Lady Gaga's Monsters Ball.

On Tuesday night Jess, Areli, Roberto, & I went to the Lady Gaga concert at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. We waited five months & spent $200 to see her! And we hella got our money's worth! We had pretty good seats; good enough to see the stage. I've heard that Lady Gaga is an amazing performer from many people, and she was! It was my first big concert & I really didn't expect her to be that amazing! I loved everything about the concert--the costumes, the interludes, the song selection, the stage, & especially the choreography. I really loved her "Speechless" performance; mainly 'cause that's my favorite song by her and it really shows off her vocals & her piano skills. I also really enjoyed "Monster," "Telephone," & "Bad Romance."

We saw lots of people dress up in Lady Gaga costumes/outfits & some dressed as if they were going clubbing (um .. okay?). Some Lady Gaga costumes were great; we saw this one girl in a leopard outfit like in "Telephone." We saw lots of girls with the soda can curls, bow tie hair, & caution tape. However, the most disturbing thing I've seen was a plus-sized middle-aged woman in a nude colored body suit & caution tape around her. Sorry, but why would you wear that in public, especially with the fact that you're plus sized? But I give her respect for going out in public like that.

Anyways, Lady Gaga really really is a great performer live; she puts so much intensity to her perforances, it's crazy. I really don't know how describe it; you just gotta see it for yourself. I'm not sure if I'd want see her live again, mainly because of how expensive tickets were, but I could at least say, "I saw Lady Gaga live." But if tickets were a bit cheaper, I would like see her again.

*Click on images to enlarge. Sorry, for the not-so-high-quality; my Sony Cybershot kinda suck. :/

Justin Nozuka at Great American Music Hall.

[Sorry that I'm a week & a half late; kinda busy with school until this semester ends.]

Last Sunday night, November 29, was Justin Nozuka's concert at Great American Music Hall here in SF. One word to describe the whole night -- AMAZING! One of the best nights I've had this year. I brought Angela & Pearl with me as their Christmas present. I was so happy that GAMH didn't check bags; I was kinda stressing about them telling me that I couldn't use my D3000, but thankfully, I brought it 'cause I got a few really good shots.

Justin had opening acts by Elizabeth & The Catapult and Sam Bradley. I've never heard of them before, but I really enjoyed their music. I've noticed that Justin's opening acts are always pretty good. Elizabeth & The Catapult wrote a song while on tour with Justin & they made a duet. It is such a beautiful song. I really enjoyed Sam Bradley, especially his songs "Whiskey" & "Scared". His sound is more like blues. His guitarist Dave is kinda cute with a light turquoise Fender.

Once Justin got on stage, girls who were standing behind Angela & Pearl were pushing them &went hella fangirl. I was kinda surprised that they didn't push me 'cause I'm small. But if they did, I would have said or done something. Justin never ceases to amaze me at his concerts. He just keeps getting better & better. His drummer Alex was sick, so he had the drummer from Elizabeth & the Catapult. The drummer learned all of Justin's songs in one day. Gg! I had front row (kinda) off center this time! Finally! The previous concerts I went to I was always at the front row right, in front of Anthony. He sang some of his songs from his debut album, two new songs I've never heard of ("Ababayo" & "I'm Free"), did a snippet of "Swan in the Water" (I wish it was longer, its one of my favorite songs), "After Tonight" (acoustic version), & "Hollow Men". Throughout the concert, Justin was smiling time to time because of the fact almost the whole audience sang along to his songs. So cute. There was this one guy who kept on saying, "Justin, you're a savage beast!", each time Justin had a little time to talk. Lol. When Justin came back on stage for his encore, the same guy said, "Justin, you're a savage beast! Sing 'Sorry!'" Justin replied, "No, you're a savage beast dude!" & ended up singing "Sorry", maybe 'cause he kinda got annoyed by the guy telling him to sing "Sorry". I was so surprised that the concert ended earlier than usual, around 10:30.

Remember how I blogged about his meet & greet contest? Surprisingly & coincidentally, I was one of the winners of the SF concert! So, I got to meet him after the concert with a friend. I couldn't chose between Angela & Pearl, so I let them decide themselves. Angela let Pearl meet him 'cause Angela & I already kinda met Justin when he played at The Fillmore. One of my 101 things to do in 1001 days. Most embarrassing convo ever. Justin is sucha sweetheart; he was so chill, humble, & down to earth. I kept on smiling the whole three minutes I was with him. I told him that he put on a really great show, how Bom was falling asleep to his songs earlier when I was listening to them, & that it was my third time seeing him live. He gave me a hug. Omg, he's so skinny & pretty tall. When I was rolling up his poster he signed for me, it got kinda wrinkled & he asked me if I wanted a new one. How sweet, but I told him its okay. I forgot to ask him what does his two new tattoos mean. Next time, hopefully?

[Will be updated with pictures eventually.]

Meet Justin Nozuka on Tour!