how to party like a rockstar..
the best way to party like a rockstar is to party WITH a rockstar. dave grohl works just fine. so i went to the foo fighters show at the opera house with valerie last thursday. we paid 90 dollars for the LAST TWO seats in the place (and it was the third and last night of the aussie leg of their tour). While we were waiting to go inside some manager of sorts came up to us..."it's the foo fighers las tnight here so they are throwing a party at the top of the shangri la (tallest, nicest hotel in sydney- 40th floor) and we dont know many people, so you two should come." and just like that we had 2 VIP passes.
so the show was awesome...it was acoustic and he played all the classics, and talked about when he first met kurt and played a song he wrote about him.. the crowd had an awesome energy. it's really rare for a rock show to be at the opera house, but apparently the foo fighters really pushed for it. they were pretty funny on stage, chatting a lot, etc. at one point he was like "Im from VA right outside of DC" and i screamed "YEAHHHH" and he looked around and was like "whoever just screamed is not drunk enough to be from DC" -- didnt expect a washingtonian among the aussies i guess. So the show ended and we headed towards the party- not knowing what to expect. when we step out of the Long elevator ride.... we are met with the MOST BEAUTIFUL view of the whole city/water/harbour..oh my god breath taking. and not to mention there was free wine and champagne everywhere (all night). free sushi. my kind of party. awesome music..lots of walkmen being played by the DJ. so dave and the band rolled in a bit later.. and mingled. i drunkenly went up to him and said i was the DC girl from the audience. he was nice, even though he probly thought i was pretty lame. i was like "yeah my sister is your age, you used to date a friend of hers, blah blah." and the crude, drunken grohl was like "we used to fuck not date" or something like that ..and i as like oOOOOkay then, whatever you say. then blond aussie girls stole him away and val and i went back to the free booze. we introduced ourselves to taylor hawkins..the drummer. what a sweatheart. he was super nice and gave us kisses on the cheek and said he'd catch up with us later. as the night progressed things got increasingly drunken for everyone. then i met wiley. http://www.myspace.com/chevymetal -- the blonde with longish hair is him (he's the lead singer). the other blonde is taylor hawkins (the foo's drummer). they are besties and in that cover band Chevy Metal. annnnnyway... we hit it off and he's like "why dont you two come back to our hotel to party more." Umm OK, sure.
so we get there around 330 am...and it was about 7 of us chilling. this guy Pat (their manager?) was there and someone who i think said he was in the band The Darkness. we raided the minibar and then hung out on their balcony which had an awesome view of the opera house. (the sydney park hyatt, i think). dave was there, but taylor wasnt. we talekd about how i went to field and how he dropped out of highschool. memories are blurred at this point. this one chick was ALL up on his grill..and he has a 5 month old baby! i honestly think something coulda happened btwn them, but whatever. grohl went to bed around 5 am (diff room). and val and i were just making mischief..wearing bathrobes, sunglasses, stealing from the minibar. the wiley guy was really fun and we were just cracking up chilling in this 5 star bathroom. ill get the pics up soon--priceless. at one point the phone rang and val answered "hello? who? what? hold on" hands it to me "hello" "yeah is pat there" "pat is passsed out right now" (he was dead asleep) "well it's his fiance, WHO IS THIS??" "Ummm" Click. does that stuff actually happen? are these people like this every night of the tour? what a weird life. i mean it was pretty tame, it was just odd. anyway..val and i cabbed home aruond 7 am..just in time to get two hours of sleep and then go into work super late smelling like a winery and an ashtray. all in all...a night to remember. thanks for the memories, dave! wiley has shot me several emails being like"call me if you come to LA..you were so fun!" haha... *sigh.
the rest of the weekend was fun..stayed in fri to recover. had another super late night on saturday. went to "bungalow 8" dont know if theres any connection to the NYC b8, but who knows. been really busy at work this week (busy writing this blog, etc). no actually we have a lot of shit on our plate right now and ive been working on some features and promotions and web designing. might learn to surf this weekend, cant decide because it's 200 bones and i am getting broker by the minute. OK...buckets full of love to everyone. i miss u all so much. im definitly coming home for new years...but hopefully getting a one year working visa and returning in jan for a PAID job. fingers crossed.xxxxxxxxx a
so the show was awesome...it was acoustic and he played all the classics, and talked about when he first met kurt and played a song he wrote about him.. the crowd had an awesome energy. it's really rare for a rock show to be at the opera house, but apparently the foo fighters really pushed for it. they were pretty funny on stage, chatting a lot, etc. at one point he was like "Im from VA right outside of DC" and i screamed "YEAHHHH" and he looked around and was like "whoever just screamed is not drunk enough to be from DC" -- didnt expect a washingtonian among the aussies i guess. So the show ended and we headed towards the party- not knowing what to expect. when we step out of the Long elevator ride.... we are met with the MOST BEAUTIFUL view of the whole city/water/harbour..oh my god breath taking. and not to mention there was free wine and champagne everywhere (all night). free sushi. my kind of party. awesome music..lots of walkmen being played by the DJ. so dave and the band rolled in a bit later.. and mingled. i drunkenly went up to him and said i was the DC girl from the audience. he was nice, even though he probly thought i was pretty lame. i was like "yeah my sister is your age, you used to date a friend of hers, blah blah." and the crude, drunken grohl was like "we used to fuck not date" or something like that ..and i as like oOOOOkay then, whatever you say. then blond aussie girls stole him away and val and i went back to the free booze. we introduced ourselves to taylor hawkins..the drummer. what a sweatheart. he was super nice and gave us kisses on the cheek and said he'd catch up with us later. as the night progressed things got increasingly drunken for everyone. then i met wiley. http://www.myspace.com/chevymetal -- the blonde with longish hair is him (he's the lead singer). the other blonde is taylor hawkins (the foo's drummer). they are besties and in that cover band Chevy Metal. annnnnyway... we hit it off and he's like "why dont you two come back to our hotel to party more." Umm OK, sure.
so we get there around 330 am...and it was about 7 of us chilling. this guy Pat (their manager?) was there and someone who i think said he was in the band The Darkness. we raided the minibar and then hung out on their balcony which had an awesome view of the opera house. (the sydney park hyatt, i think). dave was there, but taylor wasnt. we talekd about how i went to field and how he dropped out of highschool. memories are blurred at this point. this one chick was ALL up on his grill..and he has a 5 month old baby! i honestly think something coulda happened btwn them, but whatever. grohl went to bed around 5 am (diff room). and val and i were just making mischief..wearing bathrobes, sunglasses, stealing from the minibar. the wiley guy was really fun and we were just cracking up chilling in this 5 star bathroom. ill get the pics up soon--priceless. at one point the phone rang and val answered "hello? who? what? hold on" hands it to me "hello" "yeah is pat there" "pat is passsed out right now" (he was dead asleep) "well it's his fiance, WHO IS THIS??" "Ummm" Click. does that stuff actually happen? are these people like this every night of the tour? what a weird life. i mean it was pretty tame, it was just odd. anyway..val and i cabbed home aruond 7 am..just in time to get two hours of sleep and then go into work super late smelling like a winery and an ashtray. all in all...a night to remember. thanks for the memories, dave! wiley has shot me several emails being like"call me if you come to LA..you were so fun!" haha... *sigh.
the rest of the weekend was fun..stayed in fri to recover. had another super late night on saturday. went to "bungalow 8" dont know if theres any connection to the NYC b8, but who knows. been really busy at work this week (busy writing this blog, etc). no actually we have a lot of shit on our plate right now and ive been working on some features and promotions and web designing. might learn to surf this weekend, cant decide because it's 200 bones and i am getting broker by the minute. OK...buckets full of love to everyone. i miss u all so much. im definitly coming home for new years...but hopefully getting a one year working visa and returning in jan for a PAID job. fingers crossed.xxxxxxxxx a
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