???????
Seriously! I love the guys as EVERYONE knows. I listened to everything and still side with the boys. MB20 has done some amazing things for its fans. Rob has performed at the jeopardy of his vocal cords and on rare occasions he has been FORCED to cancel.
Yet given time the band has ALWAYS made up the shows, always! Just by going to the old MB20 boards you can see how much it pained him to cancel Lauderdale.
http://boards.atlanticrecords.com/artists/matchboxtwenty/forums/a/tpc/f/523102946/m/535100556
I can understand them being upset, but IMO I think that in having interviewed the boys before and knowing the kind of guys they are they should have given them a chance.
I mean seriously in one breath you say, Matchbox Twenty is a group not just Rob Thomas, but then you go on to say why didn't Paul come on his own. Double standard??
Anyhow its my blog and I can vent.
I have much respect and admiration for the members of MB20 both as a solo individuals and as a group.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Bushwalla
Last night I went to LA to celebrate Dawn and Lis'a birthday.
Of course in true my life form things started to go wrong early. Sandra wsn't feeling well so i spent all day trying to convince her she was better and wanted to go...LOL um not so much!
Anyhow about 7pm Alexandria and I head out toward LA. Pretty uneventful drive. I get to Sandra, who isn't any better nd get Alex set up. About 9:15p off I go, did I mention it started at 8!
I got there, after a few wrong turns, about 9:45 and saw the end of the Make Piece Brothers. They sounded really good, gonna have to check them out on MySpace.
During the break I get to see the girls! It was great to see everyone again. Its been a few weeks, but I really do LOVE hanging out with them. The best were the decorations. Dawn had carved Billy, a.k.a Bushwalla, on a pumpkin and the tomb stones had the days they stopped being a "Mrs." on them. Too cute!
Anyhow Mel asked if I had ever seen Billy and I said No it was my first time. She said i would love the show.
I have to admit going into it, as with all new musicians, I am always skeptical. We all have our favs ya know?
Anyhow, Bushwalla comes on stage with more people than that little stage should have been holding! LOL there was Billy and 7 musicians! The stage looked like it should hold 4 max! Yet they were all there and having a ball.
So they start by making all these crazy sounds with the instruments and a yo-yo! I swear it had to be 10 minutes before Billy comes from the back looking like a bum in flannel pj pants and walking like he is drunk! He was hiliarious! Most musicians perform music, LMAO he juggles cupcakes!
Anyhow when he sang his first note I could undertand why Dawn and Lisa drive from LA to San Diego ALL the time. The crowd loves him! The show lasted what seemed like 2 hours, and each moment was not only funnier than the last, but the music is addicting. He brought the Make Peace Brothers up at the end, are you keeping track, thats 10 people on stage! Crazy!
The music appreciation of them all and the music they make is simply amazing. I bought a CD, something that is very rare for me to do on a first listen.
Wow! I haven't been ths excited about a musician since James!
I thanked the girl for allowing me to join into their party celebration and for introducing me to such a great musician. Look for me next to Dawn and the girls at ALL future San Deigo shows!
Of course in true my life form things started to go wrong early. Sandra wsn't feeling well so i spent all day trying to convince her she was better and wanted to go...LOL um not so much!
Anyhow about 7pm Alexandria and I head out toward LA. Pretty uneventful drive. I get to Sandra, who isn't any better nd get Alex set up. About 9:15p off I go, did I mention it started at 8!
I got there, after a few wrong turns, about 9:45 and saw the end of the Make Piece Brothers. They sounded really good, gonna have to check them out on MySpace.
During the break I get to see the girls! It was great to see everyone again. Its been a few weeks, but I really do LOVE hanging out with them. The best were the decorations. Dawn had carved Billy, a.k.a Bushwalla, on a pumpkin and the tomb stones had the days they stopped being a "Mrs." on them. Too cute!
Anyhow Mel asked if I had ever seen Billy and I said No it was my first time. She said i would love the show.
I have to admit going into it, as with all new musicians, I am always skeptical. We all have our favs ya know?
Anyhow, Bushwalla comes on stage with more people than that little stage should have been holding! LOL there was Billy and 7 musicians! The stage looked like it should hold 4 max! Yet they were all there and having a ball.
So they start by making all these crazy sounds with the instruments and a yo-yo! I swear it had to be 10 minutes before Billy comes from the back looking like a bum in flannel pj pants and walking like he is drunk! He was hiliarious! Most musicians perform music, LMAO he juggles cupcakes!
Anyhow when he sang his first note I could undertand why Dawn and Lisa drive from LA to San Diego ALL the time. The crowd loves him! The show lasted what seemed like 2 hours, and each moment was not only funnier than the last, but the music is addicting. He brought the Make Peace Brothers up at the end, are you keeping track, thats 10 people on stage! Crazy!
The music appreciation of them all and the music they make is simply amazing. I bought a CD, something that is very rare for me to do on a first listen.
Wow! I haven't been ths excited about a musician since James!
I thanked the girl for allowing me to join into their party celebration and for introducing me to such a great musician. Look for me next to Dawn and the girls at ALL future San Deigo shows!
Saturday, October 13, 2007
The best email I ever got
One of my best friends, who I haven't seen in at least 8 years, is coming home for chirstmas. I am so excited I have no ckue hiw we are going to make the next two months!
Love Ya Brandie!!!
Love Ya Brandie!!!
Friday, October 12, 2007
Vegas
Seriously I have been to Vegas twice in like 5 weeks! Crazy!
However, what did I find in my mailbox today?
An invite to stay at the Stratosphere, my new favorite hotel, for three nights during the New Years weekend......FREE!!!
Are you SERIOUS! Vegas for free??? Needless to say I am booked from 12/29 to 1/2. Hmm, so far my daughter is coming with me.
Who else wants to come???
However, what did I find in my mailbox today?
An invite to stay at the Stratosphere, my new favorite hotel, for three nights during the New Years weekend......FREE!!!
Are you SERIOUS! Vegas for free??? Needless to say I am booked from 12/29 to 1/2. Hmm, so far my daughter is coming with me.
Who else wants to come???
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
My First Liner Note
Albrights New Album, Just delivered today!!
That's Abby & I!!!!
Even though we ask for nothing its pretty cool to see your name on the liner notes of a CD! Don't get me wrong, we have been thanked before. Matt has always said nothing but good things on MattBeck.com and in the chats. Al sent an amazing message through myspace.
Still....LINER NOTES!!! WOW!
Monday, October 08, 2007
Matt Becks CD
Can you tell how excited I am???
I have waited 5 years for this upcoming CD and its so close!
So we, Abby and I, are going to start getting ready. I opened a new sign up list so that we can keep everyone up on the latest happening.
Send your name and email to CD@mattbeck-fans.com
I have waited 5 years for this upcoming CD and its so close!
So we, Abby and I, are going to start getting ready. I opened a new sign up list so that we can keep everyone up on the latest happening.
Send your name and email to CD@mattbeck-fans.com
The Best Weekend Ever...pictures
Sunday, October 07, 2007
The Best Birthday Weekend Ever
OMG! did we really just go to sleep at 3:30am? What the heck is wrong with me?
Anyhow I woke up on the wonderful Vegas Strip in a suite at the Stratosphere Hotel.
Flashback.....60 miles outside of Vegas visions started appearing and was that a truck I almost ran into? Saundge makes me pull over and I fully awaken in the parking lot. Check in was such a hassle, is it one room or two? Is it two beds or one? Is it free, $100 or $85? Good grief I'm tired already!!! Final outcome, a King Bed suite with a roll away. Whatever!
Moving on, I get in touch with Matt and we decide to meet after sound check. LOL, that would have been great if I had remembered what the traffic on the strip was like. Fast forward about 30 minutes. I jump out of the car on the Strip and Saundge goes to park. I let Matt know i am at Starbucks and we decide to meet.
Piece of Advise: did you know the MGM grand has 3 Starbucks? Me neither. Sorry Matt! Not to mention the fact that Saundge was totally lost!
Anyhow, Matt finds his way to the correct Starbucks and we sit down for Iced Caramel Macchioto's. It's been so long since I was able to talk to him without the worry of the bus leaving.
Being a professional I can blog some, but not all of the conversation.
Matt's CD is moving long nicely! Hopefully it will be ready for the beginning of the year, we are going to start gearing up for it now though. Look for a NEW Matt Beck site and Fan Site. The Myspace will be overhauled too. Its gonna be amazing!
After Matt and I finished our coffee's he went to relax before the show and Saundge and me went to get ready. Back to the hotel for some lunch and let the primping and prepping.
Fast forward to 7pm....Into the Cab and off to the MGM! $20 cab ride later and we arrive! Quick stop at Fat Tuesday's for Strawberry Margarita's (with an extra shot) and we head to the venue where they are just letting people in.
We caught the end of the auction and WOW at the amount of amounts! However it was for a good cause.
I quickly realized I was in trouble when I looked at the people around me. They were going to be no fun at all!!!
The show was amazing! First Tony Bennett, George Wallace, then the Goo Goo Dolls and Kelly Clarkson! OMG! I so need to go to a full show for Goo Goo and Kelly, they put on an amazing show! Hall and Oats are absolute legends and Jerry Seinfeld is funny as ever.
Now comes the best parts! The boys take the stage and are nothing short of amazing as they have been the last two days. How Far We've Come just gets better and better. If you're gone was performed with the full band, as much as I like the acoustic I missed this version. Then the funniest technical difficulty ever. Something was wrong with the piano! Rob being as funny as ever just went with it. They were scrambling and Rob sang "Someone's gonna get fired", OMG too funny! this went on for a few minutes before they finally decided to play "another song". They belted out 3am and it just made me impatient that much more for the concerts to begin!
The guys left the stage and the legendary Santana takes it. I recommend everyone see a Santana show! When he was leaving the stage I was praying that they would do Smooth and as David Foster said, "We need one more song". Did you just see a shadow run over and sit down at the piano?
Carlos told a story that basically ended in the first cords of SMOOTH!!! Having never seen the two perform together it was nothing short of amazing watching them on stage. We were treated to Smooth and some singing and playing that lasted at least another 3-4 minutes! It was the most amazing musical performance I ever saw! I would love to go back to that show next year!
Concert ends and everyone locates everyone. After a much needed search for flip flops, cause my damn heels were killing me and Saundge wasn't doing so well either, we hear from Matt. While going to find him the boys of Matchbox go to the after party. We meet up and talk about the show and his CD, cause that is always first on my mind. Good byes said and off to the after party he goes.
Saundge and I decide to go try our luck at the slots, yeah that sucked. I sent Matt a message that we forgot our venue shot, so we were going to try and get together after the after party.
Eventually we all meet up again outside of Emeril's. Sean and Nick are there talking to the everyone. Nick and i exchange greetings, he is such a great guy. I apologize for the commotion I caused and he says it was OK and I thank him for making it all work out. After he talked to us for a bit he went inside to the party.
While we are there Paul comes out and I tried really hard to keep breathing. I got a pictures with him and we all talked to him. Keep your fingers crossed for another Break and Repair method show, I am!!! We talked about Matt and he said "Matt is the most talented person on that stage", of course I agreed. It was so cool to hear him talk about Matt. We did find out that we really missed a good performance of bright lights because of the piano issue, damn.
Not long after Paul left and I was able to breathe again Sarah and Pookie come out. Sarah remembered me from the new years shows as the person who does all Matt's stuff. I was floored she remembered talking to me close to two years ago, even my name....CRAZY!!
While Pookie was signing Dawns CD Liner and talking to us Nick came back out. I got a picture with Nick and Pookie and before they all left i thanked him again. Rob and Mari walked out, but as they looked like it wasn't a good time to bother them, we didn't.
It was time for everyone to go so we said our good-byes. Saundge and I went to grab a bite and I hear from Matt so we were gonna get out venue shot. Matt came by and we got to talk a bit longer. When I told him what Paul said about him being the most talented person on the stage I think it really took him back. he is so modest. Waiting talking Pookie and Sarah came back. So I have a Matt and me venue shot and a Matt, Pookie and Sarah venue shot! So kewl! LOL, enter Nick again and they all take off for the casino. One last good bye to Matt and the best weekend ever is over!
Anyhow I woke up on the wonderful Vegas Strip in a suite at the Stratosphere Hotel.
Flashback.....60 miles outside of Vegas visions started appearing and was that a truck I almost ran into? Saundge makes me pull over and I fully awaken in the parking lot. Check in was such a hassle, is it one room or two? Is it two beds or one? Is it free, $100 or $85? Good grief I'm tired already!!! Final outcome, a King Bed suite with a roll away. Whatever!
Moving on, I get in touch with Matt and we decide to meet after sound check. LOL, that would have been great if I had remembered what the traffic on the strip was like. Fast forward about 30 minutes. I jump out of the car on the Strip and Saundge goes to park. I let Matt know i am at Starbucks and we decide to meet.
Piece of Advise: did you know the MGM grand has 3 Starbucks? Me neither. Sorry Matt! Not to mention the fact that Saundge was totally lost!
Anyhow, Matt finds his way to the correct Starbucks and we sit down for Iced Caramel Macchioto's. It's been so long since I was able to talk to him without the worry of the bus leaving.
Being a professional I can blog some, but not all of the conversation.
Matt's CD is moving long nicely! Hopefully it will be ready for the beginning of the year, we are going to start gearing up for it now though. Look for a NEW Matt Beck site and Fan Site. The Myspace will be overhauled too. Its gonna be amazing!
After Matt and I finished our coffee's he went to relax before the show and Saundge and me went to get ready. Back to the hotel for some lunch and let the primping and prepping.
Fast forward to 7pm....Into the Cab and off to the MGM! $20 cab ride later and we arrive! Quick stop at Fat Tuesday's for Strawberry Margarita's (with an extra shot) and we head to the venue where they are just letting people in.
We caught the end of the auction and WOW at the amount of amounts! However it was for a good cause.
I quickly realized I was in trouble when I looked at the people around me. They were going to be no fun at all!!!
The show was amazing! First Tony Bennett, George Wallace, then the Goo Goo Dolls and Kelly Clarkson! OMG! I so need to go to a full show for Goo Goo and Kelly, they put on an amazing show! Hall and Oats are absolute legends and Jerry Seinfeld is funny as ever.
Now comes the best parts! The boys take the stage and are nothing short of amazing as they have been the last two days. How Far We've Come just gets better and better. If you're gone was performed with the full band, as much as I like the acoustic I missed this version. Then the funniest technical difficulty ever. Something was wrong with the piano! Rob being as funny as ever just went with it. They were scrambling and Rob sang "Someone's gonna get fired", OMG too funny! this went on for a few minutes before they finally decided to play "another song". They belted out 3am and it just made me impatient that much more for the concerts to begin!
The guys left the stage and the legendary Santana takes it. I recommend everyone see a Santana show! When he was leaving the stage I was praying that they would do Smooth and as David Foster said, "We need one more song". Did you just see a shadow run over and sit down at the piano?
Carlos told a story that basically ended in the first cords of SMOOTH!!! Having never seen the two perform together it was nothing short of amazing watching them on stage. We were treated to Smooth and some singing and playing that lasted at least another 3-4 minutes! It was the most amazing musical performance I ever saw! I would love to go back to that show next year!
Concert ends and everyone locates everyone. After a much needed search for flip flops, cause my damn heels were killing me and Saundge wasn't doing so well either, we hear from Matt. While going to find him the boys of Matchbox go to the after party. We meet up and talk about the show and his CD, cause that is always first on my mind. Good byes said and off to the after party he goes.
Saundge and I decide to go try our luck at the slots, yeah that sucked. I sent Matt a message that we forgot our venue shot, so we were going to try and get together after the after party.
Eventually we all meet up again outside of Emeril's. Sean and Nick are there talking to the everyone. Nick and i exchange greetings, he is such a great guy. I apologize for the commotion I caused and he says it was OK and I thank him for making it all work out. After he talked to us for a bit he went inside to the party.
While we are there Paul comes out and I tried really hard to keep breathing. I got a pictures with him and we all talked to him. Keep your fingers crossed for another Break and Repair method show, I am!!! We talked about Matt and he said "Matt is the most talented person on that stage", of course I agreed. It was so cool to hear him talk about Matt. We did find out that we really missed a good performance of bright lights because of the piano issue, damn.
Not long after Paul left and I was able to breathe again Sarah and Pookie come out. Sarah remembered me from the new years shows as the person who does all Matt's stuff. I was floored she remembered talking to me close to two years ago, even my name....CRAZY!!
While Pookie was signing Dawns CD Liner and talking to us Nick came back out. I got a picture with Nick and Pookie and before they all left i thanked him again. Rob and Mari walked out, but as they looked like it wasn't a good time to bother them, we didn't.
It was time for everyone to go so we said our good-byes. Saundge and I went to grab a bite and I hear from Matt so we were gonna get out venue shot. Matt came by and we got to talk a bit longer. When I told him what Paul said about him being the most talented person on the stage I think it really took him back. he is so modest. Waiting talking Pookie and Sarah came back. So I have a Matt and me venue shot and a Matt, Pookie and Sarah venue shot! So kewl! LOL, enter Nick again and they all take off for the casino. One last good bye to Matt and the best weekend ever is over!
My Birthday Weekend, Take 2
5:15 am.....Oh good grief just shoot me will you! I just got home!
Oh well I had to get up, finish packing and go get the rental car. Fast forward to 9:30 and off to the beach I go! Work function.
Wake up at 1:15, awards and presentation....2:02 in the car and off I go.
I got to Inglewood about 3:30 and my friend was packing up her son for the weekend and trying to pack herself.
5pm and off to the Jimmy Kimmel show we go. Saundge and I arrived at just 6pm to meet up with everyone. We got to hear the boys doing sound check, they sounded amazing!
Now the fun begins!
I won early entry tickets into the show, well myself and 9 other people. Anyhow security REALLY messed up and everyone else got in first. However the three of us who were there were still in the front. Yet I went to find the fan club guys to see what was going on. Enter Chris and Jay, the amazing guys from All Access. They got us all together and the just as amazing Nick Lippman came out to give us the new Matchbox USB Bracelets. Pretty cool boys!!
However by this time all the people had filtered in and there was no where or way for us to get back in front. So when Nick asked if where they wanted to put us was alright I said no. So he left Chris and disappearing Jay (Hugs Jay) to fix it. They tried, but no go. My favorite, Chris, was awesome, he hung out with us the whole time and kept us up on what was going on.
Anyhow after about 20 minutes and no help from security (although they did redeem themselves later), Nick comes back out and says not to worry he will fix it. LOL, then all these big wig people come out. We got a thumbs up from Nick and security tried to move everyone down. They were going to clear an area and put us in the front. LOL what a difference A LOT of complaining does!
Low and behold NO ONE wanted to move. So the security guard tells me to take his hand and he walks us in front of everyone, when we were all in he stops and says "now you are in the front". You can just imagine the stuff going on behind us!!!
What did I learn from that? Chris is my favorite, Jay is very entertaining, Nick is a force to be reckoned with and Matchbox loves there fans and will do anything (except let us sit on the couch) to keep us happy. This new fan club is going to be amazing!
Insider Info: They are taking over Rob's too :-)
The show was amazing! We had the guy who talks to the audience tell Matt Happy Birthday. The guys are back! They are in sync and just having FUN!!! We got a 5 set show, cause Rob said he had on a 5 song jacket not a 4 song jacket!
How Far We've Come
Push
These Hard Times
I'll Believe You When
Disease
The show ended and I tried to get Matt to come out for a venue shot, but talk shows never go right.
Rob and Paul did come out for a minute. I of course froze around Paul. I did however have time to say "Rob, can you tell Matt I said Hi?". LOL that always gets a laugh.
Anyhow the guys were loaded into a van and off they went!
So after a trip Coffee Bean, and a stop at Numero Uno off to Vegas we go!
Two amazing days down and one to go!
Oh well I had to get up, finish packing and go get the rental car. Fast forward to 9:30 and off to the beach I go! Work function.
Wake up at 1:15, awards and presentation....2:02 in the car and off I go.
I got to Inglewood about 3:30 and my friend was packing up her son for the weekend and trying to pack herself.
5pm and off to the Jimmy Kimmel show we go. Saundge and I arrived at just 6pm to meet up with everyone. We got to hear the boys doing sound check, they sounded amazing!
Now the fun begins!
I won early entry tickets into the show, well myself and 9 other people. Anyhow security REALLY messed up and everyone else got in first. However the three of us who were there were still in the front. Yet I went to find the fan club guys to see what was going on. Enter Chris and Jay, the amazing guys from All Access. They got us all together and the just as amazing Nick Lippman came out to give us the new Matchbox USB Bracelets. Pretty cool boys!!
However by this time all the people had filtered in and there was no where or way for us to get back in front. So when Nick asked if where they wanted to put us was alright I said no. So he left Chris and disappearing Jay (Hugs Jay) to fix it. They tried, but no go. My favorite, Chris, was awesome, he hung out with us the whole time and kept us up on what was going on.
Anyhow after about 20 minutes and no help from security (although they did redeem themselves later), Nick comes back out and says not to worry he will fix it. LOL, then all these big wig people come out. We got a thumbs up from Nick and security tried to move everyone down. They were going to clear an area and put us in the front. LOL what a difference A LOT of complaining does!
Low and behold NO ONE wanted to move. So the security guard tells me to take his hand and he walks us in front of everyone, when we were all in he stops and says "now you are in the front". You can just imagine the stuff going on behind us!!!
What did I learn from that? Chris is my favorite, Jay is very entertaining, Nick is a force to be reckoned with and Matchbox loves there fans and will do anything (except let us sit on the couch) to keep us happy. This new fan club is going to be amazing!
Insider Info: They are taking over Rob's too :-)
The show was amazing! We had the guy who talks to the audience tell Matt Happy Birthday. The guys are back! They are in sync and just having FUN!!! We got a 5 set show, cause Rob said he had on a 5 song jacket not a 4 song jacket!
How Far We've Come
Push
These Hard Times
I'll Believe You When
Disease
The show ended and I tried to get Matt to come out for a venue shot, but talk shows never go right.
Rob and Paul did come out for a minute. I of course froze around Paul. I did however have time to say "Rob, can you tell Matt I said Hi?". LOL that always gets a laugh.
Anyhow the guys were loaded into a van and off they went!
So after a trip Coffee Bean, and a stop at Numero Uno off to Vegas we go!
Two amazing days down and one to go!
Friday, October 05, 2007
My Birthday Weekend, Take 1
WOW! So Yesterday was the 7th anniversary of my 25th Birthday. What better way to spend it? With Matchbox Twenty!!!
Background: Tatiana has to have surgery next month so i was cancelling all my plans for this weekend cause i needed to use my birthday vacation day for the trip. My mom is filling in for me so all i have to do is make it for the pre-op, being I got to keep my birthday off.
Oct 4th....
I woke up at 1am; got dressed; hit 7-11 for some coffee and at 2am i was on the road. The trip up the 5 was pretty uneventful, sorta. At the 91 the whole damn freeway was closed and the detour signs SUCKED!!! However 15 minutes of being lost and i was again on my way. Just about 3:35am or so i arrived at the Burbank studios!
However I must be in some sort of twilight zone as I see not one other person trying to get tickets in in line. I also see they got rid of all the public parking, bastards! Anyhow, after about 15 minutes I find a side street with non of those annoying "No parking from 3am-5am", WTH!
So I walk over to the studio and sit down. I'm talking to Abby pretty much freaking out that i am there by myself when the lovely Damn and Stacy appear out of the darkness! yeah I'm not alone.
So the three of us are set up and the sprinklers come on across the way and I say, I hope there aren't any sprinklers here....about 20 minutes later we were the faster moving people at about 4:30 am in the world!
The morning was pretty uneventful, accept we were the only people there! We walked over to where you get tickets about 7 am, and no one. Just the three of us haning out. So we tried to go to sleep.
Are You homeless??? The funniest question ever asked!!! Picture this... Dawn chillin in her lawn chair under a blanket, Stacy laying down under her blanket and me laying down under my jackets. Maybe cause we were the only three people there, but a lady at the bus stop walked over and asked "Are you homeless?". So we looked at her like "Are you Crazy?", and she ashed again "Are you Homeless?". LMAO we said no and she walked away.
Now I have nothing against homeless people, something in their life made them that way and I'm no judge. However, I don't remember the last time I saw a homeless person with Blackberry phones, walkmans and chillin on their own lawn chair, but I'm just saying.
So finally about 11 am we meet Glozell. Glozell has been at ever Jay Leno show since last July!! This was her 264 th show, amazing. jay is her full time job. She blogged about us, you should check it out http://glozelllovesjayleno.blogspot.com/.
Pretty much the line was the line if you have ever been there, but I do have this one question. if you were going to see, say the Jay Leno show, and there is this HUGE line, would you automatically think that the HUGE sign that said "The Jay Leno Show" is the end of the line?? Cause the dumb people in CA do. One line going around the building, everyone facing in the direction of the line, but I can't tell you how many people tried to stand in front of us, like "Oh this isn't the end?", are you SERIOUS???
Moving on, because it was my birthday my new friend Mel went and got me this blinking crown she had in her car. So I not only stood in line, but attended the Jay Leno Show and watched the Jay Leno show with a Crown Blinking on my head the whole time! great times :-)
Fast forward to inside the show. Can you say H-E-A-T??? Good thing you can cause Jay Leno can't. That place is a million degrees below zero!!! I was freezing my ASS of. Hands went numb, do i still have feet? If you are ever in attendance for Jay Leno, bring a snow suit!!!
Moving on....the guys enter the stage! OMG how I have missed them. We had an amazing few. there were a handful of us standing up, so guys were the Matchbox Section was? They put on the most energetic and amazing show. They were all in sync, together it just could have been any better! OMG! I hope you got to see it, but the camera's so did not do the live show justice. WOW!
After the performance and all the Leno promo stuff, the guy in the row above me called Rob over. He was signing some stuff for people. I saw Paul and waved...AND HE WAVED BACK!!! I LOVE PAUL!!! Anyhow me being me I said "ROB", Rob look up and I say "Can you tell Matt i said Hi?" LMAO, he looks smiles and says yes. Such a nice guy :-)
Anyhow Leno is over, me and the girls get some dinner and I only almost died a few times going home. never drive the highway in two lanes when you are really tired.....BAD BAD BAD! However I made it home 21 hours after I woke up.....Amazing!
Background: Tatiana has to have surgery next month so i was cancelling all my plans for this weekend cause i needed to use my birthday vacation day for the trip. My mom is filling in for me so all i have to do is make it for the pre-op, being I got to keep my birthday off.
Oct 4th....
I woke up at 1am; got dressed; hit 7-11 for some coffee and at 2am i was on the road. The trip up the 5 was pretty uneventful, sorta. At the 91 the whole damn freeway was closed and the detour signs SUCKED!!! However 15 minutes of being lost and i was again on my way. Just about 3:35am or so i arrived at the Burbank studios!
However I must be in some sort of twilight zone as I see not one other person trying to get tickets in in line. I also see they got rid of all the public parking, bastards! Anyhow, after about 15 minutes I find a side street with non of those annoying "No parking from 3am-5am", WTH!
So I walk over to the studio and sit down. I'm talking to Abby pretty much freaking out that i am there by myself when the lovely Damn and Stacy appear out of the darkness! yeah I'm not alone.
So the three of us are set up and the sprinklers come on across the way and I say, I hope there aren't any sprinklers here....about 20 minutes later we were the faster moving people at about 4:30 am in the world!
The morning was pretty uneventful, accept we were the only people there! We walked over to where you get tickets about 7 am, and no one. Just the three of us haning out. So we tried to go to sleep.
Are You homeless??? The funniest question ever asked!!! Picture this... Dawn chillin in her lawn chair under a blanket, Stacy laying down under her blanket and me laying down under my jackets. Maybe cause we were the only three people there, but a lady at the bus stop walked over and asked "Are you homeless?". So we looked at her like "Are you Crazy?", and she ashed again "Are you Homeless?". LMAO we said no and she walked away.
Now I have nothing against homeless people, something in their life made them that way and I'm no judge. However, I don't remember the last time I saw a homeless person with Blackberry phones, walkmans and chillin on their own lawn chair, but I'm just saying.
So finally about 11 am we meet Glozell. Glozell has been at ever Jay Leno show since last July!! This was her 264 th show, amazing. jay is her full time job. She blogged about us, you should check it out http://glozelllovesjayleno.blogspot.com/.
Pretty much the line was the line if you have ever been there, but I do have this one question. if you were going to see, say the Jay Leno show, and there is this HUGE line, would you automatically think that the HUGE sign that said "The Jay Leno Show" is the end of the line?? Cause the dumb people in CA do. One line going around the building, everyone facing in the direction of the line, but I can't tell you how many people tried to stand in front of us, like "Oh this isn't the end?", are you SERIOUS???
Moving on, because it was my birthday my new friend Mel went and got me this blinking crown she had in her car. So I not only stood in line, but attended the Jay Leno Show and watched the Jay Leno show with a Crown Blinking on my head the whole time! great times :-)
Fast forward to inside the show. Can you say H-E-A-T??? Good thing you can cause Jay Leno can't. That place is a million degrees below zero!!! I was freezing my ASS of. Hands went numb, do i still have feet? If you are ever in attendance for Jay Leno, bring a snow suit!!!
Moving on....the guys enter the stage! OMG how I have missed them. We had an amazing few. there were a handful of us standing up, so guys were the Matchbox Section was? They put on the most energetic and amazing show. They were all in sync, together it just could have been any better! OMG! I hope you got to see it, but the camera's so did not do the live show justice. WOW!
After the performance and all the Leno promo stuff, the guy in the row above me called Rob over. He was signing some stuff for people. I saw Paul and waved...AND HE WAVED BACK!!! I LOVE PAUL!!! Anyhow me being me I said "ROB", Rob look up and I say "Can you tell Matt i said Hi?" LMAO, he looks smiles and says yes. Such a nice guy :-)
Anyhow Leno is over, me and the girls get some dinner and I only almost died a few times going home. never drive the highway in two lanes when you are really tired.....BAD BAD BAD! However I made it home 21 hours after I woke up.....Amazing!
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