kemp & eden (feat. sean lennon) • 10 comments • Kemp & Eden played at The Living Room on our last day in New York. I foolishly forgot to bring I.D and was refused entry into the venue. While Alex and I were standing on the street discussing how this was a pathetic end to our trip, Sean Lennon was chatting with a photographer behind me. Alex suggested that I ask Sean to help me get in, since he was performing that evening. Considering that I didn't have the nerve to even say hi to him the last time he stood next to us at a show, I surprised myself by telling him my sad story. He was really cool about it and asked to get "my friend, Mina" in - I'm not deluded about the extent of our relationship (or lack thereof) but !!!! anyway. The entire night, the owner/bartender kept coming up to Alex and telling him to make sure that his "underage girlfriend" doesn't drink. I was pretty pleased that someone actually thought I was under 21 but I don't think that Alex was amused. - Mina
the ghost of a saber tooth tiger • 12 comments • We took the trip to Williamsburg to see The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger - a duo that consists of Sean Lennon and his super-hot girlfriend, Charlotte Kemp Muhl. It was a pretty intimate set and Sean stood next to us for the entire opening act. I was too nervous to say hi, so I didn't ...and I kind of regret it. I'm sure he's nice, but the place was filled with too-cool-for-school hipsters and I felt that I needed to curb my enthusiasm. Articles I've read about the lovebirds have described their music as everything from whimsical, psychedelic folk-pop to post-apocalyptic, french-inspired love songs. I think the lyrics to their songs are strangely beautiful and Alex and I have both been listening to them quite a bit these days. I enjoyed a few songs from Sean Lennon's solo career, but am absolutely in love with The GOASTT. There are a few videos from the evening on our youtube channel, if you'd like to have a look. We were standing pretty close to the speakers, so the sound quality is not too crisp. Some rowdy fans started screaming at them to play 'Into The Sun' from Sean Lennon's 1998 solo debut. They were good sports about it and played the song even though he seemed to have forgotten the chords/lyrics. It was acoustic, so the sound on this particular video is decent: I took these photos at Union Pool, a bar that has a backyard patio with a fish taco truck that sells corn on the cob! We're kinda hoping that we can make our way back to New York from time to time to catch more shows like this one.
