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[09 Nov 2008|01:56pm] |
Hotel Cafe Tour! I have to admit, I was a little wary when I heard that it was a mixed tour and not just like two people opening for Rachael, but...that all was changed right quick once the show started. It was awesome. They each got on stage for 2 songs at a time and everyone came out at least twice. So, I mean, Rachael only got to sing 5 songs (she closed the show) but...still. Nothing like seeing six kick ass girls rocking on stage.
This makes it easy on me to remember what order they came on. And, yes, that is all of their signatures, too. Tiff and I are ultimate fans, we get our shit done.
Alice Russell was pretty much awesome. If I had just heard her music and not seen her perform, I would have thought she was like....Aretha Franklin. She had SO much soul in her voice, she could wail on it like no one's business. Of course I told her that when I met her and she laughed. Story about her black eye. Apparently the guitarist Jason had her over his shoulder and was spinning her and somehow dropped her on her face. Ha, its alright she was tough and Jason got his in the end. (note the bandage on his pinky. more about that later)
Next up was Jaymay. She was pretty good. Some of her lyrics were annoyingly rhyming, but thats alright. Her song "tragedy" pretty much kicked ass. And, hello, she looks like a young Cate Blanchett. Dont believe me? Google pictures of the both of them and tell me I am wrong! She was totally sweet and thanked us for coming and enjoying the show. Hey, what can I say? I dig chicks with guitars who are pissed off and that is EXACTLY what this entire show consisted of.
Meiko was up next and might I just tell you what a hard on I had for that girl? She was adorable on stage. Her body language and just the way she performed was so...well it said a lot and I adored it. And her hands? Sexy. Her eyeshadow was awesome, haha, and matched her bra. I really liked a lot of her stuff, too. But after the show she just seemed like she didnt want to be there, she seemed annoyed, and kind of stuck up. All that aside, yes, I would still do naughty things to her. :]
Kate Havnevik was the weirdest of the group. Alot of her mannerisms and how she moved her mouth reminded me of Tori Amos, which is funny because after the show whilst schmoozing her, she said that one time Tori had kicked a guy out of her show for talking through it and she wished she could have done that last night. (the crowd was SO fucking loud all night. We were right by the stage, like 2 feet from the performers, literally, and could hear them talking over the music). She said she didnt want to say anything though because she wasnt sure how the crowd would react. I was like "You should have said something and I would have dragged them out myself" and she laughed and said next time she would remember that. I told her if she just wanted me to come along with her and kick people out for her, I would be more than happy to, haha. She was really sweet, even if her stuff tripped me out. It was definitely different, thats for sure. She reminded me of a delightful mix of Tori and Regina Spektor and she smelled awesome. Dont ask me why I look scared out of my mind in my picture with her. She was really friendly.
Thao Nguyen is my rocker chick hero. She was bouncing around and head banging and just getting so into her music that it made my head spin. She was funny as hell, too. When she came out the second time, she was after Rachael and she was all "What did Rachael say we do on the bus??" (she had said they have pillow fights and do other stuff....after calling them all feisty pieces of ass, haha) and Thao was all "Did she say we tickle each other and stuff?" then laughed and was all "Thank you all for coming. After the show were going to mingle and stuff and give each other hickies". She was awesome. She was most adorable when I told her if I was a rockstar, Id be just like her, haha. She was all "if I was a rockstar, Id be someone else". She was so sweet. Definitely has a lot of talent.
As much as I adored the other girls, I was so freaking happy to see Rachy finally take the stage. She started out with Be Be your love then moved to Faster. Before she played Faster, she dropped her pick and decided to play with just her fingers. We came to find out later she had been putting her picks in her bra because she didnt have any pockets. Hotness, haha. When she came out the second time, she went into Elephants then moved into Sunday Afternoon where she totally rocked it of course. After that, Thao came on for the second time then Rachy came back to close the show with The Reason Why. All in all it was pretty incredible. Even if it was only 5 songs, I think I turned Tiff and Mandy into Rachael lovers even more because, lets face it, there is nothing like live music and she just...kicks it. She was born to be live.
Ha, after the show, we went up to Rachael to talk to her/get autographs/pictures and I of course started schmoozing. Mandy was convinced Rachael would remember me and I said there was no way in Hell. (she didnt, but thats okay). Right off the bat she mentioned how she had seen me singing to everything and she was like "it was awesome, you knew it all". I mentioned how I had seen her three times before with Mandy and how when she does Elephants acapella there is nothing like it in the world. Then Tiff mentioned we went to see Sara and I was like "Oh, yeah, she was great. I told her she should work with Mandy. I figured she knows you and you know Mandy, so I think you should all three just get together and make a super hit. It would be too much talent for the world to handle, their heads would explode" and she just laughed and nodded and said I was probably right. And then I said it was cool how she thanked both Mandy and Sara on her album and shes like "well, yeah, they are so great, Ive known them for a while" and I was like "how can you not get inspiration from them, right?" and she was all nods and smiles. She was completely drunk, but thats our Rachy. We took a few pictures and she thanked us for coming and everything. Before we walked away I stepped up and shook her hand and was like "Enjoy the rest of the tour" and shes all "Thanks, girlfriend" winks at me, haha. She is so freaking sweet.
And now that Jason dude. He was like the master of ceremonies/guitarist for them all. I guess earlier in the day he had smashed his pinky in a door and was still in pain. He kept asking people for drugs, haha. Finally someone gave him some perciset (or however you spell it) and he was like, Hell yes. He was so sweet. In the middle of the two halves, he was like, lets do a group stretch! So he lead it and then he was like "Hug the person next to you" and then stepped to the edge of the stage and hugged Tiffany. Both Mandy and Tiff have a HUGE crush on him, haha. He has a girlfriend, though. He was talking to her when we ran into him outside and while he signed Tiffs paper, hes all "Say hi to my girlfriend!" so we were all "HI! Your boyfriend rocks" haha. He was really sweet.
Anyway, I think that about sums it up. It was an amazing show. I was literally 2 feet away from all performers. Like, had I reached out, I could have stroked all of their legs as they sang. I didnt want to be a creep, though. Lets hope Mandy never comes there....I may get arrested....
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