The Sound of Music. Julie Andrews

So, finally time to tell you about DMB.

First off, we ended up getting picked up by Stacie around 2 hours earlier than I assumed we would be leaving... Stac drove us to Casey's, and then went on her own to pick up Sine. Stacie returned around an hour later to pick up Casey, Jul, and I. We then went to get Stacie's sister, Steph, who had to be in work at 3:30, even though it was already like 3:45. Steph dropped us off at Wallingford train station and we ended up missing the right train by like 10 minutes, so we had to wait another 40. We caught the R3 and ended up at Market East. From there we walked to the Gallery for a bite to eat. Next we asked directions and caught bus 17 to go to Penn's Landing. Once at Penn's Landing, we ran (literally) just to catch the 6 o'clock ferry. We walked to the parking lot where a zillion tailgaters were partying, and I watched everyone get smashed (not my favorite part of the day...). Then was off to the Tweeter, and the night was awesome after that. DMB was amazing, and the crowd went beserk over "Too Much," "Warehouse," "Crash Into Me," and of course, the finale, "Ants Marching." He came out and performed some songs for the encore, and by far the best was "Gravedigger."

I have to say that Boyd Tinsley was freaking amazing on his solos.

Also, last Friday, I went to the World Cafe for a free at noon concert with Rufus Wainwright and Neko Case. It was spectacular. Neko came on first, and I wasn't sure what to expect from a country-pop artist. Her voice was amazing. Then Rufus came on and performed "the Art Teacher" and "Going to a Town." He began to play "Sansoucci" when his guitar strap broke, and the funniest 3 minutes of live radio happened. He started the song over, this time sitting on a stool with the mic lowered, but then the mic began to slip. Each time, a WXPN employee would run on stage and move the mic up, and Rufus would have to adjust himself. It was hilarious. Then, he played my dad's favorite song, "Hallelujah," with his sister, Lucy. I thought at first he would bring out Martha, his other sister, to sing with him. (FYI Martha Wainwright sings with Snow Patrol on "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" off of Eyes Open). But, Lucy was very good. Then, they interviewed Rufus, who acutally claimed that he went to Berlin "to become heterosexual. But the Queen in me won out!" My dad was kinda freaked out at this point. Afterward, he came BACK on stage and did one of my favorite songs, "California."

And Friday night, Julia, Virginia and I watched HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2! Don't laugh, it was cute. Plus, Zac Efron is veryyyyyyy good looking.

Just look at the eyes!