Jason Manns @ King King (with Special Guest Stars & Mini Steve Carlson report)
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I know. I suck at reporting the events in a timely manner. So I’ll do a quick summary of events at Steve Carlson’s CD release party at Hotel Cafe before going into more depth with Jason Mann’s CD release party.
1. Steve’s been practicing his guitar pick flicking, because he artfully interspersed it mid-song. I was impressed.
2. The song "Wasted Jamie" actually is about one of Tiger Wood’s alleged mistresses! I KNOW. Apparently, the female back-up singer tried to set Steve up with this girl, and with all the huballoo, he recently realized it was the same woman. Heh.
3. Our little group seemed to prefer the female back-up singer’s new album.
4. The woman who believes it’s Jensen’s destiny to be her prison bitch requested one, so anya kindly got an autographed copy for her.
5. This is hearsay as it wasn’t said to me, but allegedly, to all of those people out there who are mean to Danneel on Twitter, Jensen wants you to know, and I quote, “Tell them I hate them.” Now this is a third party quote, but it cracks me up, so I’m writing it down for posterity!
Now for Jason Mann’s CD release party at King King!
To get to the main point for most of our readers, YES, Jensen was there. Things looked prosperous the minute we entered, as we practically ran into Danneel, who was telling her friend as they walked towards their car to get something, “Oh! Jensen’s got the keys!”
Score for Blogspot Z!
Life of Riley was still playing when we entered, and I’m sure you are all aware of the relatively incestuous relationships between those in the SPN celebrity orbit, so I won’t go into it.
JAckles and his posse were ensconced in a corner so no one could sneak up and perform a ninja fan attack. It was much like when the Pope goes on tour, except that instead of being encased in a plastic bubble like a giant miter wearing hamster, Jensen protects himself with a living wall of human flesh. Hhmmm, much like the President and the Secret Service, I suppose. They must take an oath that they are willing to give their lives to protect Ackles from having to deal with people. Hee.
I kid.
Wow, is that girl in the back seven feet tall or something?
At one point when I had to go to the ladies room, Danneel was holding court near the sinks, answering questions from those gathered around. Most of the questions seemed to focus on her ring, and as that rock is the size of Gibraltar, I can see why. She said that she would have to remember to clean it before going out, since everyone wants to see it, and said something about the engraving. I don’t know if this means personalized on inner band (if so…awwww!) or details etched into the outside band, but it makes it need cleaned regularly to be all sparkly awesome.
Jason started shortly thereafter, and I have to say, I approve of the back-up band. It makes him louder, and therefore better.
Michael Rosenbaum sauntered in and walked up to the stage to wave hello before disappearing into the “crowd”. Totally didn’t recognize him until later. He was lookin’ good. Retirement has served him well. While he may (or may not) be a celebrity dick, I still find him endlessly amusing. I observed his flirting style with two women at the bar later, which seemed to consist of singing loudly off-key and waving his arms in the air like he just don’t care. Was a band playing at the time? No. Was he singing along to the music in the background? No. It was entirely random.
You kind of have to love the insanity.
At one point, Jensen left to go outside, and gilligan made a point to say it was NOT TO SMOKE.
Poor girl. De Nile ain’t just a river in Egypt, as they say.
The best part of the evening for me, and I know anya disagrees, and I’ll tell you why later, but the best part was the final “Annie” song that everyone has seen on endless Jus In Bello YouTube clips. Jason called for his buddies to come up - some guy whose name I can’t recall, Riley, and he called for Jensen “Too Cool” Ackles, but as Ackles has sworn a blood oath never to sing within the boundaries of the state of California, he did not go up.
Bastard. I cannot afford to fly to Rome, or even Oregon, where it seems his vocal cords actually work, so why does he deny me so? Whhhhhhyyyyyyy?!
Michael Rosenbaum summed it up nicely for us all by calling Jensen a "pussy" for failing to take the stage. I knew there was a reason I liked you, Rosenbaum.
However, Jensen willingly sang along in his little group behind us, though we couldn’t hear him. We just saw him groove to the music.
Riley was a touch tipsy, in my opinion, which made this whole thing absolutely FANTASTIC. This was awesomeness at its best since everyone on stage looked like they were having so much fun. They hadn’t practiced together, so it was off-the-cuff, and Riley collapsed into what looked like a giggle fit after every chorus when he sang. He also hugged Jason and possibly humped his leg. There was a lot of love on that stage.
Overall, woo-hoo! Not a bad evening. Casual, and less pretentious.
Now for the part that anya believes is the best. She got to speak with Jensen, and he greeted her with a hug. I said it was a proactive measure to protect his goodie basket, as she has a history of getting grabby, but she claims he recognized her.
Exhibit XXX for the restraining order.
Delusional! ;-)
She also got her MySpace photo, as she calls them, which caps off her collection of Supernatural related celebs. She already had Padalecki, McCoy, Cortese, Harris, among assorted others, and now she got the star on her cap - Jensen Ackles.
Anya's pinnacle of success.
Anya supported gilligan’s no smoking theory by saying Ackles smelled like fruit (or flowers, whatever) WHEN HE HUGGED HER. She was quick to remind us of this fact throughout the rest of the evening. I explained this using the most obvious theory - that Ackles rolls around in sheets of Febreeze like a gamboling puppy.
You know that image is going to be in your head the rest of the night. Admit it.
I know. I suck at reporting the events in a timely manner. So I’ll do a quick summary of events at Steve Carlson’s CD release party at Hotel Cafe before going into more depth with Jason Mann’s CD release party.
1. Steve’s been practicing his guitar pick flicking, because he artfully interspersed it mid-song. I was impressed.
2. The song "Wasted Jamie" actually is about one of Tiger Wood’s alleged mistresses! I KNOW. Apparently, the female back-up singer tried to set Steve up with this girl, and with all the huballoo, he recently realized it was the same woman. Heh.
3. Our little group seemed to prefer the female back-up singer’s new album.
4. The woman who believes it’s Jensen’s destiny to be her prison bitch requested one, so anya kindly got an autographed copy for her.
5. This is hearsay as it wasn’t said to me, but allegedly, to all of those people out there who are mean to Danneel on Twitter, Jensen wants you to know, and I quote, “Tell them I hate them.” Now this is a third party quote, but it cracks me up, so I’m writing it down for posterity!
Now for Jason Mann’s CD release party at King King!
To get to the main point for most of our readers, YES, Jensen was there. Things looked prosperous the minute we entered, as we practically ran into Danneel, who was telling her friend as they walked towards their car to get something, “Oh! Jensen’s got the keys!”
Score for Blogspot Z!
Life of Riley was still playing when we entered, and I’m sure you are all aware of the relatively incestuous relationships between those in the SPN celebrity orbit, so I won’t go into it.
JAckles and his posse were ensconced in a corner so no one could sneak up and perform a ninja fan attack. It was much like when the Pope goes on tour, except that instead of being encased in a plastic bubble like a giant miter wearing hamster, Jensen protects himself with a living wall of human flesh. Hhmmm, much like the President and the Secret Service, I suppose. They must take an oath that they are willing to give their lives to protect Ackles from having to deal with people. Hee.
I kid.
Wow, is that girl in the back seven feet tall or something?
At one point when I had to go to the ladies room, Danneel was holding court near the sinks, answering questions from those gathered around. Most of the questions seemed to focus on her ring, and as that rock is the size of Gibraltar, I can see why. She said that she would have to remember to clean it before going out, since everyone wants to see it, and said something about the engraving. I don’t know if this means personalized on inner band (if so…awwww!) or details etched into the outside band, but it makes it need cleaned regularly to be all sparkly awesome.
Jason started shortly thereafter, and I have to say, I approve of the back-up band. It makes him louder, and therefore better.
Michael Rosenbaum sauntered in and walked up to the stage to wave hello before disappearing into the “crowd”. Totally didn’t recognize him until later. He was lookin’ good. Retirement has served him well. While he may (or may not) be a celebrity dick, I still find him endlessly amusing. I observed his flirting style with two women at the bar later, which seemed to consist of singing loudly off-key and waving his arms in the air like he just don’t care. Was a band playing at the time? No. Was he singing along to the music in the background? No. It was entirely random.
You kind of have to love the insanity.
At one point, Jensen left to go outside, and gilligan made a point to say it was NOT TO SMOKE.
Poor girl. De Nile ain’t just a river in Egypt, as they say.
The best part of the evening for me, and I know anya disagrees, and I’ll tell you why later, but the best part was the final “Annie” song that everyone has seen on endless Jus In Bello YouTube clips. Jason called for his buddies to come up - some guy whose name I can’t recall, Riley, and he called for Jensen “Too Cool” Ackles, but as Ackles has sworn a blood oath never to sing within the boundaries of the state of California, he did not go up.
Bastard. I cannot afford to fly to Rome, or even Oregon, where it seems his vocal cords actually work, so why does he deny me so? Whhhhhhyyyyyyy?!
Michael Rosenbaum summed it up nicely for us all by calling Jensen a "pussy" for failing to take the stage. I knew there was a reason I liked you, Rosenbaum.
However, Jensen willingly sang along in his little group behind us, though we couldn’t hear him. We just saw him groove to the music.
Riley was a touch tipsy, in my opinion, which made this whole thing absolutely FANTASTIC. This was awesomeness at its best since everyone on stage looked like they were having so much fun. They hadn’t practiced together, so it was off-the-cuff, and Riley collapsed into what looked like a giggle fit after every chorus when he sang. He also hugged Jason and possibly humped his leg. There was a lot of love on that stage.
Overall, woo-hoo! Not a bad evening. Casual, and less pretentious.
Now for the part that anya believes is the best. She got to speak with Jensen, and he greeted her with a hug. I said it was a proactive measure to protect his goodie basket, as she has a history of getting grabby, but she claims he recognized her.
Exhibit XXX for the restraining order.
Delusional! ;-)
She also got her MySpace photo, as she calls them, which caps off her collection of Supernatural related celebs. She already had Padalecki, McCoy, Cortese, Harris, among assorted others, and now she got the star on her cap - Jensen Ackles.
Anya's pinnacle of success.
Anya supported gilligan’s no smoking theory by saying Ackles smelled like fruit (or flowers, whatever) WHEN HE HUGGED HER. She was quick to remind us of this fact throughout the rest of the evening. I explained this using the most obvious theory - that Ackles rolls around in sheets of Febreeze like a gamboling puppy.
You know that image is going to be in your head the rest of the night. Admit it.