I Canz Be Hobo?! +Detour for WENDY!

Really. I think I'd like to bum around. Not work and just travel and do crafts and have a good time.
I think that would suit me.

Wendy from my knitting group apparently decided to snoop and read my blog and made a comment about me never sharing our super pictures from Detour! So I'm going to post those up now for her. Hahaha! :] 30 pictures coming your way!

PRE DETOUR

These were pictures taken the Friday before the Detour Festival.

ON THE CAR TRIP:
This was just on the way. I love pictures of the road. Don't ask why. Reminds me of Lord of the Rings.
"The road goes ever on and on..." :] /nerdiness

Grungy picture of me. Haha! We were still a little out of it and running on pure adrenaline from the excitement of the Festival.

Miss driver Jenn-a-benn!

The road-trip essentials for us. Music, GPS and cigs. And crotches. Haha.

I epically fail at taking pictures like this. We tried 15 times before I even got this one in. Ha!

I adore this picture. Don't ask why. Just accept the fact!

Heading into the horrid grapevine of doom!

I took a shitload of just random scenery along the grapevine. It looked mighty pretty, let me tell you!

ARRIVED AT LA:
Jenn was dorking around the hotel room while we were waiting to go steal Gmo!


We picked up Gmo and gave him the Wonder Woman art that Andrea had made for him. He looooved it! :]

We then went out for Japanese food which made Jose really jealous since he couldn't be there. It was super yum. Jenn and I got the bento box.

Cute, no? We then decided that since the night was young we should go to a bar. Then that quickly changed to going to a night club. So Gmo's friend recommended Circus Disco since I only had jeans and t's.

Behold the splendor of male gogo dancers! Haha. They were awesome. We drank and had good fun and got out on the floor and shook our asses. Couldn't have been better. We stole Gmo to our hotel and he stayed there with us until the next morning when we had the festival!

AT DETOUR

These are the worth-while pictures that we snagged up from the festival! Yay! :]

DRIVING THERE:
Jenn-a-benn!
Gmo!

RANDOM:
A pic that Gmo shot of Jenn and I having a smoke while checking out the Datarock CD I snagged after hearing them play. They are love.
And this was Jenn in front of the autograph/Virgin Records booth I believe.

NOAH AND THE WHALE:

They're fairly well-known for their song 5 Years Time. Which I found them when this was one of the 3 only songs that they had on their myspace page. I knew them back in the day. Haha. But my favorites are now Rocks and Daggers, Mary, and Do What You Do. They're amazing. You should check them out.
He was our favorite. :]
The hard-core lead singer.
Jenn and I got a shot with them at their autograph section where they narked on me for the spelling of my name, stating that Americans ruin everything. Haha. They're fun!

MATT COSTA/NAHEED:

He's frankly amazing. He writes songs that you can really understand and relate to. And he's just all-in-all a fun guy! I'd never heard of him before, but Jenn had introduced me to his music when I found out Noah and the Whale would be playing there and it was official that I would be going with her. He's frequently in the background on my blog. Haha!

He's been ending all of his performances with a gorgeous acoustic version of a song that no one knows because it's not on his cds yet. It's really beautiful though. It's called "Will I Lie In Your Arms" I think. There's youtube videos with it. Give it a listen!
"Gave up love and got venom back" le sigh~
Matt Costa and Naheed from LA Ink with some random guy and his box. :] They were so fun! Jenn gave Naheed her necklace that she'd made (the bird one) because she'd liked it. So they're all buddies now. And Matt bought everyone pizza because it was taking so long to get to signing for everyone because he was actually talking to everyone and not just signing. It was great.
Jenn with them.
Me with them.

So all-in-all it was a fucking amazing time. I wouldn't change anything about it.
And if you care to, Matt Costa, Noah and the Whale, and Datarock are all awesome, so check them out.
I believe we plan to go next year, even if we don't know anyone who's playing. It was just too damn fun!

So there you go Wendy! :] Hope you liked!