TSO

It's nice to hear from Z on here once in a while, even if he is not so fond of the whole Twilight phenomenon (note: he likes Buffy the Vampire Slayer... high school girl who falls in love with a vampire who is much, much older than her. Sounds vaguely familiar). For the record, we have not seen New Moon yet. We thought Twilight was, um, awkward.

On Saturday, we got to go see Trans-siberian Orchestra. Wowee, it was fantastic. Very much like I remembered. I haven't been the last 2 years, so it was nice to go back. The first half of the show is like a play of sorts, with a story line, a cheesy narrator, and lots of music along the way. The second half of the show was a showcase of some of their other music, some Christmas, some not. It's an interesting juxtaposition. While they can and definitely do rock out in the first half of the show (think "Christmas Eve Sarajevo"... that's the song you might've heard on the radio that starts with the lovely cello solo of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"), it's mostly a heartwarming, cheesy Christmas story. In the second half, they really go hard core and play a lot of majorly rockin' stuff with lots of lasers and flames and such. Trans-siberian Orchestra actually tours in 2 different groups- 1 hits up the west, and 1 is here in the east. I hadn't seen this cast before, so I was a little nervous. There is this one guy in particular in the other cast that I pretty much adore. The guy in this group did well though, and they put on a great show. Also, the lead violin player with the hot pink electric violin was in the group a couple of the times that I saw the show in Utah, but the last time, she wasn't. Well she must've moved to this group because there she was. Anyway, they are such talented musicians. Some of the stuff they play just blows my mind. If you ever get the chance, I highly recommend this show. It's a fun, totally rockin' way to get in the Christmas spirit.