‘So much fuckin’ bullshit but we won’t give in’
What’s stuck in my head today:
What’s stuck in my head today:
It’s a little long and it’s edited rather jankily but you get what you pay for here at T&G, sweet thang. You get what you pay for. Bonnaroo 2009 from Lindsey Turner on Vimeo.
So, despite my attempts to get actual rest on Friday night, I ended up accumulating perhaps three hours of real sleep, at which point the tent became uninhabitable, so I hunkered down and ate strawberries and blueberries in a tiny triangle of shade created by a nearby truck parked close to our tent. Once Amber got up and going, we headed into Centeroo to meet up with Maggi, who was craving a tofu scramble. I…
The entirety of Friday was spent in anticipation of one show: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I have been obsessed with this band since 2004, when Amber put one of their songs on a mixed CD she made me for my summer in Birmingham. I love them so much and I love Karen O for being such a ridiculous badass, so the idea of getting to photograph them from the pit thrilled me to a degree…
Some tales are so absurd that they can’t really be told. “You had to be there” is not just a cliché; it’s a truth. Expand it to “you had to be there … inside my head” and maybe you’d be able to understand why I am at a loss to try to explain the events of Thursday night in a way that conveys their very ridiculousness and surreality. So I biff off toward Nashville Thursday…
No time for art. Just packing. That container has since been filled to the brim and now I’m trying to see what I’ve left out. One thing I’ve got to pick up is boxed wine. Oh yeah, and food. Tomorrow morning (ugh, well, later today) I leave out for Nashville, where I’ll pick Amber up at the airport and we’ll truck it to Murfreesboro to pick up our tent and other camping goodies from her…
I have had this song on repeat for the entire duration of my time awake today. Damn, I love Faces. Turn it up loud.
One mistake in a subtle way Like I’m walking again, all on me Step slowly, you know that you fall between Dark places, what a simple web we weave “Dull Life” — Yeah Yeah Yeahs [Project 365]
“Laughing At God” from Lindsey Turner on Vimeo. Listen to this before I’m asked to take it down. (Photo from Flickr user crazybobbles)
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