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Yeasayer at the Fillmore

The last show I’ll see for a while… The fun thing about Yeasayer is that I didn’t think that I knew their music very well, and yet during every song I found myself recognizing the beat. I had that “Aha!” moment again and again.

The stage was decorating in various succulents, and it felt like “the techno desert.”

All in all it was a nice time. Nothing got too crazy (no costumes, props, skits, freakouts, breakdowns)- just nice kids wanting to dance to catchy music.

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Dengue Fever at the Fillmore

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On Wednesday morning I woke up to an email from my friend Alyssa offering free tickets (via Habitat for Humanity) to Dengue Fever. It was really the best surprise you could ask for on a Wednesday.

The weather last night was horrible, really soggy and cold. Inside, however, everything was st-eeeeeeamy. I felt like I was back on the party boat in Saigon drinking cheap beers with my relatives and pondering the meaning of life. That’s really what I love about Dengue Fever. Even though the lyrics are in Cambodian, it reminds me of hanging out with my family in Asia, during the great “My Father is Dead Let’s Go Back to the Homeland” Tour of 2006. Music is funny like that.

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!!! At the Independent

Last night on a whim Ryan and I decided to go see !!! (Pronounced “Chk chk chk” don’t ask me why). They were playing at the Independent, a music venue a couple blocks down from Ryan’s house. I’ve never seen this band before, but they were a lot of fun! You really got a love a band that pulls in not one, but two Prince covers into their set. The lead singer reminded me of my friend Joe- a mop of curly hair, a love for dancing, and a slightly Kevin Barnes-ish stage persona.

It was very hard to get any halfway decent pictures at the show because there was too much dancing! Think of the photos below as “impressions of a show.”

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Every view is pretty good at the Independent.
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This is from standing on top of a bench on the right side.
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For most of the show I preferred to be on the dance floor, however.
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Blur-tastic.

 

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Post show- totally drenched and slightly deranged looking.
After we took this picture a coworker walked by. Great timing!