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Year in review

I have been to so many small and large venue shows this year I feel guilty for not writing about all of them. So to remedy that I’m going to post one or two good photos from every show I took photos at…mostly the ones I want to highlight :)

I was all over southern Michigan, Ohio and Canada to see people like: Michael Buble, Christine Baze ,Tamara Bedricky, Jody Raffoul, Animal Chinz, Tegan and Sara, Jenny Cummings, Tiffiany Vandenburg, Duncan Sheik, Natives of The New Dawn, The Vamps, Broadzilla, Sara Celina, Rachele Eve, Area fifty-one, John Unger, The Mega 80s, David Poe, Wes Buckley, Shannon Curfman, Lazy Sunday, The Jealous Girlfriends, Sarah Bettens, The Bomb Pops, BB King, Bobby Blue Bland, Jeff Tessler, Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, Lisa Loeb, Apartment 4 and many more I can’t remember right now.

Enjoy!

I might stand out there…

…but I like to think I am sitting right here.

Photos

You wanted them so you get them! First there was ice skating…

Then we did a little bit of drinking…

Then we had a rocking good time…

Original Post: Adventure #7

Adios!

I was there years ago and had my plans just get approved from work…I just bought my tickets. I’m headed on a 2 week vacation into Mayan land :) A little sun, a little swimming, some backpacking and lots of R&R.

Dec 24 – Jan 7th. I can’t wait!!

November 2005: Karaoke

How is Karaoke an adventure? Well it was my first time Saturday night, it was crazy. Saturday was my birthday and I love doing crazy funny things and getting everyone to feel like they are on crack while they have a good time too. I’ll sum it up for you…

When the night was over I had:
Drinks…
– 4x Jack-n-Coke

Shots…
– Crown Royal
– 5x Snake Bite
– Lemon Drop
– Wolf’s p***y (it tastes like chocolate cake I swear)

Funny moments:
– Having a bar full of strangers sing happy birthday
– Having my friends request I sing “Stand by your man”
– Actually singing “Stand by your man”…when I was way too sober
– Signing “Daydream Believer” by the Monkeys with my sister
– Seeing strangers wave their hands in the air like they’re 15 year old girls at a NKOTB concert
– Going to a hole-in-the-wall bar where everyone knows your name before the night is over…even when it’s your first time there…and you say to people “you know my name?!”
– Hearing my roommate say 100 times “I’m kinda a big deal…people know me” –like he was Ron Burgundy
– Laughing every time my roommate said that like it was the first time I ever heard it

The best:
Asking the DJ if he had a song that wasn’t in the book…he finds it. I go up to sing before my last 2 shots, the place has 20 people left –including the staff. Before the song is queued up I get on the mic and say “I know there are not a lot of people here, but the 10 of you are going to make it should like there is 50…no 100 people!” –someone yells the number 1,000 “No!! 1,000 people…we are going to make this place rock!” –my sister yells Madison Square Garden “We are going to make this place as loud as Madison Square Garden damn it!!” (I think I said damn it, but I might be recalling this wrong). I make some comment about the song being by our buddy our patriot or something like that… “Mr. Neil Diamond!!” I break into America by Neil Diamond and I belt that crap out like I am Neil so loud that Liberace, Elton John and Neil Diamond himself wish they were there to kill me and take over.

Awesome.