Okay.. don’t hate me but last June I won another contest win from 98.7 Rockaholics. But to be honest I think they have less people participating in the program! hahaha They have a new Program Manager and now the win site is called TheList…. oooooooo. *eye roll* And they’ve given the station a name. It’s now Alt987. bahahaha
But this time I won the June package of Penthouse performances. And since I really enjoy those, I was very happy to get this email! Three nights of two free drinks and free food with four songs played by a band (that I may have or may not have heard of!) is my idea of a wonderful evening out.
The first night was a comedy night and it was pretty damn dreadful. The MC was a comic and standing through his humor between acts wasn’t actually THAT bad… it just felt that bad. The night was cold. The humor wasn’t thrilling. The last act was a woman so bad that she actually got heckled in our measly crowd of 20 and didn’t seem very capable of wrapping it up. So I turned to my friend and said, “I’m done… you done? Let’s bail.”
I’m not THAT much taller, I’m wearing heels!
I took my friend Patty to the comedy act, since she’d never been to one and with two others coming up after I knew I could take Sex God for those. She was suitably thrilled since I’d turned her onto the radio station recently. She was agog to see one of the DJ’s and loved getting a little dressed up to go to Hollywood. And while I’d told her there would be free pizza, they changed it up and had free soft tacos instead.
See us under the red arrow lol
Only a few days later Sex God and I went to see a band called Family of the Year. And I was just blown away by how much I enjoyed them. The lead singer is VERY rough around the edges in an completely starving artsy way. But the drummer… oh he is just a delicious bundle of I-wanna! Energy, humor and I could watch him sing and drum all day. Gentlemen if you look good in a tank top, its the only shirt you should wear! Yum. And they broke into a song I’d been hearing on 98.7 and I realized this band wrote beautiful music. I can only hope they play at Coachella. I’m in love with their song Hero… I highly recommend it.
The Synth guy
Then the next event (again, barely a few days later! lol) was a duo called Ms Mr, pronounced Mizz Mister. They had an interesting back story of meeting in a dance/music school and connecting. They also had several other musicians playing with them so I was initially confused because the website lists them as a duo but here were more than two people playing. Sex God was a bit perturbed about the fact that the amazing synth player (which is what I’ll call the electronic contraption he got music out of which looked like a combo of a harp, keyboard, synthesizer) sat down like he wasn’t a part of them, in between sets.
Mz Mr…. sorry its upside down :/
The Mister was obviously gay and I enjoyed watching the lovely camaraderie between him and the Mizz of the duo. And she was amazing on a personal level. She reminded me very much of a younger, more musically talented me. She had a similar smirk and playfulness. With a wonderful style and I wish I could emulate the way she danced. I wanted to soooo sit down and know her. Her voice sounded eerily like Natalie Merchant and her lyrics are very easy to enjoy. They are also a new band that 98.7 has been showcasing lately and I highly encourage downloading a song or two from their set. Hurricane or Fantasy are great tunes.
Now I have to wait 60 days before I might win again 😀