Thanks everyone for coming out to see Rachael's Surrender tonight. That means YOU misteropinion , anditron and kleinehexe242

We had a GREAT show and it's because of you that we made it through to the semifinals.
Now I know that a great many of you could not make it and that's okay. We're gonna need you twice as much for the next round.
My co-vocalist, amadea  gave me a fun hairstyle tonight. Is it too 'cute'? I think not. I'm breaking out of goth mode lately and into fun mode.
It was all about fishnets and a silver shiny dress.

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It was Chicago's biggest blizzard and we had a full house. I couldn't believe it.

Thanks to everyone who showed up, notably anditron and theevilchemist .

To those of you who didn't show up, THANK YOU for keeping yourself safe at home. If I wasn't playing, I wouldn't have been out of the house either!

It took me 20 minutes to get a cab home. When I got in the cab, the driver told me "if you live on a side street (which i do) I can only take you to the corner." I was horrified. I had high heels, my viola and 2 heavy bags with my effects and makeup. I told him, "I can't physically carry all of this stuff, even if it were perfect weather."After much begging I fake cried (which was borderline real) and gave him 20 bucks and he did take me to my door. The poor guy got stuck on my street a couple of times. Seriously, if he didn't take me home, I guess I would've gone to Hollywood Grill and called  surrender for a ride since he was still at Subterranean.

It was a FULL day. Yesterday was busy at work, then at 3:30, the opening band called me to cancel, then I had to get to Subt by 6:30 for soundcheck. Snowstorm, etc...

I consumed so much red bull that when I got home, my mind was wide awake but my body was dead tired.

Despite all of the hurdles I honestly had a GREAT time. I really really did. amadea looked and sang beautifully in the RS set. surrender kicked ass with his guitar parts and Michael's bass technique and overall energy sealed the deal.

The Greenscare put on a super fun set and the crowd was into it.  

Today I'll be cleaning the house and tomorrow I have to go to work and then it's an afternoon at the gym.

It's good to have a nice warm home with beautiful friends.

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Come see TWO of my bands perform tonight at Subterranean.
Tickets are only $5. Get em at the door or at subt.net.

Here's the lineup:

Milwaukee based band, Trolley @ 9:30
Rachael's Surrender @ 10:30 (and introducing amadea as my co-vocalist!). It's amazing what a difference one person makes on music. If you liked us before, you'll LOVE us now. And if you didn't like us before, you just might like us now.  

The GreenScare @ 11:30 It's our CD release party. I play viola with this band. It's like nothing you've ever heard and nothing you'd expect me to be a part of -- which means you'll be entertained for sure!