On Thursday evening Shannon and I went to the Troubadour to see Amy Millan (of Stars)*. The show was great and the Troubadour was tremendous yet again. The only downside to the evening was on the 101, where we ran into some horrible LA traffic at midnight, but that is expected here. 
I have a busy weekend ahead. Obviously the fact I am blogging at 2:05 in the morning is an indication I did not make it out tonight (because I hardly blog at all anyway). I was hoping to make it out to the Orpheum tonight to see Damien Rice, as he playing a double dip there tonight and Saturday night. What a shame, I was really looking forward to a Damien Rice show. On Saturday I will be accompanying Shannon to her Christmas party. I am looking forward to some Christmas cheer. And her Christmas parties always take place at those trendy-expensive type places, so I gladly enjoy the great company and the free cocktails/food..
On Sunday I will be hitting up Universal City Walk and the Gibson Amphitheater for KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Night 2. I missed out on last years Almost Acoustic Christmas show, having last attended in 2004. It is a bit of a KROQ Acoustic Christmas reunion for me, as The Killers and Snow Patrol performed in 2004, and will again be performing on Sunday.
The lineup is pretty stacked and I am very much looking forward to this show. A few of the performances I most anticipate are that of the Foo Fighters, as well as Beck, Snow Patrol and The Killers. I am also looking forward to catching the Raconteurs live, as I dig their sound and I spent almost half a week last year going to White Stripes shows at the Greek Theatre. I must say that I also am looking forward to hearing Angels and Airwaves live. I base this on the fact that I am almost an honorary Southern Californian now, and I must pledge allegiance to the whole Blink 182 and their 800 side projects (and now new bands) stuff. I was about to be on the Panic! At The Disco bandwagon as they played their (in my opinion) "Hello World" series of concerts at the Troubadour this time last year (2005). But I missed those shows. Gnarls Barkley has promised LA a treat with their costumes, so I have that to look forward to. And She Wants Revenge, well from the first single that I heard of them, I thought they were a rip off of Interpol. I guess I still think that way. Lets see if Sunday will change my mind. I will certainly post pics and or reviews of the weekend activities. Wish you were there. 
