So you already know that I died over Jenny Lewis’ Friday Governors Ball performance, but what you don’t know is that I died a second time this weekend. I planned my entire weekend around seeing one band, The Strokes. I love Julian Casablancas, I love that lil Albert Hammond Jr, I love singing Last Nite wildly out of tune. I love it all. Bring it on. Me + The Strokes = Totally happening at GovBall2014.
Their set was scheduled for 6:45, I got to Randall’s Island by around 4PM. It was all perfect. I’d flash my media pass, hang out in the photo pit (at the mother effing front of the stage) for the first three songs, per festival rules, and then scoot over to the VIP section to watch the rest of the set. Literally a flawless plan. If you ever need someone to plan your life, give me a call. Plans are my jam.
Guess what isn’t my jam, though? Unforeseen cupcake catastrophes. What I have yet to mention is that Sunday was my cousin’s wedding shower, for which she ordered 250 cupcakes to be picked up that very Saturday afternoon, the same Saturday I was supposed to be watching The Strokes from the VIP section and singing my face off. At around 4:30 I get a text from her — There are no cupcakes! They lost the order! [Expletive, expletive, expletive]
Torn between replying with a casual OMG that sucks, k bye (or ignoring the text altogether) and a more heartfelt What can I do to help?, I had to pause and literally sit on the ground for a beat. Was I really going to chance missing The Strokes just so my cousin’s dumb wedding shower (no offense, Noelle, love you) would have cupcakes? Turns out I’m legitimately the best cousin ever because I texted her back and 20 minutes later found myself sitting shotgun in her car riding around to every bakery in NYC buying out whatever they had on hand. And while I most definitely got myself a chocolate cupcake to soothe the very real pain of missing out on Julian Casablancas & Co., I’d be lying if I said I still wasn’t a little bummed. My soul is basically crushed into ten thousand pieces.
If you missed The Strokes because of a cupcake catastrophe of your own, or if you weren’t at Governors Ball at all (shame on you!), our bros over at COED were able to catch their set and snag some video. I’ll be watching this on loop today pretending like I’m there in the front row. I suggest you do the same.
[Lead image via Brooklyn Vegan]
