Here are some photos from Park City, Utah. The trip was so much fun. I didn’t do such a great job of taking photos during our time there – I guess I was too caught up with actually enjoying it. But these photos hint at our activities, which included skiing/snowboarding, relaxing in the jacuzzi, feeling sore and exhausted, watching movies, playing Rock Band (our band’s name: Bucket Moustache), eating, sleeping, talking, taking a trip to downtown Park City and more. Oh, and the last photo was taken on a historic occasion: the first time I’ve ever been on skis. It’s hard to tell from the photo, but they are bright neon skis and the boots were a size too small. I lived. I would try it again for real, but I still think snowboarding is more of my thing despite my general decline in the sport and exhaustion and shortness of breath after the first run.

Here’s an article from the NY Times on Film Streams.

I’m currently volunteering there, working on the education aspect of the theatre/non-profit. They’re hosting midday and after school screenings for High School students, with a discussion aimed towards analyzing/discussing the film in a critical manner afterwards. I think it’s a great program and idea, and I’m thrilled to be involved.

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is currently playing there. I plan to see it tomorrow. I’ve heard a lot of great things about it, so I’m really excited for it.

Amy Sherman-Palladino’s new show, starring Lauren Ambrose, Parker Posey, Scott Cohen and Dianne Wiest, premieres tonight at 8 pm Eastern time on Fox.

True, it’s gotten some not so great press/reviews and Fox cut its 13 episode order down to 7, however, it’s from Amy Sherman-Palladino!

An article/interview I wrote on English singer/songwriter Alessi was published this week in the Omaha City Weekly. It was a really fun interview to do, and she is a really talented musician and just a really nice person. I’m a fan, if you couldn’t tell from the interview.

Note: I had Johnathan Rice spelled right, and they edited/changed it to the incorrect spelling of “Jonathan.” Just wanted to make that clear.

Here is Omahype’s slideshow from the Tilly show, including photos of UUVVWWZ, Thunder Power!!! and Tilly.

Here’s the whole set of photos, if you prefer that.

For a bit more detail, I can remember Tilly playing the following older songs: Urgency, Bad Education, Lost Girls, The Freest Man, Fell Down the Stairs, Nights of the Living Dead, and Reckless.

I saw UUVVWWZ, Thunder Power!!! and Tilly and the Wall last night at The Waiting Room. All three bands were pretty awesome. How can you not completely enjoy yourself at a Tilly show? Sadly, I forgot my camera last night, so no photos or videos, but I’m sure Omahype will have some posted soon, so I’ll put a link up when they do. The only disappointment was that Tilly didn’t play their new song Too Excited, which I love. They played some other new ones though, probably about 4 or 5. I’m a little mixed on them. Beat Control was really fun and danceable live. It seems like the vocals are really emphasized in the new ones, and there is less layering of the vocals and some of the sounds. But they still sounded good. I’m anxious to hear the album. Though some haven’t had the same impact upon first listen like some of the other Tilly songs have, I trust them and think it’s cool that they’re exploring different avenues.

It was my first time seeing UUVVWWZ, a band from Lincoln that I’ve been wanting to see for a little while now. They were pretty rad. I think I’d be even more into it had I heard any of the songs before (besides like once on MySpace), but it made me want to hear them more, which is a really good thing. The guitarist is pretty amazing. Their sound reminds me a little of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs…not a ton, but a little, and I’m not drawing comparisons based on their extroverted female lead singers.

Thunder Power!!! also sounded good last night. They played a new song that was upbeat and catchy. There was a good crowd for both opening bands, which is always nice to see.

No show for me tonight, I’m super swamped with work. I shouldn’t even be taking this break to write this post. Back to slaving away…

Honeybee, from Omaha, Nebraska.

Talkin(g) Mountain, from Omaha, Nebraska.

The Lisps, from Brooklyn, New York.

I saw Jake Bellows and Alessi last night at the Goofy Foot Lodge. It was a great show. Alessi is this singer-songwriter from London who spends quite a good amount of time in Omaha — she’s great. She’s kind of freak-folk with less emphasis on the freak part, plus she’s pretty endearing live and really nice and she’s got a great voice. Jake Bellows from Neva Dinova also sang some back up with her, and their voices play really well off each other.

Well, there are a ton of possible shows to go to this weekend and into the next week. It’s a little overwhelming. My tentative schedule looks like this:

Tonight: Honeybee, Talking Mountain and The Lisps @ PS Collective
Saturday: Thunder Power!!! and Tilly and the Wall @ The Waiting Room
Sunday: Flowers Forever and more @ The Waiting Room or Orenda Fink @ O’Leavers
Monday: Times New Viking and more @ The Waiting Room
Tuesday: UUVVWWZ and more @ Brothers

That’s 5 straight days. I don’t think I can make it. I’m not quite feeling 100% and I don’t want to push it and then get more sick. Also, I should aim to try to keep at least some of my hearing for my 50s and beyond. I’m going to aim for 3 out of the 5. I think that’s do-able.

So here is the official unveiling of the video I directed for Thunder Power!!!

“Why Don’t You Go Take a Hike” Thunder Power!!! from Lindsay Trapnell on Vimeo.

Edit: Omahype, a cool Omaha music blog, also posted it with a little write-up.

From the Sunday NY Times, read it here.