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What’s your idea for a perfect Sunday? How would it differ from a typical Sunday?

I think this probably would have been a better question if posted on a Sunday. But, anyway…

My idea of a perfect Sunday would be to sleep in after having seen a concert the night before (and maybe the night before that as well)  Getting up whenever I felt like it and starting to organize my photos and videos and deciding what I wanted to write my blog about for those shows.

On a typical Sunday either my Aunt comes over for lunch or we go to her house.  On this Sunday – I’d have to be up a bit earlier and I would have to wait until after lunch was over to get started on any blog posts.  Not a huge deal though because I’m sure I would end up procrastinating a bit even on my “perfect” Sunday…

My brush with fame…

Who is the most famous person you’ve ever met, or at least in your mind? Did you get to talk with them?

I think the most famous person I’ve met was John Mayer. We talked about my tshirt lol It was all very quick but very awesome, especially since I had gone in with expectations that he might be a little less than awesome (since he tends to be in the media a lot for his doucheyness)

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What is your favorite sound?

Hanson, or more specifically, Hanson singing acapella in 3 part harmony.  It is amazing.  I posted a video of them doing Change In My Life from when I saw them in Pittsburgh this summer.  No mics, no instruments, just their voices.  You could hear a pin drop and we’d have given them a standing ovation – if we weren’t already standing! 

How I use social media.

Are you constantly checking your Twitter feed? Updating your Facebook status? Writing another blog post? Do you use it to market or meet other people?

I am almost always connected to twitter. I have 5 accounts (yes, 5) and I have my main private account hooked up to echofon so I can see all my friends updates through Firefox when I am working on other things. I’m thinking of starting a business on social media and have already spoken to social media experts on The Marketing Heaven on how to do that. I have 4 apps on my phone for 4 of my 5 accounts so I can keep track of everything when I am on the go. I can even tweet from my TV through my DVD player if I want!

I am sure you want to know what all my accounts are – I have my private account, a public account for replying to celebs, entering contests, etc. I also have a 2nd public account for when I need to spam and re-tweet things a billion times for contests (though I don’t really use this one all that often).  Then both of my fan sites have an account @hansonstage for hansonstage.com and @HSLive for honorsocietylive.com, those I almost exclusively use from the web, but occasionally I will “live tweet” on them from a show or I’ll get bored and check out the feeds on my phone.

I do have a facebook but I do not update my status nearly as much as anyone else (or as much as I update my twitter)  I guess I feel like most people I am friends with on both twitter and facebook so why bother having them read the same things twice? (HUGE petpeeve is people who have their twitter HOOKED UP to their facebook so I see the same exact updates verbatim on both sites. I at least try to switch up my words if I am posting about the same thing on both sites!)  Mainly I use facebook for keeping up with friends and uploading photos – but I think I should start using my gallery on my domain for that instead of facebook – at least then I know I actually *own* everything and know that a photo of mine won’t show up in an ad or something without my permission.

Idol Thoughts!

Well, 2 episodes of Idol have now passed.  We saw NY/NJ auditions on night one and New Orleans, LA on Night 2.  So far, I am enjoying the new judges.  They all seem to have a good chemistry together (except for when Randy gets pissy that he is still the least popular member of the judges panel) and have fun joking around with each other.

My only complaint is that they are all a bit too nice.  Hopefully once we get into the Hollywood rounds they will buckle down a bit – or we’ll be voting on a Top 30 because they couldn’t cut it down enough to a 24 or 12!

Ratings are down a bit – but I think that last season ratings in the beginning were exceptionally high because it was Simon’s last season (Too bad the talent was mediocre at best)  It looks like they have been letting some good singers through, we’ll have to see how they all do under the pressures of Hollywood Week!

And, as always, I spotted someone I “knew” during the auditions.  This year it was Phil Bensen, who I saw open for Push Play a couple years back.  They didn’t show his audition or if he made it through so I guess I will have to keep an eye out for him in Hollywood Week.  (In the past I spotted Bryce from Stealing Jane who I saw open for Hanson twice, Will Huser (sp?) who opened for Aaron Carter, a couple of Hanson fans that I recognized from seeing them at shows, a kid that went to my high school…)

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Is it always better to know the truth, even when it hurts? Or is ignorance bliss? Or are they both true sometimes?

I think it is better to know the truth.  I’d rather not be lied to and continue on being misinformed, because should I find out the truth later on down the line, I think it would hurt that much more.  I can’t really think of an instance when I would rather be lied to to save my feelings.

FREE Music!

The only thing better than music – is free (legal!) music!  And today I have just that for you.  Tony Lucca, one of my favorites since I was in the 5th grade and he was on the Mickey Mouse Club, is offering his newest album “Solo” on Amazon MP3 for FREE!  It contains 11 of what are sure to be fantastic tracks!  (I can’t say for sure though, as mine are still being downloaded ;))

If you are a fan – definitely download this.  If you aren’t sure if you will like him, definitely download it too – I mean, it is FREE so what have you got to lose? NOTHING!  Be sure to let me know what you think of the album in the comments.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004HVG5F2/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_6sMnnb0AA2X7F

I received no compensation for making this post – I simply saw something being offered for free that I thought might be of interest to my readers.

Rock N Roll Fridays

Today we picked The Art Rock Bands.

What is Art Rock? Also known as experimental rock, progressive rock, avant garde and psychedelic rock, is a piece of music that appeals more intellectually or musically and is not formulated along pop lines for mass consumption.

1. YES … AND YOU AND I : “Coins and crosses never know their fruitless worth..”
What inanimate object do you cherish?
My zac doll, even though I havent taken many pictures of him lately he was always in my purse!

2. MOODY BLUES … MELANCHOLY MAN : “Another man is what you’ll see, Who looks like you and looks like me, And yet somehow he will not feel the same, His life caught up in misery, he doesn’t think like you and me…”
When have you felt like an outcast?
Always.

3. EMERSON LAKE & PALMER … THE ENDLESS ENIGMA : “I’ve seen paupers as kings
Puppets on strings, Dance for the children who star. You must have seen them everywhere”
How did you entertain a young child recently?
I havent been around a young child in a while. At least not one that it was my responsibility to keep entertained

4. KING CRIMSON … THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING : “The purple piper plays his tune,
The choir softly sing; Three lullabies in an ancient tongue, For the court of the crimson king…”
Who is your favorite instrumental group or player?
Drums

5. PINK FLOYD … US AND THEM : “I’ve got things on my mind, for want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died…”
Do you give money to beggars?
No.

6. DAVID BOWIE … SPACE ODDITY : “Ground control to Major Tom, Your circuits dead, there’s something wrong, Can you hear me, Major Tom?”
Who were you speaking with the last time you had a dropped the call?
My phone doesn’t drop calls, which is interesting because supposedly my mom’s phone does all the time yet we are on the same plan and therefore same carrier. *shrugs*

7. ROXY MUSIC … OH YEAH : “Day and night drifting into love, Driving you home from a movie show, So in tune to the sounds in my car…”
Do you have a special romantic song you love to listen to in the car?
No

8. VELVET UNDERGROUND … FEMME FATALE : “See the way she walks, Hear the way she talks, You’re put down in her book, You’re number 37, have a look…”
Have you dated a lot of people? (More than 10)
Nope

9. THE NICE … COUNTRY PIE : “Listen to the fiddler play, When he’s playin’ ’til the break of day, Oh me, oh my, Love that country pie.”
What is your favorite kind of pie?
Apple, I guess.

10. FRANK ZAPPA … DON’T YOU EAT THAT YELLOW SNOW : “And the northern lights commenced to glow, And she said, with a tear in her eye, Watch out where the huskies go, and don’t you eat that yellow snow…”
Have you ever eaten snow?
Probably as a child.

11. GENESIS …THROWING IT ALL AWAY : “When there’s nothing that I can say –
we’re throwing it all away…”
What was the last thing you threw away?
I’ve been cleaning my room so a LOT of stuff has been getting thrown out, I can’t remember exactly what the last thing was

12. KATE BUSH …THE DREAMING : “Many an aborigine’s mistaken for a tree, see the light ram through the gaps in the land. You near him on the motorway and the tree began to breathe…”
Have you ever accidentally killed or injured an animal with your car?
YES 🙁 We had a woodchuck or a gopher or groundhog or whatever in our backyard that I had named “fatty” and one day I was driving to school and fatty darted out in front of my car and I ran him over. I called my mom crying and she said to just go to school. I also ran over a squirrel once too. He dropped his nut halfway across the street and ran back to get it and instead ran into my tire.

13. JETHRO TULL … LOCOMOTIVE BREATH : “In the shuffling madness Of the locomotive breath, Runs the all time loser, Headlong to his death…”
Have you ever been in a dangerous situation where you could have been hurt or killed?
Yes… the Drake/Hanson riot comes to mind lol

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What’s the single most important thing you accomplished in 2010? And how do you plan to top it in 2011?

As far as this blog is concerned, the most important thing was going to at least 1 concert a month for the entire year of 2010 (and 2009 before that!)  As well as getting everything posted in a somewhat timely manner. I am not sure that I plan to top that in 2011, but rather, just keep on doing what I’m doing. (And perhaps actually follow through with this challenge to have close to a post every day for the entire year!)  Ideally, I’d like to get reviews posted when I return from the shows that night and pretend I work for a publication that would be publishing it in the next day’s paper, but that isn’t always easy – driving home, another concert the next day to prepare for, etc.

I need a January concert!

I need a concert for January! For the past 2 years I have gone to at least 1 concert a month and I am trying very hard to continue that streak in 2011. However, I can’t seem to find a suitable show for January. (The cheaper and closer to home, the better)

Last night I had considered going to New Jersey to see Ingram Hill and Curtis Peoples. I think the last time I saw Ingram Hill was in New Jersey several years ago at the same venue. However, American Idol started up and I didn’t feel like making the trek to NJ anyway. (Though hopefully I will have a DVR soon so TV shows will not rule my life haha)

Tomorrow the two are performing in NYC but I have a hard time getting to NYC by myself so that probably won’t be happening either. (And there is talk of MORE SNOW!) There are only 11 days left in the month so I have to get my act together.

It looks like I’ll end up in Hamden at The Space checking out Kicking Daisies. I enjoyed them opening for Hanson and it will be nice to see them in their element with their own fans as opposed to the Hanson fans. (Not that I could really see what kind of reaction they were getting since I was in the front row)

I’ve also decided that if said show gets postponed because of the possibility of us getting more snow (though, I hope not) I still get to count it as a January show. I make the rules here… I can do whatever I want haha

If anyone can recommend me any other good shows in January – preferably in Connecticut – I’d be open to consider going to them! (Or if you know of any other good tours passing through the state in the upcoming months!)

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