Brandi Carlile @ The Broad Stage - "The Story"
i go to a lot of shows by myself...the last time i actually went with someone who's not my ex-wife (my defacto +1) must've been like 3-4 years ago to see ours @ the roxy. my friend hilary hated the music almost immediately, so we ended up doing this awkward 20min dance of "do you want to go?" / no that's ok / "are you sure?" / i'm ok / "we can go if you want" / ok, let's go.
frankly, i dont even really like meeting people at GA shows, because it gets in the way of me staking out a good standing spot on the floor. so if you see me wandering around at a concert talking to you, it usually means one of three things:
* i dont care about the band that much
* i got there late and all the good standing areas are taken
* i'm attracted to you and am willing to sacrifice some level of concert enjoyment to see where this goes (charming, isn't it?)
anyways, onto brandi...first time i'd seen her live, the show was incredible, she's a great storyteller. the broad stage was an amazing venue as well...too bad i haven't really gotten into theatre (there's some helen hunt play that's showing there all throughout january that looked mildly interesting). the theatre did have a "no photo/video" policy but i took some anyways. sorry, broad stage.
coming back full circle...i went by myself, and somehow had a front row seat right in the middle of a group of four women in their 60s (really i just wanted to mention that i had a front row seat).
...i'm rambling at this point, i should stop here. oh btw, coldplay @ hollywood bowl tickets go onsale next month, so i have a few weeks to debate if i should get a single ticket (which sounds really sad) or a pair of tix, and scramble to find someone to go with at the last minute (which makes me anxious just thinking about it).