Looky looky, your favorite mother-fucker is back! It has been entirely too long but with that comes all sorts of news. I would like to begin this pseudo-essay by expressing how grateful I am for those who did what they did to prevent the extinction of this terrific blog. Without getting into too much detail, everyone pretty much has been hit by some wave of misery, exhaustion, frustration, etc. The great United States of America has been the biggest contributor to my existential angst but what else is new? This guy knows what I'm talking about! This guy definitely knows what I'm talking about! (Sorry, I've been on a Raaaaaaaandy binge). Back to business: As everyone assured me there would be, a light did come at the end of the tunnel in the hilariously ironic form of my first employment in months thanks to....drum rolllllll....Whole Foods! Yes, yes, it is true. Big ups to all the whole fooders who put in the good word for me.
Next up I wanted to see how anyone/everyone felt about me making an AOC account on twitter. I'm not even sure if many of you here use it but it's actually a pretty righteous social networking tool. I even won tickets to the Dew Tour in Boston just by tweeting fueltv an answer to a question about a Boston Local gone Pro Skateboarder. I was thinking it could serve as even more a reminder to check out new posts and perhaps it could be followed by fellow tweetie birds all over the world. It's just a thought so be sure to leave your thoughts, comments, concerns.
As most of you know, I was in Chicago about a month ago(holy shit, didn't even realize that until I typed it) for Pitchfork Music Festival. Firstly, if you haven't been to Chicago you've gotta go. I'm a fool for not taking advantage of my digital camera although I did get some good pictures out of two disposable cameras and a polaroid camera. Here are just a few of the many reasons one should visit Chicago, Illinois: The architecture is absolutely incredible all over the city. There's this almost surreal mirror in Downtown called "The Bean" that reflects the city and skyline and everything in between, depending on where you're standing. Next, our fine guide(Andrew Parece) escorted us back to his neighborhood where we came to notice his apartment was a mere 4 blocks from Wrigley Field. The day we flew in there was an Elton John/Billy Joel Show there!!
Pitchfork Day 1:
I'd write a descriptive account but I basically only made it in time to see the end of The Jesus Lizard's set and Built to Spill. We walked in the gates after a solid two blocks of the inevitable "Whoooo needsumm? Ticketzz, ticketzz here whoo needsum?" crews camped out trying to make a quick buck. After making a quick trip to the beer tent we made a nice spot in the grass and got our drink on while the old crust punks of TJL finished up their set. I say with an air of reluctance in my voice that they were decent. Next up: Built to Spill...which sounds awesome right?! You'd think so but in all of my years listening to BTS this had to be the most lackluster performance I have ever seen. There was the whole "Write the Night" thing going on and they played some gems. But as a whole, the set was very low energy with Doug Martsch only saying softly "Thanks" at the end of every single song. That was the most conversation they made, if any. Oh well, I'm over it.
(I realized I could write forever about this trip so I'm going to just post the highlights, blunders, etc.)
P4K Day Two:
Cymbals Eat Guitars sounded cd-quality live and I definitely suggest checking them out if you haven't already. They started the day with a killer set and it got me amped for the entire day so thanks guys! Next we checked out Plants And Animals(trippy), Fucked Up(Pink Eye is a funny dude and they ripped), The Pains of Being Pure At Heart(HORRIBLE LIVE, LOLZ), Bowerbirds(My first time, they were amazing), Final Fantasy(Dude is talented, he did like 4 violin loops then a piano loop then sang and played live violin), ahhh the highlight of my day: PONYTAIL. Check this band out if you were into Animal Collective's "Feels". I had to get it on vinyl(there was a humongous record fair! like 40+vendors) and came to find out it was limited all green! SCORE! Ate some vegan bbq wingz and drank some delicious 312 brews then went to check out WAVVES, which disappointed me twice but on seperate offenses. Offense 1: Nathan Williams is legitimately 5'4, no taller. No wonder his ego is so big! BURN! Offense 2: In true lo-fi punk fashion, Williams stepped on 3 different pedals whenever he wanted so most songs we so reverberated that you couldnt hear his voice. I guess they played some new songs but I wasn't into it much. We wrapped up the day with Doom(I think it was really him), Lindstrom(Dude got me amped with his jams), and Beirut. Fuck what you heard, Beirut is nice live. They killed it.
(Jealous yet? jkjkjk)
Day Three:
Got there around 3, got mad beers right away, listened and tripped out to the wonderful sounds of Women, snuck in a little puff, then made our way back the beer tent and the A Stage. The Thermals killed it playing old tracks the majority of their set and they even covered "Basket Case"!! We quickly made our way to the stage where The Walkmen were due up next and ran into Robin and his brother Daniel. Puffed another and there they were...I've been waiting my whole life....The Walkmen. They played not too many old ones so the majority of their set was pretty new. They did, however, play "The New Year" and "The Rat." Singalongs were done and good times were had. M83 was next and in typical fashion they had me gazing at madddd shoes. I was gazing my ass off and then BA BLAM! They bust out really old material that's very disco-tech and fast paced and great stuff to hear live. A run to the beer tent and got back just in time for Grizzly Bear. They played a cool rendition of "Knife" and I loved hearing "Two Weeks" live. Their new record rips. As my enery began to dwindle and my buzz began to buzz harder, I tried to remain as alert as possible for The Flaming Lips. Boy do I wish I ate some acid because their actual stage setup is trippy as fuck and they do all sorts of whacky lights and costumes and yeah they fucking killed it.
All in all it was an incredibly fun and worthwhile trip and it was really nice to say I was going to take and trip and put the plans into motion. Who's down to go next year?
It's been a lengthy post so I hope my words will be captivating enough to keep all of your attention. It feels good to be back around. Strange times are still among us but at least some of them have passed. What's more strange is how true the "When one door closes, another opens" proverb is. Life is straight up whack sometimes y'all...don't go taking it too serious.
barely legal and yours truly,
Jon Paul Rebello
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