Tom, Jackie, Arik (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} babycalendar) wrote,@ 2006-11-07 21:05:00 |
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Nov. 5th, 2006 - CMJ Report
The drive up to NYC was gorgeous and we got to see what fall looks like to people who don't live in sub tropical cities. The best part of course is the changing colors of the leaves. Deep reds, purples, gold, light greens almost yellow, just lovely for the heart and a pleasure for the eye. We stopped in Athens for Halloween, and then drove to Washington DC the next day to visit with Jose and have some fun. DC is such a fun city! Jose was a gracious host as usual and we all had a lovely romantic dinner in the rain and took a taxi ride back to his apartment. He swears you can see the white house from down his street but you've got to really crane your neck to get a good look around all the trees and buildings. He lives in a great spot though. The next day we drove straight to NYC and went straight to Lincoln Center to pick up our badges. Driving through the city is a huge pain the ass, but for a tourist (who doesn't have to deal with it on a daily basis), it's a fun, exciting ride!! We found a crazy parking spot and were all giddy about being in "our city" as we gleefully made our way to the correct building for artist badge pickup. Well, no sooner than we enter the building but who do we see? The whole HHBTM crew fresh from a 12 hour drive picking up their badges too!! It was fun, we took pictures (well, I made everyone pose over and over for pictures, but you know they loved it!), talked about our plans and our drives, got our badges, and started making our way out. Well then wouldn't you know we bump into Ruben and Ferny!! Fun fun fun! They were on their way to a daytime Apples in Stereo show and we parted ways with them to try and find parking near the venue. I don't know if you know about parking in Manhattan. HA! Ha I say! So in the early afternoon we headed out to the area around Cakeshop to see if we could find a place to station our car for the whole night that was close enough for us to load in. Guess what? We did find one! So did Casper and the Cookie-van because they were only a few spots down from us closer to the venue! Good luck all around and lots of merriment was going on, the streets were packed, the venues were packed, the shows were packed, and it was fun and excitement everywhere. Of course the hipsters had to pretend not to be excited but you could see it in their tightly pursed lips and half lidded eyes. They were pumped to be there!
The HHBTM showcase was fantastic; everyone performed well and had a lovely time of it. The next day we got some text messages telling us that we were on the Pitchfork website and sure enough, we were called a "highlight" of the night!
We slept over at Rubens and he was a super gracious host as well. We've been lucky that way to have kind people with fold out couches and whatnot as friends in all kinds of cities. We had a relaxing and delicious Brooklyn breakfast with Ruben and high tailed it out of the city to College Park, MD for our next show. It was c-c-c-cold in Maryland; the kind of cold that hurts your bones and stings your face and fingertips, even inside your gloves. We played in the UMB radio station office and met some nice people. The next day we woke up and drove wee wee wee all the way home. It's always so good to come home. --> -->
The drive up to NYC was gorgeous and we got to see what fall looks like to people who don't live in sub tropical cities. The best part of course is the changing colors of the leaves. Deep reds, purples, gold, light greens almost yellow, just lovely for the heart and a pleasure for the eye. We stopped in Athens for Halloween, and then drove to Washington DC the next day to visit with Jose and have some fun. DC is such a fun city! Jose was a gracious host as usual and we all had a lovely romantic dinner in the rain and took a taxi ride back to his apartment. He swears you can see the white house from down his street but you've got to really crane your neck to get a good look around all the trees and buildings. He lives in a great spot though. The next day we drove straight to NYC and went straight to Lincoln Center to pick up our badges. Driving through the city is a huge pain the ass, but for a tourist (who doesn't have to deal with it on a daily basis), it's a fun, exciting ride!! We found a crazy parking spot and were all giddy about being in "our city" as we gleefully made our way to the correct building for artist badge pickup. Well, no sooner than we enter the building but who do we see? The whole HHBTM crew fresh from a 12 hour drive picking up their badges too!! It was fun, we took pictures (well, I made everyone pose over and over for pictures, but you know they loved it!), talked about our plans and our drives, got our badges, and started making our way out. Well then wouldn't you know we bump into Ruben and Ferny!! Fun fun fun! They were on their way to a daytime Apples in Stereo show and we parted ways with them to try and find parking near the venue. I don't know if you know about parking in Manhattan. HA! Ha I say! So in the early afternoon we headed out to the area around Cakeshop to see if we could find a place to station our car for the whole night that was close enough for us to load in. Guess what? We did find one! So did Casper and the Cookie-van because they were only a few spots down from us closer to the venue! Good luck all around and lots of merriment was going on, the streets were packed, the venues were packed, the shows were packed, and it was fun and excitement everywhere. Of course the hipsters had to pretend not to be excited but you could see it in their tightly pursed lips and half lidded eyes. They were pumped to be there!
The HHBTM showcase was fantastic; everyone performed well and had a lovely time of it. The next day we got some text messages telling us that we were on the Pitchfork website and sure enough, we were called a "highlight" of the night!
We slept over at Rubens and he was a super gracious host as well. We've been lucky that way to have kind people with fold out couches and whatnot as friends in all kinds of cities. We had a relaxing and delicious Brooklyn breakfast with Ruben and high tailed it out of the city to College Park, MD for our next show. It was c-c-c-cold in Maryland; the kind of cold that hurts your bones and stings your face and fingertips, even inside your gloves. We played in the UMB radio station office and met some nice people. The next day we woke up and drove wee wee wee all the way home. It's always so good to come home. --> -->
