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I haven't posted in the longest. I'm thinking of starting all over, revamping this whole thing. New name, new everything...I mean it's 2009....details coming soon.


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All-Star Weekend x Twitter

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All-Star weekend in AZ, was the business. Monique and I had a blast. I plan on being in Dallas next year for the festivities. Hopefully, Handsome Hance lets me stay at his place. (;


Here's all the pix.

T W O T H O U S A N D N I N E

I didn't update on...

1. KIIS FM's Jingle Ball: Chris Brown, Rihanna, Pussy Cat Dolls, Jesse McCartney, David Banner, Akon, Menudo @ The Honda Center

2. Lil Wayne + T-Pain + Keyshia Cole + Gym Class Heroes + Keri Hilson @ Universal Amphitheater

3. Robin Thicke @ Club Nokia

My apologies.

GREAT WEEKEND!

Thursday Night I went to the Kings vs. Canucks game, thanks to lil' Erin. Suite C-3 was poppin off. Soo fun, free food & free drinks! Canucks killed the Kings

Friday Alkaline Trio did an in studio performance at my work which was pretty cool. They only did a few songs, including Love Love, Kiss Kiss and they covered Halloween by the Misfits.

After work I went to the Ducks vs. Canucks game @ Honda Center. The game went into a scoreless overtime, then into a shoot out which resulted in 13 players from each bench shooting, LOL. The game went so long! Canucks won 7-6

After that I picked up zombie Janelle from work and we went to Gridlock @ The Queen Mary because I got tickets from work. We had VIP which meant free drinks all night, which we took full advantage of. Then towards the end of the night DMX performed! He performed X Gon Give it 2 Ya. Ruff Ryders' Anthem, and of course Party Up.

Please tell me why I forgot my camera?

Saturday night was REALLY RITHY's B-Day celebration and Air Conditioned in Venice Beach, drugged out girls are funny. The music was so great. On the way there we saw cars playing real life bumper cars on the freeway, that was scary!

Anyway:

TI on Chelsea Lately

Please watch for LOLz.

JAY-Z

I was blessed to get to attend the Jay-Z concert at the grand reopening of the Hollywood Palladium on Oct. 15th. It took me way too long to post about this concert for some reason. I was given tickets through work, which I didn't find out about until just before the concert that night, but OH WELL IT'S JAY-Z. The worst part about the concert was that my phone was dead and I forgot to get my camera!

Frank Sinatra gave the first performance at the Palladium back in 1942 Jay-Z said, "I like to think I’m the Sinatra of today. If he was ‘Old Blue Eyes,’ I’m ‘Old Brown Eyes.."

First, a bit about the Palladium. I really liked this venue, the wooden floors were left scuffed which gave it an old feel. There is a huge chandelier that hangs above the open floor, and the VIP section is clearly visible to the general public. I saw Tyrese, Jordan Farmar, WILL.I.AM., and of course some of my co-workers up in the VIP.

DJ AM was spinning during JAY-Z's performance and he was backed by The Roc Boys 12 piece band. It was pretty awesome being at a show with no opening performers, it was only Jay-Z with special appearances by Memphis Bleek (obvi), and my husband TI.



He performed, just about every song you could hope for from a performance, and of course all the "club bangers."

I just spent 10 minutes trying to recall EVERY song performed, then I found this set list from The OC Register and it's pretty accurate:

Say Hello / U Don’t Know / Roc Boys (And the Winner Is …) / Pray > Lucifer / Excuse Me Miss / Blue Magic / Minority Report (a capella) / Public Service Announcement / Swagga Like Us (with T.I. handling his and Lil Wayne’s verses) / T.I.: snippet of Every Chance I Get / Jigga My N***a / N***a What, N***a Who (Originator ’99) / Izzo (H.O.V.A.) / Can I Get a … / I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) / Show Me What You Got / I Know / ??? / Song Cry / 99 Problems (with usual mash-up of AC/DC’s Back in Black in second verse) / Do My / The R.O.C. (?) / Dirt Off Your Shoulder / ??? (I was in the bathroom) / ??? (ditto)
Encore: Laptop Medley, including bits of No Hook, Who You Wit, Get Your Mind Right Mami, Bonnie and Clyde, Crazy in Love and more / Big Pimpin’ / Hard Knock Life / Encore

This show was absolutely fantastic. The bartenders poured some great drinks, and I sang my lungs out. Thanks again to my girl Erika for letting me be her guest. Thanks to Tim for trying to get me to work for him, and no thanks to Darrel for hating like a city cop.

Famous Stars & Straps “Chris & Che” Benefit Shirt

It's still hard for me to believe this tragedy happened. Che was my friend since I started college back in 2003. He was the only person who called me everyday after all three of my knee surgeries, just to see how I was doing and what was crackin. Along with getting me out of a couple parking tickets, and getting me into some shitty ass music, he was a great friend. He always managed to put a smile on my face weather I was hopped up on Vicodin or perfectly healthy. I am so grateful to have had a friend like him in my life.

Rest in Peace Charles "Che" Still.

Reposted from hypebeast:



Most of our readers are familiar with the shockingly tragic events that transpired this past September 20th in South Carolina. Although Travis Barker and DJ AM were able to escape the horrendous plane crash alive, their close friend’s were not as fortunate. In memory of Chris Baker and Charles Still, the Famous Stars & Straps family will release a special benefit shirt on October 13th, with 100% of the proceeds going back to their respective memorial funds. The t-shirts will be available in mens, womens and juniors sizes at The Fast Life store in Los Angeles as well as the Famous online store. We at Hypebeast would like to send our condolences to all the victims families and hope someday they will re-unite once again.