Happy belated birthday iwouldstay! Hope you had a sunny day.

( A bit older aka. party at gramp's )

I got back from the Hove festival around Futurama-time 18:00 yesterday, tired as an old lady's perm. Jeebus, what a week it has been. I've been living in a tent for six days, which was sort of uncomfortable, but because I was camping with like 10 of my friends, many of them being very good or my best friends, and there were a gajillion other people I knew all over as well, it's been very good. And of course because of the music, the bands.

( Bands seen + fun stuff that happened )

Seriously, so great. I think that all the bands I saw were awesome or better, and I've promised myself to check all of them out. You should too.

Michael Jackson. I do not believe he's dead until I see the autopsy pictures. And even when that happens, I'll still be hesitant. How can someone like that just die? And at only 50? No, don't believe it. And not in a Elvis-didn't-die way. I think he realized that he couldn't pull off those 50 concerts, and of course he can't cancel any of them, people would be upset, maybe even enraged, so he decided to fake his own death and live well from the money he earned from the ticket sales and from the CD-royalties which I would think have sky-rocketed right now. I'm (at least half-) serious.

But in case he is dead: R.I.P. master of populism, musician of all musicians, dancer of dimensions, the King of Pop. Your music will forever live on.

4 days 'till I'm in the US, dammit!

DEAD IS THE NEW ALIVE!1!@!

But seriously; Emilie Autumn last night was am-az-ing. It was the most show-oriented concert I've ever been to, and it was really very cool. Just.. the set-list was great, they played all the songs I really like, and they were so nice at the signing when I talked to them. They seemed genuinely happy that I told them that I was impressed, and one of them signed the CD I brought with "Follow your dreams!" and another called me gorgeous, which was nice but not really something I took seriously seeing as she went around kissing about any girl who was up for it, haha. And I went all by myself! First concert I've gone to alone ever. I was surprised it could be that great still.

As a consequence, I've been dressed up sort of cabaret-ish today.

( Here's the attire and the new hair )

OMG EDDIE IZZARD ON TV *runs* and Harry Shearer, on The Graham Norton Show! But my dad is being stupid and says he was watching a movie (THAT YOU CAN RENT), so he just swapped channels. I gotta pester him to see the damned thing. I hate when dad doesn't understand what is important to me. Like back in 2007, when My Chemical Romance came to Norway, I ran around crying in the apartment and asked if I could go, and he just went: "No". Without even hearing me out! He's so unwilling to communicate sometimes.

Comments on the show: Harry Shearer is the nicest man ever. He just agreed to call a fan who made a lego-Simpsons intro. In a Mr. Burns voice. But honestly, that guy sucked at English. Mr. Izzard doesn't seem to agree with me. And they're showing The Death Star Canteen :D Ahh, the small pleasures of being a geek. And Harry Shearer's released a CD with satirical songs that I want. It's called Tales of the Busmen, and features pres. Bush with a bone through his nose on the cover.

And and I was at this concert that I forgot to mention a week ago or something, with Kaizers Orchestra. That was cool, but the least interesting show I've been to because we had to be in the "Under 18" area. 's cool that they're Norwegian, though. It makes the fact that their music is good so much more interesting.
And on Norwegian music, check out this song. It is awesome. I heard it last night, and it's all I've been listening to today.

/end ranty blog-post.