the joys of late night concerts before exams

due to my poor poor poor organizational skills, I committed to seeing amos lee play at the commodore last night even though I had an 8:30 am exam to write today (which went well! I survived! But kinda mad at my paper mark...I expected higher). Never will I ever ever do that again...I feel like broken pile of bones.

nonetheless, I had a fabulous time with the girls and we (well...me and poe...) revelled in passive/aggressively teasing amos lee's "looks" (I call it the " 'i want to look like jesus' syndrome") and yelled extra loud for his drummer freddie...the least attractive one of all (albeit talented! god ho fair geh...). a dude named mutlu opened, and was quite quite fabulous. he sounds like a cross between marvin gaye and justin timberlake, with the guitar skills to back it up. I love the simplicity of a solid acoustic set...with some of sultry jazz notes thrown in.

after a painfully long wait (we made fun of vancouver 's "paris hilton" and "k-fed") and enduring the awkwardness of people groping other people (which continued throughout the concert...geez...some folks HAVE NO SHAME), amos lee finally came on. needless to say, he did not disappoint! highlights for me were "sympathize", "night train" (i think that's the name...the cocaine song), and "black river"...

the one thing that really resonated with me was the genuine joy expressed by everyone on the band while they were playing. I love how "ordinary" everyone was...and the focus was on them jamming rather than "performing". there was a real honesty onstage that's expressed by few professional musicians...and they were not inhibited at all! amos lee's guitarist was probably the most impressive...with his trumpet and mandolin skills. I loved being included in their "musical joy"...it was a privilege!

anyways...i'm as tired as goose (don't ask)...but alas! one more thing!
I just found out that Bai Ling is guesting on "Lost" as Foxy's (Dr. Jack Shepard) past love interest! I was ENRAGED! Of all Asian actresses to pick...they had to pick her? I'm surprisingly angered by something completely irrelevant to my life. Haha. If I had known that they were casting an Asian female for Jack's love interest way ahead of time...I would have tried pursuing a career in acting. Teehee...just kidding!