It was supposed to be the awesomemest thing ever. A bunch of my favorite female artists. Ingrid Michaelson. Priscilla Ahn. Meiko. Erin McCarley. And some others. My friend EmMa mentioned the Hotel Cafe Tour to me and I was stoked when I saw the line-up. The venue was the Meridian. Since it was so great last time I was hoping and thinking it would be a similar experience. But I was sooooo wrong. And I should have known better! There were so many artists performing so that meant a larger pool of fans. The layout is basically standing room only, which meant that the only people who could see the performance were the folks at the very front. Which also meant that I was not able to get any good fotos. Oh my lordy it was frackin' packed! And due to my lack of vertical distance, the fault of both the madre y padre, it was negatory on the visuals. I however managed to snag a booth about 25 meters from the stage and so I just stood up on the seats and watched from there. I really need to get my contacts Rx updated. Want more sadness? EmMa was feeling a bit ill and my cousin and her bf were not digging the indie-ness of it all and so we ended leaving early. Sadness! No autographs. No pictures with my songstresses. That's my fave part of these concerts! OK I lied. I saw Meiko walking around during some other person's set so I got her to sign my shirt and also got a picture with her. Overall though, if there was ever a case of indie overdose, this was definitely it. I'll have to think twice next time.
Outside the Meridian. They're always super late about opening the doors.
My fugly pic with Meiko poster.
Merchandise goody table where I spent a good fifty buckaroos on three shirts. I love concert shirts and these were of good quality too! I'll have to remember to take some fotos of my shirts.
Me with Meiko and what I suspect is her perfected awkward pose.
5 comments:
cute cute!! i'm jealous i didn't get you to decorate this time! it's ok, next time! but that won't be for a LONG time hopefully..haha.
Awww! How cute is that pic of you & Meiko! i was at that show too - it was a hot and sweaty one in the middle of the crowd - lucky you for snagging a booth! I loved how the whole crowd got quiet to hear Meiko's songs - she's gonna be a start I think!
@ antsylily
o my lordy ... all that decorating and cooking and preparation was frackin' hard arse work! my cousin's gf was supposed to help me but she sold out on me ... whackness dude!
@ anon
Meiko was great! It got hot at times at my booth so I can imagine how yucky it was in the middle of that solid crowd ... did you notice how everyone was chit chatting and socializing when Ingrid Michaelson came on? I think she even mentioned something about shushing people up!
i'd only been to the hotel cafe tour once, i think 2 years ago...with joshua radin, schuyler fisk, rachel yamagata, etc. that was a great show and. if it werent for my dad's bday, i would've made it this year. oh well, there's always next! =)
@ eatyet:
i love rachael yamagata ... she was on some legs of this tour also ... that would have been so super if she came to houston! ... happy belated birthday to you and your dad!
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