Last night Dave and I made it to a concert! I heard this song on the radio a few weeks ago and was so in love with it I made Shelby write down the singer’s name so I wouldn’t crash while trying to do it myself. Another advantage of having kids get older…
The singer was Ingrid Michaelson. I came home all excited and told Dave I found the best song, the most perfect song for my new website (in the works… yeah!). So we looked her up, bought her album, loved it, saw she was coming to San Francisco and bought tickets immediately. We’re so spontaneous.
The show was awesome. Her voice is amazing. She was so funny… part stand-up comic, part musician. She’s going all over the country the next couple months. Go to her show. She’s the next big thing… I think her big break was when Grey’s Anatomy played several of her songs on their show, and she was recently on the cover of Billboard. In Borders the other day I saw a big display for her CD. I have a feeling we’ll all be seeing a lot of her in the future!
That cute clown in the video? Turns out it was the guy that opened the show for her is also a VERY talented artist: Greg Laswell. His show was also awesome. I think Dave found a new favorite artist too.
So, yeah for us getting out of the house together and doing something fun! Well, my ears and head had fun, anyway. I realized I’m getting really old last night at the show because it was a standing room only crowd, which meant we were standing. The whole time. And my back and legs were killing me… still are! Even my ribs hurt. I’m such a wimp. I feel like I ran a marathon and all I did was stand around for a couple hours. Prepare my bed for the old folks’ home, at this rate, I’ll be there by next year.
But enough whining about my poor pathetic physical condition. The coolest thing is, I asked Ingrid’s manager last night if they would mind me using their song on my little website and she said it was ok. Yeah for Indy artists who have control over their own songs!
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SHUT UP, that’s amazing that you can use the song. Did you get it in writing?
I do love her stuff. Glad you had a good time!
I LOVE that song!! how cool you got to go to the concert!
I just heard her for the first time a few days ago when browsing itunes–she’s awesome!! How fun that you got to see her in concert.
I hate standing for long periods of time, too. My Grandma Lois actually got a compression fracture in her spine while standing in line for a wedding reception.
She was 93, but still…
Seriously. Shut up.
: )
I really love that song and I keep coming back to your bloggedy blog to hear it. I can’t wait to see your new website! As always, I’m sure it will rule.
And Mindy, THAT right there is why people should not have lines at a wedding reception. Poor Grandma Lois.
Love her too. I didn’t know that the song I liked was her though:P I just looked up her schedule and she is coming to San Diego… Totally going. Thanks for the tip:)
So glad you guys had a great time and thanks again for the CD. I’ve been listening to it non stop
LOVE HER. Had a similar experience–got the sweater song stuck in my head, then spent several days on iTunes trying to figure out who it was by. She was on Conan recently and made him a little modeling clay model of his tall, skinny, redheaded self (with optional beard). She’s just so cute.
We just missed her in Portland (her show was on a Sunday, gosh darn it) but she’ll be back in April. I am going to drag my hubby along, whether he likes it or not!