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Howl Howl Tapered Jean Girl

Partook in a little bit too much of the drink this weekend.  Friday started off with a little swaray at my place with the roommates and some friends.  A few of the neighbors ended up stopping by and before we knew it, our place was the place to be.  It's awesome how almost everyone that was there intended to go out that night (including myself), but actually ended up staying.  My thanks to Michelle for flying on those much needed beer runs.

On Saturday I went out to The Wiltern LG with Shannon, Steven, and Jason to see Kings of Leon.  We has sweet Loge seats so we didn't have to stand all night and there was no one to obstruct our view.  The supporting acts for the show were The Shout Out Louds and The Secret Machines.  When The Shout Out Louds hit the stage I knew I was in for a great night of music.  I have been listening to Howl Howl Gaff Gaff a lot lately, so it was great to see them perform live.  The Secret Machines were up next and I was completely unimpressed.  I even got up and left to go hang out in the lounge because they were so awful.  I would have much preferred The Shout Out Louds to have gotten their 1 hour block of playing time.  Steven seemed to like the Machines, so at least it was a little worth it.

Kings of Leon came on and brought the great show back to life.  They came on stage to impressive fan support, more than I am accustomed to hearing.  The band lead off with "Taper Jean Girl" and kept it rolling from there.  Although they were vocally off at some points and musically off at others, they put on a great show.  It was a typical LA concert though.  When the Kings played "The Bucket" (their known radio song) all of the trendsters and scenesters sat down, as if they were too cool for the popular stuff. 

Don't know how many times I've said this on this blog, but we ended the night at The Three Clubs for cocktails.  Ended up staying past last call, then hit up a little after hours thing.  Didn't hit the bed til about 6:25.  The California sun was on it's way up.  Looked rather awesome to tell you the truth.

Sunday saw me and Shannon resting like pure sleeping champions, and the Mets take the second of three games from the LA Dodgers.  What a great weekend. 

vacation in my own city

I took a mini-vacation over the last 3 days with Shannon right here in LA.  We both took a few mid-week days and escaped from all that surrounds us.  I got us a sweet room at The Standard Downtown and from there we lived it up and pranced around like tourists.  Although I would say this was more of a vacation for me, as both Tuesday and Wednesday nights saw us go to The Henry Fonda Theater to see Billy Corgan perform. 

The Standard is a great hotel and features many amenities favorable to an enjoyable time.  The rooftop bar is one of the cities jems, and overlooks greater downtown L.A.  This is a picture taken during lunch today from the roof.  The night time is the right time to hit up The Standard rooftop, but I actually fell off the vacation track last night and hit up The 3 Clubs (old habits die hard), and luckily saw no-one that I knew.

For this mini-vacation I watched no television nor did I go on the Internet.  I did take phone calls but that is normal anyway.  Also, I did not watch the All Star Game live this year, as I TiVo'd it and just finished watching it.  In L.A. I was able to not hear the outcome before I watched it, real baseball fans are hard to find here. 

I'll be posting some more pictures when I get the time, I'm actually exhausted from this vacation.  So is my damn wallet.  Anyone want to donate?

I'll also update about the Billy Corgan shows, and boy do I got lots to tell.