IOTA last night?

[not too shabby]

No, I'm not emo-like at all.  I was by them.

[Celeste]

were you the girl who wants to become a nurse practicioner?

[not too shabby]

Um, no, not unless something about me just says "this one wants to be a nurse practitioner".  I don't like needles or, well, touching old people.  <P>Wait, was I wearing my "Nurse Practitioner in Training" shirt again?

[Celeste]

were you with one of the Sam Beam look alikes?

[wingelbert humptyback]

were any of you that chick that kept yelling "Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah!" all night long? I was standing by the front of the stage on the left side and she was behind me, so i never got a good look. unfortunately i could still hear her pretty damn well.

[wingelbert humptyback]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Celeste:<BR><B>were you with one of the Sam Beam look alikes?</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>haha. those guys cracked me up for some reason. beards for everyone.

[not too shabby]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Celeste:<BR><B>were you with one of the Sam Beam look alikes?</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>One of them was standing near me, right by the door, and he kept offering people chocolate as they came in.  Sweet, no?<P>I wasn't with them, though, and I didn't yell at all, I don't think.

[Celeste]

damn! I walked over to Whole Foods (sure only a block away, but it was so cold!)to get my chocolate fix and purge my mouth of the lame Iota food...

[kurosawa-b/w]

I thought it was a really good night of music -even with my back breaking and feet hurting from all the standing (4 hrs -youch!). I think everyone definitely fell in love with Rosie. Her Star Search story was both adorable and funny. (Drum machine! Dooo.dooo.dah.doot.) And then her voice! Wow. I felt the same as you all about Sam Jayne. His songs sounded the same after a while. But I really loved Sam Beam's voice. (Nick Drake, anyone?) I bought his album. But I have to say that James Mercer was my favorite of the night. Mainly because he owned his guitar -it had it's own life force in the songs whereas for the others, I felt like their voice was the main thing.  James added a vitality to the songs with his guitar playing. And oh how good it was to hear The Shins songs.<P>With all that said, I do think that my favorite songs of the night were the songs where they collaborated and joined each other on the vocals. Especially the two with Sam Beam and Rosie singing. Very nice.<P>Rosie as her alter-ego was very funny. "A couple of people on the street shouted Ariel, and I totally responded." Lol.

[wingelbert humptyback]

Well, I guess I don't mind being the only person on here that thought Jayne's set didn't blend into one long musical blur. I actually thought it was an impressive departure from his Love As Laughter material. Definitely looking forward to hearing the studio versions if they ever appear.<BR>I definitely agree about Rosie's banter though. Even without her wit, just listening to the contrast in her speaking and singing voice was enough to have me in awe. It's like night and day.

[lily1]

on the topic of iota, i recommend you all seeing paul casey there on monday. irish singer/songwriter.

[chknfngrs]

what'd you eat at the Iota that was so lame? I think their menu is tres magnifique! ah, to each his own. or her own. or their own. just sorry I missed this.

[Henry Dark]

I had baked ziti which had about the qulaity of a frozen dinner. She had a caesar salad which sure the hell didn't LOOK like a caesar salad.<P>Their food proves that yuppies will eat anything as long as they don't have to cook it themselves, and there's some trendy candles on the table.<P><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by chknfngrs:<BR><B>what'd you eat at the Iota that was so lame? I think their menu is tres magnifique! ah, to each his own. or her own. or their own. just sorry I missed this. </B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>

[chknfngrs]

trendy little candles indeed. don't have their soup then. or the burrito-type thing. and to think about it, their wine.... Poofty pranksters calling themselves a restaurant. Maybe the quality of food there is inversely proportionate to the amt of alcohol one consumes. I don't mind it eating there, though it's not something I'd do with great frequency.

[not too shabby]

I've had really great food there before.  Is the menu the same for the club area as for the restaurant side?  I've only eaten in the restaurant.  It was good but not cheap.