catching up

Highlights of the pass couple of weeks:

Matthew Barber on Oct 4 at Horseshoe Tavern - This venue is so small, it is awesome. And the concert was free! The bad thing was that this place is so dirty...ugh. Anyway, Matthew Barber rocked. As my concert gang says, "He is so dreamy!" (And no, we have not actually said it in unison...). We didn't stick around to see if we could get a photo with him because we were all tired and we all had to wake up early. But, this is definitely a rockstar boyfriend I NEED to see again.

Aqualung on Oct 11 at Mod Club - Seeing Aqualung three times in one year seems pretty dramatic. But Matt Hales is so charming! He makes the concert very enjoyable. Janice couldn't make it so it was just me & Wendy again. We decided to sit and lounge this time, at the very front though. The good thing was we got to sit - I had worked that day and I was very tired. The bad thing was there were several towers standing in the pit and despite our elevated area, sometimes our view was obstructed. Also, I spilled my Smirnoff on me and I was pretty much uncomfortable the entire evening :( BUT it doesn't matter because at the end of the show, I picked up a mug at the merch table... and we scored autographs and a pic with Matt! (Wendy, please send to me!) Despite his charm on stage, he seemed a little more distant in person, not as personable as Tim Fletcher was to us, even though we told Matt we'd seen all three of his Toronto shows. Ah well, at least we got an autograph and a kickass pic (Wendy, we have to post to make J jealous :P)

Franz Ferdinand on Oct 18 at Ricoh Coliseum - or as Wendy likes to call it, the "Roche" coliseum. LOL. I didn't finish work until 6:30, plus I had to eat and drive there....so I missed the first opening act, Cut Copy. When I arrived, I realized what crapass seats we had. Stupid ticketmaster & their "best available" arrangements. I arrived on time for TV on the Radio. They were pretty, and their ending was pretty rocking but to be honest I couldn't pay attention the entire time because I was so tired. You would think I'd learned my lesson back in September when I had 4 concerts in one week to never do it again. But I can't give up a concert if I know I can fit it in my schedule! Who needs sleep! Anyway, Franz Ferdinand came on at 9pm (that's the only good thing about larger shows - they start on time). And they ROCKED. Like Janice, I also cannot believe I missed their previous Toronto shows, but once we found out they were coming to Toronto, we HAD to go. Every single song they put out was so of energy - I wished we had gotten general admission tickets so that we were up front (well, sorta, I was supertired...). Anyway, I can't believe this but almost our entire section was not moving. How is that possible, you ask? I DON'T know. Seriously, how can you not dance to FF? When I'm listening to them on my ipod on the subway, it takes a lot of conscious effort to not move and appear freak-like. Anyway, other than that (and the fact that only 1/2 the coliseum was filled), there did seem to be a lot of band love. During the encore, Janice & I really wanted them to play "Eleanor put your boots back on" but they didn't :( But they played all the goodies, including "Outsiders" and "The Fallen," two songs I can't stop playing off the new album. All I can say is, next time, I think I will have to be on the floor for FF.