Got all silent again. Sorry! :)
Life has been boring-ish lately. Except Saturday I went to see Ben Folds.
It was fan-fucking tasting. This is only the second time I've seen him. Same place as last time, the Calvin in Northampton. My seats were MUCH better this time too. Like 6th row instead of near the back.
I actually got teary sitting there during the first few songs. He's one of my absolute favorite artists but I tend to, I don't know...forget that? I mean I don't forget it. But he's never someone I remember to mention when I'm listing of faves. But the music affects me viscerally and it's full of beauty and memory and laughter and depth and I LOVE it dearly. Got into BFF shortly after graduating high school and the music has never left my rotation since.
He did a great mix of new and older music. At one point he busted the pedal on the piano and to cover while techs tried to rig it up to last a bit longer, he was coaxed by the audience into doing Bitches Ain't Shit a capella. It made me think of Shantytowne so I of course had to text Bill and Seth immediately. I also recorded it on my iphone's voice recorder, to surprisingly good results. (iphone did less admirably when piano was involved and the loudness set the levels off and it got distorty.)
All in all it was just an amazing night. And I topped it off by getting ice cream at Bart's because I hadn't been to Northampton in so long. :) (I also bought a cute hat and gloves in Thorne's, and then hit a costumey jackpot at Faces for my pic-whoring needs. Eyelashes and hat and mask, oh my!)
I shall sign off now. But pics from the costumey shit under the cut if anyone cares and has not already seen them on Facebook. :)
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