for those of you who dont know, vnv nation is one of my favorite bands in the whole universe. the show last night was pretty awesome. we saw vnv nation with ayria and war tapes.
ayria was good. i have only really listened to debris, but their new stuff isnt too bad. kinda reminds me of nitzer ebb, except with a female vocalist. jennifer is pretty high energy and does a good show.
i wasnt too into war tapes, but i think that was just because i was in a more ebm/industrial mood. they are a bit more traditional. some of the songs sounded heavily cure and smiths influenced. they did a cover of love me by love and rockets which was pretty cool.
and of course, vnv nation was fucking awesome. ronan was down in the crowd during ayrias performance. he was chatting with people and came up to me, grabbed my shoulder, and asked me if i was having a good time. i love how into the fans he is. he had hurt his leg in portland, but still managed to move pretty well. we were about one row back from the stage, awesome view. they played a pretty good set, a good mix of old and new including joy, legion, darkangel, illusion, sentinel, etc. they played solitary, which i thought was awesome, as well as standing and precipice. ronan talked quite a bit. someone threw a bra on the stage, and he made some clever jokes. unfortunately we had to leave after the first encore (they do two), my beautiful beth had to go to work early.
on our way home, some guy on the bus asked if we were christians. i couldnt figure out why he asked til we got home and saw that the tshirt that i bought at the show that beth was wearing had the title of the cd on it, of faith power and glory. i guess that does sound a little christian. i like the new album, i think it is much better than their last one, judgement. so i have a couple pics and vids. they are pretty bad as i took them on my blackberry. the bass really drowns out everything, and we were right next to the speakers. so, imagine the appropriate songs with the videos.
Well, here is a pic of my first amigurumi. Its an octopus if you can’t tell. It was a pretty simple patern, although I had a little trouble stitching all eight legs onto the body. Now I am working on a giraffe for bethany’s nephew.
The hope of my redemption
is such that I believe that I am free
To confess would bring me no salvation
for I alone hold the power to forgive me
Of my acts, I will admit, I’ve no pretensions
I’ve no regrets for all the things that I have done
My faiths, to me, are as foundations
None has the right to judge my soul but me
There is no going back
No quarter now remains
No return for me, no sanctity
A single chance prevails
The fields behind laid waste
No doubt, no amends to make
at break of day
until the light fails
march ever on
Great are the paths of our creation
that have been made for the brave to see
The fools who would condemn this existence
are as lands to be vanquished and seized
There is no going back
No quarter now remains
No return for me, no sanctity
A single chance prevails
The fields behind laid waste
No doubt, no amends to make
at break of day
until the light fails
march ever on
cant believe i didnt find this shit sooner. i heard robots on a compililation, and looked them up. i didnt realized that jemaine was the guy from eagle vs shark, i loved that movie. the show kinda reminds me of spaced for some reason…
not the full song, but still pretty good. no binary solo though…
Just riding around south park (my new neighborhood), and I found a little park with a beach. There are some pretty nice houses out here too. South park always gets such a bad rap, but its actually a decent area.
–Sent from my CrackBerry Curve…
i made my second bicycle trip into downtown today. my first time was last week. the entire distance is about 15 miles round trip. i am thinking about commuting to work, but i want to be in decent enough shape so that i wont be completely wasted when i get there. overall, not too bad.
i discovered that they have a bike path on the busway, they must have put it in when they put in the rails for the new light rail train. this saves me from having to ride on 4th, which is a little harrowing at times.
i will continue these rides until i think that going to work wont be too bad. although, going through security at work with all my “luggage” doesnt really appeal to me. i also think that i need to get some cleat pedals and shoes. the toe clips that i use are just painful at longer rides.
