bumbershoot

The word bumbershoot may be a silly nickname for umbrellas but it's also a famous Seattle music and arts festival. There, you just learned something new. Anyway, the festival lasts three weekend days that are packed full of musical acts, dance performances, visual art exhibits and plenty of food and craft booths. There's other random things like comedy shows and a famous poster mall called Flatstock. We only attended the last day (Labor Day) and it was definitely not enough time to see it all.

(I like this picture of Bret because from far away he looks happy

but if you zoom in you'll see he's actually annoyed. visual trickery.)

Despite the rain of the early afternoon, we had a great time with our friends AJ and Grace, seeing such known acts as the Black Eyed Peas, Franz Ferdinand and Modest Mouse.

Those were all very good but I think my favorites were the artists that aren't as well known. Oren Lavie, for instance.

Many of you are probably aware of his awesome music video, but I really love his vocals too. Very chill and soothing. The best part about it was that his venue was so small and intimate. I'm also a fan of music that involves the cello so that's a bonus. Please enjoy this clip and look for some good new music coming from him soon.

Another person I loved but had unfortunately never even heard of before was Janelle Monae. She looks cool doesn't she? She is.

If you aren't familiar with her you should probably look her up. She's super unique and soooo vocally talented. When I say unique I mean she throws down some serious dance moves, sings about sci-fi stuff like being a robot and does such things as painting on a canvas during a song and then throwing it into the crowd (probably knocking someone out). Not to mention the hair do. Seriously, check her out. It's refreshingly original. ( You should maybe look at this too)

Like I said the other acts were great too. The Black Eyed Peas were surprisingly better live than I thought they would be. I totally forgot how many hits they've had too. It was super fun.

So here you go, a little Black Eyed Peas clip.