last night i hung out with rock stars.
jesse and i went to see The Dirty Three, and if you don't know them, you should. they are an band out of australia led by a guy named waren ellis. he plays violin, and they create some of the most intense, heartbreaking, overwhelming music i've ever heard. last night's show was fantastic!
so, after the show we stuck around wondering how we could meet them. normally i wouldn't do such a thing, but my friend jesse wanted to thank them for something. see, last december she had to have a pretty serious operation so my friends and i staged this huge benefit for her - to help pay for the medical bills. well, we wrote to the dirty three because they are one of her favorite bands. we asked them to play the benefit - hey why not?! they wrote us back saying it would be impossible due to their tour schedule but sent us tons of stuff to auction off (we were having an art auction).
so anyway, she wanted to thank them for contributing. well, we knew the door guy so we ended up getting back stage. it was such an "almost famous" moment! we walked down the hall til we saw "dirty three's dressing room" written on a slightly open door. we looked at eachother, shrugged, then pushed our way in.
it was a typical rock'n'roll scene. small, dim room filled with smoke and kind of smelly. she walked up to warren and proceeded to tell him her story, and he said "of course i remember - how are you feeling?!" well, we all chatted for a few minutes and then she said that we'd be taking off. he goes "why don't you have a drink with us?" ha!! so we had a beer and sank into the couch. 45 minutes later we were leaving wondering what the hell just happpened.
for some more information on the dirty three including mp3 samples, go here: www.tgrec.com/bands/album.php?id=365