Books [Read] By Les

concerts

10/12/2017

9/12/17: Jack Johnson

ahhhh!!!!

during my month hiatus where i did nothing on here but everything out there in the real world! (not really) i was L U C K Y enough to score 1 sole ticket to the Jack Johnson show at the Grammy Theater.

I'd never been there before and tbh, i didn't even know it existed.

but anyway, going solo pays off cause i got the last empty seat in the first row after some rude ass guy gave me attitude about another seat (suck it, guy).

Jack came out (right next to me actually & yes i fainted) went on stage and had a bit of an interview where he talked about how his new record came to be and this deep sea fishing adventure thing he went to and how it all affects the environment....

after that he played a little show and sang some songs and because IT'S FREAKING JACK JOHNSON and i was THAT FREAKING CLOSE i yelled my little heart out and asked him to please play Monsoon! once he started taking request!!

so throughout the entire show, they'd tease me and play a bit of if and I'd get all excited and he'd be all JUST Kidding.

and then he finally played it and he played a special version for me! and i melted right there on the spot.

he also proceeded to tell me that i made him pretty nervous.

my concert life has been made for the rest of this year!!!! (unless i also score John Mayer/Dave Chapelle tickets!)

guys!

ahhh!!!!!

I'm so happy just even thinking about the fact that this happened!!!! (brb, crying a little bit!)

Jack Johnson, twice in one year. in a 2 month span!!! ahh!!! (i was trying to look for that post but i never wrote about it. lulz)

anyway...ill leave ya with some other pictures but le sigh, this night! forever the best!

...but also, i will NEVER FORGET that one time that SOMEONE cost me the chance to legit meet him in person and snap a picture with him. gah!

anyway.....go listen to the song and fall in love.

"you tell me time never waits, well that's okay cause i don't wait for time."

thanks for reading.

Jill Scott // Las Vegas 8.27.15

its not even funny how late i am with these pictures.
i meant to post them a looooong time ago.
like when i went to go see her, long ago; back in August 2015.
but for some reason i never did.

and then when i was finally going to, i didn't.

BUT NOW I AM BECAUSE I GOT TICKETS TO SEE JILL SCOTT AGAIN AND I AM SO FREAKING EXCITED!!!!

sorry for yelling!
but, so yea.
i thought it was time that these were ~~out there in the world~~ on my blog.

i know they're of the crappy quality but i was tooo busy singing my heart out to stand there and take good pictures.

i think the most favorite part of this concert for me (besides you know, finally seeing her!) was the fact that a man next to me saw me singing my heart out and he turned to me and said "you sing it sista." ahhh!!!! (you have no idea how much that meant to me.)

anyway, i cant wait to see her!
im currently listing to her on Spotify and ill probably listen to her repeatedly (even more so) from here on out til the day of! eeek!!!

hope you have a great weekend. (:
thanks for reading!

Currently listening to: the neighbourhood

sometime at the end of October i took my cousins to go see the neighbourhood because that's their favorite band and because i love them too!!!! (proof here, here and here)
that night i also learned I'm TOO old for that general admission shiz.
so while i left them to basically get trampled in the front, i went all the way to the side and read (yes i read at the concert. also, see why e-readers are the shit!) until they came on stage (cause the opening bands..meh.)
as always some crappy pictures (remember i was to the side in the back so considering these are zoomed in, they're not that bad!)

i have been listening to their album Wiped Out on REPEAT!!!!!
i didn't buy the cd (yes i still buy cd's and YES i buy all my music!) until a couple of days before our trip. so i had the cd waiting for me when i got home and because amazon rocks, with the purchase i got the MP3 version as well so i listened to it plenty on my trip.
since then, i have listened to this cd a hundred times.
seriously on repeat.
so good!

ill be catching them Feb 7 out here in Santa Ana.
i know i said i was too old for ga but for these dudes, ill suck it up.

anyways, go give it a listen on spotify! and then buy it.
cause that's what i did.
cause i like knowing what I'm paying for (hint hint Adele. also one of the most depressing albums ever!)

blah!
happy Monday! <3

Joss Stone // 7/23/2015

first, i gotta give a hella shout out to Instagram. because if it wasn't for them i would have never known about this show.

i follow the fonda theater on IG and they posted about the joss stone show so of course i went nuts.

i asked if they had tickets still and then said screw it and went to look for myself.

sho' nuff, they still had tickets! so i got myself one and when Jesus wants to bless you, HE DOES! because this concert was on a Thursday and while i ALWAYS work both jobs on Thursday, i miraculously had this Thursday off.

what did i do to hit the concert jackpot this year!!!! insert about a hundred happy crying emojis right now.

have you heard of Joss Stone?

no?
SHAME ON YOU!

i fell in love with this woman back in 2004? when fell in love with a boy came out. my first thoughts were "eew leave the white strips alone." and then, i fell in love!

as always, about 40 horrible pictures that i LOVE!

you know i love me a blurry picture!

i know they're practically all the same but i cant bring myself to just pick one.

let me tell you this, and this is super serious!, i have never in my life seen a more beautifully gorgeous human being on earth. this woman is just, wow. now i know i have not seen every single human being on earth but this woman. my jaw literally dropped. she is so beautiful i cant even begin to describe it. and her accent! shes the cutest thing ever! and live! her voice on cd's do her no justice. shes soooo good live on her own without her band. her voice is that good.

you know how i said i love Kimbra? i do but i think Joss just bumped her to 2nd place.

if you ever have the chance, do yourself a favor and catch her.

this was her only show in the US (besides Rockin' Rio in Vegas which i did want to go to just to see her but didn't) but if she's ever near to you, please go. you'll thank me!

i gotta say Fonda, i love you for bringing her out here.

whats even better? her new album comes out 7/31/2015 (so does Lianne LaHavas...already pre-ordered) BUT we were able to purchase it at the show so you best believe that's all i have been hearing in my car and I'm currently listening to it right now.

Jill Scott's cd dropped last Friday as well so its been like the best music week for me! its been heaven!!!!

but yes. DEFINITELY CATCH JOSS STONE!

kimbra // mikky ekko at el rey

ya didn't think i'd go to her show and NOT snap a hundred pictures did ya?

well you're sorta right cause i only got a few.

since i was car less at the moment i had my sis drop me off and of course she took her sweet time so i was too late to make it anywhere near the front!

luckily, there were steps so i was at the very top with a good view. that and i was more about watching the show vs capturing it all on my phone.