So, here are my favorite concerts/shows that I had the luck and pleasure of attending in 2011.
In order of date of attendance:
1. March - Dry River Yacht Club and Marching Fourth Marching Band at the Yucca Tap Room in Tempe, AZ. Great outdoors show. There was a huge stage outside and found some other great bands/artists. I love catching March Fourth
2. July - A Perfect Circle at the old Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, AZ
3. Sept - Sade at US Airways Arena in Phoenix, AZ Sade hadn't performed live in over ten years. This I was not going to miss. I am so glad I went. It was everything I hoped it would be...sexy, amazing, beautiful just like Sade. She sang all my favorites and she just nailed every note. Sade looked absolutely amazing and sounded spectacular. I was just floored.
4. October - Incubus at the old Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, AZ I was lucky enough to get pit tickets to this show. Although bro and I missed the first song and entered in the middle of the second song, it was lots of fun. They sounded great and we had a blast. We were even lucky enough to meet Brandon after the show. He was incredibly sweet to everyone there.
5. December - Puscifer at Mesa Arts Center in Mesa, AZ Great seats. Great show. They played some favs and Carina was a great singer/opener. I had a blast with Bro and D.
Another great show was a show that Black Carl had done to celebrate one of their song releases. They had performed Can't Give In and totally hit it out of the park. It was probably one of their best performances of that song I had ever seen and I had seen quite a few. It was so heartfelt and sung/played with so much passion, I was completely floored. I love this band and feel head over heels in love with them harder when I head it played with such passion.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
The X-Files Season 2
Now things start getting insane...but in a very great way. There are conspiracies everywhere and they dive deep into the alien mythologies.
Favs of S2 are kind of fractured. Because the Duane Barry arc is very important to the whole series, but I hated DB and the fact that Scully was abducted. Don't get me wrong. It was great story telling that needed to be done because Gillian was going on paternity leave and it propelled the alien mythology forward. So, I mention the arc here but it isn't one of my favs that I would watch over and over again.
Season 2 of The X-Files...Favs
The Host -The monster of the week for this episode is The Flukeman. Extremely creepy and terrifying to think or ponder what must be living or mutated in our sewers from our toxic waste, biological or otherwise.
3 - I liked 3 and it's kind of a guilty pleasure. I know the story is kind of weak, but i just enjoyed it for what it was. I didn't like the fact that Scully wasn't in the episode but Mulder and Kristin was a decent substitute.
Irresistible - Creep-y! This is probably the most creepy episode I had seen up to date. In fact, because of this episode, I can never see Nick Chinlund as anything other than Donnie Pfaster. The death fetish angle, the way Donnie would talk (his inflections), the way Donnie takes Scully, the way Scully "sees" Donnie and finally Scully's breakdown was so well done. As a female, this was a very scary episode. It was an eye opener for me as far as what kind of people can be out there in this world.
Die Hand Die Verletzt - Great episode for its Devil angle. It was not necessarily scary, but it was definitely entertaining. Just a fun episode overall.
Humbug - Another fun episode with a fantastic cast of characters from the Jim Rose's Circus. The premise was disturbing, which I enjoyed very much, and the walk through the fun house was great. Gillian/Scully consuming the cricket was jaw dropping impressive. Love this episode.
This season had a few one off that I loved. F. Emasculata was particularly grotesque which i loved but it wasn't a fav episode. The season ended with Anasazi. This episode isn't a favorite but as an arc episode, it was phenomenal. The whole Indian tribe missing without a trace, the mummified alien body stack up, the last scene was all awesome. Great cliff hanger.
Favs of S2 are kind of fractured. Because the Duane Barry arc is very important to the whole series, but I hated DB and the fact that Scully was abducted. Don't get me wrong. It was great story telling that needed to be done because Gillian was going on paternity leave and it propelled the alien mythology forward. So, I mention the arc here but it isn't one of my favs that I would watch over and over again.
Season 2 of The X-Files...Favs
The Host -The monster of the week for this episode is The Flukeman. Extremely creepy and terrifying to think or ponder what must be living or mutated in our sewers from our toxic waste, biological or otherwise.
3 - I liked 3 and it's kind of a guilty pleasure. I know the story is kind of weak, but i just enjoyed it for what it was. I didn't like the fact that Scully wasn't in the episode but Mulder and Kristin was a decent substitute.
Irresistible - Creep-y! This is probably the most creepy episode I had seen up to date. In fact, because of this episode, I can never see Nick Chinlund as anything other than Donnie Pfaster. The death fetish angle, the way Donnie would talk (his inflections), the way Donnie takes Scully, the way Scully "sees" Donnie and finally Scully's breakdown was so well done. As a female, this was a very scary episode. It was an eye opener for me as far as what kind of people can be out there in this world.
Die Hand Die Verletzt - Great episode for its Devil angle. It was not necessarily scary, but it was definitely entertaining. Just a fun episode overall.
Humbug - Another fun episode with a fantastic cast of characters from the Jim Rose's Circus. The premise was disturbing, which I enjoyed very much, and the walk through the fun house was great. Gillian/Scully consuming the cricket was jaw dropping impressive. Love this episode.
This season had a few one off that I loved. F. Emasculata was particularly grotesque which i loved but it wasn't a fav episode. The season ended with Anasazi. This episode isn't a favorite but as an arc episode, it was phenomenal. The whole Indian tribe missing without a trace, the mummified alien body stack up, the last scene was all awesome. Great cliff hanger.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
The X-Files Season 1
The first time....
It was on one of my trips to AZ to visit my pop when our family was talking to him and he had on a program. I started to watch it while my mom was talking to him. from that very moment i was totally sucked into the episode. I dont remember the actual episode but i just remember it had to be from the first season because we hadn't joined him in AZ yet and that would have been because we were still in CA.
after my mom finished her catching up with pop, i asked him what he had been watching when we got there. he said that he didnt remember but that it was some new program that had caught his attention. cool. From that point on, i was hooked. it be came an obsession. so, i'll go through some of my favorites from the series.
At this point in my tv watching career, i had never seen anything like it. The subject matter was darker than what i remember watching at the time and it wasn't some lame attempt at comedy. This was something different. I had never seen such suspicion and paranoia laid out in front of an audience like that. Sure, there was The Twilight Zone, but this is different. It was my first true taste of conspiracy....and I ate it up like a starving child. HOOKED!
Let's take this season by season.
Season 1 of The X-Files...Favs
Pilot - I liked the pilot episode. It was great to see that this series would not show the aliens or the aircraft that was being talked about and referenced. They used great lighting tricks, great music, great sounds that just conveyed everything scary and suspenseful that the episode needed.
Squeeze - Eugene Victor Tooms freaked me the heck out! I can never look at the actor in the same way since seeing this episode. It was truly disturbing.
Beyond the Sea - This episode was kind of freaky for its psychic connection. I have a great relationship with my father. So, seeing Dana interact with her father is very sweet. Too many weird connections Boggs demonstrates be it channeling Dana's younger side to seeing everything through the eyes of the young teens taken is a little unsettling for Dana and me sometimes.
Darkness Falls - I generally enjoy camping. So, any movies or TV episodes that deal with the forest can generally give me more of a creep out factor than those set in a major city. I liked this episode because it reinforces the fear of the dark. Having to keep the lights on because something unknow is all around us....yeah. This episode definitely has the creepy feeling. ;)
Tooms - Tooms is back and out and after Scully. This episode really upped the freak out factor that Squeeze had already established. The most terrifying part of the whole episode is Scully's scream of fear and defiance. Fantastic!
The Erlenmeyer Flask - Is this the end? The ending sure made it appear so. Great episode. There was so many great visuals in this episode: the tank of clones, the alien fetus extracted from dry ice, the rising clone from the water.... They closed the x-files. Thoroughly enjoyed this episode.
So, those are a my favorites from Season 1.
It was on one of my trips to AZ to visit my pop when our family was talking to him and he had on a program. I started to watch it while my mom was talking to him. from that very moment i was totally sucked into the episode. I dont remember the actual episode but i just remember it had to be from the first season because we hadn't joined him in AZ yet and that would have been because we were still in CA.
after my mom finished her catching up with pop, i asked him what he had been watching when we got there. he said that he didnt remember but that it was some new program that had caught his attention. cool. From that point on, i was hooked. it be came an obsession. so, i'll go through some of my favorites from the series.
At this point in my tv watching career, i had never seen anything like it. The subject matter was darker than what i remember watching at the time and it wasn't some lame attempt at comedy. This was something different. I had never seen such suspicion and paranoia laid out in front of an audience like that. Sure, there was The Twilight Zone, but this is different. It was my first true taste of conspiracy....and I ate it up like a starving child. HOOKED!
Let's take this season by season.
Season 1 of The X-Files...Favs
Pilot - I liked the pilot episode. It was great to see that this series would not show the aliens or the aircraft that was being talked about and referenced. They used great lighting tricks, great music, great sounds that just conveyed everything scary and suspenseful that the episode needed.
Squeeze - Eugene Victor Tooms freaked me the heck out! I can never look at the actor in the same way since seeing this episode. It was truly disturbing.
Beyond the Sea - This episode was kind of freaky for its psychic connection. I have a great relationship with my father. So, seeing Dana interact with her father is very sweet. Too many weird connections Boggs demonstrates be it channeling Dana's younger side to seeing everything through the eyes of the young teens taken is a little unsettling for Dana and me sometimes.
Darkness Falls - I generally enjoy camping. So, any movies or TV episodes that deal with the forest can generally give me more of a creep out factor than those set in a major city. I liked this episode because it reinforces the fear of the dark. Having to keep the lights on because something unknow is all around us....yeah. This episode definitely has the creepy feeling. ;)
Tooms - Tooms is back and out and after Scully. This episode really upped the freak out factor that Squeeze had already established. The most terrifying part of the whole episode is Scully's scream of fear and defiance. Fantastic!
The Erlenmeyer Flask - Is this the end? The ending sure made it appear so. Great episode. There was so many great visuals in this episode: the tank of clones, the alien fetus extracted from dry ice, the rising clone from the water.... They closed the x-files. Thoroughly enjoyed this episode.
So, those are a my favorites from Season 1.
Ahhh Memories
So, i was recently involved in a tweet-a-thon to get #XF3 trending.
it was so much fun bringing back all the nerd memories from college. awesome! :)
it was so much fun bringing back all the nerd memories from college. awesome! :)
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Tess Gerritsen at the Poisoned Pen
At the Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale, Tess Gerritsen was on hand as part of her book tour for The Silent Girl, a part of the Rizzoli and Isles series.
By the time I got there, all available seating was taken. There were a few of us who had to stand during the discussion. Good sign for the author.
Tess even brought gifts to give away...there was also a Team Maura shirt but I was unable to get a shot of it.
Tess was great. She was super kind to all the fans and signed everyone's book. She took pictures with most of the fans, signed books, talked to some of the fans. She even signed my DVD cover for Rizzoli & Isles Season 1.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Character Description by Actors
"She gotta be tougher, she gotta be stronger, she's gotta be harder, she's gotta be better, faster than all the men around her."
"She is a very different type of a woman and she works in a male dominated place that she has to fight for her space within all of it."
"She's very scientific and mathematical and logical and she knows a lot of things and she ponders a lot of stuff and likes to go under the surface of things."
"She's somebody whose brain is constantly going and clicking..."
Hmmm. sounds kinda familiar. =P
Comments by SA and AH describing JR and MI.
"She is a very different type of a woman and she works in a male dominated place that she has to fight for her space within all of it."
"She's very scientific and mathematical and logical and she knows a lot of things and she ponders a lot of stuff and likes to go under the surface of things."
"She's somebody whose brain is constantly going and clicking..."
Hmmm. sounds kinda familiar. =P
Comments by SA and AH describing JR and MI.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
YAY Rizzoli Black Carl Isles Galore
I'm a fan of Rizzoli & Isles. No Doubt. So, I knew there was going to be a season one dvd released and . I kept an eye on it on Amazon in order to get it in my hands as soon as it was released. So...I was keeping an eye out for sales via Amazon and at Best Buy. The DVD never went below $26.99.
I am an admitted twitter fiend. I follow the cast and crew of RI and most of the characters, too. So, the official twitter acct was going to have a contest the Monday before the DVD release. A twitter contest...yay. That was something I could participate in while still being in work. The contest day arrived. All we had to do was RT a noon tweet. No problem there. Right at noon, the tweet to be retweeted came out. So, of course, I RT'd the particularly long tweet. I figured there was no way I was going to win. Assuming that there was about 70% of their followers who were going to participate. About 4500 followers that day, 70% participation, I ventured a guess at about 3000 RTs would be coming their way. At least 1k entries based on time of the tweet and followers around the world. So, when I got the DM that I had actually won a copy of the DVDs, I was floored. So much so, that I don't think I stopped smiling for hours afterwards.
This was great news. I sent in my info and I am waiting for the DVDs. But, I knew I wouldn't get the DVDs in time to start my viewing pleasure on release day as planned. I figured I would have to buy another copy in order to pull an all nighter and get my RI fix.
By release day, I haven't ordered it and I knew I wanted it for my viewing that night. I ran over to Best Buy after work and grabbed my copy. It just so happened to be the last copy at the store, too. Made me smile! I had messed up the dates, but Black Carl, Dry River Yacht Club and What Laura Says were going to play a CD release show for another local band, WhisperLights. I had already talked to Bro S about going. I took an RI break and ventured out to cut a rug.
They were playing at a place called the Duce. I really like that place. Only problem is that the Duce doesn't have any air conditioning. None. We got there a little late. WLS was already playing. I caught a couple of their songs I really enjoy. The next and last band was Black Carl. They were awesome! The heat and humidity really lit a fire under them because a few of their songs were the best performances of those songs that I've seen them perform. Yes, I am biased because I so love the band...but this was awesome! I jumped, shimmied and wiggled around in pure delight. So worth the price of admission.
Back at home, I tried very hard to stay up all night to watch the entire series. I made it through a few when I determined that I would never get through the entire series and make it to work on time. I skipped the remaining episodes and went through the Special Features.
I was super glad I did. The gag reel was hilarious. So funny. The Scooby Doo moment and spontaneous dancing was probably the best parts.
example...http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lniuq61KBV1qzl8s1o1_400.gif
and this...http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnim02bTNe1qbzbd9.gif
and the Scooby Doo moment...http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lniyfygtvk1qzl8s1o1_400.gif
(All credit intended)
hilarious. Well, stayed up as long as I could. Note to self: I am too old to be trying stunts like that.
The next day, Wednesday, I was burned out. I had to run out in the afternoon to do a caffeine run. I swung by Starbucks for an Americano to push me through the rest of the day.
In the end, I'm glad I'm still crazy enough to try stunts like this. I did have a load of fun at the Black Carl show and a riot with the gag reel was too much fun. I'm still going through the episodes.
I am an admitted twitter fiend. I follow the cast and crew of RI and most of the characters, too. So, the official twitter acct was going to have a contest the Monday before the DVD release. A twitter contest...yay. That was something I could participate in while still being in work. The contest day arrived. All we had to do was RT a noon tweet. No problem there. Right at noon, the tweet to be retweeted came out. So, of course, I RT'd the particularly long tweet. I figured there was no way I was going to win. Assuming that there was about 70% of their followers who were going to participate. About 4500 followers that day, 70% participation, I ventured a guess at about 3000 RTs would be coming their way. At least 1k entries based on time of the tweet and followers around the world. So, when I got the DM that I had actually won a copy of the DVDs, I was floored. So much so, that I don't think I stopped smiling for hours afterwards.
This was great news. I sent in my info and I am waiting for the DVDs. But, I knew I wouldn't get the DVDs in time to start my viewing pleasure on release day as planned. I figured I would have to buy another copy in order to pull an all nighter and get my RI fix.
By release day, I haven't ordered it and I knew I wanted it for my viewing that night. I ran over to Best Buy after work and grabbed my copy. It just so happened to be the last copy at the store, too. Made me smile! I had messed up the dates, but Black Carl, Dry River Yacht Club and What Laura Says were going to play a CD release show for another local band, WhisperLights. I had already talked to Bro S about going. I took an RI break and ventured out to cut a rug.
They were playing at a place called the Duce. I really like that place. Only problem is that the Duce doesn't have any air conditioning. None. We got there a little late. WLS was already playing. I caught a couple of their songs I really enjoy. The next and last band was Black Carl. They were awesome! The heat and humidity really lit a fire under them because a few of their songs were the best performances of those songs that I've seen them perform. Yes, I am biased because I so love the band...but this was awesome! I jumped, shimmied and wiggled around in pure delight. So worth the price of admission.
Back at home, I tried very hard to stay up all night to watch the entire series. I made it through a few when I determined that I would never get through the entire series and make it to work on time. I skipped the remaining episodes and went through the Special Features.
I was super glad I did. The gag reel was hilarious. So funny. The Scooby Doo moment and spontaneous dancing was probably the best parts.
example...http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lniuq61KBV1qzl8s1o1_400.gif
and this...http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnim02bTNe1qbzbd9.gif
and the Scooby Doo moment...http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lniyfygtvk1qzl8s1o1_400.gif
(All credit intended)
hilarious. Well, stayed up as long as I could. Note to self: I am too old to be trying stunts like that.
The next day, Wednesday, I was burned out. I had to run out in the afternoon to do a caffeine run. I swung by Starbucks for an Americano to push me through the rest of the day.
In the end, I'm glad I'm still crazy enough to try stunts like this. I did have a load of fun at the Black Carl show and a riot with the gag reel was too much fun. I'm still going through the episodes.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
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