No Longer a Virgin to Virgin Festival

Hey y'all, this is a just a quick post because I HAVE to pack today for my trip to Pinecrest tomorrow (4 days!)!

Anyways, this Sunday I went to Vfest and it was pretty awesome. Here's some highlights and the MAJOR lowlight of the whole day.

HIGHLIGHTS:

-free stuff. seriously, they LOVE to give u free stuff, whether for Future Shop, candy, Subway gift cards, bags, they give it out. I now have a nice bag of loot (in a nice bag from Motorola haha)

-discovering new bands. So, I definitely found out about new bands that I didn't know about (the Weakerthans, Silversun Pickups and now I really should listen to the Stereophonics I put on my iPod) but the definite best band I now know about was Paper Lions. I listened to their set because I thought the name was cool and sounded like me (if u go to muchmusic's blog, one girl said the exact same thing haha), so my cousin and I went to the centre and the front of the stage (hardly anybody was their at first) and the music was fun, moving, energetic. Plus they LOVED to talk to the crowd. It's nice when they do that so people can connect with the band. Also got their autographs AND 2 of the members photo with us. yays!

-the crowd. This was the BIGGEST concert/festival I've been to with over 25 000. INSANE. People came from ALL OVER (1 guy came from S. Carolina) just to see bands (specifically Oasis, more on that later). I kinda hated the pot smoking and the crowd surfers but that was the first time I've been to a venue with them so it was pretty cool (not that I did any of those things, just interesting to experience it). I find that while I hate standing and all, the crowd does pump you and motivate you and make you laugh (so many jokes now!! haha) Pretty awesome.

and for the one LOWLIGHT:

-Oasis

ya, I KNOW. I LOVE OASIS. Cool music and the lyrics, it all works. And they did do their job, but here's why it's the lowlight.

Ok, so go to about 1:30 and you will see some idiot/moron/bastard ATTACK Noel. Then Liam tries to fight the attacker but the people hold him back (WHY????). Honestly, everybody in the crowd (over 20 000 people!!) was going to kill that guy (we were chanting "fuck that guy up.").

Oasis still played but they definitely weren't happy so the set was cut short (very short) and didn't do an encore (or sing Champagne Supernova!!! But they did sing "The Walrus" SING UR OWN SONG!)

Ya, it was a great festival (even with the moron) and I'm probably gonna come back again and again just to hear more music. BUT at least I know some pretty good tips (like to get in as much sitting time as possible!) so I'll be prepared.

So, when I get back, because of this whole festival thing and me going to see Feist in November (gasp! ANOTHER concert.), I'm gonna do outfits with every concert wear (mostly tees) I have. Sound cool?? Also, since my cousin had a better camera, I'll post pics from the festival next post too!

Maybe you've got to save me

Monty!

Stereotype THIS!

Guys, I have to say this last month of blogging fashion has been fun. It's cool that I finally hit the double digits and have found new blogs that I love and enjoy. So, thank you very much. 

However, as September is drawing nearer, I am happy to say that going back to music will be nice. I'm definitely not going to completely stop fashion posts, but don't expect a fashion post every week. Maybe I can get my sis to videotape me singing

 on the piano or something for the first music post of the school year. 

Anyways, as a fashion post finale of sorts , I decided to do the idea of stereotypes represented in clothing. 

THE VANESSA HUDGENS COPYCAT

shirt: Forever 21 (it has Schubert!!)

vest: Macy's

shorts: PacSun (BEST JEAN SHORTS EVER)

tights: American Apparel

oxfords: Macy's

fedora: friend bought for halloween costume (we were spy vs. spy)

THE PREPSTER

vest, shirt, shoes, skirt: Macy's

tights: AA

bag: godmother gave me for a present

THE ARIA TYPE (girl from Pretty Little Liars books)

shirt (underneath): PacSun (for free!)

shirt (on top): Steve And Barry's (Dear line)

skirt: Forever 21

leggings: Macy's

boots: Spain (very worldly)

bag: Italy (also worldly!!) 

THE FAKE ROCKER

shirt: Coldplay concert

jeans: PacSun

Keds: Macy's (3 bucks!)

belt: gift from cousins

Mickey Mouse tie: vintage (aka mom's closet haha)

THE SLUT (aka the girls who wear tight clothing from hollister and A&F)

jacket: gift (used because it resembles an A&F sweater)

top: Wet Seal 

jeans: Urban Planet (really crappy, cheap store where i got the jeans for 10 bucks)

heels (hard to see): JCPenny

bag: gift

THAT GIRL (i had no idea what sterotype this could be)

shirt: Urban Outfitters

belt: Target

dress: PacSun

skirt (underneath): Forever 21

tights: American Apparel

oxfords: Macy's

bag: vintage (mom's)

parasol: vintage (mom's friend gave to her)

Well, this was interesting/fun/strange/cool to do. Lots of outfits for you to (hopefully!) like. Also, today I got a trim and dyed my hair. Lookee here!

So now my hair is darker and has a reddish tone. Ya, the pic is crap but I'm not taking another one. Also, instead of my usual wavy hair that gets blowed dried, I asked the stylist to straighten it cuz whenever I do it, it's crap. So this is a nice change. It looks better wavy but it's nice to know what it looks like REALLY straight.

Post you later

Monty!

***EDIT***

ok, I AM OFFICIALLY PISSED OFF. WHY?? THE CRIBS ARE NOT IN VFEST. SERIOUSLY. 

so, when I bought my VFest tickets, they didn't have any small bands or anything yet, just the headliners of Foo Fighters and Oasis. So I obviously choose Oasis (cuz the Foo Fighters are VERY annoying). So then I start to see that since Oasis is the much better headliner, that the Foos get all the good openers: The Fratellis, Wintersleep, Constantines AND MGMT. But Oasis had Paul Weller and the Cribs so I was happy. UNTIL THE CRIBS BACKED OUT. I have no idea why they did this but now I AM REALLY ANGRY. GRRRRR... teaches me to buy tickets early.

Tagged (first time!)

wow, so I just got tagged (um, by a close friend, so i don't really count it). Anyways, here are the rules:
pass the "award" around and tag 7 blogs around

sounds easy enough, I guess. Ok, well I'm gonna do less than 7 since I'm kinda cheap (and don't feel like annoying many bloggers) so I'll tag Jazzer from Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's the Jazzer, Yoncto at Yonctopus Is the Bomb, Chelsea Dagger at Ok, Go! and Gaby at ZebraSpots.


Sry for not doing posts in awhile! But my next blog is probably gonna be a video (gasp!) of me singing. Hopefully it'll sound good and stuff cuz i really don't want to sing the song for more than 5 times (but I'll do it to the small minority of people who read this!)

I guess that is all
Monty out!

Band of the Week: Edition 2!

Hey there
Decided to do another edition of "Band of the Week"
Hopefully you can also start to listen to them since they're pretty good (well, I think they're good)


Band of the Week: Digitalism

So, I live in Canada. And just as many people see videos on youtube and other web video sites, I see some of mine on muchmusic.com (it's basically a Canadian MTV, even though we do have a Canadian MTV). So they placed advertisements before the videos and one was from Virgin Mobile. And they kept playing this song over and over. I do a little research and find my Band of the Week. Here is the ad.

I learned that the song was called "Pogo" (it does not relate to the corn dogs that make me sick) and it is seriously awesome. Another techno-esque band, I really love the sound they produce. It's very slick and cool and I find that once again, this should be played at parties and not rap (see Rant Time for the whole thing). Also, as a cool note, I found out about this band before the people at MuchMusic (ok, for future reference, MuchMusic when on TV is very Top 40 BUT their blog, found at the website muchmusic.com, is different and is always looking for different sounds, such as this band, so I thought it was cool that I beat them to it, since they usually beat me)


Well, that is the end of that edition.
Keep posting comments since I really love hearing what you have to say (plus, it looks like I have people visiting this site. haha)


Monty!

Band of the Week!

Well, it's been another day of blogging again with comments (still 2!) but I will persevere.

So, for this post I decided to do a Band of the Week thing where I just highlight one of my favourite bands of the moment and talk about why there music is so damn cool and why people should take a listen.

Today's Band: The Ting Tings!

Lately, I've been becoming more and more of a fan of UK bands (possibly because of my Scot friends or that they just make really cool music) and one of those bands are the Ting Tings. Now, I bet you think I started to notice them because of that Apple commercial (with Shut Up and Let Me Go) but actually I started to notice them when I started to watch the web series, Sofia's Diary (get a Bebo account to see the episodes!)

Now, personally when I heard they were kind of techno, I really thought I would hate them since most techno to me is pretty boring but I gave it a chance and realized these guys were awesome! Formed by Jules De Martino and Katie White, these guys produced loud, in your face, dancing music with in the cheek lyrics that make you want to sing (or shout) along. Right now, my fave song is That's Not My Name (partly because so many people get that wrong with me and I know there name. Morons).

If you haven't checked out this band, go to their Myspace (at http://www.myspace.com/thetingtings) and take a listen to their album, We Started Nothing (which I find ironic since they started a huge craze for dance-pop-techno).

Hopefully with more comments I can post some lyrics which took me a full 5 minutes to sing and possibly 15 minutes to write down so if you want to see them, comment please!

Tune in soon,
Monty!