So, it's about that time again. I'm getting itchy for a concert or five. Here are some upcoming concertsshows I really wouldn't mind seeing:

• Jon Stewart: May 10@ Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center
(Edit: Just purchased tickets for Mr. T and I to see the 10:00 p.m. show--yay!)

• Dying Fetus: May 21 @ the Masquerade


• Erykah Badu: May 23 @ the Fox


• Over the Rhine: May 31 @ the Variety


• Ingrid Michaelson: June 10 @ the Variety


• Vampire Weekend: June 11 @ the Variety


• Cat Power: June 15 @ the Tabernacle


• R.E.M (with Modest Mouse!): June 21 @ Lakewood Ampitheatre

Note: If I thought for a second I'd be able to stomach a multi-day, camping in the outdoors, drunk hippie mudwrestling festival, I'd go to Bonnaroo just to see ADELE....and Ben Folds, Cat Power, The Bluegrass Allstars, Iron and Wine, Rilo Kiley, Tegan & Sara, Aimee Mann, Ladytron, Jakob Dylan, Vampire Weekend, Janeane Garafolo, and Mike Birbiglia. But considering that's only about a handful of the acts lined up, I really don't think it would be worth it.

So, is there anyone else out there who might be interested in one or more of these shows, too?

1) one of my new favorites:







love her. cannot wait until she makes her way to Atlanta.



2) one of my least favorites of all time:

work. or, more specifically, my job...career...whatever.

so, in keeping with everyone else i know turning 30-something and making a major life change (read: going to law school), i am also seriously considering finally going to grad school myself--but for me, it's social work. my first step is going to be taking the GRE again...as it's been about 8.5 years since I took it last. wow. that's an eye-opener. so, i'm going to do that, see how well (or poorly) i do, and go from there. i have two local program options, only one of them having a part-time option...so i guess i really only have one local option. but it's a pretty decent one, i think. the deadline for application was February 1, but i could always submit it late and cross my fingers. or wait until next fall to start. all of this hinges upon securing some sort of financial aid (from g-ma's education fund or elsewhere), of course.

so. that's that. for now.

One of my LJ friends, lbangs, posted today about American Idol (sort of), which I don't watch; but apparently they're making the contestants pick songs from their birth year to perform on the show. That's pretty cool. If I had a decent singing voice, wouldn't pass out standing up in front of a big group of people, and happened to be on American Idol this season, I would choose from the following:

1) Heart of Glass, Blondie
2) Roxanne, the Police
3) Beast of Burden, the Rolling Stones
4) Because the Night, Patti Smith
5) Anything from the Grease soundtrack (but probably There are Worse Things I Could Do or maybe Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee, because I do love me some Stockard Channing)

So...because I'm curious and think there a good chunk of people on the FList who aren't on the one of Mr. Bangs, what would you choose?

"Helloo?" mom answers the telephone, her voice full of sleep.
"Hi, mom. I just got your message from last night. Everything okay?" I ask, a little concerned by the tone of her voice in the message.
"Oh!," she says, suddenly wide awake. "I was just calling to tell you that I'm a movie star."

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So, Sarah Harmer is coming to town...well, Decatur, anyway.

The specifics: Eddie's Attic, Saturday, March 11. Tickets are $15.

So...who is with me? Or am I the only person I know who is interested? Does anyone else even know who Sarah Harmer is? She's not my absolute, #1 fav-o-rite (see previous entry on B.O.), but these days, she's running a very close second. Very very close.

as per usual, i was listening to iPod and decided to stroll through the 'B'-section, settling on some Beth Orton, as i am accustomed to doing. curious to see if she had anything new coming out soon (and in the middle of a work-break), i head to the website to peruse...and lo! behold! a new Beth Orton album, released February 7, a mere sixteen days ago! immediately i go to Amazon.com and purchase this little bundle of joy.

and then i head back to the website to see if she's touring in the south anytime soon (because by the time i realized she was in town last time, tickets were already sold out), and lo! behold! she will be at my favorite venue, the Variety Playhouse Monday, March 13! HOLY JEEBUS!!

so, of course i bought tickets (yay for tax refunds!). two, in fact. now i just have to find a concert buddy who loves the B.O., too.

again...HOLY JEEBUS!

i'm gonna see Beth Orton. live. in person. for the first time ever. after being addicted to her music for going on ten years now. i'm so happy i could pee my pants!

p.s. i would love, love, love to have this (Pass In Time: The Definitive Collection), were it not for a) having just made a purchase or two that i really can't justify and b) my intense loathing for the 'put out a greatest hits compilation just to make more money' trend that seems to be overtaking the music industry these days. but...it's Beth. and it looks like there are a lot of remixes and b-sides that i don't have...so it may be worth it.

madeleine peyroux's voice is perfect, especially for days like today. everyone should own a copy of Careless Love.