Recap: Grammys 2012

As promised, the Grammy's post (is it Grammy's or Grammys? ... ugh neither one looks correct). How did I explain this huge win to my parents? The Oscars of music. Accurate? Let me know.

So the day started off with my dear friend, H, who let me stay with her even though I wasn't bringing her (before you get all "Oh you're a biotch" to me, she didn't really mind because the person I took, S, is way  more into music than she is and if it were the Oscars then H would've been my first choice). Anywho. I took this GREAT Vietnamese bus service from San Jose to Los Angeles. It took about 5.5 hrs and I pretty much slept the whole time which is great because usually I'm worried about getting pulled over or my poor Fantito (my car) dying on me. Also it included a bottle of water and a banh mi.

To the meat of the sandwich. We (me and S) got ready and grabbed a snack a drove towards the arena. Oh my goodness as we got closer the more excited I got. I basically was yelling to S the whole time of different things that we saw...

One of the times I'm yelling and S is like dood stop

OUR PARKING PERMIT!

Right after I yelled, "THE RED CARPET!!!!!" with the window open... She was pretty annoyed. Haha

We've arrived! 

Some of the "hip and trendy" fashion... so weird

Deadmau5 outfit!!!

I walked where Ms. Ross walked... 

One part of the stage!

David Guetta :)

One of the very long parts of waiting

Chris Brown... The boy can dance but I still don't like him

Foo Fighters

DEADMAU5!!!!!!!!! 

DEADMAU5 LOVE HIM!!!

And then I flew home. On the smallest plane I've been on in the US. Probably one of the best Los Angeles trips I've ever had. So ends my first Grammys. Hopefully not my last.

Grammy Awards 2012

Thanks to Capitol Records (a company that I used to work for) I am going to the Grammy Awards this Sunday! This is a HUGE dream of mine come true especially since I'm a music-phile and you can tell a lot about my life just by asking me what I'm currently spinning. So needless to say, I am SUPER stoked. I'm going to pull the "I'm a girl" card and whine about how I have absolutely ZERO idea of what to wear. They emailed a dress code saying "dress to impress" and "hip and trendy." Obviously they have no idea that I have no idea what is classified as "hip and trendy" nor do I know how to "dress to impress" without donning my old prom dress (which probably doesn't fit anymore but that's not the point).

Anywho, they also say that I am not allowed to bring a camera NOR my mobile phone! SHENANIGANS I SAY! God has blessed me with some... things... that I will be using to conceal my phone. Don't worry. I won't get it taken away or I will use my powers as an American and sue the pants off them for sexual harassment.

What's the point of this? Well, this is my first big win of the year! I know the last time I blogged was about Coachella, which was also a huge win, but I think maybe, just maybe, this surpasses it. We shall see. In the next post.

first post: win #I have no idea

Hello people who apparently are interested in the fact that I win stuff! Really most of my "stuff" is concert tickets and this will actually be more like a concert review blog but I win most of my tickets, hence the name.

My first post will be about my second most recent and possibly greatest win: Coachella 2010.

How did I win this one? Texting. When? April 12, 2010. What exactly did I win? A pair of festival tickets, camping passes and a Sony bloggie camera. Price value ~$920. ... onto the goods. Where did I win the stuff from? Live105 in SF, CA. Who did I win from? White Menace and Megan Holiday.

Coachella basically rocked my socks off (even though I basically missed all of Friday and was very upset about it) and there are many folds to my reasoning. Oh how I longed to go to Coachella since I learned about it when I was a wee little child (music taste speaking of course) in 2002 when I heard that Bjork and Oasis were going to be playing "together" at some cool event. Pretty much every year after that I tried to some how make it there (and just so you know how musical my life is, I started instantly singing "New York, New York" in my head as I typed that). HOWEVER, I did catch the tail end of Imogen Heap who was outstanding and because I lost one of my hard copy tickets I heard Vampire Weekend but was not able to watch them. Still, from where I was freaking out from, they sounded great. Ezra sounded great with his spot on intonation and flipping of notes (yeah I like to sound like I know what I'm talking about). Last but not least, I experienced the greatness and phenomenal hip-hop/business MOGUL that is Jay-Z, or as Betty White pronounces, Jayz. Oh yeah and a little known artist named BEYONCE joined him for his current single/remake of "Forever Young."

Saturday my friend from San Diego was able to finally make it so I showed her around the camp and festival grounds and then we began our day of musical adventures. We caught The Temper Trap who proved able to hit the ridiculous high notes in person and we also caught the wafting sounds of Gossip and the xx while waiting to meet possibly the most famous electronic DJ from Europe, Tiesto. We reveled in the soothing voice of Corinne Bailey Rae and caught Hot Chip as we made our way over to the beer garden next to the Coachella main stage in time to catch Faith No More.

None of this held a candle to the main act of the event. Muse. Yes they need their own sentence. I have seen them only once before (headlining Live105's Not So Silent Night, which I also won tickets to and a meet and greet with the fantasmic Muse. Don't get your panties in a bunch I will most definitely blog about that later) and of course it blew my mind. Earlier I referred to Jay-Z as greatness and while yes he is great, the awesomeness and absolute incredible talent that is the trio of Muse. The way Matthew Bellamy hits those high notes and then can turn around and rock out like he just took a shot of energy drink is ridiculousity. The drum sounds produced by Dominic Howard does nothing short of shaking my heart and soul and makes me want to dance like no one is around (mostly for the watching and also so that they don't get hurt by my long gangly arms). But who on EARTH can forget the harmonies and deep bass playing of Christophe Wolstenholme?! All of this music put together with a light show that flawlessly accompanied the staggering music put me into crazy dance world that my friend has never seen. I may have scared her a bit but it was worth it.

Sunday was Sunday. Unfortunately, even though I am in my mid-20s, I live at home with my parents who would have had a conniption and a half had they heard that I took off work and drove myself down to the desert so I had to take my leave early my first Coachella experience.

If you have made it this far, congrats. I wish I could do more than just offer you that. But, maybe if you post really nice things you'll be the next to enjoy my next victory/win.

Until the next post (which will happen in the next few days as I have won something else already), toodle-loo