The following is a recently found piece I wrote for a fan site, detailing my first-ever rock concert experience: BS 2000 and Le Tigre at Honolulu’s Pipeline Cafe on February 22, 2001. BS 2000 was Beastie Boy Adam “Adrock” Horovitz’s side project; Le Tigre was former Bikini Kill frontwoman Kathleen Hanna’s band. Horovitz and Hanna eventually wed in 2006.

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So as you may know, I spent December 10-15 in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, to watch my favorite band Muse perform at two different radio station holiday festivals. Here are the highlights from that memorable weekend.

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After looking and nearly dying of laughter at this awesome Kanye West meme website, I felt a bit… inspired. Click “read more” to see what I came up with.

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A week ago today, I was in Los Angeles, roaming around in “the world’s largest independent record store,” Amoeba Music, sifting through vintage rock posters, walking among aisles of CDs and vinyl records… and brushing shoulders with director Michel Gondry.

Oh right, ’twas Hollywood.

Vasthy, Liz, Christina and I had just come from eating dinner at Hard Rock Cafe on Universal City Walk. At Amoeba, we were all exhausted but willed ourselves to get lost in the music – literally. I mean, it’s why we were all here.

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Last week, I won tickets from BAMP, a local concert promoter, to see No Doubt’s second show here – their last one of the tour. Although I’m not a huge fan of theirs – I had a brief No Doubt phase when Tragic Kingdom came out; I was ten – I figured it’d be nice to go to a concert when your tickets are complimentary! So together with Tracy, who I met at the Franz Ferdinand gig in Tempe, we went to the show.

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See me play bits from “Space Dementia,” “New Born,” “Sunburn,” and “Ruled By Secrecy”; and “Apocalypse Please,” “Starlight” and “Butterflies and Hurricanes” in full. (Videos)

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After MONTHS of putting this off, I sat myself down last night and learned the rest of this Muse song on the piano. (I learned the solo part back in September/October.) This is me playing the whole thing, just 24 hours after learning the rest of the song. Not perfect by any means! (Video)

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What music video features clever editing, funny facial expressions, and fly dance moves by Alex Kapranos? Why, this one for “Can’t Stop Feeling” by Franz Ferdinand, of course. (Video)

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Here’s a five-minute video/slideshow I made commemorating our Arizona trip to see Franz Ferdinand.

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The following is my submission for the Franz Ferdinand fan club magazine. For larger, better quality photos, check out my Flickr photoset. For videos from and related to the gig, check out my playlist on YouTube.

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