Moz, Mel & More

I love Morrissey! I've spent most of my life on his trail. Unfortunately I wasn't hardcore enough to attend his Hollywood High gig. A few of my friends went; I had to stay behind; I wonder if they saw the jealousy in my eyes. 

 

I envy the crowd of Moz Angelenos that were at that historical show. For the rest of us fans, we can stop our crying because the concert was filmed and will soon be available for viewing. My friend Melissa sent me an email with a Spin Magazine link showing a clip of Everyday Is Like Sunday....and she's in it!   

Now, I'm even more excited for the concert film! I hope to see more of her, other friends and familiar faces.

"Never alive until 25" - Gene

 

BROKECHELLA

I just found out about this musical festival. I wish that I could go to Coachella but I can't afford it. I went to the first one and never went back. I saw this flyer and I thought it was very clever. So, if you're in L.A. and not the C.Valley, you should totally check it out. If you do go, definitely try and catch The Dead Ships!

BROKECHELLA

Petty Fest 11/15/12 El Rey

I scored tickets to the Petty Fest, a celebration of Tom Petty music, thanks to L.A. Weekly. I attended the second night of the PettyFest West (L.A.'s debut); Jameson sponsored the event that raised money for Sweet Relief.  By the end of the night, I was Free Fallin' down with all that Jameson I drank.

 

Here is my mini review of the fest on TGI.

 Johnny Depp played guitar on a few songs.

 Great rendition of the songs throughout the night but my favorite was Landon Pigg's version of LEARNING TO FLY, with the beautiful & talented Mae Whitman on back vocals. If my eyes were closed, I would've thought Mr. Petty was singing it himself.

I've always loved Mae Whitman and I'm a big fan Parenthood, so when I saw that she was standing behind me, I had to give her a gift. I only had a lollipop but she was surprised and gave me a hug! At the end of the night, I saw her again and took a photo with her. She was super sweet! Even cooler, she retweeted my picture!!

 It was exciting seeing so many artist collaborate for such an awesome event.
Check out my PHOTOS!

I'm a such a dork because I got excited when I saw Ben Savage!

 

The JAMESON girls were super hot!

 Check out SWEET RELIEF: BECAUSE WE MUST!

May The 4th Be With You

I know it's a Star Wars reference (the Fourth/Force) and it's July, not May, but anyways...Happy Independence Day!

  

Although I love a good holiday, I'm always uneasy with fireworks. I'm good if I'm going to a show and I know there will be fireworks but living in the hood, I'm always jumpy because I think of gun shots. Fireworks are prohibited In the L.A. County but that doesn't stop all my neighbors from lighting them up. No just safe/sane fireworks, they friggin get the illegal Mexican ones. I'm actually glad that there was a recent bust. I'm not into the loud BOOMS but I do love the colorful explosions and sparkles. 

 

My dog Missy is terrified of fireworks. She gets scared every year and has been for a couple of days. Poor thing has been nervous all day, pacing around and hiding. It's going to get worse as the night proceeds. She has also been farting a lot. My poor baby!

I've closed the windows and have all the fans going, put the tv loud to drown out some noise, and made some chamomile tea to give her, for relaxation. I'm keeping her close to me and petting her. Hopefully the tremors will stop. Fourth of July Festivities: How to Keep Your Dog Calm.

People need to check themselves before they wreck themselves. My neighbor is having a BBQ and all the grown-ups are in the backyard partying and their kids are in the front street lighting fireworks. So irresponsible! I live on a hill and I'm always afraid that it's going to catch on fire during this holiday. A tree down the street caught on fire once. If I worked for the Police or Fire Dept., I'd go around and cite everybody that was doing fireworks in the street. I sound like a total buzz kill but if a cop could show up at my house for a noise complaint (band jamming out), why shouldn't they give warnings & tickets for something illegal?!

F Yeah to the FYF!

I’ve never been to FYF Fest but I’m actually thinking I might go to this one, if I can trade in enough recyclables for that paper.

Great bands! I wouldn’t mind seeing: Redd Kross (would be Steffy’s Fantasy) * Beirut * Cursive * Chairlift * Tanlines * Warpaint * Dinosaur Jr. * The Men * Simian Mobile Disco * M83 * Chromatics * Sleigh Bells * Liars * Against Me! * Nite Jewel * American Nightmare (because my friend is obsessed with Wes/Cold Cave)

L.A. Winds

The news weather report said that Los Angeles was going to have hurricane force winds and they weren't kidding! When the wind started on Wednesday night, I was startled but I didn't get scared until the power went out. The wind got louder and so did the sound of branches falling in my front yard. It was pitch black outside. My nephew got some candles and we were hanging out in the living room. Everybody else in the house was asleep except for us and my friend Richard. It was his idea to have some drinks to calm down.

We started drinking and brought out acoustic guitars and hung out. My neighbor drove up and we went outside to help him move branches and other stuff junk that flew into his driveway. We had a couple of more drinks and then fell asleep. When I woke up, the power was still out. We called SC Edison and the power wasn't going to be up anytime soon. The good thing about the wind was that it blew all the smog away. We wanted to prepare in case we weren't going to have lights for the evening, so we tried to get some more candles and flashlights.

Trees knocked down everywhere. I thought the branches on my street were bad but trees had fallen; the wind tore them out of the ground (roots & all). Some street signs and the market sign by my house. Most stores in my area were closed.

I went to the 99cents store in Pasadena and everybody else probably had the same idea because the line was huge. In the store, the shelves where the candles were, were empty. They were out batteries, flashlights, matches, lighters, and candles. It was a bit chaotic but I'm glad that there wasn't major damage to my home. Our power went on later that night. There were some areas that didn't have power until today. It's good to have an emergency kit handy.  

BE PREPARED: BECAUSE WE MUST!

Kristin Chenoweth @ The Grove

On September 21st, The Grove welcomed Kristin Chenoweth to promote her new album Some Lessons Learned with a live performance filmed for Extra.

"What Would Dolly Do"

"Fathers and Daughters"

"I want Somebody (Bitch About)"

"It's part of the art of creating something new" -Kristin Chenoweth

Barnes and Noble sold the CD, giving you a wristband to meet Kristin, after her performance, for a CD signing. We waited in line for a bit because she was doing interviews. It was worth the wait.

After the small set, I got in line to get my cd autographed. There was this teenage girl and her dad behind me and she told her father that Kristin sang that song "Fathers and Daughters" for them. How adorable!

Even though, prior to the signing, the staff went around saying there would be no posing photos, Kristin still took photos with fans. She is so sweet! I was happy to meet her and finally give her the glee necklace I made for her.

Renee Bargh Interviews Kristin:

More of my photos from KRISTIN CHENOWETH at The Grove 9/21/11.

What's The Deelio?

The most talked about video of the summer is "Our Deal" by Best Coast, directed by Drew Barrymore. Starring the beautiful Chloe Moretz! An amazing talented young actress. I met her at the I Am Number Four premiere and started following her on twitter. She is so adorable!

Great song and the video is amazing! See if you can spot a couple of cameos. After you watch this video, it will be stuck in your mind. Well directed and very clever.

West Side Story meets The Warriors in the City of Angels:

Get More: MTV Supervideo, Music, Best Coast

It's the type of video that you can watch over & over again. Now, you can see the EXTENDED video version (10 minutes).

The Voice Tour

With the success of their first season, a tour was set up with the 8 semi-finalists of NBC's The Voice. The contestants kicked off their tour in Hollywood at The Gibson Amphitheatre.

Beverly McClellan

Casey Weston

Dia Frampton

Frenchie Davis

Javier Colon

Nakia

Vicci Martinez

Xenia

I really loved how all the contestants collaborated & joined one another on stage. It was like a big family; a big talented rockin' family. They performed their hit performances from the tv series and the final 4 performed their original songs.

Great concert review on Examiner

Only in L.A.? There was a surprise guest...Blake Shelton joined Dia on stage and sang Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" with an exchange of friendly push/shove.

Thank you so much to Socialite Life! I won tickets to the show, via twitter. My Brother & I had an amazing time!

More of my photos from The Voice Tour 7/27/11.

Glee in the Flesh

I just can't get enough of GLEE! I went to the Glee Live concert at Staples last month. I was lucky enough to win tickets! Thanks to Glee Wiki and their photo contest, I won VIP tickets!! It was so awesome =). I took my niece and we got to go in early to the VIP Lounge and they had snacks & drinks, including a slushie machine. We were given an awesome Glee Live 2011 bag with a cool Warbler tie, the concert program, a glee tumbler with a straw, and a glee folder.

After the reception, staff escorted us to our seats on THE FLOOR!!! We had the best seats ever!!! Center stage, 4th row!

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Once the concert started, I couldn't stop screaming! I was screaming throughout the whole show. The cast gave an amazing performance and I was happy with their song selection. I went to last year's tour but this year was more exciting! The Warblers were here!!!

I was totally blown away with the "Britney" performance by Heather Morris!

The had actual fireworks during Firework!

We were in the glee choir room.

Baby, we were Born This Way!

I have too many favorite concert moments but the one that stands out the most was Loser Like Me. It's an original and the way it was performed, it felt like I was at the theater when they performed it on the "Original Song" episode. The cast busted out the little slushie cups with confetti and threw it out into the audience!

Darren Criss and the guys came out and did "Friday" acoustically. This picture is my favorite because it's hilarious! Darren was fixing the mic and the egg shakers....

Great show, from start to end!

My GLEEK photo set from the L.A. concert 5/28/2011.