day one hundred and three

boy this was a weekend o' shows (#35). on friday kyle and i went to see al jarreau and george duke perform at jazz in the city, a benefit concert for the jackson street music project at the ritzy benaroya hall downtown. i had a really great time, and despite not being too familiar with the music i still felt like i was seeing and hearing something special. and i have to say this was totally unlike any other show for me. first of all, we sat politely. the whole time. secondly, we were easily the youngest people there, minus those poor, bored children we spotted as we left. thirdish, we had to get fancy to match the venue; i regret to say that i totally spaced on taking any pictures of the event - both for blogging purposes and because we looked gooooood.

saturday was dancing on the valentine, another benefit! this one was for the leukemia and lymphoma society, and it all went down at the crocodile. i ordinarily wouldn't count another hotels show towards my list since i see quite a bit of them, but this wasn't just any hotels show: it was david bowie tribute night! tons of bands took turns onstage playing four or five bowie covers each. and there was some rockin' makeup involved, at least on our group's part. there were so many great shots to choose from, i almost wonder if i shouldn't start some sort of web album dedicated to my one hundred and one and link it to this blog... anyway, for now these are some of my favorites:

magic cowbell makes rockstars fly! --------------------------------------------->

it's like she's wearing supercool glasses and i have orange squares on my face. also, my hair was bigger before i got lost in the rain. bummer!

they're trading makeup tips. clearly.

point of clarification: i realized i'm pretty likely to stumble across live music on any given night out in seattle, and have done so at least a handful of times since i started this list. so for future reference, i'm only counting those shows that include artists i explicitly make plans to see. there.