We're Off to See the White House

Amen to 'Time To Pretend'! I loved it waaaaayyy before it became a big hit over here, and MGMT vids became the norm on Rage (Vid show on Oz TV). It's almost a guilty pleasure now all the teenybopper indie kids have discovered it. Still love it though!

isn't that a great song? i shied away from them for a long while, myself, and once i actually listened to them, i really liked it. maybe the teenyboppers have got good taste for once!

I did the same thing with Vampire Weekend too. I don't really love them though, but I do appreciate why they've got all that hype going on.

I like them both, but they're not my most favoritest bands ever or anything.

And yeah, I've been to the big white house on PA Ave, but it was pre-pre-pre Homeland Security issues, and we had lots of tourist purchases, etc. with us. I think it was 1971! tee hee. (8th grade trip to DC.) All I remember was the guys in my class trying to sneak under ropes. ;)

I'd love to do a White House tour. Ever since West Wing.

MGMT is great and apparently are coming down here. I'm excited to see them.

nat--i was there when i was in 11th grade, too, only i don't remember anything about it other than it was the first time i'd ever really seen two gay men holding hands in public. they were ahead of us in line and i was fascinated by them. flash forward--this weekend there was a big demonstration against proposition 8 on the mall, although we sort of missed it all.

i was kind of disappointed by the "tour." it's just a walk through part of the downstair and there's very little information posted in any of the rooms about the history and significance of what you're seeing. there's some, but no one speaks to you about what you're seeing. you can ask the security guards who are in each room, but they don't offer any information. and although we didn't see any political figures, we did see several motorcades of officials coming for the g20 meeting they were having.

afm--we didn't get to see any of the working rooms, per se. no oval office, no west wing, nothing like that! oh well. on the other hand, i would definitely go see mgmt if i got the chance!