I went to a show (concert to you old people) last night at the Roxy theater in downtown Atlanta. It’s a small to mid-size venue that provides for fairly intimate performances. An old theater that has been converted into a concert hall … a very cool atmosphere.
I took some of the high school students to this concert at their request (and they bought my ticket. w00t!) so that accounts for the ‘teen-ness’ of the band itself. The headliner on the ticket was Family Force 5. They’re a band out of Marietta Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. Musically they are pop, synth, screaming power music but I like ‘em … a lot.
Family Force 5 is one of the few bands I’d recommend to a friend regardless of said friend’s musical taste. It’s fun music, pop, shallow, high energy, … just fun. The energy of the music is matched perfectly with the energy of the band on stage. Great show.
Two bands opened for Family Force 5: The Secret Handshake and Jonezetta.
The Secret Handshake was great techno/dance music. The lead did a great job of getting people moving. Excellent talent there. Reminiscent of hellogoodbye so it definitely tickled my ear. BTW, if you don’t know hellogoodbye you should check ‘em out.
I had never heard of Jonezetta before last night but I’m glad I know about them now, excellent band. Fully excellent. I just bought some of their songs off iTunes. They had a Killers-meets-The Ramones feel … at least in concert. Great stage presence, just rockin’ out. Highly recommended if you’re into indie rock.
Overall, a great concert, from openers to the main event.
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Ben,
Just a slight critique on the new design. The way you have “Journal” at the top of the column makes it appear as though it’s a title. I read it every time and think “Why he does he call this entry journal?”
Not sure if I’d recommend changing it, but it’s something to think about!
FF5 is crazy. =) Have only listened to them a bit, but might have to pick ‘em up again. Glad the concert was sweet.
Thanks for the input, Noah. Does this make more sense to you?
@Ben: I really do like FF5. I’m sure it’s not to everyone’s taste though.
@Noah: I think the old way was better, so I changed it back. I’m sticking with my gut on this one.
Ben,
That’s fine. Although, what I actually meant was on the homepage, not on the individual articles page. I like the design other than the labeling of journal right above the smaller article title.
I know what you mean. But I think I’m just going to keep it like it is. I’ll go with my gut.
Ben you’re gut is right. Because I don’t subscribe to your RSS feed, I check your website daily. Because I do this I tend to focus on the far left collumn and ignore the rest or at least only glance at it, hence I didn’t notice that the other collumns had titles too. Good work!
Thanks
Glad to hear you had a good time at the “show,” Ben. With all that you h ave been through in the last few days, it great to hear about a good time had by you, bro.
Hellogoodbye = awesomeness