Beat Connection – The Palace Garden, 4am

Beat Connection has always been a group that has been so-so to me. They’re great. Their music is awesome. They get buzz in Seattle press all the time, but I was waiting for some kind of “connection” (seriously, no pun intended) to happen. It wasn’t until I heard this song and had in on repeat for a whole evening that I finally reached that “aha!” moment. Okay. Beat Connection. I get you.

Congratulations to these guys who played Sasquatch for the first time this year!

To promote this year’s Quadstock, we invited one of our acts, Campfire OK, to do a series of spontaneous performances on our campus in a classroom, in one of our busiest buildings, our library, and our cafe. It is always such a joy to work with this band. Not only are they extremely talented, but they like to have as much fun as we do.

Thanks for everything Campfire OK. We love you so much!

This video was edited and shot by my dear friend Veronica Lim.

With graduation just around the corner, life has picked up a bit. I’ve been tying up some loose ends and spending time with some dear friends and family. I know that, however, Yow Yow is always going to be here. I may not have had the chance to post daily for awhile now, but the pressure of keeping up with every day news just got to be a little bit too tough for me. Will that change when I am a working girl? We shall see.

So it’s been a crazy whirlwind of a past two weeks.

• I planned a music festival! Well, actually, I’ve been planning it for a whole year with my co-chairs, but I finally got to see it come to life and it was by far, the coolest thing I have ever done.
• I returned to a community and said my parting goodbyes along with the rest of the seniors in my class.
• I ate and didn’t eat a lot simultaneously.
• I didn’t sleep very much.
• School was kind of on the back burner.
• I became a “downtown” kind of a girl.
• “Call Me Maybe” became a little bit more permanent

But most importantly, in the last two weeks (probably in the last month since I said this not too long ago,) I have laughed and smiled more than I ever have in my years here at Seattle University. It is such a joy being a senior, but my time here would not be worth anything if not for those around me and in my life.

You guys, my last week of college is next week. I’m not even going to try to wrap my head around that right now at 10 PM.

We like to eat at small burger drive-ins.

We spend our mornings and afternoons chalking our Quad for our biggest event of the year.

Mayer Hawthorne made all of my dreams come true.

My girl, Euna Kho, killed it w/ her set.

photo cred: Christopher Joseph Taylor

photo cred: Christopher Joseph Taylor

photo cred: Christopher Joseph Taylor

And a little senior soiree action with my favorite junior Steph!

Alyssa Johnson…being a design goddess. Who’s excited for Quadstock?!

Good news.

We just found out that Ab Soul and Schoolboy Q are on the Rock the Bells 2012 lineup. STACKED!

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But seriously, allow me to introduce to you our bands:

Mayer Hawthorne and the County:
+ R&B/Soul/Pop
+ Hails from Detroit, Michigan
+ Supporting Foster the People on tour this summer
+ Just finished a worldwide tour/in the first leg of his national tour
+ Performed on David Letterman and Conan
+ Collaborations w/ Snoop Dogg, The Cool Kids, Rizzle Kicks
+ Ranked by Filter Magazine – Top 10 Albums of 2011
+ Performed at 2011′s Lollapalooza and Moog Fest
+ Was the last band to tour w/ Amy Winehouse along w/ Janelle Monae

ScHoolboy Q:
+ Rap/Hip-hop
+ Hails from California
+ Will tour w/ Wiz Khalifa, Mac Miller, and Kendrick Lamar this summer
+ Part of TDE Entertainment w/ Kendrick Lamar and A$ap Rocky
+ On the bill for Pitchfork Music Festival 2012
+ Performed at this year’s SXSW
+ Part of the Rock the Bells 2012 lineup

Bearbot:
+ DJ/Mashup
+ New York native
+ Design student by day/DJ by night
+ Has had her work recognized by the 2012 Oscar Awards in the shorts nomination category
+ Latest featured work in David Guetta x Nicki Minaj’s music video “Turn Me On”

Pickwick:
+ Indie/Pop
+ Local band
+ Will be on the mainstage at Sasquatch 2012
+ Participated in SXSW 2012
+ Performed at 2011′s Doe Bay Fest, Bumbershoot, and City Arts Fest
+ Voted by City Arts Magazine as part of the “10 New Seattle Bands to Watch” March 2012
+ No strangers to selling out their shows

Campfire OK:
+ Indie/Folk
+ Local band
+ Performed at 2011′s Capitol Hill Block Party, Doe Bay Fest, Bumbershoot, and City Arts Fest
+ On the verge of releasing their new album
+ SEAC’s 2012 Battle of the Bands judges

The girl is a goddess and this post is dedicated to her.

Campfire OK

Pickwick

Bearbot

Schoolboy Q

TBA: Mayer Hawthorne and the County

YES!

See the entire lineup here.

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This is me playing catch up.

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[Emma Watson via]

[Camilla Belle via]

[Emma Roberts via]

[Lily Collins and Mulberry Creative Director Emma Hill via]

[Harley Viera Newton with a Mulberry Lily bag via]

[Lea Michele and Lauren Conrad via]

[Jillian Kate via]

Loving the prints and colors!

[Stylist Dani Michelle via]

[UCLA student Nuttaya Oonphpath wearing an H&M sweater, TopShop shirt, Marni earrings, and a Prada bag via]

[Student Natalie Chapple in an awesome floral dip-dyed shirt by H&M via]

[Kate Bosworth via]

[Law student Rebecca Ghadmi via]

[Rebecca McComack actually wearing her boyfriend's shirt via]

[Jennie Wachtmeister of ASOS via]

Welp! I’m pretty late on getting this news out, but I guess that just goes to show how little time I have for this blog right about now. Regardless, I am BEYOND thrilled to announce this year’s Quadstock lineup:

• Mayer Hawthorne and the County
• Schoolboy Q
• Bearbot
• Pickwick
• Campfire OK
• Br’er Sun

It has been a long time coming getting this lineup together – 10 months to be exact (but who’s counting?!) and being able to release it to our students is a huge weight off our shoulders. So far the response has been pretty great! My biggest concern with this lineup coming out was having to deal with the criticism, but I’ve secured a solution – kill ‘em with kindness!

So I’m pretty excited and I promise to give you all updates along the way especially with the final product. I especially want to make a post at some point with all of our publicity because it’s incredible and designed by my dear friend Alyssa Johnson.

To promote this year’s Governor’s Ball music festival happening in New York on June 23-24, the organizers have created this new Remix that features every single artist on the lineup. It’s not a mashup, but I think I prefer it this way because it gives me time to appreciate every single artist and band individually. If you haven’t checked out the lineup for yourself yet, you should because this year they are highlighting Beck, Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, Chromeo, Explosions in the Sky, Phantogram, Cults, Santigold…- this lineup is stacked. You can check out the entire lineup here or just listen to the remix above and surprise yourself with it.

The transitions in this track are so smooth, it’s almost close to perfect (if it isn’t already.) The best part about this festival is that if you’re an attendee, you never have to run into the problem of choosing one set over another because the sets don’t overlap AT ALL. You can see everyone you came to see and get your entire money’s worth.