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Music

Life Is Good!

by agirlandhermutt on September 14, 2010

My favorite book arrived in my mailbox on Saturday…the IKEA 2011 book! Even Korkapoo was excited!

Ok, well he wasn’t so much excited as trying to move it so he could find his spot on my bed. Caught in the act buckaroo!

I have a serious obsession with IKEA (example here). When I first moved to my new apartment I needed furniture and I needed it yesterday. My cute little living room looked like I picked it up right off the display floor and transported it home.

Fortunately it has since been “Erinfied” and has a lot more character going on. I promise! I have been circling and marking like a nutzo in the catalog and I see a shopping trip in the future. Woot!

Ok, enough gushing about a weird furniture store. On to more fun things! This past Sunday The Scientist and I headed out to Prowse Farms for the Life Is Good Festival. Who doesn’t enjoy a great day of festivaling and music?!

It was a little overcast on Sunday, but it wasn’t blazing so I was a happy camper.

We showed up just in time to see OK GO hit the stage.

If you haven’t heard of them or their music, you MUST watch this video to get their vibe. Totally worth the watch.

Their show was FANTASTIC! They have so much audience interaction. At one point they asked if anyone in the audience played the guitar. Some guy raised his hand so the band brought him on stage to play with them. How great is that?!

They were super creative and how all kinds of cool instruments on the stage, including hand bells. The Northeast loves them so hand bells!

The lead singer even came out straight into the audience to play. I love getting up close and personal with the band.

We had a little break between bands so we did a tour of the festival grounds.

It was a kid friendly festival. Seriously kid friendly.

There was someone making these crazy balloon hats. They were insane and even larger than you can possibly imagine!

They were everywhere!

Life is Good is all about being green, even when it came to our beer.

We watched Brett Dennen for a bit and then got some munchies, including a veggie sandwich from The Fireplace.

They are certified green!

Get in my belly you yummy thing!

In order to stay away from disposable water bottles, people were encouraged to bring their own refillable bottles.

Our next stop was to see Boston natives, Guster, over at the main stage.

I loved that Guster even had a fun pretty video guy. So stylish! This guy spent most of the time asking people to move out of the way. I couldn’t help but laugh every time he “shooshoo”ed people out of the way.

We booked it back over to the other stage just in time to see Corrine Bailey Rae take the stage. I’m in love with everything about this lady. She has the amazing accent, even better hair and is so tiny in person!

And then…the big event…JASON MRAZ!

We were kind of far back, but we could hear perfectly. My camera just couldn’t handle the mega zoom needed to get Jason perfect. Whatev. Check out the major stage he was on!

I was so impressed with the festival. It was well organized, there were great musical acts, and everyone was right on time. I love punctuality!

LIFE IS GOOD and even better at a festival!

Speaking of a great time, the other day I received a lovely little email from one of the managers at Fish House, my fave restaurant in Pensacola. They had read my stellar review and wanted to thank me for being a great customer. Check out how they said thanks!

Yay! I can’t wait to use this on my next visit home. Hey Mom & Dad, part of dinner is on me!

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Who is your fave singer and/or band? I’m the biggest No Doubt, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, The Kin and Blondie fan.

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Music in the Park…

by agirlandhermutt on July 8, 2010

Last night The Scientist and I attended a historical moment. We went to the FIRST symphonic concert held in Fenway Park. Ok, so it isn’t the same as seeing the Rolling Stones perform there and it certainly wasn’t as exciting as watching celebrities play hockey (remember that one?), but it was fun and it was definitely worth a few hours in the HEAT.

Boston Landmarks Orchestra kicked off their 2010 Summer Season with this concert. This orchestra is dedicated to playing in “significant architectural, historical and geographical settings throughout the Boston area, always free to the public”.

We got there around 7p, just as the sun was starting to set. It was nuts to see the park so empty as we looked across the field.

The Mayor of Boston, Thomas Menino kicked off the concert and the orchestra got down tot business with some great tunes.

I was happy to see Ode to Joy on the program. Fun fact: This is one of my favorite pieces because it was a part of my all-time FAVORITE movie, Money Pit. To this day I can tell you all the aspects of that scene. The Scientist tells me that this song was also in Die Hard. Whatever.

Check out the video to hear how great the orchestra combined with the New World Chorale sounded!

During the intermission we did a bit of walking around to check out the stadium without all the drunk baseball fans surrounding us. Whoo hoo! I love no crowds!

Thank you Fenway for hand sanitizer. This should be standard…everywhere. Possibly creepy that I took this pic in the bathroom though. Gross.

After the intermission, Deval Patrick, the Governor of MA was brought on to the stage to be the narrator for the Jackie Robinson story.

I love the idea of narrating during a concert. The music just meshed perfectly with the story.

To sum the night up…great experience. I’m so glad that we were able to go! In addition to some great music, I was pretty proud of myself for resisting the urge to get nachos. What? Every trip to Fenway involves nachos. True story!

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American Woman…

by agirlandhermutt on October 21, 2009

Several years ago I went to a NYE party thrown by the Boston Event Guide folks. Apparently they wanted to thank me for my support back in 2007 by giving me free tickets to see Lenny Kravitz. Free tickets to Lenny?! Sign me up!

The concert was great! We had a great time. The crowd was super diverse and really into him. We watched him jam for about 45 minutes and then he busted into all of the faves including American Woman, Are You Gonna Go My Way, Fly Away and My Love.