Katie

Nick Lachey 2-19-09

Yesterday I got a call from KC101 that I had won a meet and greet for me and a guest with Nick Lachey. Immediately I contacted my cousin, telling her she would be my guest.

We met at the station at 8:00, we were told to be there at 8:15. A couple other groups showed up and the secretary kept asking if Nick was coming in the lobby, and everyone said no he’d be in the side.

Except, they all lied because a few minutes later my cousin is poking me because Nick just walked in the door. (I was of course daydreaming and had no clue what was going on)

We got to go in a room to get our pic taken with him and quickly say hello. We went back into the lobby and were given sign 8x10s of him and that was that!

Pictures to come later because I had to go to work once all of that was done! (Although I only have the pic of me with him and one other that I took – everything was such a blur and went by so fast!)

Honor Society 2-15-09

Sunday I had the pleasure of attending Honor Society’s first SOLD OUT show at The Fillmore at Irving Plaza in New York, NY.

I was lucky enough to be placed in VIP seating for this show, although our seats were not anywhere near where we’d be able to see. We took over a different table because no one had seemed to claim it, and just a couple of minutes later THE JONAS BROTHERS showed up and were right next to me. I was close enough to touch them, if I didn’t mind losing my arm to one of their security guards. Joe’s latest flame, Camilla Bell, was also present.

Shortly after the brothers passes us, the fans on the floor also spotted the guys up in the balcony and the screams started (or perhaps continued.. they were screaming before/after every song on the sound system) and the camera flashes started going off.

Just after 7pm, the gentlemen of Honor Society took the stage with their new song “Over You” which I don’t believe had been played on the East Coast previously. The energy stayed up for almost the entire show, they took one break to sing a slower song “Goodnight My Love” in which Alexander left the drums and came up front to provide some vocals on a mic he shared with Jason and Alexander.

They did a cover of Kanye’s “Heartless”, then went into my favorite song of theirs Nobody Has to Know. After that song ended, Michael mentioned how they were disappointed that they couldn’t spend Valentine’s Day with us, but it wouldn’t be very gentlemanly of them if they didn’t give us a gift. When I looked down, the crowd was surging forward and for a second I thought I was back on the Rock Boat – it looked like waves, but it was people inching forward, they must have spotted our “gift” to the side of the stage…

The gift was Honor Society’s friend, OUR friend.. THE JONAS BROTHERS. The brothers joined them on stage for the song “Don’t Close the Book” which Honor Society had played with them when they opened out on the west coast the end of last year. They went to teach us all the “Ohs” that we would have to sing along, but most of the crowd already knew it. You gotta love YouTube.

After that, both bands left the stage. Honor Society came back out and told us that one of their songs we’d be hearing a lot lately (debut single, perhaps?) and played Over You again. I was excited, this was the one song I hoped they would play. And I guess I’ll be hearing it a lot at all the shows so I’m psyched. After the second version of Over You was finished – they finished their set with their popular myspace hit, See U In The Dark. Unfortunately I was too busy focusing on the band (cough) to see how many in the crowd were doing the Honor Roll.

Once the show was over, the meet and greet lin (which you could only get in if you bought merch) went down 2 flights on stairs, down the block of the Irving and halfway down the block around the corner. It took us 2 hours to make it through the line, but Michael and Andrew remembered us, and that was our big question of the day – it had been 6 months, would they remember us? They also were very impressed with the scrapbook that I had done on Shutterfly that is now complete – because I had them sign it ๐Ÿ™‚

Over you
Full Moon Crazy
2 rebels
Why didn’t I
Goodnight my love
My own way
Heartless (Kanye Cover)
Nobody has to know
Don’t close the book – with jb
Over you(again)
See u in the dark

 

This is crazy

A lot of girls are here because they thought jonas would be here and they aren't hs fans. I kind of hope jb doesn't show but I am in VIP and there is sections reserved for 'the jonas group' so I guess we will see!

Everyone in VIP seems to know each other too

I just hope come show time I find a spot where I can see! Its getting crowded up here
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Holy cow!

We just arrived and the line is around the corner! Wow! Quite the change from our last nyc show in july!

We have ' VIP seating' so now we just wait for doors which should be about 6

(And why do I feel like I am risking my life everytime I get in a nyc cab?)
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Heading to irving

We just finished mingling with the stars at the wax museum! Photos with wax jonas were expensive so we just took pics of them. But you could pose at the druns behind them – I wonder if Alex has?

Now we're finishing our traditional mcdonalds cheeseburgers and will be heading to the venue after a quick stop at bubba gumps for pressed pennies!

Talk to you all soon!
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Weโ€™re on our way

We pulled up to the station as our train was leaving. Oops! Luckily there was another just 20 mins later.
People have been lined up at the venue since 11 or earlier according to Rebecca one of hs's st leaders. We probably won't get there until 4 at the earliest. Stay tuned for more updates!!
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Live blogging

Now that I have made my way to the darkside and gotten a blackberry I will be able to live blog from the shows! Hopefully that will help me get reviews up in a much more timely manner.
I will be trying it out this sunday from the honor society show at irving plaza in new york city.
Also expect some photos of rock boat scrap book pages coming soon!! I worked on about 15 pages last weekend and hope to put the finishing touches on them (or photograph then as is) this weekend and get them up. I think that I am going to be scrapping this trip for the rest of my life – I have so many pics printed and haven't even seen what one of my cabinmates has taken yet! Most of our day in miami and nassau is what will be posted asap!
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Music = Life

Hot Topic is once again selling items for their “Music = Life” Hot Topic Foundation. Several years ago, when the plastic bracelets were all the rage, for $1 I picked up a “Music = Life” bracelet. This time around they have a large and small bag, both priced at $1 as well as guitar picks ($.50), mints ($1) and kazoos ($1.50)

I just picked up myself a small “music = life” bag and 5 each of the guitar picks. 1 of each for a necklace I am making and the rest I might use as scrapbook embellishments since I mainly scrapbook concerts!

The shipping was a bit steep ($6.50 for $6 in merchandise!) but the rest of the $$ is going to a good cause and I rarely make it to my local mall, so I went for it. The Hot Topic foundation promotes education of the arts!

Head on over to HotTopic.com to check out what is available!

Matt Wertz 2/3/09

It’s nights like last night that make me question my sanity. Matt Wertz was coming to Hartford’s Webster Underground. He was previously scheduled to play the Webster main stage with Gavin DeGraw over the summer, but that had gotten canceled. When it was rescheduled, only Gavin came, not Matt. So it was kind of a big deal not to miss Matt again (as he doesn’t really come this way often) even though the weather had been predicted to be a blizzard.

Luckily, when I woke up on Tuesday the snow hadn’t started yet and the prediction changed to a dusting and 1-3 inches. I left my house around 4, even though doors weren’t set to open until 7pm. I was tempted to turn around when 2 streets up from my house I saw 2 cars stuck. The radio kept saying the road conditions were bad and that you shouldn’t leave the house unless you had to. But I HAD to. Webster wasn’t going to cancel this show and I wasn’t going to miss it. I made it to Jen’s a little after 5.

We got to the Underground about 7:15. There were 2 local bands on first. (someone i dont know) and Mike Falzone. Around 8:30 The Alternate Routes took the stage. It was quite a different setting than the Rock Boat and at one point I turned to Jen and said “The last time I heard this song, I was in shorts!” Which if you didn’t know it was just last month wouldn’t be that interesting.. but it was in January… on the Lido Deck.

Eric from the Alternate Routes also played in Matt Wertz’s band. We switched sides of the venue because of an obnoxious drunk couple.. but of course by the end of the show they were next to us again!

Heartbreaker
Like The Last Time
The Way I Feel
Keep Faith
Red Meets Blue
Under Summer Sun
Counting to 100
Someone Like You
Back In June
I Will Not Take My Love Away
Marianne
5:19
The Day Forever Died
Everything’s Right
Carolina
Naturally
With You, Tonight
Over You

These might not be in order – my clever new trick is to record a short clip of each song rather than texting myself or writing down a set list. Except I never cleared out my memory cards from Rock Boat. So I didn’t have a lot of room. Shortly into Matt’s set I realized this and deleted some videos off the memory card (even though they haven’t been backed up yet – eeek) so when I transferred them into the computer, things might have gotten shaken up a bit. From what I can tell, it seems about right. (The video audio quality is TERRIBLE. Im shocked I managed to figure out all of the songs!)

 

 

Rock Boat Day by Day โ€“ Day 7

Thursday January 22

When we woke up we were docked. We decided to get our stuff and leave about 9am. We took our luggage with us, went downstairs, went through customs (where I fell and everyone just looked at me) and then waited for a cab.

Michele, Marisa and I split a cab for like $25 – the shuttle was $16 so not a deal at all if you were with a group.

When I got to the airport I saw Maribeth so I sat with her at her gate until she left. David Ryan Harris was there and so was Ryan from Sister Hazel.

Then I went to my gate for an hour before getting on my flight. I landed at JFK around 3:15, waited until about 4 for my shuttle home, went by LaGuardia and Shea Stadium again (a lot more of it had been removed since last week when I went by!) and got home at 7pm.

Quite a long day, but I managed to sleep most of the plane ride. There was also a guy on the plane near me with a “I <3 Hanson" hat on that he had signed by the guys and they were asking me what I thought it would go for on ebay lol I will post pictures soon – I am currently checking out the status of the snow to see if it will interfere with me seeing Alternate Routes and Matt Wertz tonight!

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