the weekend wrapup

[leighblack]

I had a pretty awesome weekend! I went down to the Minnesota Irish Fair all three days. Three days of FREE MUSIC! Okay, I had to walk for almost a mile so I didn't have to pay for parking, but it's not like I can't use the exercise. It's amazing to see how big the Irish Fair is, yet you can still run into people you know. Like f_o_n_y and cashbox, whom I chatted with a little on Sat.

A little rundown of the bands I saw:
Romantica - a local band that's sort of but not really Irish. They sounded lovely, especially on the bluegrass cover of "Hallelujah", but the lead singer needs some work on his between songs banter.

Scythian - They were completely fun! Traditional Irish music with a nice kick. A good lead in to the next band...

Flogging Molly - Crowd watching for the FM fans was completely fascinating. Lots of mohawks and chains. Even a mesh shirt on one guy. We got the heck out of the crowd because I value all my limbs, and actually ended up listening to part of the show while we hung out down by the river. FM was great! Even though it's still kind of weird for me to reconcile Dave King of FM with Dave King of Fastway and Katmandu.

The Tannahill Weavers - More traditional music. They were good. The crowd seemed really into them.

Sweet Colleens - Another local, sort of Irish band. I do like them quite a bit.

The Fuchsia Band - I was so happy to see that they were on the schedule! I've seen them all three years they've been at the Fair. And they didn't disappoint this year. Máirtín was perhaps even more entertaining than in previous years. I think he said 'oh jeepers!' about 20 times. I totally love these guys!



Those boys are WAY to adorable. Máirtín has apparently moved to Minnesota, so maybe we'll be seeing him around more. I won't complain.

The weather could not have been more perfect. It was sunny with a nice breeze, not too hot or cold. I don't even mind that I got a little sunburned on the top of my head and the back of my shoulder (which I apparently wasn't able to reach when I put sunblock on). A big improvement over last year, when we nearly died from the heat.

You know how sometimes you just have that perfect moment? Where everything is right with the world and you're exactly where you're supposed to be? That was exactly what Friday night was like. I was surround by awesome music and nine of my good friends and everything seemed perfect. I like those moments. =)

We actually remembered to take a group photo of us all together, but I don't have that uploaded yet. Instead, here's a really goofy one with some of us.


That's duckduck, seimaisin, sister_wolf, taylorea and myself, looking completely ridculous. As it should be in all photos.

As long as I'm posting photos, here's one of me and stardiver:

We don't look too silly. Also, notice how awesome my $66 t-shirt looks. ;)


Best shirt I saw all weekend? 'Mom, Dad, I'm Gaelic' =)

Besides all that, I also went to see Idina Menzel on Sat night. I didn't really know what to expect and I was completely blown away. (plus, we were in the front row, which is completely fucking awesome) Holy cow, does that woman have pipes! She mostly did songs from her new album, and she threw in part of "Another Day" and a couple songs from Wicked. And something from the new musical Duncan Sheik is working on about Nero? Yeah, I don't know either. But everything sounded great and Idina is very, very entertaining to watch and listen to.

And I think that was about it for the weekend. Probably enough, eh? Oh, there was the important development that duckduck and I did decide to go to Chicago next month to see Kasey Chambers. OMG! I CAN'T WAIT! I ♥ her so much!

Comments

[duckduck.livejournal.com]

You know how sometimes you just have that perfect moment? Where everything is right with the world and you're exactly where you're supposed to be? That was exactly what Friday night was like. I was surround by awesome music and nine of my good friends and everything seemed perfect. I like those moments. =)

YES. It was the best time in recent memory. (Were there really nine of us?)

Oh, hey, did you run into Roy? ;)

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Ten actually, including myself. Lots of people!

No! No Roy sightings. It was kind of hard to look around in the glaring sun. We even managed to walk right by Andy & H on Sunday.

[cyberwuzzle.livejournal.com]

Wow, you have a lot of fillings. ;) That's a great picture (both of them) LOVE the $66 T-shirt.

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

I know. I take terrible care of my teeth. =/

Thanks! I like all of the photos too.

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

flogging molly had figured out that they were in st paul by the time they played saturday night. i think they saw your twitter.

it was good to see you! :)

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

There was a whole crowd of us in the back screaming 'You're not in Minneapolis!' every time they said it was great to be in Mpls.

Good to see you guys too!

[xiolablux.livejournal.com]

Let me know if you guys want a place to crash.

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Really? Are you sure? Because that would be super awesome, but I wouldn't want to impose.

[(Anonymous)]

No I don't mind at all. I'll have to go to work the next day but my door locks automatically so you can just leave whenever. Or if you want to stay for Skid Row Friday night you can do that too! LOL.

[xiolablux.livejournal.com]

Yeah that's me.

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

I think we'll take you up on that then! Thanks SO MUCH! That leaves more money for merch if we don't have to pay for a hotel. ;)

I'll let you know about Skid Row? My friend may or may not need to get back for a wedding.