the all-american rejects, kl 2009

so i managed to catch the all-american rejects for the 2nd time in the space of two months. i really really love these guys (remember when they first became popular back when we were in high school? swing swing ♥)

they put on a good show. i said it before, but tyson ritter is one hell of a showman (and sorry rach, no, he did not go shirtless, though i think a soaked thin white singlet is just as gratituous? lol). i would defintely go see them again if they were to come back.

quick trivia: did you know tyson was in that film House Bunny? LMAO. Ani made me watch it, and i was like 'hang on. isn't that..?' lol.

i think this was the most disorganized gig i've been to so far. we got there at 4.30ish and there was already a huge crowd. everyone was queueing up like good citizens but when they finally started letting people in shortly after 6pm, all hell broke loose. everyone just rushed forward and because of that, there was this ridiculous bottleneck at the entrance with people pushing and shoving (which is BAD). they didnt even bag-check this time (which is GOOD lol). And oh, did i mention that we felt totally ancient in the crowd? seriously, it seemed like the crowd consisted mostly of school kids. lol. no, i dont think we're too old for AAR. we've been fans since school :)

AAR only came on at 9.50pm and let me tell you, it was one hell of a wait. props to local bands Disagree, Pop Shuvit and One Buck Short for putting up with a frustrated and disgruntled crowd. lol. there was more shoving and pushing in the crowd than usual. weird experience of the day? having my bum felt up by a little boy. he seemed about 13 and i think he was trying to push his way through further towards the front but for some perverse reason his hands kept finding his way to my bum. hello, who touches ass when they're trying to push people aside? dude, wtf.

while waiting, they kept repeating these short clips of the same old songs over and over again. i didnt like Black Eyed Peas 'i got a feeling' before this, but i think i officially hate the song now. overkill, mate. lol. but by the time AAR came on stage i think all that was forgotten.

setlist for the night:
1. move along
2. falling apart
3. dirty little secret
4. swing swing
5. my paper heart
6. i wanna
7. mona lisa
8. real world
9. it ends tonight
10. damn girl
11. the last song
encores
12. the wind blows
13. gives you hell

i think their performance at MTV worldstage was actually more flamboyant and energetic, but i'm gonna put that down to tyson's recent injuries. he came on stage wearing his Halloween headgear (which, btw, stayed on for most of the show lol). he's really very funny haha.

anyway, here are the videos. not too pleased with the visual (we moved to the back and i wasnt very steady lol) but i'm pretty pleased with how the audio came out :)











i love when they do 'it ends tonight'. the crowd always knows all the words ♥



amazingly, loads of people started moving out of the venue after they performed 'the last song'. lol! they hadn't even done their encore! good thing though. cos we managed to move nearer to the stage for the last two songs. haha.

he came dancing out for the encore with his headdress on again looking like a shaman. what a joker. lol.



unfortunately, i didnt get vids of 'dirty little secret', 'i wanna' or 'gives you hell'. I wasn't really a fan of 'gives you hell' when i first heard it, but it is one fun song to sing along with. haha. good choice for the final song of the night, i think :)

there are some pretty cool pics on junkonline. i dont think my pics are worth posting. HAHA

anyway, Malaysian-International Fashion Week (M-IFW) is here again. This year it is being held at Pavilion KL. I will be backstage on Thursday night, my boss is one of the participating designers. i haven't seen the stage set up yet, but i do know it's at the center area of pavilion. i'm wondering if you'd be able to watch the shows from the upper levels, or whether they'll be covering it up. Ai Tominaga will be modelling at M-IFW this year! i'm hoping she models for us. and even if she doesnt, i can't wait to see a professional international model strut her stuff. she's based in New York and has modelled for many top designers. check her out on style.com if you're curious.

i can't believe the year went by so fast. i've been working full-time for almost two years now o_O