May 10, 2009
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Meg & Dia‘s “Hot Topic” acoustic tour is still on the roll, and unlike the Santa Anita one, I was able to get in for their show at the Irvine Spectrum in Irvine, CA. Just like what I noticed from the previous Hot Topic show, the whole setup and agenda was a little bit more structured. They got us to sit down on the floor or stand at the back (which I opted for) to see the band perform, and they even told us in advance that the “meet & greet” was literally just an autograph signing with no “photo with the band” opportunity. bleah.
Their performance in general was really good. All the songs were done acoustically and it’s weird how while it sounds different than the studio album electric versions, they were still so great. I swear, it’s easy to get jealous at how talented this band is. I also liked the banter that the band was doing in between songs, and there were some humorous moments like suggestions to play the telephone game to talking about how white people call Mochi. After the fourth song ended, the Hot Topic people were ready to get moving to the autograph session, but we in the audience were being stubborn about it and wanted them to sing one more song. Dia then said that they’ll sing half of a song, but ended up singing the whole thing anyways. They did not play my favorite song off the new album though (Fighting For Nothing), but I’m sure I’ll have another chance to hear that live another time.
Afterward they had us line up for the autograph session, and I decided to stay at the end of the line with my fellow “boardies.” It’s a good thing I did that, because since Hot Topic was anxiously shuffling us by the band to get the line moving, I was able to kinda stall a lot longer since there was noone else behind me (besides the 170 other people waiting outside that is). I had them sign the DVD of their album, which Meg apparently never even saw what it looked like. I asked them about who updates their twitter page, and apparently they all had their share of actually using it. I showed them a photo of my wife’s “super-poke-pet” on Facebook, because her virtual pet actually has a Meg & Dia bag that the band had nothing to do with it being there (they were pleasantly surprised). At that point the Hot Topic people starting trying to shoo me out of the line, and before I left I was able to give them an mp3 CD copy of one of “the Swell Season’s” concerts (which Dia recognized who they were) which I hope they’ll enjoy.
Once outside, me and the rest of the boardies kinda just hung out, talked, and chilled. At one point I called out for band manager Mike Kaminsky to come talk to us about the May 16th show they are doing. A little later Nick came out to see us for a bit as well. After awhile I decided that we all go to PinkBerry, since I’ve never had it before. We joked out loud that maybe Meg and Dia was going to be there, and somebody must have believed us, because when we were at PinkBerry, there were three other MaD fans outside just waiting. hehe
Anyways, yet another successful, entertaining, and fun time with the Meg & Dia band.
- songs performed, with youtube video links -
1) Black Wedding
2) Agree To Disagree
3) What If
4) Inside My Head
5) Hug Me- click here for photos taken from the show -
