I like seeing him like things.

I'm about to go to U of D's prom with someone I've talked to twice.

During college I think I want to work at the library. That's probably highly possible, especially since most of the Teen-Agers that work at the library are graduating and going to college far, far away in Ann Arbor or Lansing.

We created it. Now let's take it over.