sweet, sweet heartkiller.

say hi:

on the 28th of october i happily, happily was able to see my favorite band, say hi, at the turf club. eric, the lyricist and frontman, graciously put me on the guestlist +1. i had already bought a ticket, so i was then able to bring two friends with me (as lydia, heather, and laura already had bought a ticket as well). i proceeded to call tommy, because tommy is as much of a fan of the music as i am, but i know he was trying to save money and wasn't planning on going. he agreed. and then i got ahold of brittany, since i think she is a rad chic, but i never get a good excuse to hang out with her, and she is friends with tommy.

anyhow, i arrive and eric is standing outside and i run into him. he is such a lovely, lovely human being. ugh! he is definitely my musical man crush. true story. justin was supposed to come with me to the show but decided he was too busy. in any event, i warned justin how much i crush on eric and his tunes. he dutifully accepted this knowledge! anyway, eric talked to us for a long time before his set. yum! i bought a tote of my favorite lyric, "let's talk about spaceships." hoorah!

the show began, and of course us girls were front and center (we would have murdered people to get there). the set was wonderful. some new, some old, all very singable. heather and i swayed and swooned. toward the end of the set, eric announced that the next song was dedicated to me and heather for singing all of the words (or something to that affect). ::die:: and it turned out to be the first song i ever heard from them via heather's mix cds. we were lucky girls that night. i felt like i was walking on clouds all night. it has been a while since i have felt like my show-going self (that i was a few years ago). it was good. obviously not someone i want to be 24/7 anymore, but it is fun to get back into the groove of things for a night.

below is a music video for say hi. delicious!



motion city soundtrack halloween show:

the two weeks previous to this show, i was basically harrassing justin to push the set time back to 7:00 because i get out of work at 6:00 or later. if i had missed the show, i would have died (or at least would have had an AWFUL night). luckily, (along with brittany's updates), the show was at 7pm and i was able to attend! when i got there it was less packed than i thought it was going to be, perhaps it was because so many people were in the front. i found my friend matt, said hi, and then found my mom and my cousin. said hi to jaci, who was my awesome college roommate. soon after, tommy, kari, and ann came over to stand by where i was. when the guys went onstage, they came on to political music. the four besides justin came on like security guards, and justin came out in a nice outfit with a dinosaur hat on. after he took it off, he gave a "political" speech (pretending to be obama, i'm sure). pretty cool. the crowd was spectacular! everyone was excited to be there, singing, jumping, etc... i spent the majority of the show just watching the crowd react to the songs and the guys. made me really proud of them. justin was totally "on" that night. extremely talkative, super funny, and totally quirky. it was hilarious. what a fun, fun show.

what was really fun about the show was that my little cousin, morgan, was at the show with my mom. morgan is a big fan of them, and she even bought a sweatshirt with her own allowance money from online. aw! so at the end of the show i elbowed my way to the front of the small crowd waiting for the guys to come out and sign things (meanwhile i said hi to jill and shane). i felt bad, since i see him all the time, but it was for my cousin! ha. she had to make it to a halloween party with her friends, and the show was running long (which made me happy). i introduced her to jp, he signed her shirt, and took a picture with her.after the show i headed over to the bar where kari, ann, and myself drank, laughed, and shared many great stories. god i love those girls! a little later, justin needed a ride to luce where the dinosaur costume contest winners were having a pizza party with the band. luce! love it, as always! the costume winners were straight up adorable. i was so excited for them, as they clearly put tons of work into their costumes. i also met the videographer, alex, for the guys' first few webisodes. i re-met tiffany. i talked to jesse about pee-wee, his and jessica's new kitten (what a good story!). i waved at justin from across the table. what a good night!

it was sad seeing justin leave for his dino trail tour the next day. but i know he is so, so excited about it all--and he has been having SO much fun meeting people, doing random acts of craziness, etc... i will see him on thanksgiving. i can hold out until then, especially with all of the twitter updates, twitpic updates, videos, and this website (www.mydinosaurlife.com).


other stuff:

speaking of mcs stuff, their new album is coming out january 19th, 2010!here is the track listing:

1. Worker Bee
2. A Lifeless Ordinary (Need A Little Help)
3. Her Words Destroyed My Planet
4. Disappear
5. Delirium
6. History Lesson
7. Stand Too Close
8. Pulp Fiction
9. @!#?@!
10. Hysteria
11. Skin And Bones
12. The Weakends

#7 is my favorite.
#9 gets stuck in my head (and you definietly will know the title when you hear the song, as jessica said in her tumblr! haha. it is greater than you would think).

for halloween i didn't do a thing with friends. i had good offers, but i was starting to feel sick and i just wanted to stay home with my dad, the birthday-boy! so he made a fire, and we all lounged and ate french silk pie. yum. my mom also made my dad an awesome dvd slideshow showing my dad's entire life. pretty rad.

otherwise i have been catching up on my sleep!

i think i am planning on reading 50 books this coming year. jessica did her list last year, and i think i have been inspired! i will keep you posted on that!

that's all i have, loves!

what looks good on paper, looks good on paper.

this weekend i allowed myself to be unusually busy. it was wonderful. i actual enjoyed looking forward to the plans i had made.

on friday, us girls met up at the millenium hotel in minneapolis, unloaded our shiitake, and headed out into the world. our first goal: see attention play. we did so. i was torn. i saw where i would like some of their stuff, and i saw where i would be unimpressed with other parts of it. the bassist, bob, however, was so nice. cherise is good friends with him, and she introduced all of us. bob chatted with me about justin and mcs. it was good finding someone who knew the guys, and who i could have a mutual interest conversation about everything they are doing.

after a bit of hanging there, we ventured over to the ugly mug to accomplish goal number 2: getting not sober. took a few shots (as seen below). danced a bit. drank a bit more. unfortunetly only one of us accomplished that goal. which one? i will not say! you must guess. i will reward correct answers with a gold star vibe.

after that we taxied back to our hotel, had some good hangs, felt heather's behbeh move a LOT, and fell asleep. hoorah! girls' night accomplished!

(lyds, cherise, me, heather not pictured)

on saturday i woke up so excited, it hurt. one of my favorite bands was in town that night at the 7th street entry. what band, you ask? oh. let me share the glory with you. the band i speak of is say hi. heather and i arrived for the opening bands (which were actually pretty impressive). the first band was called the red pens, which seemed like a very close version of say hi, but only with a female voice added. the next band was called telekinesis they were actually very entertaining and likable. the lead singer of this band was also the drummer, which is something i have not seen before. apparently he is also death cab's drummer's protege (according to eric). i could tell. after the first band's set, i saw eric walking past me and i stopped him to thank his for coming back to minnesota. right away he said, "yeah! lindsay, right?" (insert swooning). we all chatted for a long time about seattle, spiders, the food chain, setlists, approvals, and blog haters. that man is one of the nicest, most genuine musicians i have met in a long time. considering the entry was packed for his show, yet he still remembered me and heather AND managed to hang out and talk with us for a long time = spectacular human. he probably is my new musical crush (don't tell justin, haha). so kind. so talented. makes music that tears my heart out and sews it back in with happiness. arg.

laura showed up after the first band's set as well. i guess she had never heard their stuff before? i didn't know that until afterward, but i was so glad she came to check them out!

anyway. we pushed our way to front and center. say hi was perfect. they played the entire new album from back to front, and they played a few old songs at the end. heather and i danced and sang the entire time.

after they were finished we said farewell and gave hugs. i already miss that man and his music.

since then i have felt spiritually renewed. no kidding. not in a christ way. more in a righted-mind way. it has been a very long time since i have seen a truly great concert of a band i adored. it was well worth every second and dime.

oh. and i bought a rad t-shirt at the show too. it has a spaceship on it. and stars. what else do you want from me?

below are pictures taken by the lovely laura burton.