Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Nada Surf

Check out the brilliant camera work by yours truly at last week's Nada Surf show at Terminal 5.



So the camera gets a little shaky when Werner hands off the camera to me. But it's pretty decent footage if I do say so myself...

This is my favorite Nada Surf song. I love how the Bassist always smokes during this song when they play it live.

Friday, April 4, 2008

Journey = Cool?

Since when is it cool for high school kids to like Journey? See below:




Earlier this week I saw Lifehouse and Matt Nathanson play the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Matt Nathanson, (who has replaced Emerson Hart as my current rockstar crush) was the opening act. I actually think he had a much better stage presence than Lifehouse. His witty banter between songs and the way he shook his ass during his hit "Come On Get Higher" kept me entertained. The concert made me feel really old. Looking around, with the exception of the 10 twenty-somethings around us leaning against the railing, we were surrounded by about 1000 high school kids. Have they been playing Lifehouse on Gossip Girl lately or something? How do these kids know Lifehouse ? Their peak was about 7 years ago when I was in college (and those kids wound have been about 8 or 9 years old.) Even a bigger question, how the hell do those kids know Journey? I was shocked that the entire room sang along to Don't Stop Believing. But maybe high school kids are just more in touch with cheesy hair bands from the 80's. I know my kids will be.