| follow your wishing heart 06.22.03 |
| Just when I think that I�ve grown up a bit and gotten over those youthful crazes, it all came back to me at the Lisa Loeb concert last night. I definitely wouldn�t say I�m her �number one fan� because that�s Jammer�s position, and I�m not about to argue with him. Even Annie Lin is mentioned in Lisa�s new album, and I think she came on board with the Loebers in #lisaloeb later than I did. But regardless of my level of being a fan, I was still excited to see her in concert again AND I finally met her after I became a fan when �Stay� came out in 1994! She only played about 6 or so songs, since she split the concert time with two other Jewish performers. (She performed as part of a Jewish Educational Series for Young Professionals.) She was as cute, witty, and charming as she was in other concerts. She played �Taffy� as soon as someone yelled it out from the first row (we were in the third), and she joked about being �professional� with the crowd. Prior to the concert, I posted on her web fan forum in the Requests section, asking her to play �Stay,� �When all the stars were falling,� and �Garden of Delights,� all songs from her Tails album. For her second to last song, she played �Stay,� and mentioned that it was a request. Yay!! That was me!! She mentioned wanting to play three more songs total but was getting the signal to only play two more�my �Stay� request and then ended with �I do.� After the concert, we went out and I lined up to get her to sign a CD. I was kind of reluctant to meet her because it kind of ruins my whole image of her�will she be as nice as people say? Will my devotion to her music be tainted after Lisa Loeb becomes a real person to me? But Matt persuaded me to and I got in line. When it was my turn, I asked if she got the �Stay� request off the web site. She said, �Yeah, and I wanted to play �When all the stars were falling,� but I could only play two more songs. I�ll play it next time!� She asked for my name to sign the CD and when I told her, she said, �I wasn�t sure if that was your name or just your Internet nickname, so I didn�t want to mention it up there.� Darn�oh well. On the site, I had also mentioned going with Matt, who wasn�t too familiar with her music and that I hoped he�d be a fan after. Lisa saw him with me and asked him how he liked the concert. He had no idea I had posted this, so he just told her he enjoyed it. I�m kicking myself for not bringing a camera, because I would have been able to take pictures in the concert AND afterwards WITH her. aarrrggghh�. Oh well, but I remind myself that she is just a singer and pictures with her aren�t too important. Yeah, it�d be nice, but that�s okay. I can do without. And knowing my luck with pictures with celebs (i.e. Benjamin Bratt), the pics would probably turn out horrible. heheh� Now I�m starting to debate whether or not I should transport that 5�x5� corkboard Lisa painting down to LA for my new apartment�nah� |
 |