Posted 2:58 PM by Luke
Parachute over me

Guster was fabuloso this weekend in St. Louis. This was the second time I'd seen them, but the last time I only knew one of their albums, and they were in a non-rock concert setting. This time I knew all their stuff (except the new songs) and it was a great setting. Awesome show. They stay very true to their sound on the albums, which is good for them. Some bands sound better live when they mess with it, but Guster sounds so strong just reproducing the tight harmonies and unique, warm sound from the albums. They played 2 songs each from their first two albums, a good 8 from their most recent, a nice Ben Folds cover ("Not the Same") and about 5 new songs that were all great. I am definetly excited for the new album, which will be released on June 24. That's way too far off. Anyway, it was a great show and I was belting out most of the songs right along with them. I think the highlights for me were "Airport Song," "Parachute" and "I Spy." I just kind of floated away on the melodies while the lighting added this really cool atmosphere to it. On "Airport Song," they had nice strobelight action going on while the drummer, Brian, beat the crud out of the drums with his hands. AND they were engaging, unlike good old Jay Farrar. They really enjoy putting on a show, it's obvious. And the drummer is just amazing. He plays most everything with his hands, and I was hurting a few times watching him bang away. Oh, and I got a cool t-shirt for only 15 bones, which was incredible at a rock show. I couldn't resist ;) There were only 2 downsides to the show: 1)They didn't play "Eden," "Medicine" or "Rocketship" 2)They picked up a large teeny-bopper fan base after touring with John Mayer last year. The screaming young girls were a bit annoying. NEXT UP: Art Garfunkel, April 28.

The b-day party was fun, too. Had some fam over, and thankfully it wasn't too awkward for Ann. She had planned on hanging out with her cousin elsewhere in St. Louie while my fam and I celebrated my dad's 60th and my bro's 31st. Her cousin finked out on her, though, so she got a nice awkward first intro to my family in the midst of a 60th b-day party. Haha, thankfully I have a cool family and it was really no big deal. I know I would have felt odd meeting like all of my friend's family in that setting for the first time. But as long as the family is nice and cool, it ain't no thang. Such was the case. Nothing much else to say I don't think. Ready to be done with school, fo shizzle. I need to go breath some non-journalism air for awhile.

Musical fun-fact: Currently listening to Paul McCartney's 2002 live album, "Back In the U.S." Ahhhh, the memories from seeing him twice last year :) Erica gets to see him in 2 days in London!!!!!