Bolt of Blue

Two things have so far made my day.

American Cinematheque is doing a Steve McQueen retrospective at the Egyptian. I want to go and see every single screening. I think I’m definitely going to see The Great Escape, Bullitt, The Thomas Crown Affair, and The Magnificent Seven. I wish they were playing Love With the Proper Stranger as that’s my favorite Steve film… but just to see anything on the big screen with him is going to be such a treat.

And season one of Felicity is coming out on DVD. Oh yeah. I can’t wait to get The Fugue. Simon Rex. Eli. Yum. Plus the last episodes of that season where full of Felicity and Ben chemistry lessons.

I didn’t go to see Haven last night… which I guess turned out to be good since they didn’t end up performing. Poor Iwan got all of his wisdom teeth pulled and has been out of commission for a while.

HOORAY! New That 70′s Show episodes tonight. A full hour of Hyde and Jackie goodness!

So I’m back… and I hate it. I hate being in this city I normally adore. Cause I’ve left so much of myself back in Vancouver. Trying to throw myself back into work. And I have plenty to keep me busy.

Yesterday I managed to go to two instores in one night… The Roswell cast did an instore with Sensefield performing. Got my Roswell soundtrack signed by Shiri, Adam, Nick, Majandra and Brendan. It was sort of weird… I was the very first person in line thanks to Sue who is a pro and knew where to stand when she got there. I didn’t really know what to say to any of them and I wasn’t nervous or anything. When I saw Nick, I felt like blurting out the Viper Room story but otherwise, I just said lots of ‘hi’, ‘thanks’, ‘nice to meet you’. Lame. It turned out to be a crazy fun night but I just felt off… I had fun but I felt like I was going through the motions. I wasn’t all there. Erica wanted to track down Sensefield after and we did. They were very nice guys.

Then we bolted and went to Aron’s to the Phantom Planet instore. We get there, walk into the parking lot and ended up having a great spot by the side of the stage. Lots of usual ‘people’ were there and some unusual… Rooney boys, Johnny Knoxville, Perry Farrell. The set was a blast… though the crowd was pretty lame. Only the usual hardcore suspects showed the love. Sam kicked some major bass ass. During whole songs, I just concentrated on his brilliant playing. Alex gave a great vocal performance. Giving a lot and then at the end, he climbed up on this lighting rig ala Damon Albarn. Though, this was a temp stage so I was feeling a little scared for the boy. He said he got a little electrocuted by it when I asked him if he enjoyed that later. It was weird to go through the actual signing part afterwards. I wasn’t all that into it since I’d rather talk to them afterwards. Joked around with Darren… and Jason went nuts and did a self-portrait for me when he signed my CD booklet. Crazy kid.

The night ended at one of my favorite restaurants all because of the amazing Chinese shrimp salad… and then driving home, calling my boy, and curling up in bed all alone and miserable. La la la la.

Song of the moment: One Ray of Sunlight, Phantom Planet

There’s some hope that Roswell is not going to be cancelled since no official statement will happen until May. I so enjoyed last night’s episode. Michael/Brendan with short hair! Man! And Max is always more fun when he’s not being typical Max.

Alright so the Phantom Planet show was so much fun. Of course. It was great to see them again. They seemed tired. But since they were in Chicago the day before and were headed to New York the next day, I don’t blame them. So ate yummy food (chinese shrimp salad). David Spade was sitting in a table near us. Very odd to hear his voice having a normal conversation with his friends. As we left the Rainbow Bar to get our will call tickets, Eddie sees someone in the patio stand up from his table and totally start waving to us. He realizes it’s Darren so he tells me and I go over and look over the wall of the patio and he’s still standing up. There’s a whole table of people he’s with… some of the Phantom guys, friends, etc… so I wave back to him.

When we walked into the Roxy, we showed our ids and the bouncer was all, yeah! You guys are numbers 5 and 6 who are getting stamped out of 160 so far! Woah!

The first opening band was The Skirts. They had done 2 songs at the fan club show. A Rooney boy joined them and when he’s the best one in the band and not even a member of the band, that’s saying something but I give them credit for going up there in front of so many people. That does take guts. Two of the girls though ended up standing right near us during PP and were being SO annoying. Whatever. Adam Duritz was in the crowd watching them. I think they did like 3 or 4 songs including a These Boots Are Made for Walking cover. Rilo Kiley was cool. I’ve only seen them one other time. It was nice to see them again. Alex came out to see some of their set. He was wearing this funky hat, covering up his shaggy hair. I liked it… Darren’s hair doesn’t seem to grow as much as Sam and Alex (they made a pact not to cut their hair until their album is released – still a month to go).

Phantom’s set was not as long as I would have liked… they actually played more songs then they intended too. Alex climbed up on these speakers during the last song. Very Damon Albarn rock star behavior. Alex claimed he was worried that no one would show up since as of that day only like 70 tickets had been sold but it ended up being sold out in the end. And he thanked everyone for coming out especially on a school night. HAHA!

Afterwards, Eddie left with Sue and Erica to meet up with Candice at Virgin. She was waiting in the freezing cold to try and get tickets for the $2 Strokes show. I stayed to check out the merchandise and then saw Jacques come out… and Jason and Sam and Darren. So I make my way to Darren and grab his attention. Poor boy was all sweaty since the Roxy is like a sauna. He gave me a hug and we chatted for a bit. He asked where Eddie was and I said how he went to try and get Strokes tickets and Darren was quite envious (though he had no reason to since we didn’t end up getting tickets). He said how tired he was, how he was jet lagged… how they were going to New York the next day, etc… I forgot to wish him luck on Letterman. But I told him to take care and how great it was to see them doing so well and gave him another hug as we said goodbye. I then found Jason and was going to talk to him really quick. Just as I was about to go up to him, Sofia Coppola and some other people come up to him. So I didn’t bother. I left and saw Sam outside but he was surrounded so I just left.

Went to Virgin. It was so cold. We didn’t stay long since there was no point. And that was that.

And now I’m stressing about money. And my lack of money. And why I can’t seem to pay off my credit cards and how I shouldn’t use them. Like ever! Sigh…

Oh… and who’s the coolest Starsailor fan in New York City? Laura, of course, who worked her magic and got into last night’s show. She rocks! I still haven’t posted my story about the Starsailor gig with the Charlatans that I went to. It was incredible. Pete Yorn was there. My friends had a priceless conversation with him… I got a set list cause Starsailor’s roadies are so nice and I had it rolled up in my hand. So I swatted Pete in the arm with it to get his attention and told him he was great on drums with Phantom Planet the previous week and he was taken aback and thanked me. That man is very nice. We got handshakes and quick hellos, etc. from Barry, James and Foxy (the other James) as they left during the last part of the Charlatans set (we had gone outside to the backstage entrance). And we then had a hilarious conversation with Ben, the drummer, who seemed to forget for about 15 minutes that his bandmates were waiting in a van for him. He burned his hand with his cigarette. Signed stuff for us. Told us James has a boyfriend by accident (he has a girlfriend). Found out he’s been to Disney World 3 times. He loves the weather in California. And was altogether charming, giving us kisses on the cheek (handshake for Eddie) as he left. Ben is the best! So that’s it in a nutshell.

I am so depressed. After this season, no more X-Files, no more The Tick, no more Family Guy (well, most likely), no more Felicity and no more Roswell. The only show that I will watch next season is Gilmore Girls. That’s it.

I only hope that the season finales for Roswell and the X-Files and Felicity do those shows justice. And that like the X-Files, Fox is smart and puts Roswell out on DVD. Please. Oh please?!

And if Michael and Maria are not back together by the series finale, well… I’ll just ignore season 3 ever happened and treat ‘Depature’ like the series finale. Now when I see Brendan Fehr tomorrow it’s going to be a little bittersweet.

From Crashdown.com:

Crashdown.com now has heard from several separate (and reliable) sources that the UPN has cancelled Roswell. We are hearing that the order has been cut from 20 to 18 shows for this season, and that there will not be a season 4. The cast was informed today of this decision, and public release of this information is expected at any time. Production is expected to wrap in mid-March.

Crashdown will follow this story and post any updates as we have them. If official word comes down, we will attempt to make that known asap, but at this point, it seems pretty likely that this information is correct.

I took this organ quiz and the results were so me it’s not even funny: You’re the LUNGS – You love life, but don’t really know what’s best for you. Sometimes you bite off more than can be chewed.

There are dozens of this quizzes I’ve seen posted on all kinds of blogs lately. They are very addicting. I am also cherry flavored (not as kinky as it sounds): You’re a sweet person to those who care the most and you have a kind heart. And I’m also a strawberry: You are caring and romantic. You are loyal to your friends. You friends can trust you. You are well loved.

Alright, Anna has a spectacular blog design… go now and bask in the glow of the green fairy. And Heather has a gorgeous new layout too.

And how awesome is this? Been making mixed cds for my pals to introduce them to the beauty and joy of Jeff Buckley’s music, if only my burner would cooperate with me.

Starsailor was very cool last night. James sang three songs, Coming Down, Way to Fall and Good Souls, by himself with just a guitar to keep him company. It was wonderful. Then the rest of the boys came out for a very casual autograph signing. There was a lot of people there which was nice to see. I was with a pretty big group of friends and so we were a little scattered throughout the line. After Eddie went by (he shook Ben’s hand and I was happy for him since he is in love with Ben), I was trying to get his attention to take pictures since he was just standing there by the end of the table. He was being difficult and I didn’t want to yell out or anything. James just watched us interacting and smiled at me when I rolled my eyes.

For some reason, I got flustered when I went up for my turn. I asked Barry how he was doing and then he got very excited about the cd booklet I was asking them to sign. It’s for their DVD single of Good Souls and they hadn’t seen it yet. So then Barry, James and Ben proceeded to pass it back and forth and tease each other about it concluding in Ben telling Barry that in his picture he has tits. It was hilarious. Barry and Ben smoked from time to time even though it’s illegal. And James drank a Corona (great choice after just singing with a show to do the next day). I was at a loss for words. I answered Barry’s question about where the booklet was from but I just didn’t say much else. When I got to James, I told him how wonderful his performance was and thanked him. He was very sweet. He signed the booklet and put down ‘love’ with it which I didn’t notice until later. All in all, it was a cool night. I got a lot of free stuff that Crapital handed out and Amoeba was pretty cool to those we were waiting a long time.

I’m very excited to see them tonight because like I predicted, James was on KCRW yesterday and he said that the show would be a double-bill. Both bands would do full sets. How rad is that?

So no Donnie for the celeb hockey game. I’m sad. I guess he didn’t make the team or something – I don’t really understand the whole set-up. But Brendan is going to be there so that’s okay then. And all kinds of shows are coming up… Nelly Furtado, Gorillaz, another Mellowdrone show… keeps me busy. Keeps me going… but doesn’t keep me counting the days until I see my babe again.

I feel like I have a lot to write about but I’m just feeling very lazy at the moment.

Forgot to mention how I saw Colin Hanks at the Gap the other day. Of course I didn’t go up to him even though it would have been the perfect moment to do so as he was by himself and just leaving the store, waiting to cross the street. It didn’t even cross my mind until later that I should have said hello. Oh well. I’m bound to see him again.

Because I’m a nerd and my friend is to, we are going to this celebrity hockey game at the Staples Center at the end of the month. Not only is Donnie Wahlberg going to be there but so is Brendan Fehr. I would not be going if it was not for Sue. I think we will have a blast cause we are dorks.

Tonight I’ll be hopefully seeing Starsailor. I guess it’s also a signing too. Then tomorrow I’ll see them again. And then Saturday I’ll be seeing LOTR for the 7th time. And hopefully going to this art gallery that is having an exhibition of LOTR photographs.

Aside from all that… I’m trying to set up a new domain. Should be interesting…

YEAH! I just paid for my tickets to Phantom‘s members only show. It’s going to be on January 2! It was supposed to be between Xmas and New Year’s which would have meant I would miss out by being in Canada. So it’s cool that it’s all worked out and I’ll be going to this right when I get back. I’ve never been to this before, so I have no idea what it will be like. But I’m sure Eddie and I will have fun.

Been reading reviews for Lord of the Rings. Getting more than excited. Been talking about LOTR with my boy so much that the other night I had a crazy dream concerning Legolas.

Gilmore Girls is pissing me off. Dean and Rory will probably be no more soon cause it’s a TV show and I shouldn’t get so attached. I mean, look at Roswell and how the writers have ruined Michael and Maria. I shouldn’t let this type of thing get to me so much. Sigh… oh well…

I can’t wait to use my digital camera on Friday night for when we go see Mellowdrone. And I’ll use it when we line up for the midnight screening of LOTR at Citywalk too… I love how Vanilla Sky is getting trashed by critics and LOTR is not. Sweet.