Night Life

I went to a concert this week.  This makes me feel pretty cool.

Oddly, though I obviously love anything in the entertainment industry and am a huge fan of live plays and musicals, I've never really been a fan of concerts.  The crowd annoys me, and I can never really hear the lyrics.  So I've only ever paid for a few concerts in my life, with the exception of Colors. (my friends and I were obsessed in High School.)

Anyway.  A few years ago I started following this band called Walk Off The Earth.  They are super interesting.  You may have seen one of the first of their videos to go viral.  It was this cover of Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye:

This was the first video of theirs that I saw and I've since seen every video they've made.  I really like their style.  They all sing, but Sarah and Marshall's voices just suck me in.  The thing I love the most though?  They make making music look like so much fun.  Watch any of their videos.  They are trying to find new ways to use the instruments we've all seen, make random things instruments, or play multiple instruments at once.

They have a massive YouTube following (check out their channel HERE) that started mostly from their covers, but they've started to release their own albums.  Red Hands is the best video I've ever seen.  I challenge you to find a better one (post it in the comments, I love music videos).

So, I went to their concert.  I had to stand for 3 hours and by the time they came onstage everybody around me was drunk, but I had an amazing spot and loved every second.  Their concert was just like their videos.  They were running all over, playing tons of instruments, throwing them across the stage, and having a great time.

This is all part of my effort to be better this year.  (See my post 30 Years of Wisdom.)  I guess going to a last minute concert falls under "take advantage of this city."

If had had to pick a song that best describes Walk Off The Earth, I'd go with Gang of Rhythm. Let's just sit in a room, sing a song, and be happy.

Now Listening to:

This wild and precious life.

My friend Simini Blocker is an illustrator and did this piece for goodreads.  I love it so much.  Obviously the quote is amazing.  I also just love the image.  A girl looking out into the great unknown with so many options. 

I'm gonna use this as my theme for 2014 and see how it goes.

Waiting For Godot

Yesterday I had a spur of the moment opportunity to see Waiting For Godot for a relatively low price.  Obviously I jumped on it.  

I mean who doesn't love these two?

Sir Ian McKellen

Sir Patrick Stewart 

Best Buddies.

In case you haven't been following it, these two are best friends in real life and have been posting a lot of fantastic photos during their time here in New York.  Google Images. 

The play, which I'd never read or seen before, is about waiting.  It's about how our lives really are just waiting, but it is what happens in the meantime, and who we wait with that matters the most.  These two actors, and the other two supporting actors were incredible.  I was laughing out loud for so much of it, and it really is A PLAY ABOUT NOTHING.  Nothing happens.  The entire time.  But I was so entertained.  

Most importantly, it made me think about life and myself, and who I am choosing to spend my time with.  

Some Quotes:

• "I'm like that. Either I forget right away or I never forget."
• "Let us do something while we have the chance! I tis not every day that we are needed. Not indeed that we personally are needed. Others would meet the case equally well, if not better. To all mankind they were addressed, those cries for help still ringing in our ears! But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late!"
• "Don't touch me! Don't question me! Don't speak to me! Stay with me!" "Did I ever leave you?" "You let me go."
• "This is becoming really insignificant."
• "Let us not waste our time in idle discourse."
• "We wait until we can get up, then we go on."
• "I can't go on like this!" "That's what you think."

It is days like today where I feel very lucky to be here right now, doing this.