My wonderful friend A got us on the guest list for Metric at Stubbs tonight.  I think we may even be able to watch from the VIP area! So I should be able to actually see them!

I didn’t mind so much not being able to see Band of Horses very well last Wednesday, since the sound was great and I’ve seen them live two times before from great seats.  But this is my first time to see Metric, even though I’ve been a fan for about 5 years now.

It’s strange that this is my second concert in a week’s time.  There are usually months between concerts I attend.

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Madi Diaz, “Burn.”

She opened for A Fine Frenzy/Joshua Radin last night and I love her sound.  My pal and I left before Joshua Radin came on — we felt that with Madi Diaz plus A Fine Frenzy, we already got our money’s worth.

Plus, it was already 10 o’clock, and A Fine Frenzy’s show was such an emotional rollercoaster (in the best way possible) that we were both exhausted.  Also, neither of us is crazy about Radin’s drowsy tunes.

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These performers spend lots of time and energy to be on that stage and it is incredibly rude to try to talk over their performance. It is inconsiderate of their hard work and it is inconsiderate of your fellow partrons. Perhaps dropping $30 to talk through a show at Stubb’s is nothing to you but to someone working a minimum wage job, they had to work 4 hours to earn the money for that ticket and you’re ruining the show for them.
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Austin City Limits - ACL Marathon Weekend Recap: 5 bands, 5 tapings, 5 days

I took the day off work yesterday to attend Gomez’s afternoon ACL taping.  It was as wonderful as I hoped, even if they didn’t play “Girlshapedlovedrug.”

My Gomez live performance count is now at: 4.  This was the first time I’ve seen them without my friend G, but she couldn’t miss work, sadface.  Instead I took my friend K (Gomez newbie!), along with my pastor/friend J and his friend visiting from out of town.  They all enjoyed it!

Where I was last night (photo by Chad Wadsworth, via austinist.com). From the thank you note I sent the wonderful person who gave me free tickets to Crowded House last night: THANK YOU SO MUCH! I don’t know if you saw my tweet, but as my friend K. and I were walking to the entrance, the drummer walked out of the bus and asked a couple nearby if they had any requests. They said, oh whatever, we love everything. And I told him, I have a request: Weather with You. And he said he’d see what they could do, and THEY PLAYED IT. P.S. No, I don’t think they played the song just b/c I requested it, but whatever: it was played.
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Where I was last night (photo by Chad Wadsworth, via austinist.com).

From the thank you note I sent the wonderful person who gave me free tickets to Crowded House last night:

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I don’t know if you saw my tweet, but as my friend K. and I were walking to the entrance, the drummer walked out of the bus and asked a couple nearby if they had any requests. They said, oh whatever, we love everything. And I told him, I have a request: Weather with You. And he said he’d see what they could do, and THEY PLAYED IT.

P.S. No, I don’t think they played the song just b/c I requested it, but whatever: it was played.

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