camera envy.

last night, shane and i adventured to greenpoint, brooklyn to the polish national home - home of the warsaw, a huge, old, concert venue. you see, i like to make christmas go on forever, so by taking him here, shane finally got to appreciate one of his christmas presents ... tickets to see camera obscura!


(flashback to christmas morning!!)

the night should have been filled with nice tunes, an easy going crowd, and of course tons of picture opportunities!

turns out i had my grumpy pants on. i just had something to say about everything!! but come on, can't a girl have a bad day?!?

let's just start by having a look at some of my photos from the evening.
you all know that i loooove to take pictures at concerts, even if i take the risk of having my memory card taken away! and i have taken pretty good pictures as well! i know they aren't the best, but they were good. well, then i go and get shane this ultra cool, 10.0 megapixil, sony cybershot, and suddenly my pictures look like shit! i have competition!!! i don't like this at all!!!

here are some of my measly photos. i am too embarrassed to post many of them.


this one actually isn't that bad, just trying to get the stage and the backdrop.


a bunch of heads - oh wait! the band is in there too.


a slightly better photo of the band.

ok, on my behalf, these really weren't the best photo-taking conditions. the audience stood flat all the way to the back, so i really couldn't see very well since we were in the middle. also, the warsaw didn't have the best lighting, and usually i can get the good photos when there are lots of good lighting. so no biggie.

but aside from my jealousy of shane's crystal clear and close up shots, i was just annoyed with most of the people around me! these 2 douches behind us were really getting on my nerves! how can i best describe them ... ok, well you know the type, some typical a-holes, from the south, maybe Tennessee or something, maybe frat boys, who go to a place with a specific type of people that you know will be there (a concert with tons of emo-hipsters for example!!!) and just loudly make fun of all of them! WTF!?! why go! they just kept saying how dumb everyone was and making fun of them, when in reality, they were the people that stood out! plus, i really hated the fact that they had that real southern, "eeeooooooowwwww - yeeeehaaaawwwww!" after each song.

then my feet really started to hurt. why must i wear cute shoes to a concert??? why?!?! every time ....

plus, the concert was loooooooonnnnnggggg ......!!!!!!!!! i mean, the opening band played for over an hour! duuuuude!

don't even get me started with the coat-check-line-jumper!

but i had fun! really! they played my favorite songs and i had $4 vodkas!!!

then we had to schlep all the way back home.

we have to wait in grand central for about 30 minutes for our train.


shane peruses through his photos.


it's crazy to see grand central so quite at night, when during the day is packed and people are bustling all over the place!


at least we had time to try out the whispering gallery. you are to stand at opposite corners of the corridor and then you can hear each other whisper. shane demonstrates here. he doesn't realize i am right behind him!!!
and it works!

just to let you all know, after a semi-good night's rest, i was in a much better mood today! i didn't get mad at anyone today!!!

more amour.

friday night was the log awaited world premier perfomance of mor amour! i was so excited to finally see stephen perform!
i high tailed it to 169 bar after work to meet up with the groovy gang. i though i would be late, but luckily, his set started very late.


he started with "before i let you down"




and ended with one of my favorites, "my mistakes"


why does stephen look so nervous to be between lisa and i??? memories of "perfect folds and client books??


shane+lisa= crazy times ahead!!
lisa, did you wear your padding?!?!


lisa climbs the scaffolding.


while shane quietly strums a tune in the trunk of someones car.


shane and nick discuss new forms of the "shocker".


the groovies!!


and more grooves...


back inside are picture opportunities of people who don't get to see eachother enough. boo!


lisa's "little friend" of the evening is in the middle!



shane is lonely and tries to make out with the fishie!

on the way home, walking down the dirty, stinky china town streets, what do we see??? nothing better than a perfect picture opportunity ...

... hey, a "beverage center" left on the street = an open opportunity for fun! but not for long. shane said it smelled like a million stinky cockroaches!!

(what do cockroaches really smell like???)

beautiful.

the night was finally here! on monday, anita, matt, kelly, and i went to irving plaza to attend the long awaited goldfrapp concert!
this was apparently a special performance by goldfrapp as they have been supporting depeche mode on tour, most recently at jones beach on may 13th.
as soon as i found out tickets were on sale, i picked up the max allowed at the box office. thank god, since it quickly sold out!


my coveted ticket to the sold out show!

it was such an awesome performance! alison goldfrapp is amazing! so hot! the entire show, 2 big fans were in front of her, giving her a "wind blown" look all night.


this was the opening of the concert. alison's silhouette in a blue light.


the stage in blue and green. the lighting was amazing and added so much to the performance.


the mood switches to red.


her hair blowing in the wind.

on that note, i think that if i had 2 big fans blowing in my face for a good hour, my contacts would be crusted to my eyes! maybe she doesn't wear contacts.


i loved the bassist and his "sytlin'" pose.


the crowd is mesmorized.


this was my last picture just before some security dude threatened to kick me out for taking photos. grrr....

so i found some pictures on brooklyn vegan from the goldfrapp concert in december 2005 at he nokia theater.

the dancers were great! the costumes were exactly the same, so i guess my photos would have been pretty much the same as well!


courtesy of brooklyn vegan


courtesy of brooklyn vegan

the wolves were the first dancers of the evening.


courtesy of brooklyn vegan.

ride a white horse.

love love! so much fun! and can you believe she did a double encore! the night ended with strict machine.

some post-concert photos ...


i was trying to do the goldfrapp, "i'm blowing in the wind" pose with my arm, though i looked more like a cheerleader or something.


jeez molls, who brings a bag that big to a concert!

spring break 2006: day 7

saturday was packed with fun, kiddies!

kelly kicked off the summer with a bbq on her deck!
guacamolly, veggies, and champagne! yum!

(opps! no pictures!)

dez and i then rushed over to cbgb's to catch the pretty boys concert!!!
we made in in plenty of time! whew!



when we got there, goddes & she were performing.


hmmm .. the best way to describe them would be "lesbian-eminem". ok, that might sound bad. but they were actually pretty good!


now, we were carded when we got in. how did the 12 year old get in?!? but don't worry, he looked a little uncomfortable and left when goddes started singing "lick it"!


fixer was up next. these guys were hard core!

time for pretty boys!! yay! i rushed to the front of the stage! i absolutely love these girls! they rock out so hard yet remain fabulous!!!

now i took a ton of photos at this show! i tried to scale it down here, but check 'em all out at my flickr page!


galadriel.


hopey rocks!


alice.


i love this photo!


goddes got on stage and sang along!


love, love!!




and everyone shook their asses to "hello, bonjour!"

too much fun! i wasn't ready to call it a night, so dez and i jumped in a cab and headed to misshapes!!


too cool with the lohan "peace out!" sign!



this one goes out to anita! the "clap"!!
but - ew! look (or don't look!) at my hands! battle wounds from several nights out - stamps from multiple clubs all over my hand!


oh, i can't wait to read about this guy in blue states lose on friday! quite possible a #1!


aww, look! it's breno!


the breno "whatever!" pose!
dude, next time i want the hook-up on the sparks!!! i know i'm not your boss, but i am your elder!!!

fun times, fun times!

now i'm ready to call it a night!