APAture 2008

This year, the APAture event took place over the last
weeks of September. Before this even was talked about
in my Ethnic Studies class, I will freely admit to
my ignorance about it. I had no idea that this event
took place every year. Now, that I do know about it
I will definitely try to make a solid effort to go
to at least one day each year. This year, I could only
go to the Friday event where the different bands played.
Even though I managed to go, I was only able to stay
and see one band, Farewell Typewriter. This is a four
piece rock band. Again, I went to this with some
preconceived notions about what these bands might sound
like. I thought I would go there and hear some techno-
ish rock music that is completely different then what I
listen to. However, I am happy to say that that was a
stupid blond-moment on my part. Farewell Typewriter is
an awesome band, one that I would listen to any way
because what they play is one of the types of music that
I listen to regularly. However, despite the fact that it
is rock, there is something different about it that differs
it from other little indie-rock bands. I almost want to
say that they were a little off-beat. Not in the musical
way, because I wouldn't know about that, but in the fact
that something I can't quite put my finger on, makes them
different. If that last sentence didn't make sense, I am
sorry. What I mean is that something in the way that their
songs are composed (I guess would be the word) is different
then anything I have heard. My favorite song of theirs
is "Spoils of the Spoiled." There reason I like this song
is that really good beat that they have going in the
beginning. Anyway, for anyone who has never gone to the
APAture event, I highly recommend it because there is
such a good atmosphere. The people you see and the things
that are there are just...for lack of a better word,
breathtaking. Not in the sense that it is so beautiful
that it takes your breath away, in the sense that you
know you are seeing something truly amazing.