Photomixt

11th May 2012

Video reblogged from Playmixt= playlist+mix tape with 19 notes

Reblogging for our date… which is one year from today.

Let’s get planning, Neckgear!

Neckgear and Playmixt went to the last two nights of The National’s 6-night run at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, December 16 and 17. It also happened to be the final nights of the HIGH VIOLET tour. We saw them five times on this tour, which was interesting because they went from 1,500-seat venues (like The National in Richmond) to 4,000-seaters in DC, then eventually the 18,000-seat venues like the Hollywood Bowl and Merriweather Post Pavilion. They blew up big, even though a lot of people still haven’t heard of them.

What very few people new about our NYC trip is that I planned to propose a marital merging of the Neckgear and Playmixt empires this very weekend. Conveniently enough, the band has been ending their shows with an unamplified singalong version of HIGH VIOLET’s closer, Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks, as seen above from our excellent seats for the Friday night 12/16 show (our seats on Saturday 12/17 didn’t have as fine a vantage for video as we were on the floor). VCG happens to be Neckgear’s current favorite song. Neither of us is really sure what it’s about, but it’s lovely and compelling, and includes the line:

All the very best of us… string ourselves up for love…

Oddly enough, there was some weird foreshadowing to the proposal: in the section in front of us were a bride and groom - she still in her gown.

Earlier in the day, after learning a few things on a various & sundry topics, she enthusiastically said to me, “I’m learning so much today! We should hang out more often!” We’ve been together 8 years now, so this struck me as hilarious. Whatever script my mind had been working up went right out the window when she said this - I knew it was something I could use. With some prodding, she posted that quote to Facebook as a status update before the show.

After her phenomenal 10th work anniversary meal at Mario Battali’s Babbo restaurant, we went back uptown to the Beacon (a truly gorgeous theatre) for the show. At the conclusion of the Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks singalong, I said this:

“I’ve been thinking about what you said earlier today - about hanging out more often. How about we do that… for the rest of our lives?”

With that, the blue box came out of the coat pocket, causing much astonishment on her part. An attempt at kneeling was made, but with the tight rows in the Beacon Theatre that was a bit much. The ring was proffered, and she accepted. We’re very excited and would like to thank all our friends and family for their support and kind wishes.

If you’d like to see more video we took from the Friday 12/16 show, go here. 4 songs total.