stars @ feierwerk 26th september

i was pretty pysched about this concert. it was just two days after coming back to munich and a week after handing in my dissertation. they were probably my favourite band of last year (and much of this year, i guess), i thought the band had gone away forever so this was a welcomed surprise. the show was fun. gentleman reg opened up and he was great (and super nice) and made good use of a little looping machine thing which just added way more depth to the one-man show. as for stars, i'm still a bit undecided. i absolutely love (present continuous) their first and second albums and i'm not sure if i didn't absolutely love them in concert just because i didn't know all the songs off the new album. my alternative theory is that they're just the kind of band that needs to be listened to with good headphones and maybe a blanket wrapped around you... i dunno. the set list was fairly distributed across the three albums and the encore included a smiths cover (and a mildly hilarious impersonation of a northern english accent) so no real complaints. also, compared to feist who is playing here on saturday, i could actually afford their tickets ($25 as opposed to $50).

so other highlights of my life right now: oktoberfest (pictures to come), not writing about race matters (which can be so personally confusing sometimes), streamed episodies of heroes (still on season 1, sorry) streamed episodes of 30 rock (i also apparently wear bicurious shoes) and reading fiction. the sun is also shining.

out.