Hotel Cafe Show

I just got back from the show at the Hotel Cafe, and I must say that it ROCKED!!!!!!! The first thing that was the best was finally meeting the other bloggers who went. I met ballerinagurl, Collin, JoAnn, Suesjoy, Chris, Gary and his wife Stephanie, Nabonidus, Alecia, Justin, Jillytee, Dave from Pennsylvania, and anyone else I forgot to mention, in addition I met a few other Rachel fans who don't blog, but read them instead. Along with these bloggers, I met Simon Townshend, Mikey, and I was able to get Rachel to say "Hi" to me when I shouted "Hi Rachel!"to her when she was walking back into the club for the meet & greet. Unfortunately I wasn't able to meet Pete because of all the autograph seekers who were hounding him. I managed to get right behind him and I was so close that I could have actually tapped him on the shoulder, but I didn't. Just being like half a foot away from him was a surreal experience, unfortunately he never knew I was there. I was hoping that I could get Pete to sign my arm so I could get it tattooed, but what I was really hoping to do was approach him like "Hey how's it going?" that kind of thing, just being cool and introduce myself. In reality, that kind of approach is very hard to do when Pete has to deal with the autograph seekers.
Mikey and Simon were the coolest people to approach. Simon was the first of the group I got to meet, then I was able to approach Mikey three times, once before entering the club, then second inside the club after the show. During that time, me and Nabonidus got a picture with him, then a third time outside the club.
I could go on about that, but I must now move on to the performances. It was so AWESOME!!!!! Rachel was Amazing! "Cigarettes and Housework" was really good! Simon was so incredible! His song "Sex Change" ROCKED!!!! I didn't think he was going to be there, so that was a nice suprise! Rachel was right about Minnie Driver, she really can sing! and plays guitar very well! E from the EEL's was really good, and he was funny too! Billy Corgan also did a wonderful performance despite a little trouble with tuning his guitars. I learned that Billy likes to play unplugged. And of course, let's not forget about Pete's performances, he sounds even better when seen live and in person. I could've died very happy!
Most of us were all in the corner of the club right next to the stage. I estimate that we were at least twenty feet from the performers. We were right behind Justin, who was doing an excellent job of recording the show. I also managed to get pictures taken, thanks to Ballerinagurl and Stephanie for helping me get some good shots. Unfortunately I didn't use a flash because we were told that it wasn't allowed. I really hope the stage lights help the pictures come out, if not, at least I have photoshop. I will get the pictures up as soon as possible.
There's still so much more I can talk about, so be sure to come back for more.

To the bloggers who were there, it was very nice to meet you all.

Note to Dan L, I heard that you were there and I'm very sorry that I missed you, hopefully we'll get to meet in the future.