*scream* ^^!
I went to the Hanson concert last night! Juli never told me who the opening bands were, so when I saw the board I was like, "WHAT?! Ben Jelen is opening?!?!" I practically wet myself! I love Ben Jelen! I'm listening to the new CD right now, actually ^^. I bought the CD and got a few poster and tank top! *Dances* And Ben signed my CD jacket and poster for me ^^. I wanted to meet the other opening band (Ingram Hill). They were really good, but the ass whole press guy said they were only signing Cds, and I didn't have enough money to buy their CD and Ben's, so obviously Ben won. Juli got their CD and when she met them she told us that they were really nice, and that they were signing whatever was handing to them. She gave them the SkankyPirates LJ address, so they said they'd check it out.
Yes, that's right. Our band now has a LJ. It's SkankyPirates, one again. We'll all be posting in it (and we'll tell you who's posting so you won't be confused), but soon we might be getting a community for it, so you guys can post, too ^^. Our plan is that if you join the community you'll be an automatic Street Team member and you get to hear about cool stuff, like shows we're playing or new merchandise, before anyone else ^^. Juli will be loading auto files and stuff, too, so you'll be able to hear some of our songs. We're writing a whole bunch of songs right now, so we'll hopefully be recording them sometime soon.
Back to the concert! Hanson kicked ass!!! But that's a given ^^. Oh! And Ben Jelen's last song was a cover of Let It Be by the Beatles! It was an amazing cover! I was tempted to call Drew while they were playing it, but we got in trouble for that (Juli was leaving herself a message..lol). Ben's cute, too ^^. He looks exactly like Taylor Hanson, but a little taller (by and inch or so) and he has black hair ^^. And he plays violin! He switched from guitar to violin in the middle of a song!
For the Hanson set, we had a prime spot to the right of the stage (if you were facing the stage, that is). We ound out that that's actually where you got back stage, lol. Ben Jelen and a few members of Ingram Hill were walking past us to get backstage. Jessica (Hanson's oldest little sister) passed us a few times to get more t-shirts and stuff for the merchandise booth. Jessica and Kate (Zac's GF) were selling the stuff, lol. Juli told Jessica that she had a gay friend that thougth she was hot (Steve said she was hot and another concert.. before he knew she was a Hanson..lol). Jessica looked a little scared, but Juli told her it was a good compliment.
Hanson played a awesome mix of old and new songs. They busted out Where's The Love!! lol. They also played Mmmbop, but they play that at every concert. They played my two favorite songs; Lost Without Eachother and Dancin' In The Wind! It was really amazing. They also did a cover of Ain't No Sunshine, which was awesome! Ike sang the lead (having the deepest voice). It was so good.. that I think even Drew would postpone the death sentance he's set for them just a little longer if I asked..lol. It was just amazing.
Juli decorated a little sippy cup for Taylor's son, Ezra. It was really cute ^^. She was going to wait after the show (we were gonna wait with her of course) to give the sippy cup to Natalie (Taylor's wife). Juli said Hanson takes forever to get out of a concert venue, though, and we were all beat from jumping around.
Oh! One of Juli's friends got to interview them before the concert and take the pictures during the show! She asked Hanson if they could any creature from LOTR, what would they be. Lol.. Zac wanted to be Faramir, Taylor wanted to be Shadowfax *cracks.. funny story behind that..*, and Ike wanted to be Gimli, lol! And she said Ezra ran into the room during their interview crying and yelling for his daddy (awww... cute, adorable, little Ezra). Natalie came in after him and got him, lol.
Well, all in all we had a really awesome time, even if Meg didn't know how to get onto I95 South.. and I became the backseat navagator ><.. Hey, I got us home, so no jokes about how bad my directions are! I know the Center City to Penn's Landing area well enough to know how to get to the highway. Like I said, I got us home. Meg was trying to get onto I95 North. I was like, "NO!! You'll take us to Camden!" lol.
Alright, enough blabbing for me ^^!
Yes, that's right. Our band now has a LJ. It's SkankyPirates, one again. We'll all be posting in it (and we'll tell you who's posting so you won't be confused), but soon we might be getting a community for it, so you guys can post, too ^^. Our plan is that if you join the community you'll be an automatic Street Team member and you get to hear about cool stuff, like shows we're playing or new merchandise, before anyone else ^^. Juli will be loading auto files and stuff, too, so you'll be able to hear some of our songs. We're writing a whole bunch of songs right now, so we'll hopefully be recording them sometime soon.
Back to the concert! Hanson kicked ass!!! But that's a given ^^. Oh! And Ben Jelen's last song was a cover of Let It Be by the Beatles! It was an amazing cover! I was tempted to call Drew while they were playing it, but we got in trouble for that (Juli was leaving herself a message..lol). Ben's cute, too ^^. He looks exactly like Taylor Hanson, but a little taller (by and inch or so) and he has black hair ^^. And he plays violin! He switched from guitar to violin in the middle of a song!
For the Hanson set, we had a prime spot to the right of the stage (if you were facing the stage, that is). We ound out that that's actually where you got back stage, lol. Ben Jelen and a few members of Ingram Hill were walking past us to get backstage. Jessica (Hanson's oldest little sister) passed us a few times to get more t-shirts and stuff for the merchandise booth. Jessica and Kate (Zac's GF) were selling the stuff, lol. Juli told Jessica that she had a gay friend that thougth she was hot (Steve said she was hot and another concert.. before he knew she was a Hanson..lol). Jessica looked a little scared, but Juli told her it was a good compliment.
Hanson played a awesome mix of old and new songs. They busted out Where's The Love!! lol. They also played Mmmbop, but they play that at every concert. They played my two favorite songs; Lost Without Eachother and Dancin' In The Wind! It was really amazing. They also did a cover of Ain't No Sunshine, which was awesome! Ike sang the lead (having the deepest voice). It was so good.. that I think even Drew would postpone the death sentance he's set for them just a little longer if I asked..lol. It was just amazing.
Juli decorated a little sippy cup for Taylor's son, Ezra. It was really cute ^^. She was going to wait after the show (we were gonna wait with her of course) to give the sippy cup to Natalie (Taylor's wife). Juli said Hanson takes forever to get out of a concert venue, though, and we were all beat from jumping around.
Oh! One of Juli's friends got to interview them before the concert and take the pictures during the show! She asked Hanson if they could any creature from LOTR, what would they be. Lol.. Zac wanted to be Faramir, Taylor wanted to be Shadowfax *cracks.. funny story behind that..*, and Ike wanted to be Gimli, lol! And she said Ezra ran into the room during their interview crying and yelling for his daddy (awww... cute, adorable, little Ezra). Natalie came in after him and got him, lol.
Well, all in all we had a really awesome time, even if Meg didn't know how to get onto I95 South.. and I became the backseat navagator ><.. Hey, I got us home, so no jokes about how bad my directions are! I know the Center City to Penn's Landing area well enough to know how to get to the highway. Like I said, I got us home. Meg was trying to get onto I95 North. I was like, "NO!! You'll take us to Camden!" lol.
Alright, enough blabbing for me ^^!