First things first, my internship was crazy busy and awesome last week because Brand New's album Daisy debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200. WOW. It is pretty phenomenal considering the entire album leaked about 2 weeks before its release and was available for free stream on MySpace for 2 days. It just goes to show that having a rabid fan base--and BN fans are hard to the core--can be a major determinate for an artist's success. You can check out some Brand New songs here. (I recommend the title track "Daisy"... so goood!)
This past weekend, I ventured to Grand Central Station in the wee hours of the morning to board a train to New Haven at 7:07 AM. It was ridiculous. I was going there to watch my friend Jess' school flag football team play Yale Divinity School's team. Even though it was cold, muddy and super early for a Saturday, I have to admit it was sweet to see Yale, and where I could have been a student if only I focused on academics instead of going to see bands.
Which leads me to my next exciting adventure: seeing blink182 at Madison Square Garden! AMAZING. I saw the show back in August in Cincinnati, but there's no way I was going to miss them at MSG. Keep in mind that blink182 was my obsession in life from like 2001-until ...ummm now. Let's be serious, they're still my fave :)
This date was supposed to be the final date of their "reunion" tour but due to DJ AM's untimely death, (he and blink drummer Travis Barker were great friends and played insane shows together with Travis drumming to live beats), a few dates had to be re-routed for this week. But the show was still incredible. One thing is for sure about blink182--they want you to have the best time ever at their shows, have a FUN life in general and never take yourself too seriously. I love it. Not to mention, Travis' drum solos are worth every penny of outrageous Ticketmaster fees. Plus, Mark and Tom do things like hug each other, talk about the early days of the band and how inane the "indefinite hiatus" was. Things that make chicks like me practically cry with 'happiness that they are back together. I could go on and on, but I'll spare you anymore blink details.
Up this week: More music publicity and wandering the streets of NYC. Sounds good to me.
Unitl the future. . .
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