Mid Point Music Festival

This past weekend was Mid Point Music Festival in Cincinnati!!  Easily one of my most favorite weekends of the year.

I actually kicked things off early by biking down to the Christian Moerlein beer hall downtown for the pre MPMF kick off party!  The Pass and Machines Are People Too played and it was fun to check out that venue since I didn't make it there for any shows during the actual festival.

Thursday night I was off on my bike and headed to Hillie's for a Chromeo pre-party.  She lives around the corner from Washington Park so it was perfect to hang out and drink before the show.

Then it was off to see Chromeo who put on a super fun and dancey show!  Afterwards, I had my only snafu of the weekend.  I got in a bike accident!  My front tire got caught on the street car track in the middle of the street and I bit it. Hard!  Luckily, my friend was right behind me to help me out!

Other bands I saw Thursday night:
River Whyless @ Arnold's 
Fathers @ the Know
Violent Mae @ the Know
The Almighty Get Down @ Mainstay

The Almighty Get Down... my MPMF favorite!!

Friday, I was back at it!  I biked again and had so much fun just bopping around.

Friday bands:
Real Estate @ Midway
Holy Ghost Tent Revival @ Arnold's
The Locals @ MOTR
Joshua Powell and the Great Train Robbery @ MOTR
Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands @ Pitifuls

Real Estate.

Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands.

I actually had every intention of making it out for night 3 but Josh and Ashley's wedding was too much fun!  Dancing all night long to the Turkeys made it worth missing a night.

Overall, so much fun wandering around and discovering new bands.  Can't wait until next year! 

Out with Summer, in with Autumn!

I've been aching to catch up on my blog but a bum computer made that impossible.  I finally got it fixed (thanks Blair Technology Group!) so I'm back.  Until I get back in the swing of things, let's play catch up, shall we?  Everyone loves a good summer re-cap!

I traveled to Chicago for my 20th and 21st Phish shows with my buddies.  I got to see Dr. Stamates, shop on Michigan Ave., have an amazing brunch at Flo, eat a traditional Chicago dog at Portillos.

 Myself, Kyle and Jay at Phish

I also traveled to Houston, Texas to visit the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center.  I had a fantastic time learning from their team and got to do a few cool things in my free time like visit the Menil Exhibit, Museum of Contemporary Art and the Houston Fine Art Museum.  I also ate my weight in Tex-Mex!

Menil Park in Houston, Texas.

This summer I spent as much time as I could at the Bluegrass Swim Club with my mom.  It's our favorite thing to do.  On the weekend, during the week... every damn day if we could!  Because of all the time I spent poolside I got a lot of reading done!  Valley of the Dolls, Joyland, A Hundred Summers, The Good Earth, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, State of Wonder, and the newest in the Flavia de Luce series.  I can't even remember all the books I read this summer but I also devoured many issues of Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone for good measure.

I also celebrated my Grandmother's 85th birthday!

I went down to Louisville a few times this summer and went to my first L'ville football game!

Finally, as it is with every year, I ended my summer at Midpoint Music Festival.  I've written about it before but this was my 4th year attending and it was a fantastic time, as always! My highlites were probably the Kansas Bible Co. and Sol Cat.  I don't even have the energy to remember all the bands I saw over the course of 3 nights but I already can't wait to do it again.

Katie, myself, Brittany, Julie on Thursday night of MPMF.

A keytar solo closing out my second night.

What did you do this summer?  Whatever it entailed I hope you had as much fun as I did! 

MPMF

This past weekend I attended Midpoint Music Festival in Cincinnati.  This was my third year going and it's easily one of my favorite weekends of the year.

2010 Highlight - Seeing the Tom Tom Club at Grammer's.
2011 Highlight - Scoring free VIP passes through work!  Dancing with Bootsy Collins at a pre-party. Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three.  Two Man Gentleman Band with the Brothers G.

2012 Highlight - Ending the three day event dancing at Japps.

There are tons of bands that played and here is a list of what I can remember seeing.

Thursday
Here we go Magic
Andrew Bird
The Brown James
Two Man Gentleman Band
Billy Two Shoes
Lord Huron

Friday
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Grizzly Bear
Could Nothings
Cin City Burlesque
Dinosaur Jr.
Kansas Bible Company

Saturday
Swear and Shake
The Damn Choir
The Walkmen
The Woods
Holy Ghost Tent Revival
Dirty Bourbon River Show

I know I saw some more whether we popped in for a song or two or caught a band performing on the street before their gig. Either way it was a hell of a weekend in Cincinnati.