New York Number One.
I think for now the deleware and I Lov the 90's reviews are going to have to be put to the side, because NY kicked their ass last night. Holy mother of God.
New York 07/14/04
On Monday night I had met p with Lena and Kristen, the girls I met at the Hanson show in Hartford in March. So we exchanged numbers and discussed waiting on line for irvin together and MAYBE saying overnight... not that my parents would ever ever ever let me. But whatever we talked about it and I called them on Tuesday to see how the line was forming because they live in the city and were going to be checking up on it... therefore at 4 I called them and they had decided on staying the night. Crazy. So I thought about it, and I have always wanted to be a 'camper' at a show. People have been doing it for years, not just for Hanson and I just felt like it was a step up in my devotion, and front row tastes so gooood.
I sat down and explained to my mother that in a few weeks we I have to change my life by going to college... change it to the point tha I will have to live a hundred and fifty percent seriously and right now I have the time to take life not as seriously and do crazy things that I'll never have the chance to do again. She looked at me weirdly and told me to go. Dad was another story but after telling him it wasnt going to rain and I was with other girls, he gave in and I left for the 6:02 train to Grand Central.
I took a cab to Irving and met up with my friends, I was 6th online. The girls I met on that line are the sweetest ever, I met a girl named Nichole, Becky, Tahnie, Michelle, great girls... it was like one big sleepover, just colder, less safe, and a long walk to a bathroom. I only had one blanket and a sweatshirt with me so sleeping was rough, not to mention the 500 people who stopped to ask who we were waiting for, some mean some nice, we even took a tally, 265 people stopped to talk to us, isnt that amazing?
As for being safe, well it was fine til the drunks and drug dealers started stopping by, but if you laughed off their horrible renditions of MMMBop and offers of the best fucking fucing best weed ever, it was OK.
It was dirty and cold and gross and worth every second of standing in front of Taylor and having hm connect on a stage to audeince level once the show hit. But I'm not there yet!
Basically we just waited all morning and the line started getting longer, ot worried for Liz and jefsie because the girls I were around wouldnt let a soul more come join the line, and I felt awful but didnt have a say in the matter being I was 6 and in front of almost 20 girls who had also stayed the night.
Hanson showed up at around 4:30 and it was the saddest thing ever watching them walk though the strets of the city they live in on their way to the venue and be mobbed. It was not 2004 fans, it was 1997 all over. Girls were racing to them, screaming flashing pics in thier faces, Poor Taylor was touched in places I dont think Natalie has found yet. It was disgusting.
Zac shruged it off as some girl yelled 'Zac! Your all I live for!" and said back to her "I'm all you live for?!' in a funny voice smiling, Taylor was another story... he was being mobbed the most, almost knocked over rambline 'Guys, I gotta get thorugh... Can I please just get through? ... Has Zac gone in? Is he ok? ... Listen I have to et thorugh... CAN I FUCKING GET THROUGH?' It was depressing he had to resort to it, but I don't blame it, they deserved it, and being ithin 10 feet I felt guilty jus being there.
Standing up on line wasnt so bad until it started to pour and by that time I had seen Liz and Jefsie [yay!] and they had a fairly decent place on line, and Jess had even showed up and I saw her [mwah!] and in the rain waited another 2 hours. While I was waiting a short petite woman whose always with Hanson came out to smoke a cigarette and asked me how long we were waiting, I told her and she was pretty surprised, I then realized I had this golden oppurtunity to make myself known and I did, I told her I kept seeing her all over and asked her name and she tld me it was Amy, and then I went on to ask wha she did for the band and she works for management, it was then theat I got into what I wanna do in college and she gave me advice and said in a slick tone thet BANDS are ALWAYS looking for INTERNS or ANY FREE HELP as long as its taken serously, and then winked at me. Good sigh my friends, good sign. She told me to say hi to her at my other shows and make sure I see her. YES! Lol. This is how we do :)
So finally they let us in and the 10 girls from the line stook together and TOGETHER got the front row. I was driectly in front of Taylor, my goal. My 30 hour sleeping on the streets of NY goal.
Words can not describe the front row. Its this euporic place where the artists and you are one, and they play off our energy and you play off theirs. Taylor thought we were crazy we were dancing and singing so much and so loudy, at one point he said 'This is a GOOD show' *plays piano opening stops* 'This is a DAMNNN good show!!!' He thought Nichole, Michelle and were hysterical in songs like 'Look at You' 'Wheres the Love?' 'Gimme Some Lovin'" But the best was "Lost without each other' he could not blieve how into it we were. We were SO INTO it. He would have stayed on stagge all night, but there was a 11:30 curfew. I wish I could say more about Ike and Zac but being Taylors muse for the night was great in itself. The worst was when he went to shake my hand specefically and he leaned forward and our hands bumped instead of shaking and he was leaning towards us so he began to lose his balance and grabbed tighter to my hand *swoon* and I tried to help him stay up but he fell right in front of me, I htought he thought I did it purposly but he smiled back and knew I didnt. I didnt even grab his hand I was scared he'd fall, lol.
We waited afterards for them and after 2 hours got a wave from Ike before he headed into a cab. A wave from Zac before him Frankie Muniz [his bitch] and Kate went into the tour bus and a hello... blah blah blah from Taylor as him, Natalie, Ezra, and Avery left the venue into a cab.
Note Ezra in a Ramones shirt carrying a mini guitar is the cutest thing ever and seeing Natalie in person makes me sickly jealous. Theend.
The show was fabulous and I have tomorrow night, and we just added Indianappolia to the tour... we're craz but this is the funnest thing I have ever one.
Reember Deleware/I <3 thw 90's Reviews coming SOON!
New York 07/14/04
On Monday night I had met p with Lena and Kristen, the girls I met at the Hanson show in Hartford in March. So we exchanged numbers and discussed waiting on line for irvin together and MAYBE saying overnight... not that my parents would ever ever ever let me. But whatever we talked about it and I called them on Tuesday to see how the line was forming because they live in the city and were going to be checking up on it... therefore at 4 I called them and they had decided on staying the night. Crazy. So I thought about it, and I have always wanted to be a 'camper' at a show. People have been doing it for years, not just for Hanson and I just felt like it was a step up in my devotion, and front row tastes so gooood.
I sat down and explained to my mother that in a few weeks we I have to change my life by going to college... change it to the point tha I will have to live a hundred and fifty percent seriously and right now I have the time to take life not as seriously and do crazy things that I'll never have the chance to do again. She looked at me weirdly and told me to go. Dad was another story but after telling him it wasnt going to rain and I was with other girls, he gave in and I left for the 6:02 train to Grand Central.
I took a cab to Irving and met up with my friends, I was 6th online. The girls I met on that line are the sweetest ever, I met a girl named Nichole, Becky, Tahnie, Michelle, great girls... it was like one big sleepover, just colder, less safe, and a long walk to a bathroom. I only had one blanket and a sweatshirt with me so sleeping was rough, not to mention the 500 people who stopped to ask who we were waiting for, some mean some nice, we even took a tally, 265 people stopped to talk to us, isnt that amazing?
As for being safe, well it was fine til the drunks and drug dealers started stopping by, but if you laughed off their horrible renditions of MMMBop and offers of the best fucking fucing best weed ever, it was OK.
It was dirty and cold and gross and worth every second of standing in front of Taylor and having hm connect on a stage to audeince level once the show hit. But I'm not there yet!
Basically we just waited all morning and the line started getting longer, ot worried for Liz and jefsie because the girls I were around wouldnt let a soul more come join the line, and I felt awful but didnt have a say in the matter being I was 6 and in front of almost 20 girls who had also stayed the night.
Hanson showed up at around 4:30 and it was the saddest thing ever watching them walk though the strets of the city they live in on their way to the venue and be mobbed. It was not 2004 fans, it was 1997 all over. Girls were racing to them, screaming flashing pics in thier faces, Poor Taylor was touched in places I dont think Natalie has found yet. It was disgusting.
Zac shruged it off as some girl yelled 'Zac! Your all I live for!" and said back to her "I'm all you live for?!' in a funny voice smiling, Taylor was another story... he was being mobbed the most, almost knocked over rambline 'Guys, I gotta get thorugh... Can I please just get through? ... Has Zac gone in? Is he ok? ... Listen I have to et thorugh... CAN I FUCKING GET THROUGH?' It was depressing he had to resort to it, but I don't blame it, they deserved it, and being ithin 10 feet I felt guilty jus being there.
Standing up on line wasnt so bad until it started to pour and by that time I had seen Liz and Jefsie [yay!] and they had a fairly decent place on line, and Jess had even showed up and I saw her [mwah!] and in the rain waited another 2 hours. While I was waiting a short petite woman whose always with Hanson came out to smoke a cigarette and asked me how long we were waiting, I told her and she was pretty surprised, I then realized I had this golden oppurtunity to make myself known and I did, I told her I kept seeing her all over and asked her name and she tld me it was Amy, and then I went on to ask wha she did for the band and she works for management, it was then theat I got into what I wanna do in college and she gave me advice and said in a slick tone thet BANDS are ALWAYS looking for INTERNS or ANY FREE HELP as long as its taken serously, and then winked at me. Good sigh my friends, good sign. She told me to say hi to her at my other shows and make sure I see her. YES! Lol. This is how we do :)
So finally they let us in and the 10 girls from the line stook together and TOGETHER got the front row. I was driectly in front of Taylor, my goal. My 30 hour sleeping on the streets of NY goal.
Words can not describe the front row. Its this euporic place where the artists and you are one, and they play off our energy and you play off theirs. Taylor thought we were crazy we were dancing and singing so much and so loudy, at one point he said 'This is a GOOD show' *plays piano opening stops* 'This is a DAMNNN good show!!!' He thought Nichole, Michelle and were hysterical in songs like 'Look at You' 'Wheres the Love?' 'Gimme Some Lovin'" But the best was "Lost without each other' he could not blieve how into it we were. We were SO INTO it. He would have stayed on stagge all night, but there was a 11:30 curfew. I wish I could say more about Ike and Zac but being Taylors muse for the night was great in itself. The worst was when he went to shake my hand specefically and he leaned forward and our hands bumped instead of shaking and he was leaning towards us so he began to lose his balance and grabbed tighter to my hand *swoon* and I tried to help him stay up but he fell right in front of me, I htought he thought I did it purposly but he smiled back and knew I didnt. I didnt even grab his hand I was scared he'd fall, lol.
We waited afterards for them and after 2 hours got a wave from Ike before he headed into a cab. A wave from Zac before him Frankie Muniz [his bitch] and Kate went into the tour bus and a hello... blah blah blah from Taylor as him, Natalie, Ezra, and Avery left the venue into a cab.
Note Ezra in a Ramones shirt carrying a mini guitar is the cutest thing ever and seeing Natalie in person makes me sickly jealous. Theend.
The show was fabulous and I have tomorrow night, and we just added Indianappolia to the tour... we're craz but this is the funnest thing I have ever one.
Reember Deleware/I <3 thw 90's Reviews coming SOON!