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Tim Urban Torrington High School

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Tim Urban recently tweeted that he was going to be performing at a high school in Connecticut with someone to contact for more information.  I contacted Brittany, one of the students in charge of the event and she offered to hold a ticket for me. Originally the show was supposed to be on Saturday evening, but we got a pretty big snow storm Friday night in to Saturday afternoon so the show got moved to Sunday afternoon instead.

I got to the high school early and was able to go in and see part of rehearsal. Tim was rehearsing with Brittany and her sister Jennifer and then Brittany and Jennifer did a song alone and then left the stage.  I got a spot in the 4th row for the show and waited for 1pm to roll around for the show to start.

Tim came out first and said he was introducing Brittany and Jennifer, who sang Adele’s Crazy For You.  Then they did a trio with Tim and sang Disturbia.  Then it was time for just Tim.

I have to say, Tim was hilarious and it was a really fun show because he interacted with the crowd (even though he really couldn’t see us due to the bright spotlight.)  He played a lot longer than I thought he would and although he only did 1 original song (which will be on his album which he said should be out soon) it was a great set and I was thoroughly entertained.  If you weren’t a fan of his during idol, check him out again if you get the chance because I definitely think he will win you over.

He talked a lot in between songs, about how he was from LA and doesn’t see snow a lot so the amount of snow we got was “crazy”, but we probably think it is nothing.  And how he is from Texas and Washington so he says “Y’all guys” which is a combo of y’all and you guys.  He also mentioned that Simon was mean, Randy was weird, he didn’t know anything that Kara said to him and that he liked Ellen and she hugged him…  He screwed up the chords during Daughters… which I think I have on video and will be posting soon.  He was just a lot of fun and at times it was more like we were just hanging out than watching a show.

I have a bunch of videos to go through that I’ll hopefully be posting soon so keep an eye out for that! (Either later today or in the next few days!)

Setlist under the cut!

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Matt Nathanson All Night Noise Tour 2012

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This concert review should be subtitled… the time I completely misjudged the popularity of Matt Nathanson. I don’t know that I would call myself a “fan” of Matt – I like his stuff when I hear it on the radio or in movies but I don’t actively listen to him.  When I saw he was playing the Wolf’s Den on a Friday I figured – what the heck – it’s a free show I’ll check him out.  And apparently I was not the only one with that idea as when I showed up (later than I had wanted due to being stuck at work) the Wolf’s Den was full and the people around the outer perimeter were already about 5 deep. (And any of you who have never seen this venue are like “whaa?” and I’m not even sure I can explain.)

I believe this was his first show of the All Night Noise tour which he is doing kind of woven in with his opening dates with Kelly Clarkson. Definitely check out his tour dates because they are kind of wild. (But you’ll probably want to see the All Night Noise tour since he’ll play a longer set. Unless you like Kelly too then of course you’ll see two great sets but Matt’s will be much shorter. Can you tell I am writing this in desperate need of sleep?)

I waited out the 45 minutes for the show to start playing Viva Monopoly and got in the bonus round like 8 times but never won more than $9 each bonus.  I opted to move to a Press Your Luck game once the show started because it was facing the stage but I quickly realized that I needed to make a choice – see and play or hear and not play.  I missed the titles of the first 2 songs during this inner debate. (So if you know what they were, please post!)

I walked around a bit trying to find a decent spot but for me decent means able to lean on something and I had no luck. I went to the back and took some photos of the screen so I’d have proof at least that I was there. Then I found a spot where I could hear relatively well (if the people surrounding me were not having shouty conversations with one another) and kind of sort of see the screen depending on how I wiggled.  So I stayed there most of the night. (Until near the end when I almost won my money back on Lord of the Rings but then lost it all. Bummer. Although $20 lasting an hour an a half is a new record for me I think!)

Matt was enjoyable and someone I’d definitely go see again (and it is a bummer that he did not open for Kelly Clarkson last week!)  He was amusing as well. Even threw in ‘You make my heart beat faster – like a wolf!’ and said that it was one of the weirdest shows he has ever played.  Unfortunately when he was talking was also when the chatty cathy’s around me started up so I was unable to hear as much banter as I would have liked (banter is my favorite).  He also introduced Bottom of the Sea as a song to reclaim the bottom of the ocean from the crabs because he thought that the song under the sea was wrong… singing it’s better down where it’s wetter – by a CRAB. ha.

Anyway, I definitely think Matt has a decent fan base here in Connecticut (and surrounding areas) and would love to see him again if he is playing somewhere that holds more than 150-200 people! (Although I’m not sure how many would still come out if it wasn’t a free show but I’d like to find out!)

 

To the Beat of our Noisy Hearts
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Modern Love

Still
Laid
Detroit Waves
Bottom of the Sea
Little Red Corvette (prince)
Fall To Pieces
I Saw
Car Crash
Gone
Kiss Quick
I Want Candy / Faith / Faster
Run
Room At the End of the World
Come On Get Higher

Book Review

Book Review: Pretty Little Liars #9 and 10

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Just when we thought that Rosewood had seen the last of A… she’s back, bitches! With the success of the book series and television show, Sara Shepard decided she would write 4 MORE books for the series!  In July, #9 Twisted was release and earlier this month #10, Ruthless was released.

At first I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read more as I was happy with the story of the first 8 books.  Then I read a preview for book #9 and was hooked!   I’m going to try to review the books without giving too much away, so bear with me if I am really vague at some points (or if I accidentally give something away from one of the earlier books).

The book starts with a flashback of the girls taking a trip to Jamaica where they meet a girl named Tabitha who they are convinced is their friend Ali that disappeared.  Of course, the Pretty Little Liars can’t go anywhere without drama, so there is certainly some drama on their trip.

A couple of new characters are thrown in the mix – Kelsey who Spencer meets at a college program over the summer and Klaudia a foreign exchange student staying with the Kahn’s (Aria’s boyfriends family).  Also – Hanna’s dad is running for political office and so his opponent and family are added to the storyline as well.

When new messages start coming from A – they wonder if Ali is still alive or if there is someone new tormenting them.  They can not figure out who the person is, but it seems that she knows ALL of their secrets.  At the end of book 10, they think they have it all figured out, but realize that they don’t have a clue.  They also find out some new information with the storyline and I can not wait for books 11 and 12!

I also have to say – don’t worry about reading 9 or 10 and being left with a crazy cliff hanger – while you will want to keep reading, it doesn’t end with such suspense that you won’t be able to make it until the next books are released. 🙂  #11 is due out in June of 2012

Book Review

Book Review: Tales of Beedle the Bard / Fantastic Beasts

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Since my Nook is about to be upgraded (or hopefully will already be upgraded by the time you read this!) I have been going through to make sure I’ve read all (most) of the books that I have on there.  Two of the books are Harry Potter Related, supplemental material that JK Rowling had written and decided to release.  (I think there is at least one more I still need to try and read – Quidditch Through the Ages)

The first one I read was Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.  I have to say, I can see why Ron and Harry were always so annoyed with their classes.  The book is a bit on the boring side 😉  However, the book that YOU get to read was actually Harry’s book (borrowed by Ron) so they have written in little notes here and there. If you’ve read all the books (or even just seen all the movies) this is a short book and I think you’ll find the side notes from Ron and Harry quite funny.

The second one was The Tales of Beedle the Bard which is translated by Hermione Granger and extensive commentary from Dumbledore.  Since the book is written for wizards and not muggles who have ended up reading it due to Harry Potter, there are some notes in there to help you figure out what everything means.  Since us muggles don’t know anything about the wizarding world, it makes it a bit easier to follow along! 😉

These books are both rather short and as they are geared towards the younger crowd, aren’t too difficult to knock out in an hour or so (my favorites!)  If you are a fan of Harry Potter in any capacity, but definitely if you have read the series,   think that you will enjoy these books!

 

I was not asked to write this review, I just read and enjoyed the books and decided to share!

American Idol

THIS! Is American Idol

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It’s finally here! American Idol is back! I am so excited.  Episode 1 brought us 2 hours of auditions from Savannah, GA and Episode 2 had 1 hour from Pittsburgh, PA, the first time auditions had ever gone to Pittsburgh. (I love all those bridges.)  It also brought us some stickers on Get Glue!  It turned out I forgot to check in for the “coming soon” sticker, but it gave it to me anyway along with a whole slew of others on the first night and a Pittsburgh sticker for night 2.

Right now, like most of the viewers, I am on team Phillip Phillips. (And you thought Aaron Kelly’s mom being Kelly Kelly was funny – at least she married in to the name!)  Of course, I expect myself to find multiple other favorites throughout the audition process but for now he is the one.  So much so in fact, night #2 just seemed kind of blah in comparison to him closing out #1.  (Let’s just hope he lives up to the hype too – I know a lot of times I think that contestants will really be going places but they fizzle out in Hollywood rounds)

Some others that I thought were pretty good were… from Night #1 – David Leathers, Shannon Magrane, Amy Brumfield, Stephanie Renae, Schuler Dixon (though I am not in to her brother and I don’t like that he was able to audition and make it through without having registered or anything!) and of course Phillip Phillips. (Did you notice his Dad was Phillip Phillips Sr?)

From night #2 some names I wrote down were… Samantha Novacek, Travis Orlando, Emma Van Pelt (was that her first name?) and Hallie Day.

I am trying to pick some sort of schedule for posting and for the most part I will try to post my thoughts on Fridays.  HOWEVER, I was a bit slow on scheduling out my months so some fridays already have previous obligations locked in. So don’t be surprised if they show up on Saturdays and Sundays as well. (Not to mention things might get shifted if I can’t watch live due to being at other concerts, etc!)  But I will be trying real hard to post at least something about all the episodes somewhere around once a week.  (I’m also going to be trying to blog about The Voice so that’s a LOT of TV watching and sometimes re-watching and note taking and blogging – but I am up to the challenge!)

The next episode will be on special on Sunday after the big game!  As if my Sunday nights were not busy enough with TV watching 😉

 

Giveaway

Pimp My Cube Contest

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This post brought to you by Contest Factory. All opinions are 100% mine.

Pimp My Cube Contest is searching for the worst, most pathetic and messy cubicles or offices! That includes offices that may have bad furniture, old technology… ones that are messy, unorganized, noisy, dirty, dark… or anything else that makes it not the best place to be working. (My office just got new furniture but my computer is O-L-D and it is just so blah…)

To enter the Pimp My Cube contest you need to upload a video showing off your workspace and explain why it is horrible and why it is so important that Contest Factory come in and “pimp” it.

Once the video is entered, invite your friends, family and coworkers to vote for you. (And hope your coworkers don’t end up jealous that you might have a hot new cube)

You’ll get a sweepstakes entry points for registering, voting, commenting and inviting others to register.

The grand prize of your cube being ‘pimped’ will be selected by Contest Factory judges based on various criteria including for the most votes, best (really worst) vide and most compelling story. The contest has a total grand prize of approximately $1200.

Prize is to update your workspace with one of three prize packages:

-New high end computer system 

-New desk, chair and decorations

-New entertainment package with high end streoe, espresso machine, etc.

Right now no one has uploaded a video so your chance of winning is good.  It is easy to upload a video from your phone or webcam. Video should be funny and witty! The better the story, the funnier the video, the better chance you have of winning! 

A second prize of a $200 gift card will be awarded to the registered user chosen by random drawing at the end of the contest period.

The contest period is from 12/5/11 at 12:00PM to 1/31/12 at 12:00PM.

I am thinking about what to do for MY video – and I hope you will all enter too (even if it does mean more competition for me!)

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Book Review

Book Review: Heart of Ice

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 For a while I thought that this book was never going to arrive!  Usually my books from Booksneeze show up exactly a week after I request them.  This one took just over two weeks to get to me and I was losing my mind because the other reviews posted said this book was great and I had to see for myself!

Heart of Ice by Lis Wiehl with April Henry reminds me a bit of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and other books from that series.  I don’t know if it is just because the characters name is similar – Elizabeth.  Or what.  But the book is definitely full of action and it includes a bunch of characters.  It doesn’t take too long to catch on to who is who and who is dating who, etc.

The book also doesn’t spend a lot of time giving background information in the beginning, it really jumps right in to the drama, with more and more drama unfolding as you keep reading.  I really could not read this book fast enough, I think overall it took me about 4 hours and it is just over 300 pages. (57 chapters for those keeping score)  I just wanted to keep going and see what was going to happen.

I also love that the main people solving this drama were three strong WOMEN. Sure, they had guys helping them out here and there, but it is always nice to see women characters that can take car of themselves.  Cassidy is a TV Reporter who finds out some clues when her station’s intern goes missing and she really goes deep to try and find out what happens to her.  There is Allison the Federal Prosecutor and Nicole, an FBI Agent who is also battling her own battle with breast cancer while all this craziness is going on.

I would 100% recommend this book and I am looking to find more books from this author in hopes that they will be just as great!

Book Description

The Triple Threat Club novels follow three fiercely intelligent women—a TV reporter, a Federal prosecutor and an FBI agent—as they investigate crimes as current as today’s headlines.

The Triple Threat women have faced intense situations before…but never such a cunningly cold-blooded murderer.

Elizabeth Avery is a stunningly beautiful woman. But her perfectly managed exterior hides the ice cold heart of a killer. She ingeniously manipulates everyone who crosses her path to do exactly as she wishes–from crime reporter Cassidy Shaw, who thinks Elizabeth is her new best friend, to a shy young man Elizabeth persuades to kill for her.

As Elizabeth leaves a trail of bodies in her wake, Federal prosecutor Allison Pierce and FBI agent Nicole Hedges must piece together clues from seemingly unrelated crimes. Can they stop her before she reaches her unthinkable, ultimate end-game?

 

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze®.com <http://BookSneeze®.com> book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 <http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Concert SK6ers

Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers – Mohegan Sun Wolf’s Den

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Sunday night, SK6ers played a free set in the Wolf’s Den at Mohegan Sun.  The night was pretty crazy – my friend I was going to ride up with got sick, so I rode up solo.  Then I met up with a couple of other friends, but one had an expired ID and they wouldn’t let her in the Wolf’s Den (I’ve rarely had them check ID, but they checked everyone’s) so I ended up going in by myself – and sitting at the table with a twitter friend purely by coincidence.

I got there when the guys were sound checking and heard a couple of songs.  I thought there was no line – but it turned out that at some point since I was there last (September?) they completely changed where the entrance to the place is.  When we did finally get in line it wasn’t that long – but it was just so confusing because the other entrance there was a straight line back you could wait in and on this new side there is a HUGE wheel of fortune game.  People didn’t understand the line cut off after us, and security that was placed there to tell people to move to the other line didn’t do a good job of it either.

We were let inside about 5:30 for the 7pm show – which baffled the Mohegan workers. (No one seems to inform them of anything!)  SK6ers would be doing a pre-show fanclub 2 song set at 6pm, so in order to not totally screw over the fanclub members and make sure they got  seat – everyone was let in early.  Half the table left for 6erstown and while they were gone me and the other girl left at the table tried to convince the navy guy that was sitting with us that Hanson was good. He just kept saying he hated them lol

At 7, Stephen took the stage solo and sang Satisfied Man. The rest of the band (which now includes Chip – formerly of the Alternate Routes) joined him on stage for the rest of the set.  I think there were only a couple of songs that I hadn’t seen them do live before (Roots and Wings, My Favorite Place), but even so the sets are always different because Stephen is very in the moment and will play off the crowd which will make his banter change or how long the song goes on for, etc.  During one song he told about how he used to tell his dad he was staying at his mom’s, and tell his mom he was staying at his dad’s and then sneak off to his girlfriend (now wife’s) house.  The fact that this went on without anyone realizing it scares him now that he has 3 daughters.

The set was about an hour and a half long – and also included a cover of Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy” complete with Boots (drummer) dressed like a purple banana…  The set ended with “Big Easy” so we all got to do the dance.  I still remember when Soucy was teaching us the dance the very first time they did it.  It’s evolved a bit since then…

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