say hi to your mom!
Lastnight I picked up Lulu and we headed over to the Make Out Room to catch Say Hi to Your Mom - and they were GREAT! The lead singer's voice reminded me a ton of Conor Oberst's - but their music is different, so it makes it all it's own. They had great stage presence and intensity - I am stoked to get their CD's!UPDATE: View Photos from this show (the ones of the band aren't so good, cuz I was in the back & didn't feel like moving closer. The red light at that bar makes it hard to get good shots, but hey - you get the idea anyway. :)
Unfortunately we missed the opening band, Cloud Cult, and after listening to their CD today - I am extra bummed I missed them! As soon as I walked in I saw Mike (and later Trevor & Dave, too!) of Hijack the Disco, who chastised me for missing them. Darnit! We should be talking about shows more, you guys! :)
Trevor (Hijack's drummer) is the one who turned me on to Kissing Tigers, though, and I love them! I actually discovered them because he posted on myspace about their video So Stay In Love being SO good - and so I watched it & it is great! Check it out here! You also MUST click his name & watch the video he has on the main page of his myspace profile (under "Who I'd like to Meet") - it's hysterical. So anyway I'm stoked because Kissing Tigers is finally coming here (8/10 @ BoTH) & I told Trevor lastnight, and we're all gonna go! woohoo!
OK, so like I said - Say Hi to Your Mom was *really* great - and it was a fun show because not only were the Hijack boys there, but my friend Ali met us there and I saw Deb (who's apparently booking the Make Out Room now - awesome!), Ted, Jake and Tracy!
Funny story about Tracy is that she was at my birthday party last Saturday - but I don't even know her! My friend Ryan had stopped by earlier in the night w/ his friend Becky (of Becky Stark and the Lavender Diamond!) and then apparently later had spoke w/ Tracy & told them to come by here - and they did!
So it was pretty funny because out of nowhere this stranger introduces herself to me at my party & explains how she got there & of course I was like "Sweet! The more the merrier!" Then when I talked to Ryan the next day & told him about it, he said she actually books for the Rickshaw & is really into music, too. And I was like aww man, if I'd known that, I would have talked music with her more! So, ya - it was cool to run into her at this show randomly. I was like "Hey! You were at my party!" hahaaa. This really is such a small town.
