Entries in the Category "the killers"
30 Before 30 (Six Month Progress Update), Part 1
Just over one month late! Tee hee. Back in May, I established a 30 Before 30 list, tasks I aspired to accomplish within two years. I'm sure everyone's been wondering how I have doing on this, and so, over a fourth of a way through my allotted time, here is (the first half of) my update!
Click ahead for completed and half-completed items! Check back soon for not-completed and modified items.
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Pop Music Catharsis
A playlist for feeling bad so I can get feeling good.
"A Dustland Fairytale," The Killers
This song is dusty, like the title suggests, Midwestern, iconic Americana, with the Killers touch of New Wave-inspired Vegas-and-neon drama. See the band, including lead singer Brandon Flowers, perform this song on Letterman’s show, letting the orchestra behind them amp up the emotion without overpowering the pop.
Click ahead for 13 more great songs.
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Tally of accomplishments, vol. 6
I had to postpone writing the Killers day-after review for a couple days because I had work left to be done. Of course. My grades were submitted around 3am early Friday morning, and I submitted my ABET assessment (it has to do with engineers; it’s boring; you don’t care about it) yesterday afternoon around 4. Since then, I’ve just been letting it all sink in. Case is done. Case is done until late August.
Except for studying for my MA exam. I’ll be doing that all summer. Shout out to Spenser’s The Fairie Queene! Yeah, man!
Anyway, now that I’m at my leisure...the Killers!
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Just eight hours to go!
Tonight is the night we've been waiting for...the Killers are in town!
I've been seeking out reviews of their recent shows, looking for playlist information, etc. They played St. Louis on Monday night, with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch loving the show and the Riverfront Times finding it a bit cheesy and overblown. (But the RT columnist made fun of their lyrics which means she's not a fan in general.)
Last night, they played Columbus, and the Columbia Dispatch loved the show as well.
Also, I've looked into the opening act, Chairlift, and discovered that it's their song in this commercial:
I had assumed that was Feist singing, but apparently not. Anyway, awesome! That's a really cute song, and it's possible that tonight the opening act will be as enjoyable as the main attraction. Which never happens! I still get nightmares about that group that opened for Coldplay in '03.
The Killers are Coming to Town!
Despite how sinister that sounds, it's a good thing! The Killers are my favorite band right now, and they're playing Cleveland on May 6. Coincidentally, that is the day my final grades are due and subsequently, the day that my school year is officially over.
Jeremy and I bought our tickets last night! The Killers will be my end-of-the-year blowout before the pleasant ennui of summer.
Here's "For Reasons Unknown," my favorite track from their second album, Sam's Town (the one in heavy rotation on my iPod right now).
They also released Day and Age, their fourth, this past fall.