GIDDY? SWOONING? WHAT THE HELL? CHRISTINE ’HEARTS’ JOSHUA RADIN!
Joshua Radin is magic. Pure and simple! I met him last night and WOW! If you don't know who I am talking about, please listen to his music here: http://www.myspace.com/joshuaradin
Although I had heard his name from a friend, it was my love of everything INGRID MICHAELSON that lead me to JOSHUA RADIN. He did a song with her called, SKY, in which he does most of the singing. I was immediately impressed and checked out his music eventually downloading everything I could get my hands on. I LOVE his music. He is a very talented singer/songwriter. But how, you may be wondering, did I meet him?
Amazing as it is with the bad year I have had (broken shoulder, deaths, being laid off etc.), I actually fell into it accidentally! I had read on MySpace that he was coming to the MIDDLE EAST in Cambridge and that you could buy tickets in advance on his web site. I did. That was about three months ago. Imagine my surprise when I got an email weeks later talking about when to be at the venue for the 'meet and greet' with Joshua Radin. HUH? It turns out the first 15 people to buy tickets get to meet him! Who knew? I admit that I felt a bit silly. I mean, what the hell would I say to him? "I like your music." That is it. That is all I've got. I am not one for meeting "famous" people really. Ok, so there are a few exceptions, as some of you who know the Monkees story, may be thinking! At any rate, we even discussed skipping it. Curiosity won out though and we decided to show up.
After dinner I text the number I had been given in an email. The tour manager came out and lead Kerreanna and I into the venue and there he was surrounded by people. I think we were late as people seemed to be walking away. His tour manager pointed out that we had just arrived.
Joshua Radin walked up to us, took my hand, looked me in the eyes and simply said, "What is your name?" I admit, completely against my grain, there was weakness in my knees. I was instantly mesmerized. That doesn't happen to Christine Hayes! There was something in his eyes. They are so expressive and sincere, not to mention deep brown and gorgeous. I don't know. As I said, this doesn't happen to me. He was charming and funny. I found myself a bit nervous. I don't get nervous with other mere mortals!
There are others who fall so short of his talents, and yet are pompous, but when he spoke of his music he was modest - he was real. Kerreanna mentioned Manny Ramirez being traded and he replied, "don't talk to me about that. I am from Cleveland and we lost him to you." He is really funny and he is sweet -- yup, definitely a "sweetness" about him. I told him my favorite songs are LOVELY TONIGHT and THE FEAR YOU WON'T FALL and he said he was going to play them. Kerreanna said hers are WINTER AND CLOSER. He asked if we wanted to do his set list. LOL! I babbled a bit, but he was laughing...he was laughing. I made Joshua Radin laugh. Ok. Big deal. I make most people laugh, but I cared. I got a special thrill out of making him laugh. He made me feel funny...what was it...this odd and unfamiliar feeling...oh god! It was GIDDY! I felt Giddy! I am not a 'giddy' kind of girl! I don't do 'giddy' -- SO out of character for me! Eventually he had to go as the show was about to start. I was even more excited for his performance after meeting him.
Let me preface this by saying that I had a horrible day yesterday! From start to finish it was bad, but I will not go into all those details here. I tried to shake off the bad day as I got ready for the show. I ended up on a T with no air conditioning and a woman who wanted to talk to me about a problem with her baby's daddy...NO KIDDING! So fitting for my day! By the time I got off the T I was so sweaty. I felt disgusting. Again, I tried to just look forward to the show, grabbing an ice coffee to cool off while I waited for Kerreanna. We enjoyed dinner and things were looking up.
Then sitting at the bar my phone kept vibrating. I finally decided to check it and I had 4 missed calls from the assisted living where my 90-year old cousin lives. Scared to death I ran outside to call them back. They told me she thought she was having a stroke and they were calling an ambulance. Through tears I explained I had been drinking and couldn't drive to get to her. I was very upset. To make things worse, a friend came along and saw me crying. I am not sure why I still call him that, as he has been no kind of friend to me for some time. But to add insult to injury, I heard the girl he was with say something and he just walked away from us without even a goodbye. I was still in tears! Who does that?
After running outside several times to speak to my cousin Charlie, who was in touch with the assisted living, I was starting to calm down. He assured me that he believed she was ok and that if it was serious he would go to the hospital. Still, I was shaken from the initial phone call and the fear of losing Cutie (that is what we call my cousin and I am so close to her she is more like a grandmother to me), as well as the fact that a man I once had a close and intimate friendship with -- a man I once considered to be among my best friends here and claims to care about me and call me "good friend" too -- would walk away at the bidding of a girl he has known for a few months while I am distraught. He doesn't have the backbone to stand up for himself or anyone else and that breaks my heart!
As you can see, I thought this would have a huge effect on me being able to enjoy the rest of the show. Vanessa Carlton was singing and as I relaxed, I was enjoying her, but not with the same enthusiasm I would normally have at a live performance (as that is one of my favorite kind of outings).
Then there was Joshua Radin! He took the stage with his fedora on his head, his way of softly speaking into the microphone like he is having an intimate conversation with the audience, his unassuming charm, the most incredible smile and THAT VOICE! I was happy -- instantly! BIZARRE! Something came over me. With each song...with each note...the feeling grew more intense. I was swaying, I was singing along...I started to take notice then of his physical attributes (not something I pay attention to normally, but I guess it was the whole package) -- from his thick dark hair peeking out from under his fedora to his deep brown eyes, to the five o'clock shadow and his hairy arms (yes I like hairy arms because they normally indicate a hairy chest and I LOVE A HAIRY CHEST), he was hot as hell! OH MY GOD! And then I realized...I haven't felt this since I was 15 and at an NKOTB concert. I was swooning! I am not a "swooner"...I don't swoon! I left that back in the teen years along with "giddy." But here I was giddy and swooning! Totally against every grain in my body!
At one point I heard myself say to Kerreanna, "I am a commitaphobe and a prude (I am not really a prude of course, but am labeled as such because I don't kiss strangers in bars and jump into bed with people I don't know) and right now I would do anything he wanted from sex to the rest of my life!" In shock she replied, "Where the hell is Christine?" I know! I have no explanation other than the obvious one, JOSHUA RADIN IS MAGIC! He put some kind of strange spell on me! That is the only explanation for these weird feelings for a man I met for five minutes.
The best part is though, despite my day and the disappointments, I had fun and I genuinely enjoyed the show. I loved every second of his performance and felt sad when it ended. I will go and see him again...I would travel anywhere in the New England area to see him perform again. Don't worry, I am not going to go "groupie" and start following him around the country or anything, but it is tempting. If you don't know him please check him out and if you get a chance go and see him. He has this incredibly powerful stage presence which makes his music even better somehow!
I AM MADLY IN LOVE WITH JOSHUA RADIN! BIZARRE!
Although I had heard his name from a friend, it was my love of everything INGRID MICHAELSON that lead me to JOSHUA RADIN. He did a song with her called, SKY, in which he does most of the singing. I was immediately impressed and checked out his music eventually downloading everything I could get my hands on. I LOVE his music. He is a very talented singer/songwriter. But how, you may be wondering, did I meet him?
Amazing as it is with the bad year I have had (broken shoulder, deaths, being laid off etc.), I actually fell into it accidentally! I had read on MySpace that he was coming to the MIDDLE EAST in Cambridge and that you could buy tickets in advance on his web site. I did. That was about three months ago. Imagine my surprise when I got an email weeks later talking about when to be at the venue for the 'meet and greet' with Joshua Radin. HUH? It turns out the first 15 people to buy tickets get to meet him! Who knew? I admit that I felt a bit silly. I mean, what the hell would I say to him? "I like your music." That is it. That is all I've got. I am not one for meeting "famous" people really. Ok, so there are a few exceptions, as some of you who know the Monkees story, may be thinking! At any rate, we even discussed skipping it. Curiosity won out though and we decided to show up.
After dinner I text the number I had been given in an email. The tour manager came out and lead Kerreanna and I into the venue and there he was surrounded by people. I think we were late as people seemed to be walking away. His tour manager pointed out that we had just arrived.
Joshua Radin walked up to us, took my hand, looked me in the eyes and simply said, "What is your name?" I admit, completely against my grain, there was weakness in my knees. I was instantly mesmerized. That doesn't happen to Christine Hayes! There was something in his eyes. They are so expressive and sincere, not to mention deep brown and gorgeous. I don't know. As I said, this doesn't happen to me. He was charming and funny. I found myself a bit nervous. I don't get nervous with other mere mortals!
There are others who fall so short of his talents, and yet are pompous, but when he spoke of his music he was modest - he was real. Kerreanna mentioned Manny Ramirez being traded and he replied, "don't talk to me about that. I am from Cleveland and we lost him to you." He is really funny and he is sweet -- yup, definitely a "sweetness" about him. I told him my favorite songs are LOVELY TONIGHT and THE FEAR YOU WON'T FALL and he said he was going to play them. Kerreanna said hers are WINTER AND CLOSER. He asked if we wanted to do his set list. LOL! I babbled a bit, but he was laughing...he was laughing. I made Joshua Radin laugh. Ok. Big deal. I make most people laugh, but I cared. I got a special thrill out of making him laugh. He made me feel funny...what was it...this odd and unfamiliar feeling...oh god! It was GIDDY! I felt Giddy! I am not a 'giddy' kind of girl! I don't do 'giddy' -- SO out of character for me! Eventually he had to go as the show was about to start. I was even more excited for his performance after meeting him.
Let me preface this by saying that I had a horrible day yesterday! From start to finish it was bad, but I will not go into all those details here. I tried to shake off the bad day as I got ready for the show. I ended up on a T with no air conditioning and a woman who wanted to talk to me about a problem with her baby's daddy...NO KIDDING! So fitting for my day! By the time I got off the T I was so sweaty. I felt disgusting. Again, I tried to just look forward to the show, grabbing an ice coffee to cool off while I waited for Kerreanna. We enjoyed dinner and things were looking up.
Then sitting at the bar my phone kept vibrating. I finally decided to check it and I had 4 missed calls from the assisted living where my 90-year old cousin lives. Scared to death I ran outside to call them back. They told me she thought she was having a stroke and they were calling an ambulance. Through tears I explained I had been drinking and couldn't drive to get to her. I was very upset. To make things worse, a friend came along and saw me crying. I am not sure why I still call him that, as he has been no kind of friend to me for some time. But to add insult to injury, I heard the girl he was with say something and he just walked away from us without even a goodbye. I was still in tears! Who does that?
After running outside several times to speak to my cousin Charlie, who was in touch with the assisted living, I was starting to calm down. He assured me that he believed she was ok and that if it was serious he would go to the hospital. Still, I was shaken from the initial phone call and the fear of losing Cutie (that is what we call my cousin and I am so close to her she is more like a grandmother to me), as well as the fact that a man I once had a close and intimate friendship with -- a man I once considered to be among my best friends here and claims to care about me and call me "good friend" too -- would walk away at the bidding of a girl he has known for a few months while I am distraught. He doesn't have the backbone to stand up for himself or anyone else and that breaks my heart!
As you can see, I thought this would have a huge effect on me being able to enjoy the rest of the show. Vanessa Carlton was singing and as I relaxed, I was enjoying her, but not with the same enthusiasm I would normally have at a live performance (as that is one of my favorite kind of outings).
Then there was Joshua Radin! He took the stage with his fedora on his head, his way of softly speaking into the microphone like he is having an intimate conversation with the audience, his unassuming charm, the most incredible smile and THAT VOICE! I was happy -- instantly! BIZARRE! Something came over me. With each song...with each note...the feeling grew more intense. I was swaying, I was singing along...I started to take notice then of his physical attributes (not something I pay attention to normally, but I guess it was the whole package) -- from his thick dark hair peeking out from under his fedora to his deep brown eyes, to the five o'clock shadow and his hairy arms (yes I like hairy arms because they normally indicate a hairy chest and I LOVE A HAIRY CHEST), he was hot as hell! OH MY GOD! And then I realized...I haven't felt this since I was 15 and at an NKOTB concert. I was swooning! I am not a "swooner"...I don't swoon! I left that back in the teen years along with "giddy." But here I was giddy and swooning! Totally against every grain in my body!
At one point I heard myself say to Kerreanna, "I am a commitaphobe and a prude (I am not really a prude of course, but am labeled as such because I don't kiss strangers in bars and jump into bed with people I don't know) and right now I would do anything he wanted from sex to the rest of my life!" In shock she replied, "Where the hell is Christine?" I know! I have no explanation other than the obvious one, JOSHUA RADIN IS MAGIC! He put some kind of strange spell on me! That is the only explanation for these weird feelings for a man I met for five minutes.
The best part is though, despite my day and the disappointments, I had fun and I genuinely enjoyed the show. I loved every second of his performance and felt sad when it ended. I will go and see him again...I would travel anywhere in the New England area to see him perform again. Don't worry, I am not going to go "groupie" and start following him around the country or anything, but it is tempting. If you don't know him please check him out and if you get a chance go and see him. He has this incredibly powerful stage presence which makes his music even better somehow!
I AM MADLY IN LOVE WITH JOSHUA RADIN! BIZARRE!
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