Adventures in Flip Camming

I take my little Flip Cam everywhere these days, and by golly, the videos are starting to pile up! Luckily for you, I'm in a sharing mood. Shot this crappy footage at a recent TV on the Radio concert at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco...mostly crappy because I forgot to stop dancing in my seat while recording, though the A/V leaves a lot to be desired (can't wait to get my hands on an HD Flip!).

Tv on the Radio put on an interesting live show. In person their harmonies were spot-on and they had a lot of energy, though in the videos you can see a lot of people sort of standing there and watching, even right up front. That's unusual. I'm not sure if the audience was mesmerized, or confused, or just stoned. Probably all of the above.

The Warfield Theater is old, beautiful, and has a great balcony, but you can't bring your drinks to your seat, which is ridiculous and reduces otherwise mature adults to lobby dwelling, drink pounding savages. I may or may not be talking about myself. Ok fine, I am. EVERYONE KNOWS YOU CANNOT ENJOY LIVE MUSIC WITHOUT DRINKING IN YOUR SEAT. Just kidding, sort of.

If you're interested, here are links to my three favorite TVotR albums in Amazon's mp3 store:

• Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes - 2004
• Return To Cookie Mountain - 2006
• Dear Science - 2008

In more live music news, I'm going to see Yeasayer tonight at Bimbo's 365. Caught their show at Austin City Limits back in September and thought they were incredible. Can't wait!! Will report back.

That. Just. Happened.

Waiting for the results on Tuesday. More from the behind-the-scenes Flickr collection here.

After a couple of days the reality has sunk in. I think I really love these people. We can do this!

Obamas, who do I talk to about that Inauguration invite? I promise not to cry (that's a total, complete lie).

Tonal in the lead!

Know what the ten most commonly spoken languages in the world are? I would have guessed English, followed by Arabic. And I would have been wrong.

Here's the actual breakdown:

1. Mandarin
2. English
3. Hindustani
4. Spanish
5. Russian
6. Arabic
7. Bengali
8. Portuguese
9. Malay-Indonesian
10. French

Useful trivia provided by one of my favorite bloggers, Maggie Mason.

Unemployed? Time to go CAT VIDEO CRAZY.

Don't judge me. Ok fine, judge me. I'm sitting around in my pajamas posting cat videos. AT LEAST I GOT OUT OF BED, DAMMIT.

Thanks.

The outpouring of love I've received over the last few days here, on Twitter, Facebook, my inbox, and beyond is really incredible, and the loyalty that people have shown me is just amazing. I actually hate the word "amazing", but in this case it's actually the best choice. You're all amazing and I'm honored to have your support. I promise to keep you updated on my next move, whatever it may be.

For now, I'll be posting lots of stories, videos, pics, and links here, and I hope you'll stop by regularly.

Love,
Sarah