introducing miss rachael yamagata
i went to the hotel cafe tour 2006 at meridian houston. here's the story followed by a part two!
i did my first solo concert viewing tonight and boy it was fucking amazing. i went for rachael yamagata. what i got was an insanely talented group of people on the Hotel Cafe Tour including Cary Brothers, Joshua Radin, Jonaah Matranga, Tristan Prettyman, Jim Bianco, Sara Bareilles. it lasted from 8-12am. yeah. they got seriously trashed and it was "wow." they took turns singing, sang with each other, did covers like "cecelia" and "kiss" by prince. some drunk happenstances included jim falling off the piano bench and rachael straddling him as an effect, sara knocking the keyboard off its stand ( i have video footage of both lol ask me for it)... they made a line off the stage and into the middle of the crowd to do a killer rock out. yeahhhh.
about rachael. she came on and these assholes were talking so loud, she called them out... then she noticed the guy was cute and throughout the song she was just giggling and making comments-- it was amazing. i uploaded the video on to youtube at the bottom here if you're interested. i highly recommend it. but yeah. she rocks my world. i got to chat with her after and get a picture and shit. she's just intoxicating. i'm PLANNING on going to austin tomorrow to see her-- she said she wants to see me there-- and hopefully i can. i still don't have a car so yeah. *crosses fingers and hopes on getting a chance for some delicious rachael-possibilities!!!
anyway, words can't describe this concert. probably the best i have been to. but yeah. rock on. i love music and this is the tour i want to have one day. godddd to be on that tour must be so awesome for them. i'll put the picture up of me and rachael-- the damn guy wouldn't take another and it's all dark though :( next time. watch miss sexy hit on the guy that's not me :(
ok, so as you know, rachael said she wanted to see me at the austin show, the day after houston (this was tonight-- or yesterday now). soooo i went. the crowd was not nearly as crazy and they weren't as drunk but it was definitely sold out so that was awesome for them.
i caught up with rachael-- she gave me a big hug and said "i'm so glad you could make it-- how are you?!" "well, i just spilled my drink down my pants over there." "hahaha dude, well i have spilled two drinks tonight... cheers" and proceeded to tell me about how and such. i ended up saying something like "so this place is non-smoking-- what the hell's that about?" "i know-- i've been sneaking them in the back and got caught so i pleaded ignorance but they're catching on." "go in the bathroom and play it all school girl then!" what else, what else.
anyway, i ended up saying i brought a camera this time and she said yay and i said we could take it later so she went backstage again and continued with the show etc. etc. i ended up being in the most killer spot-- right up front again, but by rachael's main part i was all the way up. after this i went back again side stage and said in a british accent, "i do believe you owe me a photo, miss." and then she replied in a british accent, "yes, i do believe i do owe you some photographs-- yes quite a few." so we had someone take our pic and we started chatting again-- i said i had been planning on going to the dallas show tomorrow (mind you, i meant instead of austin) and she goes "well how about i get you on the guest list?" "sure!" "that's so far though-- are you sure you can come see me?" "yeah, it's no problem-- i used to live there so..." "ok, well i'm gonna go get a pen and paper-- i'll be right back."
she came back with it and asked my info and i said, "you better remember, missy, cos i'm toast if you don't" then she looks at me and says, "i'm giving you my phone number-- i never give people it but yeah... i never pick it up but... call me if you have trouble getting in, ok? try to keep it to yourself, ok? i never do this!" "our secret. well i shall see you tomorrow!" "i'll see you tomorrow!" she gave me a big hug and a huge smacker on the cheek! hahah! it was funny. but FUCK YEAH. it wasn't in the "come do me way" with the number but maybe it'll turn into that hahah. i'm pretty sure she's straight though. nevertheless it'd be awesome to get to know her-- maybe i can play with her some time in the future (don't think dirty, bastards).
i did my first solo concert viewing tonight and boy it was fucking amazing. i went for rachael yamagata. what i got was an insanely talented group of people on the Hotel Cafe Tour including Cary Brothers, Joshua Radin, Jonaah Matranga, Tristan Prettyman, Jim Bianco, Sara Bareilles. it lasted from 8-12am. yeah. they got seriously trashed and it was "wow." they took turns singing, sang with each other, did covers like "cecelia" and "kiss" by prince. some drunk happenstances included jim falling off the piano bench and rachael straddling him as an effect, sara knocking the keyboard off its stand ( i have video footage of both lol ask me for it)... they made a line off the stage and into the middle of the crowd to do a killer rock out. yeahhhh.
about rachael. she came on and these assholes were talking so loud, she called them out... then she noticed the guy was cute and throughout the song she was just giggling and making comments-- it was amazing. i uploaded the video on to youtube at the bottom here if you're interested. i highly recommend it. but yeah. she rocks my world. i got to chat with her after and get a picture and shit. she's just intoxicating. i'm PLANNING on going to austin tomorrow to see her-- she said she wants to see me there-- and hopefully i can. i still don't have a car so yeah. *crosses fingers and hopes on getting a chance for some delicious rachael-possibilities!!!
anyway, words can't describe this concert. probably the best i have been to. but yeah. rock on. i love music and this is the tour i want to have one day. godddd to be on that tour must be so awesome for them. i'll put the picture up of me and rachael-- the damn guy wouldn't take another and it's all dark though :( next time. watch miss sexy hit on the guy that's not me :(
ok, so as you know, rachael said she wanted to see me at the austin show, the day after houston (this was tonight-- or yesterday now). soooo i went. the crowd was not nearly as crazy and they weren't as drunk but it was definitely sold out so that was awesome for them.
i caught up with rachael-- she gave me a big hug and said "i'm so glad you could make it-- how are you?!" "well, i just spilled my drink down my pants over there." "hahaha dude, well i have spilled two drinks tonight... cheers" and proceeded to tell me about how and such. i ended up saying something like "so this place is non-smoking-- what the hell's that about?" "i know-- i've been sneaking them in the back and got caught so i pleaded ignorance but they're catching on." "go in the bathroom and play it all school girl then!" what else, what else.
anyway, i ended up saying i brought a camera this time and she said yay and i said we could take it later so she went backstage again and continued with the show etc. etc. i ended up being in the most killer spot-- right up front again, but by rachael's main part i was all the way up. after this i went back again side stage and said in a british accent, "i do believe you owe me a photo, miss." and then she replied in a british accent, "yes, i do believe i do owe you some photographs-- yes quite a few." so we had someone take our pic and we started chatting again-- i said i had been planning on going to the dallas show tomorrow (mind you, i meant instead of austin) and she goes "well how about i get you on the guest list?" "sure!" "that's so far though-- are you sure you can come see me?" "yeah, it's no problem-- i used to live there so..." "ok, well i'm gonna go get a pen and paper-- i'll be right back."
she came back with it and asked my info and i said, "you better remember, missy, cos i'm toast if you don't" then she looks at me and says, "i'm giving you my phone number-- i never give people it but yeah... i never pick it up but... call me if you have trouble getting in, ok? try to keep it to yourself, ok? i never do this!" "our secret. well i shall see you tomorrow!" "i'll see you tomorrow!" she gave me a big hug and a huge smacker on the cheek! hahah! it was funny. but FUCK YEAH. it wasn't in the "come do me way" with the number but maybe it'll turn into that hahah. i'm pretty sure she's straight though. nevertheless it'd be awesome to get to know her-- maybe i can play with her some time in the future (don't think dirty, bastards).