gossip! the best kind...
I absolutely LOVED the Gossip show lastnight!!!!Ricky G came over here & I made myself a gourmet quicky meal (canned green beans with salt & pepper - and a piece of toast with butter. I should have my own show!). Then he made us up some yummy gimlets before heading out to Bottom of the Hill.
We met up with Jim there - who was supposed to have Lyne w/ him, but she bailed :( - and my good pal Jemmyloo was there with her Mikeman and another friend, too! yay! Jem even had a few drinks in her, which is unusual for water/coke only show-ho jem, but it's good for me cuz that means I get a smooch. haha
The openers were the Roger Sisters - and they were pretty good! The guitarist/vox girl is real pretty - she looks kinda Belinda Carslisleslseslsish (too lazy to spell that right, so THERE!), and they had some pretty good beats. But we were ALL about the Gossip!
I had tried to go see them when they were here last fall, and it was completely sold out. Then, I wanted to see them in January but we had Rick's company holiday party that night... so I was stoked to *finally* see them!
The lead singer of the Gossip has an AWESOME voice, IMO. I wish I could sing like her - and the whole time in the audience I was wanting to belt it out along with her, but knew that people weren't there to hear my crappy voice - so I tried my best to contain myself :)
But the whole show rocked. My favorite song of theirs is Fire Sign - and they played that and I was stoked. They played 2 encore songs, which was preceded by her saying "You guys didn't really think we weren't gonna come back, did you?" But I say honestly she doesn't know SF. I mean, The Gossip is awesome and no doubt they get called up for encores all the time - but SF in general isn't a beg for an encore every time kind of city - so it's a big compliment!!
So, ya - it rocked. The drummer was great (actually the Roger Sisters drummer was *really* great), and we even saw the Gossip drummer afterwards and after I told her she was great/I'm taking lessonsblahblah, she said "you don't need lessons!". Um, actually - *I* do. I'm a retard! haha not really... but these arms and legs need help figuring this stuff out. Help from a professional :) Plus, I'd never do it w/o it. It'd be a different story if I could put a drum kit in my garage or in my living room, but I can't right now - so lessons and a drum pad are it.
I wish Gossip woulda been selling Tshirts - I woulda bought one.
UPDATE @ 7pm. This guy there was wearing this classic kitty sweatshirt. I had to have my photo with him:
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OK, more to blog and photos to post - but I gotta work. Happy Friday peeps!
