Watch the Throne.

This was seriously the best concert I've ever been to (and the Band of Horses show I went to last October has been hard to beat...). But I've been wanting to see Kanye since I first saw the video for Gold Digger on VH1 when I was 14 years old. Now, at 20, I finally got to see him! AND Jay Z! Life is good.

The show was absolutely amazing - everything I'd hoped it would be. It was just so... dramatic. Like, everything felt (I hate this word....) epic.

They performed all of the classics, and basically all of Watch the Throne (with the exception of my favorite, How I Love You). And on top of all of that, they did N****s in Paris 4 times in a row. Seriously, best night ever. Ever.

And of course, I got a t-shirt. Le sigh. #ilovekanye

(Many thanks to whoever it was who's already uploaded their videos from last night)

xo Haley

The Midwest Indies!

Like I mentioned yesterday... last night was my first time seeing Blake play with his band, The Midwest Indies. I was so excited! They were actually very good, and I'm super looking forward to their next show in July.

The show was a benefit concert for Joplin, so a ton of people came and donated money and all that jazz. A girl in Springfield that makes clothes was selling them last night at the show, and was donating 25% of her profit to Joplin. All of the skirts she made were so stinking cute.

Speaking of clothes.... The Midwest Indies got their new t-shirts in. Seriously, how creative was this idea?! Want one? I'm gonna talk them into letting me sell them on Etsy... ;)
I'm super proud of you, Mr. Tucker!

xo Haley

ps. check out Blake's favorite albums of the year so far on his blog!

Sleigh Bells + Neon Indian.

Yesterday, Blake and I went to Kansas City to celebrate our 6 month anniversary. We had such a good day just walking around the Plaza, doing some shopping (I got the LOL Cam from UO. Totally stoked about using it), and got yummy red velvet layered cheesecake. Seriously so good. Here's a few Instagrams of our day :)
I got a much needed pedicure while I was in St. Louis after going to Florida. Blake was such a boy, and wouldn't get one. Lameo!I got this at Forever 21 yesterday. And it was so hot outside, I put it on like right after I bought it. And I have yellow nails. Neon Indian! I have never listened to them before, and I was very impressed. Not necessarily my favorite kind of music (hello, Band of Horses is my favorite band. haha) but I enjoyed it a lot. A lot a lot.Sleigh Bells. So good live. So good. I freaked out a little though. But I still enjoyed it, despite the fact that I had a headache, couldn't breathe, and had to keep my head down most of the time. But I loved it!

Ps. Have you seen this photo??

Its from the photobooth at Elsie & Jeremy's wedding. I love it so much! It's pretty much the cutest ever. Love love love.

xo

Haley

Record Store Day + Elton John concert :)

My record collection grew!

Record Store Day was a success, I'd say.

We went to CD Warehouse first, and while we were there, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin played a little acoustic set. Awkward to the max.
But... as you can see, Blake and I found some pretty good records to add to our collection.

Its fun to think that we started this in December with Arcade Fire's The Suburbs, and now we have a whole bunch and we'll just keep adding to it. I love it. :)

Kanye!!! :)

and, quite possibly my favorite purchase of the day... I listened to it this morning, and am very much questioning my sanity. Haha :)

Later, Blake's parents took us to see Elton John!
He is amazing. Beyond amazing.

I freaked out a lot during the concert.

I'm sooo glad I went :)

I hope your Saturday was a good one, and I hope today is even better. Daddy is out grilling burgers, and Blake is coming over soon! I'm excited :)

xo Haley

Band of Horses, numero dos

So, as I said, I would post a huuuge long video post from the Band of Horses show! Dad finally uploaded the videos from his iPhone to my Mac, so here they are! The photos/videos are amazing quality! Videos on iPhone 4 are shot in HD, which is suuuper awesome. I love it. Dad got all of my favorites, and then some. So.. enjoy :)

Evening Kitchen - They started the evening with this song, and it was an amazing start. I hate admitting this, but I totally cried. It was just awesome.

No One's Gonna Love You - Sigh. I'm pretty sure I cried some more. I really love how they played this song acoustically, rather than the "real" version. It was wonderful.

Cigarettes, Wedding Bands - Holy cow. This has been one of my favorite songs for forever, so I was so stoked for this song. It was amazing! This was toward the end of the show.

The General Specific - This is my dad's favorite song, and he was so excited to see it live. He was upset after the show was over and he realized he miss the first 15-20 seconds of the song. The slideshow in the background was absolutely amazing! The photographer of all of those pictures (I'm not sure who it is), is doing the photos for my friend's sister's wedding (she's marrying the drummer of BoH!)

The Funeral - Holy. Cow. Talk about chills & goosebumps. So amazing. Truly. Everyone at the show was singing along and having such a great time. So good.

Is There a Ghost? - This was the very last song of the encore, and it is one of my current favorites of theirs. Perfect ending to a perfect show. <3

I have more videos, of Marry Song & Laredo, but I haven't uploaded them yet.

Have a great Monday night! The Event is on tonight! Yeah! :)

xoxo Haley