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What a busy weekend I had! I was going to just do a little Monday Is For Music but felt like sharing what else I was up to. Things kicked off Friday with a concert that I had been looking forward to for quite a while. My friend Shelly and I drove out to Columbus to catch Arcade Fire at the Lifestyle Pavilion outdoor amphitheater, with LCD Soundsystem opening up for them. Arcade Fire is on a 9 stop tour, so to be able to see them live was something I just couldn’t pass up. And to have LCD Soundsystem open for them was icing on the cake, as they’re another recent discovery that I’ve grown to enjoy. The weather was perfect for an outdoor show in the evening, and neither band disappointed! Arcade Fire waited until the encore to perform my favorite song of theirs, Wake Up, and it was as good as I could have hoped it would be.

Cedarville University also had Homecoming this past weekend, and it just so happened to be my 5 year reunion. 5 years since graduating college…kinda crazy. I met up with some friends at the Young Alumni lunch and then became a sweaty mess due to the not-normal-for-Homecoming-weekend-90-degree-heat while watching the Cedarville guys team play soccer. 20 minutes of the sun beating down was enough to send some of us indoors to the athletic center where Kent, Melissa, Katie and I played some HORSE on the basketball court. Kent used his crazy 3 point skills to take out the competition, and no, I’m not bitter for losing.

Saturday evening was the 5 year alumni dinner where I hoped I’d catch up with people I haven’t seen in a while, but I was let down. I did see a couple of people who I haven’t seen in years, and recognized a bunch of faces, but for the most part just hung out with friends who I’ve kept in touch with over the years. Which was perfectly fine because I had alot of fun with them, especially when I found out I still fit in these cubby holes we used to put our backpacks outside of the cafeteria. Mel took a picture of me but I have yet to see it…I’ll post it in this entry when she emails it to me…and here it is!

Sunday was a historic event for me because I went to the United States Air Force Museum for the first time ever! I’ve lived here in Ohio for 7 years now and have never gone, until a group of us Cedarville alum went yesterday. I used to be an avid history buff (mainly World War 2) and grew up with a keen interest in the fighter planes of our air force, so seeing everything we did was great. I’m definitely going to have to go again and spend more time there to take it all in. I feel like I just barely brushed the surface of what’s there in the 2 or so hours we were there.

Well, that’s about it for now. I have some more pictures developed from my Holga I’ll try to post this week if I get a chance. Word.

I first heard Scott Matthews last year and immediately was hooked. His haunting vocals, thoughtful lyrics, and musical style is reminiscent of Jeff Buckley, but it’s obvious he has his own style. Scott’s debut album “Passing Stranger” is well worth the purchase if you can find it here in the States. One of my favorite songs from the album is “Elusive,” of which Scott recently released a music video.

I’ve just recently been introduced to the band Fiction Plane, an alt-rock group based out of London. They have a catchy sound that I like quite a bit. Here’s the interesting thing about the band: it’s fronted by Sting’s son, Joe Sumner. His voice definitely reminds me of his father’s, and ironically enough he plays the bass as well.

Fiction Plane is playing a free concert this Sunday at the Seasongood Pavilion in Cincinnati at 5pm. I’m planning on heading down to catch the show with a couple of friends. We might even see Sting and a couple of guys from The Police join his son as well for the show! Sting and The Police are playing in Louisville on Saturday and in Cleveland on Monday and they’ve been known to play with Fiction Plane several times already…so…who knows! Either way it should be a good show.

Not only does the upcoming Transformers movie look amazing, but guess who has redone the theme song for the soundtrack?

The one and only Mute Math is just that band. They just posted the song to their MySpace page over the weekend. I really like their take on it! And I’m excited to see that their musical abilities are giving them more and more opportunities like this.

Go have a listen and let me know what you think of it.

I just came across this 8 song set Mute Math played in Austin at this past SXSW and just had to post these videos. The audio isn’t the greatest, but they play a couple of new songs, which are pretty good. I’ve posted about Mute Math a couple of times before and even have some sweet photos of one of their shows in Cincinnati, if you care to check them out.

On to the videos!

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Chaos

Voice

Stare at the Sun/Obsolete

Plan B

Noticed

Break the Same

Reset