Cupcake's blog: "musique!"

tonight i attended the brian mcknight concert in downtown oakland. mostly to support my homie, matt cusson. he plays keyboard and sings backup for brian. ALSO he is working on his debut album with brian currently [brian set up a recording studio on his bus, so they record on the road].. watching matty 'make love' to that keyboard is enough to make any girl cream! anyway, the show was awesome. matty has opened for brian every show on his european tour but this time in oakland 'Joe' opened and sang some shit that took me back to high school days. dayuumm.. the girls were goin crazy! after the show we waited for matty and brian to come out of the back. i met brian and his two sons brian jr. and niko. niko was THE SHIT! he might have been the coolest fourteen year old kid i have ever met! picture a slender black kid with dreads and an 'iron maiden' t-shirt. [he played bass and guitar for his daddy on stage for two or three songs. this kid was kickass!] so we got to talking after the show and i told him i never thought i would see anyone sporting a fucking iron maiden shirt at a brian mcknight concert! he said "well your hair is badass, and so is my shirt! so we totally go!" i told him i DEFINITELY should have worn MY iron maiden shirt! and he completely agreed. so then we got to talking about AC/DC and Whitesnake. he's a huge fan. he said he's been getting his dad into it as of late. who woulda "thunk"? then all of the sudden niko and i broke out into song together and serenaded the crowd with whitesnake's "is this love" he sang lead and i harmonized. it was pretty fucking awesome. i think i made a friend! hahaha! this kid was by far so much radder than his daddy. besides, brian [sr.] shakes hands like a girl. matty agrees. i think that's something he needs to work on. werd. pee ess: moms pumped me full of double shots of vodka. lord knows how many drinks i had before the show. the crazy ass made me drive there too! i was pee-issed! good thing we found the raddest californian asian fusion restaurant ever! [matty was a good sport about that too.. poor thing is exhausted].

[stay and listen] bjork. I'm a fountain of blood In the shape of a girl You're the bird on the brim Hypnotised by the Whirl Drink me, make me feel real Wet your beak in the stream Game we're playing is life Love is a two way dream Leave me now, return tonight Tide will show you the way If you forget my name You will go astray Like a killer whale Trapped in a bay I'm a path of cinders Burning under your feet You're the one who walks me I'm your one way street I'm a whisper in water Secret for you to hear You are the one who grows distant When I beckon you near Leave me now, return tonight The tide will show you the way If you forget my name You will go astray Like a killer whale Trapped in a bay I'm a tree that grows hearts One for each that you take You're the intruder hand I'm the branch that you break

[stay and listen] bjork. All these accidents, That happen, Follow the dot, Coincidence, Makes sense, Only with you, You don't have to speak, I feel. Emotional landscapes, They puzzle me, Then the riddle gets solved, And you push me up to this State of emergency, How beautiful to be, State of emergency, Is where I want to be. All that no-one sees, You see, Whats inside of me, Every nerve that hurts, You heal, Deep inside of me, oo-oohh, You don't have to speak, I feel. Emotional landscapes, They puzzle me - confuse, Then the riddle gets solved, And you push me up to this State of emergency, How beautiful to be, State of emergency, Is where I want to be. State of emergency, How beautiful to be, Emotional landscapes, They puzzle me, Then the riddle gets solved, And you push me up to this State of emergency, How beautiful to be, State of emergency, Is where I want to be. State of emergency, How beautiful to be, State of emergency, State of, state of, How beautiful, Emergency, Is where I want to be. State of emergency, How beautiful to be, State of emergency, Is where I want to be. State of emergency, How beautiful to be.

[stay and listen] bjork. you'll be given love you'll be taken care of you'll be given love you have to trust it maybe not from the sources you have poured yours maybe not from the directions you are staring at trust your head around it's all around you all is full of love all around you all is full of love you just aint receiving all is full of love your phone is off the hook all is full of love your doors are all shut all is full of love! all is full of love all is full of love all is full of love all is full of love all is full of love

[stay and listen] minus the bear. midnight on a beach in the mediterranean and i miss you even here, taking it all in the sand, silvered, carries the moon on its shoulders is it possible to put this night to tune and move it to you? don't cry, i'll bring this home to you if i can make this night light enough to move don't cry, i'll bring this home to you cargo ships move by, tracing on the horizon line there's a lustre from the city lights on the waves that kiss our feet and we're thinkin' of goin' in the time's getting thin don't cry i'll bring this home to you if i can make this night light enough to move don't cry i'll bring this home to you this is a city for not sleeping, the clocks are set by feel at this moment from where i sit, none of it seems real don't cry i'll bring this home to you if i can make this night light enough to move don't cry i'll bring this home to you

[stay and listen] the cranberries. Look, you're standing alone (Standing alone.) How ever I should have known, (I should have known.) Never before, never again, You will ignore, I will pretend. Never before, never again, You will ignore, I will pretend. In your world, you're alone in your face. You're alone in your world, you're alone in your face. How you said you never would leave me alone, oh. How you said you never would leave me alone. Now you're just walking away (Walking away), When you said you always would stay (Always would stay.) Never before, never again, You will ignore, I will pretend. Never before, never again, You will ignore, I will pretend. In your world, you're alone in your face. You're alone in your world, you're alone in your face. How you said you never would leave me alone, oh. How you said you never would leave me alone. Never before, never again, You will ignore, I will pretend. In your world, you're alone in your face. You're alone in your world, you're alone in your face. How you said you never would leave me alone, oh. How you said you never would leave me alone.

[stay and listen] the cardigans. This is where your sanity gives in And love begins. Never lose your grip, Don't trip, don't fall, You'll lose it all. The sweetest way to die. It lies deep inside; You can not hide, It's the meanest fire. Oh, it's a strange desire, You can not lie That's a needless fight. This is where your sanity gives in And love begins. Never lose your grip, Don't trip, don't fall, You'll lose it all. The sweetest way to die. When your blood runs dry You're paralyzed. It will eat your mind. Did you hold it back? It comes to you in slow attacks; It's the meanest fire. This where your sanity gives in And love begins; Never lose your grip, Don't trip, don't fall You'll lose it all. This is where your sanity gives in And love begins Never lose your grip, Don't trip, don't fall. You'll lose it all. This is where your sanity gives in And love begins Never lose your grip, Don't trip, don't fall You'll lose it all; The sweetest way to die.