the last buckley fair

today is the day of our last buckley fair as buckley students. This is kind of crazy for someone like me who has gone to the buckley fair every year since fourth grade! I was thinking the other day, oh the buckley fair is just the buckley fair... the same every year... but really, its kind of sad that this is our last one. I'll miss the comfort of seeing the gravitron, the ferris wheel, the silent auction, and all of my classmates and their families. And now, we only have one more week of classes. Time really does move by fast, and graduation is really tomorrow!

enjoying some new music

It's always fun when bands come out with new music. Lately, a lot of my favorite bands have been coming out with incredible records. Radiohead recently came out with "The King of Limbs", The Strokes came out with "Angles", and now, Fleet Foxes with "Helplessness Blues". I've always enjoyed Fleet Foxes' music - their calm sound is so relaxing and so beautiful. This sound was continued and expanded in their newest album which came out just a couple days ago. I mean... I am really enjoying this album. They not only continued their normal harmonizations, but they also created a bit of diversity within songs, adding some that are more up beat, and some with really interesting and different instrumental sounds.

a couple of my favorites so far include:

Helplessness Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb84dSmBc8s&feature=related

The Shrine / An Argument
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_XXismYUZs

Battery Kinzie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gA1K-fvHNU

Overall, good music! easy listening that is easy to enjoy.

Concerts I would go back in time for

I was listening to some old music the other day, and I suddenly thought of how cool it would be to live in the 70's and have the ability to witness some of the most influential bands in music history play live. Also, there are many artists that have died recently that I really wish I could see live. Some concerts I really would have liked to witness include:

• Bob Marley and the Wailers - especially the album "Legend"
• Pink Floyd performing the album "Animals"
• Led Zeppelin (Obviously)
• Nirvana 
• The Beatles (also obvious)
• Queen
• Michael Jackson 

This is a very short list, there are many more that I would see that I can't think of at this moment.