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sam stop. but don’t.
Ah Monday. The Monday after Thanksgiving no less. Always fun to be back at work after a full week off, no? But, I guess I should be lucky I have a job so maybe I should just get to the point of this post, no?
So, this past week, I have felt off. Not just because I was sick, but because I was ::gasp:: offline for most of the week. Can you believe it? Yeah, me neither. I was THAT sick that even the computer was making it worse.
Anyhoo, last night as I was getting ready for night night times, I realized that the “off-ness” I was feeling was that I hadn’t checked or really been on twitter in what seemed like years, save the half hour that I listened to the Fearless interview with Mr. Bradley. I started sweating at the realization. What had I missed? What important tweet did I miss RTing? GAH!
With shaking hands I grabbed my cellie and quickly scrolled through both my accounts saving the SoS one for last. And. Then. I. Saw. It. My worst fears came true. I MISSED a GENIUS TWEET.
http://twitter.com/samueltwitt1/status/9074693944385537
With THIS pic linked:
anddddd....i DIE.
You’re probs thinking uh, what’s so special about that? Erm. That’s where I have a confession to make. HATS. Hats are my kryptonite. A guy in a hat is like a girl in a school girl uniform for guys. Like WHOA.
And it’s NOT the first time people. Did you all see this (where he apparently got that hat in the pic)? GAH. I mean, sometimes, even THIS is goo, although, I could do without the beibs hair. and that huge watch. But whatevs.
Naturally, I got on gchat with Amber and I might have virtually squeed all over her (heh) about the hats. Which of course led us to thinking about hats that we could give Sam during the next meet and greet. I mean, don’t be surprised if we show up with one of these to give to him the next time he rolls through Dallas, although, this post might just make him skip Dallas on the next tour. So maybe I will just send him this for Christmas, yeah?
a blog divided
All the good hats are college ones, right? And since Amber and I are from dueling nations, she being a ::ahem:: Sooners fan, where I am a die hard Longhorn gal, we couldn’t decide on which school to give so there.
Although, I guess this one would be goo too, don’t you think?
cafepress rules
What hat would you like to send Sam? Let us know. And in the meantime, please to be NOT stopping with the hats, mmmkay Sam? Preesh.
I’m THIS Close to Pulling the Emergency Handle Marcus!
Yesterday, LiLi and I got all kinds of jazzed up! We were kind of dying for some Marcus news for awhile, and finally last week, you came out of the woodwork and tweeted for us:
Of course, we were walking on air for you! I mean, I literally squeed out loud and did a happy dance. So then, yesterday, Chris Maas (XMAAS on the Twitter) tweeted this:
LiLi was excited. I said WTF. Because back in June, you tweeted this:
Now, here is my question… is the new EP still coming? Or are you ::gasp:: starting over since you got the record deal? Cause let me tell you, I’ve been eagerly awaiting this EP and I don’t know how much longer I can wait.
Since it’s what we do, LiLi and I had a little chat about this. Here is my reaction, in real time:
So there. See what you are driving me to Marcus? Not only am I thinking about pulling out Harold & Kumar this weekend, watching, laughing, and then being all sad panda about not having a White Castle near me, but I’m also getting impatient and am THIS close to pulling the emergency handle.
Give us a little update. Do it for Sam, cause trust. He does not want to be on the receiving end of that awkward DM.
P.S. I just saw and rememebered I mean to ask you about this tweet:
Srsly. Dude. I will blow your ass out of the water on Words with Friends. I am this close to just searching for MarcusFoster1 and starting with this battle royale of word play. Oh, and don’t cheat and use your English words on me. I only can write in American.
P.P.S. For any of you wondering… I would NEVER pull the emergency handle. Ever. And I stay away from that mofo when I am drunk, cause I don’t trust Drunk Amber with the emergency handle. At all.
LiLi’s Sober Recap (cause someone has to drive)
which is funny, cause I let Amber drive after the show. Whoops.
Anyhoo….
So, you all know that Sam played in Dallas last Friday, thanks to Amber’s revisit yesterday.
It was AMAZING. He sang Lights. And Scared. And a song about Sugar Mamas. And then the heavens opened and angels poured in and filled the HoB with rainbows and sunshine.
Did that really happen? Well, no, I mean, DUH. But if it did, I wouldn’t know cause I wasn’t effing there! Yup. I missed the WHOLE set. After all my planning and determination and speeding and changing while driving (HOLLA old man at stop light in Kaufman who gave me a courtesy honk while I took off my jeans) I didn’t get to see nor hear ONE song.
BUT, I did make it in time for the meet and greet after Sam’s set– which pretty much made up for the fact that I missed the WHOLE effing show. Yeah, in case you missed that– I MISSED THE WHOLE SET. At least I am not bitter, right? Heh.
Approaching the HoB, I recieved a text from Amber letting me know to come right in the door and she would be waiting along with Sam. This made me laugh out loud since I had been reading her tweets (at stoplights– not while driving) and I could see the drunk progression as the night went on. Yet, she wasn’t kidding. I opened the door and boom, there he was. Right there. It kinda made me jump cause I really thought Amber was kidding. He was in the midst of talking with some fans so naturally I did what needed to be done. I went to the bar.
Finally, with a beer in hand, aka my liquid courage since I am not good at talking to people, I made my way to the line only to be assaulted by Amber and her 10sec recap of the entire set. It was impressive. She sounded like that micromachines guy that used to do those commercials. And then she ::ahem:: directed me to get in line so she could get in line again. To which I laughed cause this girl loves her some meet and greet lines.
It didn’t take long for us to reach the holy land Sam and much to my surprise he not only remembered me but also noticed that I had cut my hair. Pretty amazing if you ask me since there are peeps that I have known for years that have yet to notice. It wasn’t until later that I realized I had missed my chance! I should’ve used his complement to my new coif as my segue into finally completing my creepsterness touching Sam’s hair. UGH. Foiled again.
After that, much is a blur as I was trying to buy a CD from TwoShoes (HOLLA– who I was supa excited to see in person again) while attempting to sound coherent to Sam with people stopping by every few seconds to wish him well and say goodbye. As always, he was generous to everyone that stopped to speak to him, giving them his undivided attention. This is one of the reasons I like him so much, outside of his music. He is genuine with every fan that he encounters, making sure that everyone has a good time at his shows.
After a break in the people saying goodbye, I got my chance to tell Sam how much I enjoyed the album, to which he replied, “I heard.”
Um. Say what?
I asked him to clarify and that is when I found out that he has, in fact, heard both mine and Amber’s audioboos.
::facepalm::
He only laughed and said, “Well, I do follow you guys on twitter.”
er…..yeah…..about that…..
Amber and I both try not to think about the fact that Sam does follow us, otherwise, I don’t think we’d have the balls to post half the shizz we do. Let’s just say it’s a good damn thing he can’t see our gchats. Whoa.
Ignoring the increasing embarrassment at knowing now that Sam has heard me sound like Sylvester the Cat on the ol’ Boo, I asked for my CD signed, we got a few pics and then I returned to my lover, I mean the bar to get a refill.
That is when Sam excused himself to uh, ::whispers:: use the john and then he never returned. I’m pretty sure that he got caught up in whatever it is musicians get caught up in after their shows– I shall not venture a guess– either that or he’d been eating way too much Mexican food while in Tejas and he really did get ::ahem:: caught up in the bathroom.
Either way, the night was awesome, even though I didn’t get to hear him play, I got to hang with Amber, meet some new peeps, get my copy of Zuni signed and managed to squeeze in a little side hug from Mr. Bradley. Not too shabby. The only thing that would have made it better would’ve been the hair. ::sigh:: One of these days…..
Now– have you entered to win a SIGNED copy of Zuni???
Why the eff not?? The contest is open to anyone and ends tonight at 11:59pm (central time, yo).
So getchyoself over there and enter!
And the Winner is…. Plus, Our Reactions to Zuni, Audioboo Style, AND New Marcus Pics!!
First things first. You guys were killing us last night on the Twitter wondering who was gonna go and see Brooke Fraser and Sam Bradley this Friday, in Dallas. And the winner is…
skuck669
YAY– Congrats! Now, everybody be super jealous of her!! And Skuck, if you could shoot me an email at shackofsoul@hotmail.com with your name for the will call, I’ll get your tickets sorted out. Also, be sure to send me your shipping address, as you are also gonna get an autographed copy of Brooke Fraser’s new album, Flags!
Before we move on, I think we all need to give a little love to Mary at Sideways Media who is the real person behind this ticket giveaway! We couldn’t have done this without her!
Wait, don’t run off just yet! We have more!
As you all know, today is November 9. Tuesday. Release day for new tunes. And guess who is rocking a new EP today?!
It's Zuni time!
Duh. Sam. You all already knew that. Hell, you all probably have it already. If not, please to be go directly to iTunes to download. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.
I know me and LiLi do! And we have our own reactions to it and instead of writing a boring ol’ review, we decided to do our reactions Audioboo style! Hear the fangirling as it happens!!
Yes. We love suffering this kind of embarrassment for you. Srsly. These are hilarious. I think we need our own radio show with all this mad on-air talent!
Amber’s Reaction
Amber’s Reaction Boo to Zuni, pt. 1
Amber’s Reaction Boo to Zuni pt. 2
LiLi’s Reaction
LiLi’s Reaction Boo to Zuni (only one part on my end)
Wait. WAIT!! There is MORE!
Imagine waking up this morning, all jazzed about Sam Bradley Day and you find these (thanks to a tweet from theruckusblog!!)
Photo Credit: Max Knight
Photo Credit: Max Knight
Photo Credit: Max Knight
Gah Max. I blame you for distracting me with all this awesomeness! But what a great distraction…
[LiLi Edit: oh. my. gawd. DYING. adding Max to our list of peeps to blame cause I will NOT be getting any work done today.]
Alright, I think that’s it. Finally. I love mega posts!!
Winners, CDs, Tickets and Being C-blocked
The purpose of today’s post is two-fold– to announce the winner of last weeks giveaway AND to reveal the last prize in our month long giveaway event. Mainly, I just wanted a reason to use the phrase two-fold but that is neither here nor there.
So, first things first– the big winner of what I dubbed as the “We Make Amends Double the Fun Giveaway”. The prize pack of a signed Sam Bradley and The Men (awww….one more time for Dave everyone!) poster AND the Sam Bradley EP album keychain goes to……drumroll please….
itsaboutspaceships
Yay! Congrats to, er, Mr/Ms/Miss S. Ships? Space? Hmm….I am thinking that is a username. At least I hope it is, otherwise I am a big jackace. Anyhoo– SpaceShips, please to be emailing us with your addy so we can mail out your amazingness. 
And now…..the 2nd, and most exciting part of our whole giveaway is finally upon us! Your chance to hangout with Amber and I for one whole night!! Whoot! Okay, okay….that’s not really it. But we are kinda apart of it, no?
Thanks to Mary at Sideways Media, who so graciously put an end to our suffering, and not only gave us a pair of tickets to see Brooke and Sam but also was super amazeballs and gave us ANOTHER pair of tickets to giveaway to you all!
That’s right– our final prize is a night of hanging out with drunk Amber
a PAIR of tickets to see Brooke Fraser (with one Mr. Sam Bradley supporting) in Dallas!!
If you live in, near, or within traveling distance of Dallas and also got c-blocked denied tickets to this SOLD OUT show, well here’s your chance to go! And it doesn’t end with the tickets. The winner ALSO gets a SIGNED Brooke Fraser CD!
All you have to do is to follow us on twitter and then leave a comment with your twittername. Easy peasy, no? Want more chances to win? Go “Like” us on facebook and you will get another entry- just be sure to let us know in your comment that you “Like us” now!
You have until Sunday, November 7th at 11:59pm (central time) to enter. Winner will be chosen at random and announced here on Tuesday, November 8th.
Good Luck to everyone!
P.S. The comments may get a bit crazy with entries so please, PLEASE do not comment unless you are officially entering. It will confuse us and we don’t like getting all confuzzled. And don’t enter if you can’t be in Dallas. Cause we don’t want these babies to go to waste!
If you have questions, feel free to tweet us or email us at shackofsoul@hotmail.com and let us answer you that way. ‘Kay?
Amber
Li Li
