7 posts tagged “kroq”

Not my ideal lineup. Considering how much Leah got for her tix last year (paid approx $150 for 2; sold them for $800 or $1,000 - I don't remember which) I might try to get tix anyway. But, for myself, I'm waiting for the Night 2 announcement. I had a blast last year!!!

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas
Night 1
Sat, Dec 8
Gibson Amphitheater (Universal CityWalk)

Lineup:

• Linkin Park
• Angels & Airwaves
• Avenge Sevenfold
• Bad Religion
• Paramore
• Rise Against
• Serj Tankian

Keep listening to KROQ and check back to kroq.com for ticket on-sale info. Listen Wednesday morning at 7:15 for details on Night Two. If you're not already a KROQ Street Team member, sign up now for free, and watch your email for exclusive info.

I'm still too lazy/tired to do a proper writeup. I'm just gonna post pieces/parts for now and (maybe) edit in details later.

Night 2 (December 10, 2006), Gibson (Universal) Amphitheater with Adrian. Loge, Section 22 (extreme right), Row N, Seats 105 & 106.

Adrian was a great cohort, as I knew he would be. He paid for parking and most of my alcohol (leaving me money to buy a shirt!!). But I still really wish Castilo could have been there - he would have loved it.

Without a doubt, the concert of a lifetime. Rotating stage = Non-stop bands and nothing but hits for 6.5 hrs!

5:00pm She Wants Revenge

5:30pm Snow Patrol

6:00pm Gnarls Barkley

sound was off. voice too high for human ears. couldn't tell what he was talking about most of the time.

6:35pm Angels & Airwaves

(3 parts of video - need to combine)

7:10pm Panic! at the Disco

7:45pm Evanescense

and then the phone battery died

I fell in love the song "Good Enough".

8:25pm The Raconteurs

standing only for the rest of the show

9:00pm Beck

started with the puppets

9:45pm The Killers

amazing

10:40pm Foo Fighters

started their set acoustic. dave did "everlong" alone... stage lights came up as song was ending, band gone, stage rotates, band amped, dave switched guitars, finished the song (and the concert) plugged in

After the concert - which was AMAZING (more later), at Mel's Diner in Hollywood (before he ordered - SO rude to bother people while they're eating!) we met Brandon Flowers of the Killers. Mark Stoermer was there too (they came in separately, a long time apart & with different people, and didn't acknowledge each other - odd) but I only bothered Brandon. He was very shy/quiet.

I couldn't help thinking that if we stuck around longer (it was about 1am) the Foo Fighters would have shown up too (the Killers were 2nd to last band, Foo Fighters were last).

I had a not so great night at S Factor on Thurs. Not bad... just crappy on the pole tricks (again!). Warmup was a little weak for me - because I'd been out for 3 weeks and my lungs are apparently still weak from the bronchitis last week. I swear, there were parts where I just wanted to roll over and sleep. The teacher wanted me to share my "I had more great sex" stories during the abs work, as a distraction, but I didn't have the energy.

The G-String removal went faaaaaar better than I expected (for the record, we wear something under, and over, the g-string - no nudity). What an easy trick that turned out to be! I can't imagine that I'll ever have cause to do it again... but who knows?!? I think we're supposed to combine all the strip moves next week... button-down shirt, bottoms, tank-top (in place of taking off our bras) and G-string... leaving us in bras & panties. I never thought I'd see the day I'd wander a dance studio in my undies, along with a bunch of other women in their undies, and think nothing of it.... but I have.

I managed a 1-handed FireFly (Firefly is a basic pole spin) for the first time (on both sides), and the 1-leg FireFly (though it was not at all graceful). The Half Pint (backward spin) went okay (as opposed to the Ballerina [too hard to describe] which I HATE anyway) and my pole backbend still kicks everyone else's ass!! I gave up on the Tinkerbell (aka: no legs FireFly), the Pole Climb (I got onto the pole but couldn't move anywhere), and that stupid "Peter Pan" move (hands only, legs in a V around, but not touching, the pole) - which has kicked my ass since the first time I tried it.

But S Factor is so much more than the workout. I have a hard time explaining it but thought this 41-yr old/married/mother/student letter, in today's Global S newsletter, did a good job:

For some reason, since joining S Factor everything in my life that is important to me has become magnified in a way that has made me want to do it all better.  S Factor has brought out something inside of me that I forgot was there and is blossoming and changing all aspects of my life for the best.  I have been exploring new career fields (it is so time for a change), working out and losing weight (yay!), spending more time with my family etc. Listening to music has even become a different event. I have always loved music but it all has brand new meaning now.  It's like I have these rainbow glasses on and I'm never taking them off! 

I know all of the S Factor women know exactly what I'm talking about when I say that the music, the dancing, the fitness, the pole tricks are all just icing on the cake.  I hope so many women everywhere that are afraid or skeptical for one reason or another has a chance to hear you explain it because S Factor is different from anything they'll ever experience or have the opportunity to be a part of.  I often feel frustrated when I start to explain and get that "Oh, the pole dancing thing" response.  I want to shout it from the rooftops to any woman who will listen because every woman should have a place in their life like this.  It is the best feeling to be able to walk through the doors and leave the past week outside.  I love that we are encouraged to let it all go and, no matter what is hanging on my mind or in my heart, I am able to quiet it for those precious two hours every Sunday and rejuvenate my soul.  That is exactly what it does for me. S Factor is a place of courage and strength, a place of beauty, light and enlightenment.  It is filled with the most incredible women of all different ages and strengths."

S Factor workshops are coming to Sacramento, San Diego and Houston! More info the website.

In other news:

The plans for Miss Kitty's tonight appear to be falling apart. Kim got trashed last night and is opting to stay home and houseclean for a get-together she's hosting Sat night. Knicky tried to call me earlier today and is probably cancelling. Cezar said she's still meeting me. Maybe we'll get to play Twister... MK's sometimes features the best games of Twister ever ("right hand breast!").

Or maybe not... Knicky just called and confirmed they're still planning to go tonight. He was worried about what to wear - which cracks me up as the "dress code" for guys at Miss Kitty's ranges from a speedo+sneakers to fully customized fetish gear. I told him the rest of us will be in jeans and T shirts.

With Kim cancelling, I won't have to drive her home in the morn and should have no prob seeing my chiropractor before 11:45 (his closing time on Sat). I am waaaay overdue for an adjustment. My ribs & wrist are both messed up, he sometimes helps my bad knee (it scares me that my R knee, which I used to consdier "the bad one" now seems 100% fine due to the severity of the probs with the L one!), and will no doubt cure a pinched nerve which suddenly - and randomly - starting affecting my back 2 days ago. I'm falling apart, I tell you... many pieces at a time.

For the rest of the weekend: Maybe some "toy" shopping at The Crypt (which I cannot believe does not have a website). Then Kim's party. Then the KROQ ALMOST ACOUSTIC CHRISTMAS - which will be simulcast on the website!! (Man, this better live up to expectations!!)

Love you, Voxers. I hope everyone has a good weekend!!

Then I took a mental chill pill.

It took a couple hours but I finally became an adult again last night. I decided to ignore my ever-present low self esteem issues and trust "C" (which has, so far, proven to be the wisest choice), the Universe, and my "better" instincts. I know that all things usually happy for the best so I decided to work with what I felt.

I txt msg'd my 2nd choice, Adrian, around 6pm and asked if he'd be in town and available Sun night. Props to him: He responded "Yes" without even asking why I wanted to know.

Then I debated - a LOT - about whether or not to contact C. On one hand, I didn't want to seem desperate. On the other, I was desperate and am not a fan of acting one way when I feel another (even if "conventional wisdom" says it's the better move. It's too "playing games" for me). I thought, maybe C didn't realize I was offering the ticket for free, or maybe he was 2nd guessing my expectations... or, or, or....

Rather than 2nd guess myself to death, I decided to txt him. After about 10 tries (because my cell phone apparently deletes entire messages - never to be recovered - if CLR is hit twice in rapid succession) I finally managed the following:

Are you absolutely SURE you can't go? I got the extra ticket specifically for you - because I thought you'd enjoy it and be good company. I hate the idea of going to my (distant) 2nd choice.

Then I called Adrian and told him why I was looking for him on Sunday. He was thrilled - despite the fight we both know he's probably going to end up having with his boyfriend about it. Adrian was very much okay with being my "standby" option (only going if C doesn't change his mind) and thought it might even lessen the severity of the fight with his boyfriend. I told him there was a 90% chance he'd be going and we agreed that I'll call him on Friday on confirm the outcome.

Later in the evening, C called (I had convinced myself I'd get a terse txt msg or nothing) and sounded sincerely sorry about not being able to go to the show. Whoa. (Might he actually enjoy my company too?!??) He still didn't divulge his conflicting committment - and I didn't ask. He offered to "make it up" to me by visiting tonight - because he'll be in my area for something (again, didn't say what). I would like to think that meant meeting for drinks or some other "social" activity but I'm fairly certain that's not his intention (which is still okay). So, because the "red menance" is still around, and because my house is too freakin cold to give him a gooood massage (with happy ending!!), meeting tonight will probably get cancelled.

I feel about a gazillion times better. I'm VERY glad I put aside my issues and went with my instincts to contact C - telling him I wanted him there instead of giving up without a fight. I am very happilly suprised that it didn't end poorly. Adrian and I will probably have an excellent time at the concert (so long as I remember to limit his alcohol intake). And, instead of being feeling rejected by ALL men, I now know I am accepted by two. Damn good outcome.

I can't believe it... I was actually listening at the right moment. I got 2 tix to KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Night 2 this Sunday (4pm)!!! And it's okay that it cost a small fortune cause profits go to charity.

I ended up with extreme right Loge level. A coworker got even better seats (orchestra) for Night 1... bitch (especially since she only knew about them going on sale because I told her). But it's okay - cause she really wants to be at night 2.

Tickets were COMPLETELY gone in less than 20 min - though I'm sure the station will be giving them (and pit passes) away all week. Yup... just announced... pit + backstage passes being given away every hour on the hour all week.

Night 1 Lineup:

• Foo Fighters
• AFI
• Incubus
• My Chemical Romance
• Fallout Boy
• Papa Roach
• 30 Seconds to Mars
• +44
• Wolfmother
• Saosin

Night 2 Lineup:

• Foo Fighters
• The Killers
• Beck
• The Raconteurs
• Evanescence
• Panic! at the Disco
• Angels and Airwaves
• Gnarls Barkley
• Snow Patrol
• She Wants Revenge

Who's the hardest person to shop for on your holiday list?

Add me to the list of people who say the answer to this is ME. The problem is that I want gifts that are actually thought out, not something that just looked cute & convenient. A few people have "gotten" my taste but, for the most part, I tend to think most material gifts are lame and instantly put them into the "give to charity" pile.

Most things for which I have a longing are intangible. So, if someone really feels a need to give me a gift, I would prefer that they simply make a donation to a charity - whether in my name or their own.

[UPDATE, 11/30, noon] - EXCEPT I would really like 2 tix, even just 1 ticket, to Night 2 of the KROQ Almost Accoustic Christmas next weekend. I really want to go to Night 2!! Waiting for the tix to go on sale is driving me nuts. #1 - because I won't recognize the Foo Fighters song when in plays (ticket sale time is not being announced - it's being coordinated to a specific song being played in its entirety). #2 - because I probably won't be listening at the moment it's played and will be screwed because everyone knows the entire show sells out in under 5 min.