Working for The Pogues (Live Nation)

Today I am working for Live Nation. "Running" for The Pogues at Pompano Beach Amp. A runner pretty much does everything the band, crew and venue may need. From ordering food, picking up band and crew members from airport, or hotel and drive them to venue, to picking up random supplies around town. It actually feels good working and not sleeping on a Saturday morning.

7:00am- wake up and shower

8:00am- breakfast, gas up the "Doom buggy" and hit the road

9:00am- arrived at Pompano Beach amphitheatre 1 hr too early. Sit and wait until 10:00am

10:00am- Tony (Boss for the day) arrives and I get to work. First duty: help unload stuff (drinks, food and misc items from rider for dressing room) from Tony's car.

10:30am- order and pickup food for Crew. 6 Cuban sandwiches at Cuban cafe too and 1 sushi box at publix.

10:39am- waiting for Cuban sandwiches. Googling where closest publix is to get sushi.

11:30am- back to Publix with Jeff (other runner) for rider supplies. Dunkin donuts box of coffee for crew.

12:45 pm- Lowe's for super long extension cables and a fan.

2:00 pm - Duty:look for a smoothie place.

3:00pm - smoothie place i found and drove to was shut down. Found a whole foods but they didn't have paper menus.

3:30pm- head back to Miami to get 12 passenger van.

4:00pm- finally get van and head to south beach to pick up The Pogues front man Shane.

6:00pm- pick up Shane (Pogues singer) and his crew and drive them back to pompano amp. It was a quiet drive, but Shane was very nice. He was very polite and asked me my name and introduced himself.

7:30pm- arrived at concert venue. Show has started.

8:00pm-watched kiss kiss (opening band). I really like them. You have to hear them play the Tetris song, it's bad ass!


Kiss Kiss "Machines"



8:30pm- The Pogues band manager needs 20 photocopies, 2 large ashtrays and towels. Wal Mart is open so I head over there.

9:00pm- The Pogues take the stage.

9:30pm - Did i just see Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones? (turns out the guy just really looks like him or my mom would have probably driven all the way over here to see him. Lol)

11:45pm - drive band and crew back to hotel on South beach.

1:00am- head home (so tired)

I had a great day. Everyone wad really nice and I got to hang out with James and Sharisse (my old live nation co-workers)! I missed them.

Here are some pix taken by the Live Nation Photographer

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”
Walt Disney

Walt Disney always knew just what to say. Walt also used to say "If you can dream it, you can achieve it". He was such a visionary. Look at everything that man has created. It is truly amazing.

I go to Disney World a few times a year. I just feel so different once I step into his magical land. It's like a battery fully re-charged, ready for anything the world throws at me. It's nice to let go and just be a kid for a few days. I don't think enough people embrace their childlike innocence and thirst for knowledge.

Music = Life

I have been singing since before I could make sense of what I was saying. I used to entertain my family on car rides, singing along to the radio. That was all before I could actually understand what I was singing.
I've always had a deep rooted love for music. I convinced my parents to buy me a guitar and lessons when I was in 8th grade. From that day on, I knew I wanted to sing for a living. I attended various concerts from then and still do today, I call it "Research". I love discovering new styles and seeing bands I've never heard before.
I've never been able to narrow down my favorite musical style. I'm all over the place. I love everything from rock to pop. Country and hip hop. Yes It's possible to enjoy such different styles. It's called being open and recognizing talent.
I truly love music.

Psychosocial

My mom left her car at the mechanics to have her oil changed 2 weeks ago in preperation for my roadtrip to see Slipknot at the UCF Arena. So my mom borrowed my car while hers was being looked at, which is when Katherine heard the song Psychosocial of the new Slipknot Album. She only heard it once and couldn't stop singing the chorus. So when I asked her, "Katherine, what are you singing?" She just replied some jibberish and it took me a few attempts to figure out that she was singing Pscyhosocial but she didn't know how to pronounce it just sing it.
And because every so often she gets in the mood, to record a web cam episode, we did just that. So this is the result of her rockin' out to her latest favorite song. Psychosocial by Slipknot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57injq5EoPI

If you have never attended a Slipknot live show, you are missing out. They are amazingly talented musicians and surprisingly entertaining, despite the scary masks. But if you know me, I love anything that is scary or horror related, so the masks weren't a big deal to me. Cory is an amazing front man and just knows how to stir the crowd enough to get them just wild enough to rock out to their songs without creating complete chaos. I look forward to the next opportunity to see these guys tear it up on stage again.

Oh and can I add that I am super proud of my good friend Sean Kane!!! He's one of the hardest working people I have ever met. He is not only Clown's (Shawn Crahan- Percussionist for Slipknot)'s assistant and right hand man, but he also controls the drum rig that clown plays on. You have to see this drum set rise up and rush back down and spin around. It's very cool. You can actually spot Sean behind clowns drums on stage in my pix and video. Video of the concert will not be posted by me, but if you are interested in seeing it, it's on my ipod. =)





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Here are some pix with my concert buddy Carla.





with Sean


Jim Root- Guitarist for Slipknot and Stonesour

Hot and Cold on Acoustic Guitar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0CtXzkHQCQ



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Here is my second attempt at the Katy Perry Song Hot and Cold. It's Baby's favorite song on the album, maybe the next time she'll sing it with me and my acoustic. I haven't played guitar in almost 3 years since I was trying to just focus on school and graduate. I should have never neglected my music for so long, now I feel like I am learning everything from scratch again. I won't be doing that anymore. More videos to come!

ArtistaMundo.com

This is the company I work for. We were in the newspaper last week! yay!

Check out our latest article in the Miami Herald Business Monday section on Monday, December 1, 2008: http://www.miamiherald.com/business/v-fullstory/story/793093.html featuring the newly launched site of ArtistaMundo.com

Ralph Lauren Fashion Show

My mom and I were asked to model in the Ralph Lauren Fashion show at Macy's Dadeland. I had such a blast. I got a real taste of what it takes to be a a real runway model. I have a new appreciation for models and their patience.


The fitting was long and depressing. Nothing looked good on me, I tried a million different outfits and none were just right. It took about 2 hours to finally get my 4 outfits together. Once they were chosen, I was relieved.


Mara (the Ralph Lauren coordinator) did an amazing job of making me look great. The outfits she chose made me look stylish and were comfortable. What was awesome about this show was the fact that the 11 models were real everyday women in all shapes and sizes. None of us had ever modeled before and we just had a blast.


My sister Karen tried to take pictures, but they came out blurry. She took video instead (see video below). I apologize for the quality (it was taken on my digital cam. Oh yeah, Baby was invited to participate in the fashion show too! She modeled 2 amazing dresses and was a hit with the audience.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiXsXARHdFs
















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Halloween 2008

Halloween is my favorite Holiday all year. Here are some pictures from the awesome day/night

Jenny McCarthy

Katherine met Jenny McCarthy at the Macy's FAO Schwarz grand opening on Sept 27,2008






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Katherine sings Hot and Cold

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