This weekend was incredible. Well, I say "weekend", but it really began on Wednesday. Wednesday night I spent time with Kim and Kris, because we knew Kim would be busy packing the next day for her big move to New York.
Thursday was incredible because I was able to sit around Kris' house all morning and relax while he was at work. I met Emily at La Madeline's for lunch, which was spectacular, and then headed to Bedford to pick up Danielle. By mid-afternoon I was getting more and more excited about the concert. Later that afternoon we picked Carrie up in Arlington and went back to Kris' to get ready for (drumroll please...) Rachael Yamagata.
Kris, Grant, Carrie, Danielle, and I went to eat at Campisi's before the concert, and it was awesome (as usual). After eating as quickly as we could, we drove to Deep Ellum. I was getting more excited by the minute...no, really.
Sidenote: I am not a very excitable person, so the fact that I am even voicing how excited I was means something.
Once in the Gypsy Tea Room we met up with Ashley, Toby, Shannon, and Katy, and stood around talking and drinking, waiting for Rachael to come out.
The first thing I heard was shouting and clapping, and then I turned to see her setting up on stage. There, live, was Rachael Yamagata. I don't know if you understand the feeling of excitement I am talking about. I hope that all of you do. When you listen to an album so often, and the lyrics really mean something to you, and then you get to see the singer/songwriter perform them live...nothing beats it.
She ended up singing several songs off of her EP, but the ones from her album included: Be Be Your Love, Paper Doll, and Worn Me Down. Excellent.
After the concert I went with Kim, Kris, Danielle, Marissa, Carrie, and Grant to the Velvet Hookah, where we celebrated Kim's departure the next day. (Sidenote: Kim, your hair looks awesome!)
The night of the concert was bittersweet...especially saying goodbye to Kim...but the rest of the weekend was great! Poker at Grant's, BBC's, taking photos at Nathan and Amber's wedding, and most of all...time with my best friends. Who can beat that?!
I will post photographs from the weekend sometime soon. There are several great ones of Rachael Yamagata, seeing as how I was somehow able to make a small path to the front of the stage long enough to get several good shots.
A piece of the conversation I heard while at the front of the stage:
Dumb girl 1: Who is this? ...Rebecca...?
Dumb girl 2: She reminds me of Michelle Branch.
Dumb girl 3: It's like...Rachael Yamaguchi?
Okay, this depressed and insulted me. These people had places on the front row and didn't even know what they were listening to. Sad, sad, sad. To girl 1- Look on the sign outside...or your ticket, seriously. Her name is right there, and it's not "Rebecca"! To girl 2- Michelle Branch?! Gag me. To girl 3- Kristi Yamaguchi is a freakin' ice skater, you moron.
Monday, July 25, 2005
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8 comments:
If you think Yamagata rock just wait till weezer is here later this summer. oh man cant wait for that one.
-g
I'm glad you had a great weekend! When are you hanging out with me and Biggs?
omg, if i remember correctly i GAVE you my ticket teecake... stop crying about it. :)
so glad you had a great time this weekend and i'm increasingly sorry i missed it :( talk to you soon, melia!
Is Boomer going to NYC, too?
mcfarland! All you need for Saturday is to bring a pencil, a higlighter, and your natural comic genius.
Deep Ellum has awesome venues, I was very pleased to see Skindred up close, even though the Jamacian singer wasn't as funny as the other 2 shows I've seen this year.
Taking a concert hiatus as of now, this fall though is crazy Jimmy Eat World/Green Day, Supercell Live CD recording, Papa Roach/Unwritten Law/311, and Weezer/Foo Fighters.. say what you want, but Weezer isn't near as cool as the Foo Fighters
I don't think they should allow people into concerts when they can't pronounce the performer's name.
How was Ray LaMontagne?
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