This was such a fun weekend! It was hot but not too hot. Yes, it was ridiculously hot for some people but honestly, compared to the past few years at Lolla, it wasn’t too bad. In case you missed me twittering each and every breath I made since stepping foot in Grant Park, I’ll do a little recap of who I seen.

Friday:

On Friday the first person we wanted to see was Duffy. We hit some traffic though so we got there right as she was ending which was a bummer. Then a friend was djing so we went to go see him for awhile. We caught some of the Cool Kids and then the end of CSS. They were hilarious. The singer was like, “We love you, Chicago! Top Chef, Kathy Griffen! Woo!”. Is Kathy Griffen from Chicago? I don’t even know but it was too funny. After that, boyfriend and I got some food and we walked toward that madness that was about to be Radiohead. One whole side of Grant Park was FULL of people. The crowd was pretty insane. Here is a picture of a tiny bit of the crowd.

The stage all the way in the back on the left is where they were playing. It was out of control. William and I scouted out some grassy area and laid down a blanket and just chilled. They played an amazing set and sound impeccable live. After we left Grant Park, we went to Angels & Kings for an after party. I kept hoping Jessica would show up but no luck. I still had a great time though!

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Tomorrow around this time, there will be a piece of science fiction on this little blog here. I figured I’d warn you in advance so you’re not like “who the fuck does Jamie think she is? George Lucus or something?!” I can’t promise Ewoks or facehuggers but it will be fun. In case you haven’t heard by now, it will be the second time Nancy Pearl Wannabe has hosted the Choose Your Own Blogventure series and I’ll be taking part. So make sure you stop by tomorrow and play along!

Ben has been dropping hints of a super secret project he has been working on and today I can final reveal that I will be taking part of this no longer secret project too!

Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be spent sweating it out with the 75,000+ people expected to show up at Grant Park for Lollapalooza. There will be some really great bands and I’m really looking forward to it. Just to make you a little jealous, here is a taste of who I will see: Duffy, Radiohead, Mates of States, Explosions in the Sky, Spankrock, DJ AM, Brand New, The Weakerthans, Chromeo and my lovah, Mark Ronson.

Jess is prepared to bail me out of jail in case I get in trouble with the law for trying to sneak attack Mark Ronson’s face. In case I die of heatstroke, you all have to battle it out on who gets to keep my pretty blog.

Are you going to Lolla or just wanna keep up with me because you know I will be twittering my face off all weekend?

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A few months back I bought tickets for boyfriend and I to see this show. I paid an obscene amount of money for pretty craptacular seats, but it will still be cool. It’s Kanye. In Chicago. I heard the show is pretty ridiculous but hey, what else to expect from Kanye? And seriously? Pharell? I might just have to find him and like, lick his face or something because he is too freaking sexy. Oh, and that broad Rihanna will be there. Her and her big ass forehead are annoying and I’m not sure why she is on this show but whatever. She gets a pardon from me if an adorable Chris Brown shows up because her lucky ass is dating him. Not likely though.

Yeah, any Chicago people going? I’ll be the girl NOT wearing those stupid glasses that everyone will be wearing and may or may not be attached to Pharell’s face.

Those of you who have been reading my blog for awhile, know I use to push my impeccable music taste on my freaders by way of mp3. Well, remember that French music I would obsess over last year? Pretty sure that is what has been on MTV all week. During The Hills? Yup, that was my girl, Yelle.

MTV, when you decide to play music again, call me. I know what’s up.

Here is just two of the many reasons why:

1) I gave my boyfriend an awesome card and a bag full of his favorite snacks for Valentine’s Day.

2) I bought him tickets to this today:

Is he rich like me?

If you know that song, you will be my best friend forever.

One of the perks of having a boyfriend who dj’s is: custom mixes. William makes mixes for me every other week or so. This past weekend, he made a particularly amazing one, that I have basically been listening to on repeat. My music taste is pretty all over the place. I was raised on classic rock (my parents were total hippies, my dad still is!), I love pop music, indie rock, hip hop, almost everything. He gave me a little taste of it all and still it managed to flow perfectly well. Seriously, can you imagine these songs, plus more, wrapped up perfectly into 30ish  minutes?

- the title song, google that if you don’t know, then download it asap
- The Beatles - Hey Jude
- a Jets to Brazil song (my favorite one ever)
- Britney - Piece of me
- Nsync - Pop (yeah, that’s right)
- Earth Wind and Fire - Let’s Groove Tonight
- Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction
- She Loves Everybody  - Chester French

Those last guys, Chester French, are my newest obsession. Go check them out. They are two Harvard grads that got picked up by Pharrell’s Star Track label.

I’m working on getting William to make a mix exclusively for my lovely readers, which I will upload and share. Should you want to want some new music, I urge you to leave an encouraging comment for the boy to get on it!

I think it is about time for more gifts! Lovely gifts of the musical kind! Plus, it’s Wednesday. We are half way through the week, some good tunes will give you that extra push on over. Right? RIGHT.

I put my Itunes on shuffle and uploaded the first 10 songs on zshare. I only skipped a song, if I already posted it in a previous entry.

I give you:

Uffie - Hot Chick

Amy Winehouse (feat. Ghostface Killa) - You Know I’m No Good

New Found Glory - Better Off Dead 

Kanye West (feat. Dwele)- Flashing Lights

Engine Down - Songbird

Britney Spears (feat. Pharell) - Boys (Co-ed remix)

Brand New - Me vs Maradona vs Elvis

Michael Jackson- Rock With You

Yelle - Dans Ta Vraie Vie (Dirty Version)

Lil Suzy - Take Me In Your Arms

I really don’t think you can get more random than that! Pop punk, Britney, some MJ, French dance pop, some freestyle and more. I’m all over the place, but there is no doubt that I have impeccable taste! haha. You can stream or download them at the links too, btw.

I think you guys should do this. Even if you don’t upload the songs, it’ll be interesting!

New Britney video.

Everyone knows I love this girl and want her to get her shit together. She needs to put some effort in to what she does though, man. Stop half assing things. This video could have been worse, but it could have been a WHOOOLE lot better.

Someone get this girl a stylist, trainer and some decent hair extentions. Please.

Old Britney FTW.

Thoughts?

Today I come bearing gifts. Gifts that make you want to dance. These songs are on an iTunes play list of songs I listen to at work. Why are they on there? Because it is full of songs the 2 year old likes to dance to. I try to keep the television to a minimum and whenever he asks for it, I say, “how about music instead?” I always get an enthusiastic, “DANCE! MUSIC JAMIE!”every time.

So with that I have a few of the little guy’s and my favorite songs to dance to at work.

Justice - D.A.N.C.E

MSTRKRFT - Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT remix, original is by Metric)

Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body

Moving Units - Anyone

Nelly Furtado - Do It

This kid is going to have amazing music taste when he grows up ;]

And how about a little celebrity update? I haven’t done that in a long time. Let’s see:

Jessica Alba = knocked up. Yup, it’s true.

Lily Allen slimmed down and looks fabulous in a photo spread for GQ.

Heidi makes an ass out of herself blasting her song outside of her car and pretending to sing.

If anyone knows what that is from, I will give you a million dollars. Okay, not really, but you would be my new best friend.

Every once in awhile, I go on a music kick where I rediscover how much I love a band and basically refuse to listen to anything but said band. Right now, I am definitely in that kind of mood about my favorite band, Jets to Brazil. Unfortunately, Jets to Brazil disbanded in 2003, right about when my obsession began and I never got to see them live. I can honestly say, if they ever decided to do a reunion show, no matter what, I would be there. I don’t care if I had to fly across the country, I’d book tickets as soon as I heard word.

Blake Schwarzenbach is incredible. He was in Jawbreaker also, another favorite. Basically, Blake is one of the main influences of so many bands and carved the shape of the indie/punk/emo scene and as Wikipedia says, is one of the “godfathers of emo”. But I don’t give a shit about all of that.

The man can write.

He’s one of those people you would kill just to have a conversation with, well, I would at least. So on this Tuesday, I am going to upload some songs from my favorite band in the world. Here’s two from each of their albums. They are beautiful and sad (some are sad), but so amazing. I had a hard time picking out only six!

Four Cornered Night
You’re Having the Time of My Life
Little Light

Orange Rhyming Dictionary
Chinatown
I Typed for Miles (my favorite song in the world ever)

Perfecting Loneliness
Cat Heaven
Further North

There you have it. My Jets to Brazil. If anyone would actually like the whole albums, email me and maybe you will get some holiday love from Blake and I in the mail!

Now, I propose a question: If you only had to listen to only one band (or artist) or album for the rest of your life, who would it be?