Rebellions are built on hope.

that time of year again. be wary ladies

You’re my present this year.

Y'all need to STOP

hey 

hey friend

guess what

you’re so close to surviving 2013

you can make it

i’m so proud that you’re still here

keep going buddy

i love you

Talking about going to see the goats at Bonnie Springs with his kids

the album of the year is actually the desired effect for the 4th year in a row

Otter teaches human how to pet him.

Words cannot describe the inhuman noise i made, help me

there’s one thing to know about this globe,
it’s bound and it’s willing to explode.

and that’s alright.

Night on the Sun || Utah

i hope brandon flowers had a nice day 

yknow ive been thinkin a lot about why the killers playing in milwaukee just felt so special, and why brandon was maybe so emotional about it. and since im from milwaukee, i can maybe offer a lil insight.

the bands been playin milwaukee since they first started getting big. theyd always play at this really old club that was built in 1925 called the eagles ballroom. its max capacity was about 3500, so it was nowhere near arena sized. it’s a pretty iconic location in milwaukee because its been instrumental with the city’s alternative music scene since it was built. its also like really old. we also had a big sports arena called the bradley center that was later decomissioned because it was falling apart. this was where all the real big acts would go. and we needed a new space for all our great sports balls, so they started building the fiserv back in like 2016??? to try to revitalize the downtown area. and its brand spankin new guys. (it kinda looks like a sideways taco.) it opened up in september, and guess who was the first live act that ever played there?

well technically, it was the violent femmes (milwaukee legends) who opened for the killers, but the killers did a pre-show beforehand. and boy, this concert was really advertised around the town. i saw so many billboards talking about how “the killers are opening the new arena!!!”. my mom even heard about it on the radio and thats what prompted her to get tickets. people were getting excited.

now imagine youre in a rock band, and youre about to head to your last american gig on a hugely successful world tour, in a city with deep midwestern traditions (which inspire much of your music) youve been playin in since 2004. you show up to this brand new arena that decided you were a worthy first act, with an iconic punk band (the second concert you ever saw, or so you tell the crowd) as your opener, and when you get there, there’s a crowd of people lined at the door who have been waiting there since the early morning. (its why you play an acoustic set when the doors open. as a thank you.)

and then the concert starts. and you’ve gone from the eagles ballroom with a crowd of 3500 to an arena with a crowd of 13,000. thats 4 times the size of the crowd youre used to in this city. 13,000 people who are all singing your songs and havin a good time. (you have a lot of expectations on you. the news will report on your success the next day, but goddamn will you do your best to live up to them.) you sing the songs sure, but you know that the entire crowd could sing it by heart. they listen to you, they respond to you.

after all this, how could you not feel some sort of vindication for what youre doing? how could you not feel like you belonged there?