"Wake up you sleepy head, put on some clothes, shake up your bed"

PROVIDENCE WAS AMAZING. yet another great show from Crash Kings.

JULIE'S CRASH KINGS SHOW COUNT = 14

yep! fourteen times!!! i can't believe it. tonight is #15.

ya know what? did i tell you about the guy at the Middle East who was chatting me up for a while? i can't remember. but, that's enough back story. well, that guy told me he had seen the Mighty Mighty Bosstones 42 times.

so, i've got a ways to go.

the stage in Club Hell last night was super small and tiny, so we were pretty much RIGHT next to Tony. like, he was arm's length away. i didn't even have to use 'zoom' on my camera, because he would automatically take up the whole frame. YEP. that's how close we were.

and during the beginning of the show, i think during 'Non Believer' he looked at me for a few seconds and gave me a big smile. it was wonderful.

AND MIKE!!! totally freaked out and got excited when we did the "Crash Queen Claps" during 'Mountain Man.' it was AWESOME.

and so, I told you that Kara came with us last night. or, that she was going to come with us last night. and, Kara sometimes gets a little crazy when she goes to concerts. this has happened before.

so, we're driving past the club last night looking for parking, and Kara obviously has her "Mike Radar" turned on (it was on ALL night), but she recognizes him walking down the street like, across the intersection and up the block from where we are.

and so we start waving. he's walking with Jimmy, their super cute tour manager. and then we get closer and Kara rolls down the window and shouts,

KARA: Whooo!! We're going to your show tonight!!!!!!


and then Mike and Jimmy start laughing and fist pumping. it was very amusing and awesome. and then Kara was also chatting up Jason at the bar, and also the guitarist from one of the opening bands. ohhhhh Kara. i just think she's great.

i talked to Jason for a while. Ryan gave Tony what she had transcribed of '1985' so far. He gave her a few pointers on where to put the synthesizer line.

it was a great night. Club Hell turns into "Fetish Night" on wednesdays, so there were some pretty interesting looking people walking in as we were getting ready to leave.

Jason asked me,

JASON: Are you guys sticking around for Fetish Night?
JULIE: Haha, noooo, I don't think so. Are you guys?!
JASON: No, we're driving to Burlington tonight.
JULIE: Ohhh! Well, we'll see you there tomorrow!
JASON: You're driving to Burlington too?!
JULIE: Of course!

And then he did that thing that people do that's like a 'handshake/high five/hand hold' thing. you know what i'm talking about. cool people do it. but, he did it to me.

we also told Josh, their roadie/former Rooney roadie that we'd see him in Burlington too. he seemed pretty happy. i like Josh. i saw him rocking out to Mountain Man and it made me happy.

so, if ya'll don't know - it's super hott in Boston right now. it actually just started raining, which made me think about how hott it is.

ANYWAYS. i'm probs gonna get ready for the show soon. i'm wearing my pink CK shirt tonight.

just had lunch with Ryan's roommate Brent and his sister Brittany. we made delish sandwiches. yumm.

OH! since i've been updating you on my horoscope lately, i'll let you in on today's:

"Something that offers a lot of beauty and romance will be given to you today."

are you asking me if i think that means another killer Crash Kings show? my answer is YES. i think that's exactly what it means.

also, this is my "love" horoscope:

"Talk it up! Take any chances you can when it comes to communication, whether face to face or over your phone. You'll have the persuasiveness and charisma to get your point across."

that sounds pretty good too.

ok. i'm going to get ready to go now. i think we're leaving boston between 3 and 3:30. picking up Jo and Courtney along the way! and then we all rock together!! soooo excited.


i would like to thank Crash Kings for being so awesome and incredible. i would also like to thank New England for making Crash Kings shows so accessible.


talk to everyone later!! have a great night!!!!


☂,
jULIE