Rando Post

I really don't have any big things to talk about but I did commit to this so...

As I lie in bed bundled up in an over-sized sweatshirt while listening to My Bloody Valentine in the dark (did I mention that I am very emo?), the first thing that comes to mind is this: it's way too cold in Nashville right now. And to make matters worse, we have warm days like last Sunday where you can have a picnic in the park. Then of course Sunday is followed by rainy Monday which is followed by snowy Tuesday, etc etc. Basically, warm Sundays, you are a TEASE. To all you skeptics, it is officially confirmed: GLOBAL WARMING EXISTS.

On another note, I had an interesting week, to say the least. The highlight of it happened on Wednesday though, when I went to a great comedy show that raised money for Haiti. Anyways, my friend and I became BFF with this "comedy troupe" and went out with them to Nash Trash bars. Yeah... that happened. And it was awesome. You should try this some time.

The other cool thing this week involved another event raising money for Haiti too. The dude who started TOMS shoes came to speak at Vandy- he talked about how the company started, where its going, etc, etc. Really cool talk. And he's sexy too.

I'm tired.

Anyways. Since this is such a random post, I am going to make it even more random with other random music stuff:

1. I'm really into "shoegaze" music right now ("nu-gaze" if you will).This explains the My Bloody Valentine emo moment. Some cool bands: M83, The Radio Dept (new kick ass single after like fifteen years: "Heaven's on Fire") and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (in a very poppy, indie, "we live in Williamsburg and like wearing nerdy/artsy glasses" kind of way)

2. I really wish I had listened to The Antlers earlier on. The whole album, Hospice, is freaking awesome!!

3. I will continue to spread the word about Yeasayer's stellar new album - Odd Blood. LISTEN TO IT NOW.

4. Other cool bands (thanks Lucas): Phantogram, The Local Natives, Broken Bells

5. Oh and if you haven't heard about this, you'll die. I joined a Facebook group last week: there's a picture of a pickle and it says: "Can this pickle get more fans than Nickelback?" Well. As of two nights ago, THE PICKLE IS WINNING.

That's all I got. LYLAS.

Below: photos by kcook of our picnic in the park! and a cool passion pit pic i saw on spin.com