The Hazards of Love

June 6, 2009 at 12:52 pm · Filed under Life

First off, have you heard The Decemberists’ latest album, “The Hazards of Love?” If not, drop what you’re doing, go buy it, listen to it at least 3 times on a good sound system, and read the lyrics while you’re listening. No really, do it now. I’ll wait.

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Wasn’t it awesome?! It’s this crazy epic rock opera about a shape-shifting forest-dweller who falls in love with a lovely young maiden, their trials with the queen of the forest, a murdering rake, and a wild river. The brand brought in two amazing vocalists from other bands to fill the parts of Margaret (the heroine of the story) and the forest queen.

Naturally, when I found out they were coming to the area, I had to go to the concert. So, last night Lucky, Zerg, Brittany, and I made our way down to Richmond, VA for the show.

I need to finish packing for India (leaving in just a few hours!), so I’ll just list some of the highlights: The Queen absolutely rocked, Margaret did an excellent job of staying in character the entire performance, the band has several ridiculously talented multi-instrumentalists (Hammond organ, Nord synth, and glockenspiel all at the same time? Very yes!), and finally, the Decemberists Players taught me that Evel Knievel’s ability to jump 7 cars with his motorcycle was the real reason that the South didn’t successfully succeed from the North during the Civil War. Brilliant.

More pictures from the concert

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Not good at buying pants

June 3, 2009 at 5:16 pm · Filed under Life

On Saturday, I set out to buy some pants. I ended up buying a 6′x4′ abstract art painting on canvas. I really need to work on my pants-purchasing skills. Zerg was less than pleased, but I think it makes our living room look awesome! Bonus points if anyone can figure out the name of the artist; I can’t make out the signature.

Also, as an update, I’m leaving for India for 3 weeks on Saturday. Whee! The first half of the trip will be centered around Minu’s wedding, which I’m sure will be all kinds of awesome. Then, we (Spork, Dex, Eric, and me) fly up north and spend several days at the Makaibari Tea Estate in Darjeeling. And after that, it’s off to Agra to see the Taj Mahal and see what there is to see in Delhi. I’ll post lots of pictures and whatnot when I get back.

Oh, and back in April, I finally got to see Neko Case live!! It was an amazing concert, with Will Sheff from Okkervil River opening. If you missed it (and I’m pretty sure everyone but me did), you can still listen to it because NPR taped the whole thing and has it available on their website: Neko Case Concert. I highly recommend it. :-)

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