Blue Star Coffee

So last night my cousin Lowery and I went to see her friend Eddie play a solo set at Blue Star Coffee. I was very excited as you can imagine, seeing as how I'm sort of obsessed with the musical community and such. I got home from shopping at 5:30 and Lowery was coming to pick me up at 6:00. However, I looked like a whoricane (as Katie and I like to say) so I had to hurry to try and fix that. When Lowery and I finally set out, it was snowing hardcore so Lowery didn't want to take the freeway. We had to take the round-about way and couldn't see any street signs A: because we're blind, and B:because there was a blizzard outside, so we ended up getting lost and taking the freeway by accident and just basically drove around for a half hour trying to look for the place. When we finally found it, there was absolutely NO parking! We had to park up the street and walk down a giant hill. While this might seem a little unfortunate, let me remind you that it was snowing outside, the road was entirely covered in slush, and we were both wearing very inappropriate snow-trekking footwear for the sake of looking cute. NOT FUN! :(

When we finally got to Blue Star, everything got ten times better. I don't know if you've ever been there (this was my first time) but you must! It's a cute little eccentric coffee shop that serves what looks like incredibly delicious food. They have a room in the back with bicycles hanging from the ceiling where local bands get the opportunity to play. When we arrived the band Solar Euphoria (I think that's what they were called at least) was playing. I liked them. My favorite was a song called "Sex Rocks" well, because it was a little funny when you saw the band. The singer looked like either Ben Folds or a grown up version of my little brother (if you know my little brother, this is a very funny image of someone who fronts a band), and the rest of the band was just as nerdy. However, I think the image really worked for them, and they were really talented. We met up with Eddie and he was super nice, and looks like a really cool guy. We watched him play next as AKA The Badger. He was very fun to watch, and he's really good too. I especially loved one of his songs that he said was brand new. (Sorry, I don't remember what it was called) The last band we watched was a punk band called The Hung Ups. I really liked them seeing as how I really like punk. The bassist was very entertaining to watch because he was this really lurpy kid who just went all out; he was out of breath after every song. I really think he must take speed or something before he plays. Ha ha Ben Folds Jr. even got up and danced to the music, which really completed the experience. I had so much fun, and definitely hope to visit again, and maybe even try some food. :)

I've officially decided that I really need to be a musician. That'd be cool if the band Ben, Tanis, and I are in actually was successful. (We don't have a name right now, so any suggestions would be tres appreciated! :D) I'd also be okay if I just got really good by myself. However, my songwriting ability is sub-par at the moment, so we'll see how that goes. I'm really inspired to get better though. Playing a gig is something I've always wanted to do, and, seeing as how I'm not going to school till January next year, maybe I'll be able to get to that point before I move up to the land of the Arctic. My friend Courtney and I are scheduled to jam together next weekend, so maybe that will inspire me even more. Ha ha I think it's funny how a couple of blogs ago I decided that I shouldn't write so much about music, but yet here I am writing about it again. :) I will try to come up with something exciting in my life that is non-music related... which isn't likely, as my life is not exciting. (However, I am attending a sushi party tonight, which should be quite interesting. Maybe I will tell you guys about it.)

Alright, the song of the blog is City and Colour's cover of Alexisonfire's "Boiled Frogs". Acutally, I recommend you listen to both of them because they're both great. They're entirely different, so it's cool to see how versatile music can be. I absolutely love cover songs for that reason. My favorite thing to do in my spare time is arranging songs to be sung by white girls at the piano that were originally the total opposite. Feel free to comment, and I hope you are all having fabulous lives! :)