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The Young Veins and Gold Motel
Can we take a moment to appreciate The Young Veins and how very special they are? There's finally a link to pre-order Take A Vacation. Take a look at it. Also, there's a link to download Cape Town.
I will obviously just be getting the $9.99 version (bonus song with Z! I have affection for The Like. I'm excited about their new album!), but part of me wants the douchey sunglasses from the Beach Survival package. Mostly because they're douchey sunglasses that say The Young Veins on them and that's hilarious to me. I'm assuming that someone is going get the package with the full booklet/photos and share them, because that band? Appears to be stupidly attractive in those photo shoots.
You know what other band is stupidly attractive? Gold Motel. Watch their shiny new video if you haven't seen it already! Also, pre-order their album. I'm not sold on all of the songs I've heard so far, but I really love a couple of them and the ones I'm not in love with I like.
I'm really sad that I literally just missed seeing them last night. We'd had plans to drive to Boston, but then one of my housemates forgot that it was Monday so we never actually went. I'm hoping to catch them at some point (also TYV-again, I missed seeing them when they were in CT, but I think that they're touring enough in and around New England this year that I can see them).
Anyways. Greta's band. They seem kind of awesome. I'm wondering if Greta is like the pied piper of attractive male musicians in Chicago-both of her bands have had very pretty boys in them. 👁 [personal profile]
themadlurker has suggested that Greta and Jon have magic "my band is really attractive" powers. Tom Conrad might also have this power-Empires is made of hot and TAI is pretty damn attractive (William, Tom and the Butcher managed to counteract Mike and Siska's bad hair choices and then after Tom left and Siska got his hair cut, Siska, William and the Butcher counteracted Mike's continuing bad hair decisions and Chislett's teeth. Also, they had Tony.). Of course, if you talk to 👁 [personal profile]
themadlurker long enough, she'll start talking about how people need to write fic where Jon really is magical and maybe Greta too. So maybe that's the explanation as to why The Young Veins and Gold Motel are terribly attractive (and also 60s-ish? Magic powers=default to pre-70s music?). They're magic.
I will obviously just be getting the $9.99 version (bonus song with Z! I have affection for The Like. I'm excited about their new album!), but part of me wants the douchey sunglasses from the Beach Survival package. Mostly because they're douchey sunglasses that say The Young Veins on them and that's hilarious to me. I'm assuming that someone is going get the package with the full booklet/photos and share them, because that band? Appears to be stupidly attractive in those photo shoots.
You know what other band is stupidly attractive? Gold Motel. Watch their shiny new video if you haven't seen it already! Also, pre-order their album. I'm not sold on all of the songs I've heard so far, but I really love a couple of them and the ones I'm not in love with I like.
I'm really sad that I literally just missed seeing them last night. We'd had plans to drive to Boston, but then one of my housemates forgot that it was Monday so we never actually went. I'm hoping to catch them at some point (also TYV-again, I missed seeing them when they were in CT, but I think that they're touring enough in and around New England this year that I can see them).
Anyways. Greta's band. They seem kind of awesome. I'm wondering if Greta is like the pied piper of attractive male musicians in Chicago-both of her bands have had very pretty boys in them. 👁 [personal profile]
themadlurker has suggested that Greta and Jon have magic "my band is really attractive" powers. Tom Conrad might also have this power-Empires is made of hot and TAI is pretty damn attractive (William, Tom and the Butcher managed to counteract Mike and Siska's bad hair choices and then after Tom left and Siska got his hair cut, Siska, William and the Butcher counteracted Mike's continuing bad hair decisions and Chislett's teeth. Also, they had Tony.). Of course, if you talk to 👁 [personal profile]
themadlurker long enough, she'll start talking about how people need to write fic where Jon really is magical and maybe Greta too. So maybe that's the explanation as to why The Young Veins and Gold Motel are terribly attractive (and also 60s-ish? Magic powers=default to pre-70s music?). They're magic.
I know you from so_damn_skippy! Well, okay, I know your name. You write awesome fic!
I do like that TYV and their label are letting them do whatever. I think that's pretty fun and awesome. I just wish everything wasn't so expensive! Or, you know, they were selling random package stuff as merch at affordable prices.
I kind of also want the totebag. But I'm not shelling out $60 plus shipping for it (or the douchey sunglasses). Someday TYV will have awesome merch we can buy.
I do like that TYV and their label are letting them do whatever. I think that's pretty fun and awesome. I just wish everything wasn't so expensive! Or, you know, they were selling random package stuff as merch at affordable prices.
I kind of also want the totebag. But I'm not shelling out $60 plus shipping for it (or the douchey sunglasses). Someday TYV will have awesome merch we can buy.
I was really delighted to see there's actually kind of a Mike/Kevin presence on DW from the Bandom friending meme. We're everywheeeere. And *goes blush* thank you.
If there's one thing I have learned from Disney, it's that I'll shell out an obnoxious amount of money for useless shit with the right name on it, until you package it with something I have no use for. I don't need another tote bag, and I'm too blind for douchey sunglasses, but the day you'll sell me just a towel and beach ball I'll be all over that garbage.
If there's one thing I have learned from Disney, it's that I'll shell out an obnoxious amount of money for useless shit with the right name on it, until you package it with something I have no use for. I don't need another tote bag, and I'm too blind for douchey sunglasses, but the day you'll sell me just a towel and beach ball I'll be all over that garbage.
This is clearly a case where Disney is far superior when it comes to marketing.
I'm surprised by how many Mike/Kevin fans there are on DW. Someone above me in the friending meme said they shipped them so I figured it was okay to admit my shame. And look, it got me awesome people on my reading page!
I'm pretty much blaming skoosie and a couple of other people (including you for writing more serious Mike/Kevin fic) for my slightly disturbing tendency to now include JoBros in ridiculous chatfics, one of which might someday get turned into not!fic and posted to sodamnskippy (among other things, it's a figure skating AU). Also, if I write a girl!Mike/girl!Kevin coffee shop AU for genderswapfest, I am making a list of people connected to sodamnskippy I'm thanking for inspiration.
I'm surprised by how many Mike/Kevin fans there are on DW. Someone above me in the friending meme said they shipped them so I figured it was okay to admit my shame. And look, it got me awesome people on my reading page!
I'm pretty much blaming skoosie and a couple of other people (including you for writing more serious Mike/Kevin fic) for my slightly disturbing tendency to now include JoBros in ridiculous chatfics, one of which might someday get turned into not!fic and posted to sodamnskippy (among other things, it's a figure skating AU). Also, if I write a girl!Mike/girl!Kevin coffee shop AU for genderswapfest, I am making a list of people connected to sodamnskippy I'm thanking for inspiration.
Oh my God the world needs a million girl!Mike/girl!Kevins.
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👁 [personal profile]hector_rashbaum 2010-05-05 10:04 am (UTC)(link)
(They need a mix-and-match package. I want the viewmaster and the beach ball and the towel! Because I am a total loser, and Disney has spoiled me for being able to buy shit like towels as band merch)