missing video - Gorillaz

...season of concerts...

We've been to several amazing concerts this year. First, Jay's old boss Kerry gave us FRONT ROW tickets to a sold out Pixies show. It was pretty cool; we got to share the experience with our friends Marianne and Jamie Tolosa, also HUGE Pixies fans.

Then Jamie Cullum came to town. Jay RAVED about the last time he saw Jamie at the 930 club. So we called my sister, a huge fan of Jamie Cullum, and convinced her and her boyfriend Mason to drive to DC for the concert. It rocked. Hands down one of the best show I've seen. He is a true performer, and the 930 club is small intimate and perfect for a performer like him. In this video clip, you can see he is actually spontaneously creating rythm on the top of the piano. The whole show was spontaneous, had a feeling of a Jazz show with a rough idea of what's going to happen, but with lots of playful musical interaction by the musicians


Then we moved across the country and decided to check out the shows here. In July Mos Def came to town. It was Jay's birthday present to go to this show. I think we both had very high expectations and were...overall a little let down by this show. The building where the concert was held was BEAUTIFUL! It's an old theater that they remodeled and retrofitted to be a concert hall. I think we were both in awe of the architecture and intricate details of the theater itself.

Most recently, last night, we went to see the Gorillaz. As much as I loved Jamie Cullum, this is my favorite show ever. It was absolutely unreal. 1. It's Halloween and people here in SF go nuts over this holiday. So most people were dressed up, there was big bird, cookie monster, a bear, maybe 50 Lady Gaga's, and lots of pink, red, blue, and green hair. 2. The Gorillaz are a random group of artists who originally didn't want to be known so they created cartoon characters who performed for them. Now days people know who they are and they no longer hide their identity but they still have the visual affects of the cartoon characters. It was hard to know what to watch the characters or the musicians. Check out the video and you'll understand.

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