matty, matty ...

a snippet from the mixed-up files of mr. matt nathanson - how much am i looking forward to seeing him on thursday?

yesterday, during an interview o.a.r. did with some paper, i sat in and pretended that i was marc roberge, their singer.
it was obvious that this kid who came to interview the band knew NOTHING about them.
his questions were totally ignorant.
and he had done no research.
and that is just obnoxious.
so marc and i switched places... and i sat in and did the interview as him.
it was hilarious...
so the new story of o.a.r, at least according to this paper, goes something like this:
i, marc roberge...singer for o.a.r., grew up in deleware but was actually born in the wilds of alaska..
and for my people, the inuits, struggle was a part of everyday life.
and it's their struggle that inspires every song i write... even 'poker'.
the struggle also inspired a story i wrote from which we took the bands name.
also... the hardest part of touring for me, marc roberge, is the way it irritates my hemmeroids.
you get the picture.
i don't think he bought the real outrageous answers...
he just thought 'boy their singer likes to say shit that's not true'.
little did he know the troof.
and later, all i could think of when fish and i hit the stage was, this kid is watching us now and must be so confused...
then when o.a.r hit the stage, i thought, i bet he's getting a little pissed right about now.
and i'm all for that.
hopefully next time he interviews a band, he'll do his homework.


i wish the whole matt/vickie interview could have worked out. for all intensive purposes, it would have. it would have been email, but i had it set to do - but with the whole job thing, it fell through the cracks and we wouldn't have been able to get it in. i suppose, looking at the email aspect of it, it wouldn't have been as much fun as i would hope. besides, if i had my journalist hat on, i would have had to be serious and professional-like. since i realized i would just be heading to the show as a music fan, i've been able to play "beneath these fireworks" constantly while singing along and will head to the show as a matt fan, where i will enjoy the show and say hello after. perhaps i'll even play uber dork and request to take a photo with him. i haven't been uber dork like that in ages - i think since ... good god, since the november mhz show well over a year ago now. and we all know how that photo turned out (and if you don't, use your imagination. a big ol' not so much on my part, although hd looked quite grand). besides, my past experience with matt is so favorable that i don't think he'd mind it. i had no problem asking mayer those couple of times, but i felt foolish and old asking howie and i'd never ask mraz (although i will admit that that would be the photo i'd want most - i just would never be yet another one of the fans screaming for a photo op - i'd much rather chat and appear sane). matt would be the one i'd ask for a photo with and wind up making funny faces at the camera.

random post - not making sense ... just waiting for my editor to arrive and need something to look busy. what other random things can i write ... turns out that there is an exercise room in the building. ??? i've been wandering the building off and on for over two years and never knew we had an exercise room. needless to say, i immediatel signed up for access to it - how much better could that possibly fit into my hopeful schedule? end the workday, head upstairs and work out, then head home?

aw ... yeah ...

anyhoo. again i ramble. might as well end a random post and turn to more research ... but who's up for checking out matty on thursday?

xoxoxoxoxo - the monkeys at victoria's keyboard

ps. for the record, while doing pre-work internet browsing, i learned the answer to the question about janet 'n' justin's halftime performance. for those inquiring minds - and i know there were some, as you were asking last night - let me provide the answers - she pulled a lil kim.

pps. chad is a strange fellow.

ppss. i've pretty much accepted the fact that all the work i did on an old progject has been abandoned, but it still irks me to see the area i worked on showing signs of definitely not being worked on ... aurgh!