Crazy week of concerts!!!

So my vacation totally wasn't long enough. But I had a good time. Last I left off was the day after seeing MattyNay at the Cutting room and sort of hanging out with him at Starbucks. Honey came in on Sat and I met her in the city. We had yummy pizza at this really great place on 23rd between 7th and 8th or 6th. Somewhere around there. It's a little hole in the wall but they have great pizza. Then we went to get coffee, but first we got sidetracked at Radio Shack and we almost both bought the razor phone for $19.99 with a $36 activation fee. But we didn't and had starbucks instead. Then we headed over to msg and got to our seats. I ended up seeing these 2 girls that I know from Matt shows and talked to them for a bit.

Seeing Matt on that big stage was so nice. It felt natural. He only played 6 songs which kinda sucked, but at least he had this great opportunity. It was a proud moment. A lot of people were there for him and there was a nice response from the crowd. When he finished he almost took out John when he was leaving the stage. He couldn't get out of there quick enough. I think he either went to go vomit, went to cry into his wife's arms, drink himself to oblivion or all the above. It was a very proud moment for a Matt Nathanson fan to see him at MSG. I was proud and I hope that one day he will be there again and it'll just be for him.

Gomez were alright nothing special. It was a little boring. But then O.A.R. came on stage and the place erupted. They really have a decent following. I was surprised by it. The funny thing is that everyone is too young to realize that O.A.R. stole everything they do from DMB. But it was alright, it was nice to hear and see the energy of the crowd. They were actually filming it for a dvd or something. We left the show a bit early. I got a set list for Gomez and the call sheet with MattyNay's name on it.

Sunday morning Honey and I went for brunch with Rochi at French Roast. It was really nice. We had some laughs. I couldn't get my mimosa and that totally sucked. there's some law in NY and NJ that says you can't order alcohol b4 noon on a Sunday. DAMN THE MAN!!!

I took Honey to Grand Central and sent her off to her friend in CT.

I met Honey in the city on Wed. and we went for sushi then headed over to Bowery ballroom to see Paulo Nutini. There were 2 openers. The first guy was awful. The second band was Musiq soul child and they were really good. They had a white guitarist and he was really quite good. He was so into all the songs, it was enjoyable to watch and he looked really good in his jeans. I got a setlist from them.

Paulo finally hit the stage and he was great. At times it was really mellow, but for the most part he really was full of energy. His ass was hanging out the whole night and I was surprised that he wears tighty wighties. They were filming it for a BBC thing. He sang an extended version of 'Jenny Don't be Hasty' and it was the highlight of the show. It actually was a really, really short show. He ended with "Rehab" an Amy Winehouse song. It was really good. There were a lot of scotts and britts at the show. It was a lot of fun. After the show Honey and I waited for Paulo to come out. We only waited for a 1/2 hour or so, it was really cold out. But he came out and we both got to take a picture with him and he was off and so were we.

Honey came to work with me the next day and that was fun. She got to meet my boss and see where I work everyday. I packed a lunch for the both of us and we ate together while watching spooks.

Friday we drove back to her house and picked up her sister. We hung around for a bit and relaxed. We took the metro into DC and had some sushi. Then we had starbucks. We headed to the venue and missed the first 2 songs of Pink. Our seats were right in front of the section and it felt like I was going to fall over the edge. But it was great bc we could see everything. Pink was amazing. She ended up doing this Cirque de solei thing with the curtain/rope thing and it was awesome!!! My eyes bugged out of my head and my mouth dropped to the floor. Honey and I were losing it!! It was madness. While she was swinging and spinning on this thing she was singing 'sweet dreams'. It was so amazing.

Then JT came out and the place when crazy. I felt like a teenage girl. I was screaming like it too. The stage was set up so cool. there were different levels of the stage. It was a center stage and it came to the sides all the way up to section 100's and the floor was interesting. They had outer and inner stages. on the way outer stage there was a bar. Those seats cost $200 or something crazy. It was cool bc Justin danced and walked on the bar. It was pretty awesome. There were screens and they had his image on it and it was really cool. The band was amazing and they were on these platforms that were raised and lowered all over the stage. There were trap doors and dancers. At one point it was like watching porn, it was so awesome!! Timbaland was there and it was so cool. There was an intermission which was weird. It was a dj doing house music, with the screens and images on the screens. It was weird. this is the first concert that I've ever been to where there were dancers. It was so much fun. JT did all the good songs. I know Honey taped a lot of it and it'll probably be on you tube soon. He played piano and guitar pretty well. He changed three times. He looked really good.

We hung out for the rest of the weekend and saw "children of men" and that was really good. It was a very heavy movie. the directing was amazing. Clive was so good in this movie. It was just very well done and it's a shame that Alfonso Caron isn't nominated for best director. We had some starbucks and stayed at the mall for a while until Honey's mom picked us up.

we watched a preview for this movie called 'once' with glen hansard and his band member from The Swell Season. It looks so good, I really want to see that movie. I'm looking forward to seeing the frames when they come to town.

I went home on Monday and it was a pretty easy drive. It was very windy, but other than that it was a fine ride.

I've been watching a lot of television. I finished watching all the seasons of spooks and now I'm sad. :( I can't wait until it comes on again. I need me some Rupert Penry Jones!!! I've been watching Dr. Who with Christopher Eccelston. It's really cheesy and campy. But I like it. Heroes has been really good. Lost comes on tonight and I can't wait. 24 has been alright. slow at some points but still really good. So far it's better than last year.

Nothing else is really going on. I'll try and post some pics when I get a chance. I have midlake at the end of the week with cara. That should be a lot of fun. I really like the album. Speaking of good albums The Fertelli's are really great. The are a mix between arctic monkey and franz ferdinand.

That's it for now.