Wednesday's Song of the Week

On Monday night B and I went to the Monsters of Folk concert at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center. Hands down, it was one of the best live shows I've seen in a long time. But with band members as incredible as Jim James/Yim Yames, Conor Oberst, M. Ward, and Mike Mogis, that was expected. Nay, there would have been a hipster riot if it wasn't.

Seeing Monsters of Folk perform live was kind of like getting to eat all of my favorite foods at the same time. Jebus, does my life really revolve around eating this much? I guess it does. Anyway, watching four of the most talented artists of my time doing their thing on stage together is what I imagine sitting down to eat a meal of boardwalk pizza topped with cake batter ice cream and a heaping side of my mother's mashed potatoes and a chocolate chip cookie. Separately, they are awesome. Together, they make up a mind-blowing foursome. That's what she said HEY-YOO. Who's hungry?

And getting the chance to see them in a setting as regal as the Kimmel Center was actually kind of surreal, considering the audience. Picture, if you will, hundreds of bearded men in skinny jeans and flannel shirts flanked by rawboned women in absolutely killer slouched boots milling around the ornate foyer, shuffling their Chuck Taylor's on the marble floor, and peering up at the Greco-Roman paintings on the ceiling and muscled sculptures resting above their heads as they stand in line to buy the band's album on vinyl.

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Wednesday's Song of the Week

The voice of Joshua James (no relation to Jim James) (who now refers to himself as Yim Yames) (otherwise known as the voice behind the wonder that is My Morning Jacket and one of the members of Monsters of Folk) (who B and I are seeing in concert next week) (which is also comprised of Conor Oberst) (otherwise known as Bright Eyes), Mike Mogis (who I don't know anything about), and M. Ward (also of She and Him) (with Zooey Deschanal) (who starred in my favorite movie of the year) (500 Days of Summer) (with Joseph Gordon-Levitt) (MARRY ME, JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT)) (not that this Joshua James has anything to do with My Morning Jacket, Monsters of Folk, Conor Oberst, Bright Eyes, Mike Mogis, M. Ward, She and Him, Zooey Deschanal, or 500 Days of Summer BUT ISN'T JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT, LIKE, TOTALLY THE DREAMIEST?) has been gracing my speakers fairly often these days. It's that rustic scratch that gets right to the core me of every time.

He can go light, a la "Magazine:"



And he can go a little bit heavier, a la "Black July:"



And he can even do that southern fiddle thing that sets my heart all a-flutter, a la "Annabelle:"



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Also, how creepy is it that I have this dude in white face all over my blog's front page right now? I think I'm totally missing the boat on what that could symbolize but I'm not going to get into it because I'm trying really hard not to talk about wieners so much AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING ANYMORE. Tweet