It was a great show! My 5th time seeing Courtney Love live (make that 2 Hole shows, and 3 Courtney Love & The Chelsea shows). She was totally sober and coherent, and talked to the crowd without too much name dropping – which she is so infamous for.

The night started by getting to the Venue at 6:30 pm, and waiting for my VIP laminate. In the process, I met some really awesome Hole fans. This one girl had waited 12 years to see Courtney, and was a total obsessive fan like myself. That was refreshing. And 2 hot boys who I discover live right next door to me! Once we got into the venue, we ended up taking over the entire front row.

After the show, we waited outside the venue near a back door, which a crowd of 10 of us were sure Courtney would make an exit from. We wait there almost an hour, and figure out she is actually going to come out the front of the venue — where about 50+ fans are already waiting. We literally run around the street block to make it to the front, being sure not to miss her! We ended up getting a spot right next to the door of the Tour Bus.

Sure enough, Courtney comes out and starts signing autographs for dozens of fans. When she got near us, I promptly stuck out my Sharpie marker and poster – which she signed! It looks like a scribble, but none the less, it was signed and in person! Then we started to ask her to take a photo with us. Which we got and I am so happy to have a photo of me with her! Dream come true!

Me & Courtney Love

And what made me laugh is right after she finished with the photos, she said “Where’s the door?!” to the Tour Bus, as she was literally staring right at it. Oh Corky, what a kook!

View the full photo set on Flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/smaha/sets/72157624547641434/

View all 7 videos on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/royaltyrate

Brokenkites “Mintaka”

The highlight of the show: someone threw a Michael Jackson t-shirt up onto the stage, so the band broke out with a rockin’ version of “Beat It”.

The band who played before CKY was a Swedish band called Graveyard. They were definitely talented with their melodic strings… very reminiscent of Led Zepplin. I was definitely grooving out to this band.

Here are some of my best electronic songs:
* songs with vocals

Run Away Today
Acid Girls
Store Your Memory
Diamond Lake (Frozen Remix) (My Bjork inspired song)
Shadows
Sneaky
Underground Poets*
Moon Rabbits
Cavern Creature
Freddy’s Charm (This is how Freddy Kruger creeps on Elm Street)
Be A Man* (Hole cover)

And here are some other songs that I’ve wrote — just me and my guitar:

This Town*
Shattered* (written by Brokenkites, aka James Willard)

All of the above music is copyright. Contact me if you like it, but don’t steal it.

this is the song i’ve been singing my whole life
i’ve been waiting like a knife
to cut open your heart
and bleed my soul to you
i did it all for you
you and you and you and you

this is the sound i’ve been making my whole life
i’ve been waiting for this night
to clear up all the talk
although i’m selfish to a fault
is it selfish, it’s you i want
you, i did it all for you

this love will stand as long as you
there’s really no excuse
i did it all for you

these are the tears i’ve been crying my whole life
like an ocean of desire
i’m reaching through the noise
across the dusk of time
within the lilting lights
i am singing out to you

Listen: The Smashing Pumpkins “The Crying Tree Of Mercury”