My Body’s a Zombie for you!
So the highlight of my day/week/month/season and maybe even year was that I got to meet Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields of Dead Man’s Bones. I wanted to see their show, but didn’t buy tickets in time. The show was sold out and by what I can only call a miracle, the venue asked to move the show to where I work! So not only did I get a chance to go to the show, but I sold merch for them and talked to them after the show. I wish it could’ve been longer, but I had to catch the subway home and my sister was worried we wouldn’t make it. ::sigh:: I would’ve slept at Bimbo’s if that meant I could hang out longer! Oh well, can’t do anything about it now. They might come back and do another show next year. I hope I’m there for it!
And should I feel bad for never seeing The Notebook?
What the hell?
I planned on volunteering with the Treasure Island Music Festival, and now I wish I hadn’t. I know I have to “pay my dues” in order to get a good job, but do I have to do that every time I work with a new company? No. They should take what I’ve done before actually use my experience. I’m not a high schooler, I’m far from “green” and I’m not an idiot. Ugh. I’ve told these people time and time again and I really think this one lady isn’t even listening. She keeps giving me generic emails about volunteering. Only the one I actually spoke with face to face understands what I want. And now the volunteer woman wants credit card information so I’ll get charged in case I don’t show up for my volunteer shift. What the hell? Trust me, if I wasn’t volunteering, I wouldn’t be going to that festival anyway. The lineup ain’t that great! Haha. I’m going to tell her I can only work one day now and reiterate my qualifications. ::sigh:: Why did I put myself in this situation? I know one of these days, I’ll be doing what I want to do.
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Totally different subject, but I think I have a crush… He’s so cute! But he lives so far away… I highly doubt he likes me, so I’m just going to think about him and figure out whether our signs go together. (Hmm… I guess I am a high schooler!)
Lolla recap
Lollapalooza was about a week ago. It was such much fun! I’m glad I was able to attend Lollapalooza (for free!) one more time. Yes, I was working, but it was fun work and didn’t keep me from seeing the bands I wanted to see. I twittered a lot during the festival. I wish I could have been at the Perry Ferrell tent more often. The music was really good and everyone over there was dancing nonstop. But photographers weren’t really there and so I didn’t have to be there. What gets on my nerves often is that people think I’m security instead of press, so I have to deal with all these random problems that are happening in the crowd or with people trying to get backstage. Security is asking me what people can go backstage and even though I know, I don’t have time to teach them, you know? I’m trying to do my own job. A funny instance was when one of the younger security guards asked if it was legal to smoke weed at the concert. He seemed really confused because people were smoking so freely.
I’m really glad I got to see Cold War Kids and Bat for Lashes. I love CWK so much. Lyrically, they are an amazing band. Musically, they are as well, but the lyrics stand out so much to me. I saw Bat for Lashes, well, Natasha Khan, backstage, but didn’t say anything to her. I should have asked for a picture with her, but oh well. Next time? Even though I like CWK, I wouldn’t know ‘em if I saw them, so I didn’t get a picture with them either. Wait a second, all I have is a dumb bberry camera, so that would not have worked anyway. I’m going to bring my polaroid camera with me to Austin City Limits.
I’m incredibly sad I met no cute guys at Lolla. I really wasn’t looking, but I didn’t think it would be that hard. I can tell you right now, there weren’t any cute photographers. Maybe I should have stayed in the media area. That’s where all the bands were getting interviewed. I was chillin’ in the air conditioned trailer.
Oh, and next time, I’m definitely bringing some better shoes for walking around and some larger headphones for the plane. I didn’t think I was out of shape, but I pulled something from walking around too much. What a fat ass…
Ivy PR
I’ve been doing a lot of work getting ready to do publicity for a musician. I’m writing and editing and writing and editing his bio now, so I’ll already be ready when he’s ready (haha.) I hope this actually happens because you know, artists can be fickle people… My aura might not be the right color for him or he’ll just forget, who knows? If it doesn’t work out with him, I guess, I’ll have to be proactive and find another client!
Cinco de Mayo!
Yesterday was cinco de mayo and I didn’t really do anything. I did more celebrating on St. Patricks Day. I had some Mexican food (sooo outta the ordinary…ha!) but that isn’t out of the ordinary. I have mixed feelings about that holiday(?) since too much emphasis on partying is put on by beer companies. But… why not celebrate the battle of la puebla? I guess as long as you remember what you’re celebrating, there’s no harm in that, no?
I did want to hear some Mexican music outside of the radio, but all that happened this weekend and I was at Hip Hop in the Park on Saturday. Oh well. I’m sure I’ll find another time to. I normally like traditional Mariachi music, but I really like War and that one song “I Like It Like That.” So basically 70s Mexican-American music. Ballads aren’t really my thing and LA Latino rap, like South Park Mexican and everything you’ll hear on Pocos Pero Locos (radio show) is way to slow and boring for me.
This isn’t mariachi music, but I was listening to the radio the other day and stumbled across El Sonidito by Hechizeros Band. I can’t stop listening to it. Like 3 times in a row, twice a day.
