Sooo… I promised you a blog post on Mikel Jollett, lead singer for The Airborne Toxic Event, who Matt and I saw live and ‘sweat in your face’ in concert a couple of weeks ago in Chicago. (Was it really only a couple of weeks ago? WOW! life has been super duper busy!) I guess this is what it really means to be an adult…?
Anyway...First, I should really mention how much I am NOT one of those girls who fantasizes about every hot famous guy on TV... I really only remember one other guy off the bat (pun intended) - David Justice - who used to play for the Braves...
But anyway, back to Mikel...I am going to begin by telling you how we first ‘met.’ One night last March, Matt took me out to dinner- sushi at MF Sushi Bar. I’m pretty sure it was a Sunday, because I was training for the ING half marathon and had run 9miles earlier that day. … though it may have been a Saturday -- but I usually did long runs on Sundays…anyway… it was the weekend and I was tired and sore. By the time we devoured our phenomenal spicy tuna tartar and other mouth watering slabs of fish, I was ready to go back home and go to bed…
However, Matt and I talked it through and, with hesitation, decided to stick with our original post-dinner plans of seeing The Airborne Toxic Event at the Drunken Unicorn. I had never heard of the band (outside of one video link Matt sent me of their appearance on David Letterman)…but I had heard of the venue – how fun, small, stinky and sweaty it was- UGH…regardless, I wanted to check it out for myself :) - we could leave if it got too bad…
The Drunken Unicorn did not disappoint! Matt and I were the preppiest people in the room…and we … well... were dressed to see a rock concert. I was definitely skeptical... But as soon as the band started playing - like, the very first note- I was hooked! (and glad I was, because there was no moving or squirming your way out of this place...)
The band was so enthusiastic... and cute ... and talented! Here's the link Matt sent me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG7LvRC12Jo
Nuff said...
But then, I started researching them and found out the scoop...Mikel started the band after a really bad week... Like REALLY bad- he and his girlfriend broke up, his mom was diagnosed with cancer, and he got pneumonia and diagnosed with autoimmune disease. Link to an interview here:
http://www.shmoop.com/sometime-around-midnight/meaning.html
...And before all of that, he had an office job, then a writing career... Check out this inspiring article he wrote for Men's Health in November 2006, titled “Brad Pitt Whipped Me into Shape”
http://www.mh.co.za/fitness/getting_started/1634/Brad-Pitt-whipped-me-into-shape
And on top of all that, he is so darn charming and sweet and cute and ... :)
... Now tell me I'm not justified on my 'obsession'...
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