wear me like a locket around your throat

so i decided it's time to do something really different in my journal.

something unexpected.

so...let's look at pictures of david cook and his band!

oh, wait.

amazing (and big!) photos by __cardiac!




( tell me how they got that pretty little face on that pretty little frame. )

31 icons of david cook + band.



( it's the cost of getting out of here alive. )

here goes nothing. be warned, there is somewhat epic picspam and a zillion youtubes up in this bitch.

( david cook album release ridiculousness rampage recap, part 2. featuring: angry press photogs, yet more neal fuckin' tiemann, EVEN COLDER WEATHER, and, oh yeah...that david cook gentleman we've all heard so much about. )

oh wow, i spent forever putting this together. i'm so exhausted that i can't even think. that being said, i want to say that i feel really lucky to have been able to go to this; not just because i had an absolutely amazing time, but also because it's such a huge moment in his career and i was there, you know? i wish him all the success and happiness in the world, and i hope five or ten or twenty years from now i'll be bragging about how i saw david cook on the night his first album came out in a room with 500 people. ♥

my day, summarized in three images.







*happy sigh*

recap later. or tomorrow. we'll see if i can get my brain functional.

EDIT: AHAHAHA WAIT, I JUST REMEMBERED AND HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE RIGHT NOW THAT THE BAND MADE THEIR ENTRANCE ON STAGE TO "99 PROBLEMS" AND I LOLLED SO MUCH YOU GUYS.

holy fucking hell.

DAVID COOK - WALMART SOUNDCHECK

if you have even a vague interest in him, go watch it! there are five live performances (which are shot, like, gorgeously, who knew?) and an interview. i just watched the whole thing with my mouth hanging open.

and don't forget to watch the tonight show tonight! i'm sure you'll never guess who the musical guest is! :D

ok, so, wright gala recap! \o/ [i typed most of this up and THEN went and found videos, so if i quote things he said and then you watch and you're like "uh, that wasn't what he said" plz forgive me, i was working from hazy overstimulated memory. ALSO most of the videos have hi-res versions available, so i recommend going and watching them in hi-res on youtube, because dude was looking all sorts of fine last night.]

this is really long (twss!), i realize, but humor me and read it anyway? :D



( life on the moon couldn't be any stranger. )

i'm still on a high. i'm so, so happy i was there, you guys, i cannot even.

ALSO HEY GO CHECK OUT THE STREAM OF HIS ALBUM BECAUSE IT'S FUCKING AMAZING! i love pretty much everything. i could do without "i did it for you" (not because i dislike it, it just isn't doing anything for me), but otherwise? LOVE. early favorites are "life on the moon", "mr. sensitive", "bar-ba-sol" which continues to make my clothes fall off, and "permanent" which breaks my fucking heart. OH! and there's a hidden track at the end of "a daily anthem" which is AWESOME AS FUCK, make sure you leave it on. it's like 12 mins in.

IN CONCLUSION: DAVID FUCKING COOK. <33333333333

[ETA] here's a rip of the hidden track, because i can't stop listening to it right now: david cook // kiss on the neck alsdkifdkjfh

everyone who cares probably saw these already. however, i don't care!







( hotasses on parade (aka more and full-size). )

nngh. get in me, all of you.