Entries Tagged 'Concerts' ↓

at the hexagon in south minneapolis.

with fort wilson riot, who are very talented.

and live art! i like that this is becoming the thing to do while your favorite band plays.

i mean, seriously. she is playing the trumpet and the keys at the same time?!

sergio!

orion!

logan!

dave!

so much history. these photos spark so many memories.

Please have a seat. I have about 50 million new photos to show you, some of which are from (what seems like) forever ago. There is just too much life happening lately!

Jason took me to see Dan Navarro play with Michael McDermott at the Fine Line Music Cafe. It was a really good show and it’s entirely possible that I was more than a little happy to be out on the town with such a good man. A good date night will cure what ails you!

I went on a date with Hannie (and Karyn) to Underwater Adventures. We unfortunately didn’t see any barracuda (my favorite) but there were plenty of scary sharks! When is it not crowded? That would be a good time to go again with Hannie so she can spend less time being distracted by other humans.

Random: I’m surrounded by cute pets!

I caught an amazing Minneapolis sky a few weeks ago:

My brother, Ryan, finally married Jane.

The following day was the ceremony.

…and the celebration of Hannie’s first birthday!

…and — YUM! — dinner at Skitch and Chae’s house!

I also had the privilege of meeting a very new Miss Aurora Collier-Wise.

That was a very busy day. The following day I made Jason do some Vermillion sight-seeing, which I will continue in a new post.

I don’t understand why or how people view my Flickr photos like they do. For instance, this photo of my mom and me from my RAZR a few years ago (2006) is my all-time most-viewed Flickr photo:

Why? I like this photo, but I don’t understand why so many people have viewed it. It’s been viewed almost twice as much as my all-time second-most-viewed photo:

I understand why this photo gets a lot of views: Fiona Apple. It’s a similar reason for my all-time third-most-viewed photo:

Liz freakin’ Phair, man. That was such a good show.

I feel like I bought tickets for Kristi and me to attend Rock the Garden a long time ago. Then my coworker David went and won tickets the day before the show. He couldn’t make it, so luckily he let me use them to get a couple more friends in. It was a so much fun—and such a great day for it!

I recommend that you go look through the whole set on Flickr for yourself, but I’ve got the highlights for ya right here. (Though this will still be pretty image-heavy. You’ve been warned!)

We arrived by bus promptly at 3 p.m., and found a long waiting line. The gates hadn’t opened yet. I was happy to entertain myself by taking photos of Minneapolis scenery (the Basilica and Loring Park pedestrian bridge).

It was sort of funny to see really awesome food vendors next to typical fair food vendors. Vincent, Holy Land, and Joe’s Garage all had specialty items if attendees weren’t down with corn dogs and burgers.

I attended the 2004 Rock the Garden when David Byrne was the headliner. The Guthrie was still attached to the Walker then, so the street was the only place to watch the concert from and the stage faced Loring Park. Last year the grassy knoll was open for seating, but the stage still faced Loring Park. This year they got it right: the stage faced the grassy knoll. It was perfect.

In case my hundreds of other photos don’t prove that Kristi and I were there…

I purchased tickets at Minnesota Public Radio’s member price. David won tickets (which Mikey and Noah used) from one of the event sponsors, University of Saint Thomas.

I thought about trying a pork chop but I wasn’t hungry enough and I was afraid of spilling on one of the 9,999 other people.

I love a good zero-waste event! I also love corn.

Solid Gold played a great set, representin’ local music well.

More of Solid Gold

It is dangerous to have a camera when I get a little bored and antsy.

I don’t listen to Mark Wheat’s set on The Current very often, but I enjoy him when I do!

Yeasayer was okay. I recognized a couple songs, but otherwise I got distracted by scenery and people watching.

More of Yeasayer

I made Kristi take a lot of photos with me. We started getting a little punchy towards the end of Calexico. beer + sun + sitting for too many hours = antsy silliness.

Where can I get a cheap hula hoop? Because I imagine I’ll try it once for about 10 minutes (maybe 5) and then never touch it again.

I enjoyed Calexico, it’s just too bad I was so easily distracted during their set.

More of Calexico

Then some friendly people behind us took our photo, and we returned the favor. I hope we didn’t block their view too much.

I listen to Steve Seel and Jill Riley on The Current every morning.

A volunteer was passing out bananas, which heightened the silliness. I ate one, it was refreshing (I guess).

The lines to use the “bathrooms” were sooooooooooooo long and I got bored (and broke out the camera again).

I missed a good chunk of The Decemberists’ set because I actually found someone else I knew. But the music was good, the decoration was interesting and colorful, and most people who were sitting for the rest of the show finally stood up so we had a chance to dance and work out some of the antsy-ness. It was difficult to get a good photo because they were sort of far away and the sun was setting. Or maybe I need a new point-and-shoot camera…

I love that they ended with a cover of Heart’s “Crazy on You.” That’s one of my favorites to sing at karaoke, I think.

More of The Decemberists

I wish I had gone to see it when the cherry was being cleaned or repainted or whatever. It was cool to see it at night though, too.

At the end, instead of taking the bus home, Jared agreed to come pick Kristi and me up. We walked through Loring Park to meet him downtown because, surprisingly, it was less crowded there.

It has been quite a while since I’ve written. I’m always thinking about writing, but I never seem to get around to it. This will be brief since it is, after all, not even 8am on a Saturday, and I think I’m almost ready to go back to bed.

Jen came to visit and I took some silly photos with my RAZR: click here for photos.

Karyn and Bryan moved into their new house last weekend. They hired movers, so we didn’t have to fuss too much with that stuff. Dad and Ryan came up to help—reframing doorways and painting K & B’s bedroom. There was a lot of moving around of boxes, which was probably the most exhausting part. Boxes are heavy.

I went to Voltage on Wednesday, which was super fun. Crappy photos from my RAZR are here.

The Alarmists were super cute.

Rebecca is a birthday girl on Monday. Happy birthday, darling!

And I’ve spent the last two days on my couch/in the bathroom with the most horrible bout of food poisoning or flu or something equally as disgusting. My stomach is still feeling just a titch squiggly, but I’m hoping to get out into nature and take a walk today.

That is, of course, after I go back to bed for a few hours. Good morning!