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It's been soooooooo long

As you may remember, i interned at Rolling Stone this summer. I tried to keep this blog updated, but I became too lazy and-or busy to keep up with it. Here is a little bit of a round up of what's been keeping me busy.

The Suckers in Prospect Park:

Jenny Lewis at Battery Park on the 4th of July:

Handsome Furs at Bowery Ballroom:

Matt and Kim at Pier 54:

Spank Rock at Siren Festival:

Monotonix at Siren Festival:

Vampire Weekend at All Points West:

Coldplay at All Points West:

Jay Z at All Points West:

Kings of Leon at Lollapalooza:

Snoop Dogg at Lollapalooza:

The Graduate in Springfield, IL:

Pomegranates in Champaign, IL:

Osiris Eldridge in Normal, IL:

Now I'm back at ISU. I have to be a college journalist again, so expect a lot of sports pics until a good concert comes around central, IL. I'm so behind on blogging, I'm gonna try better to keep up!

Explosions in the Sky

Amazing Show!

"No good deed goes unrewarded."

I live by this.

Tallest Man on Earth

His name is Kristian Matsson.  Kristian is about five and a half feet tall and he is the Tallest Man on Earth.

If  you haven't heard of Tallest Man on Earth, you've got to check him out:

Here's a link to his Myspace.

He's a super nice guy and his live performance is one of the best I've ever seen.

Here's a nice little video.  Enjoy!

The Hold Steady and Elvis Costello

The Hold Steady

On BrooklynVegan.com

On RollingStone.com

Elvis Costello

On RollingStone.com

International Food

My roommate, Panos!

Pakistani food 

Delish!  I was told I had chicken, lamb, and goat all on one plate.  Everything was fantastic!

The host / chef




My roommate, Myrto!

It was a really great night! PS: I am addicted to The West Wing.

Lykke Li

Lykke Li killed at the Highline Ballroom last night. I was pretty unfamiliar with her until my friend Hannah told me about her a week or so ago, now I can't get her songs out of my head.

She's such a fabulous performer and plus it doesn't hurt that she's cute. 

Check out this creepy music video for, "I'm Good, I'm Gone."

Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone from Lykke Li on Vimeo.

Moose

This was the beginning of the 12 hr drive to get our puppy!

The Quest

Six hours later we arrived outside of Joplin, Missouri, and met with the very nice lady from DiamondDoodles who gave us our two pound bundle of joy.

We stopped to take a few photos of our shy little pup.  He wouldn't look at the camera.

He slept a whole lot.

He was a lot less camera shy by the end of the trip.

A few days after the 12 hr drive we took him to a shoot I was doing in Washington Park.  


We call this trick, "Puppy on a Roller Coaster."

He still sleeps a lot.

I feel so bad because I'm leaving in two days.  I'm like a dead-beat father.