a call to arms

As Jennifer was writing up the previous post, I was actually enjoying myself at the MGMT concert on Aug 5th. I don't think I would be sane if I didn't blog about this long awaited event (been waiting since April).

***lengthy post ahead***

Left to right: James, Will, Andrew

My friend and I waited in line in the scorching summer heat for 8 hours. My makeup melted off my face by mid afternoon. But we didn't care; our ultimate goal was to get the best view in the venue and meet the band. I'm extremely happy that we got what we wanted!

This is a photo with Will but I got the banana from James though ;)
Unfortunately I was rejected from Andrew because a mob of girls behind us lured him away for photos :/

floral dress worn as a shirt from H&M // DIY destroyed jean shorts from Bluenotes // everything else is thrifted
Sorry man, this was the only semi "outfit shot" from the day. I didn't feel like photographing myself when I was like a melting popsicle.
My hair turned from alright looking to greasy and sweat-drenched.

This is how close I close and centred I was to the stage.
MEGA THUMBS UP BRO!!!

The setlist was impressive. 18 songs in total: 9 from the first album, 8 from Congratulations, and a cover of Anything Could Happen originally by The Clean.

A pivotal moment was when Andrew jumped off the stage during Kids.
I GOT TO HOLD ONTO HIS MUSCULAR AND VEINY ARMS AND FINGERS FOR A GOOD MINUTE! Call me crazy but hey, wouldn't you have done so if you were in my position?!

The concert was phenomenal.
Not only were we centre front row, we also met a bunch of awesome people like Violens the opening band and their soundcheck guy Billy! And OMG he just happened to be the lead singer of MGMT Andrew's roommate. 

We had great conversations with him before, during, and after the show—he even brought us some fruits during encore! 

One important thing I learned that day was to smile and wave at whomever enters the venue where you're seeing a band. 

Who knows, maybe you could end up getting some insider info and privileges.

I met everyone from the band. My friends and I had a casual convo with Will the drummer. Oh y'know, talked about their recent trip to Japan, Montreal show, their plans after the night, Lollapalooza—no big deal ;)

(blue shirt dude's some staff person) 

I also had my tshirt signed by everyone + Andrew drew me a little flowerrrrr. 

I left at 2am, happy as ever. I didn't mind that I lost my voice for two good days (still recovering) and various parts of my body covered in bruises because **cheese alert** it was part of the experience that I know I'll remember and reminisce about 30 years later.

My next concert report? Vampire Weekend.

Stayed tuned, folks!

I forgot about a title

O hai, it's Candice again. I'm quite mighty today for jumping out of my pjs and getting dressed.

  Purse, blouse, shorts, and the black choker necklace are all thrifted.

I introduce you this coin necklace from the limited edition of MGMT's Congratulations. I know right, who buys CDs nowadays when you can just download via iTunes (or illegally)?

66 55 red battleships

40 earthlike planets

3 holes

2 tits

1 fork in its side

0 tears in their eyes

Makes sense now, right?

I'm seeing MGMT with a friend, Teresa, in 20 days. Who's psyched? I FREAKING AM!

That's actually a chandelier.

Here's my rendition of Vampire Weekend's self-titled album cover featuring this lovely chandelier.

 Some other Fuji Instax Mini photos

Since I've already mentioned Vampire Weekend anyway, I wanna touch upon the recent news of the band being sued for $2 mil. for the photograph on the Contra album cover. Don't quite know how I feel about this lawsuit but I really wonder, are they gonna change the stage backdrop from now on because of copyright issues?

(All photos are credited via click-through links to photographers' Flickr)

I'd like to see how this is going to be settled. I'll also see for myself on September 7th.


White Sky - Vampire Weekend

It's just a case of FLASH DELIRIUM

 

I got to meet MGMT when they dropped by the local radio station to co-host on Wednesday. The whole time during the interview Andrew was doodling instead of paying attention haha. He's pretty awkward but really chill. Ben is shy but very sweet.

Andrew VanWyngarden.. is one beautiful man. Sexy bedhair yeah?
I'll try to keep the spazz level down haha.

 

These guys are so quirky/adorable.


Andrew and Ben liked the way I scratched off the cover! They thought it looked pretty cool and awesome.

(more photos at my flickr)

Ever since Congratulations leaked earlier this year, some fans went berserk about it claiming that MGMT is trying to get rid of the "mainstream fans." I understand what they mean by that but I don't agree at all. Yes, this new album is very different Oracular Spectacular but there are so many aspects as to why it's like that. 

Personally, I like electro-pop a lot and I really enjoyed all of their old stuff. Although I wasn't too impressed when I heard the second album for the first time since it wasn't what I was expecting, as I listened to it more it slowly grew on me. I think it's great that they're experimenting and not just sticking with the "electro-pop" and catchy songs. 

Brian Eno

Congratulations (I looped this the most out of the album)


You can stream the entire album at their website whoismgmt.com
 
I got myself a presale ticket to the August 5th show at Kool Haus. Exactly 14 weeks away! This is a big shot, but is anyone else going? I'm definitely camping out the night before/morning of!