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August 8 2009
…the morning after. Bilal was freakin bananas! He kilt it! Sounds juts like he does on the records. RAW! He is a little guy. I love him in a smaller venue like the Conga Room. When I saw him at the Wiltern for that benefit he was potent, but he kept his energy subdued. Musiq showed up and jammed with him. They are good together. The band was super crazy to be so young. They all looked a good 22. They went all rock and roll on me. The music just felt so good. I was dancing all off beat…well off beat and rock n roll guitars go hand in hand with me. Sometimes I was just dancing with my eyes closed. Some Somalian chick was high on something because when Bilal took the stage she just went crazy. She was Jamaican/African dancing all off beat. It was like she was possessed. She turned around and kind of jumped in Niki’s face and yelled PRINCE! When Bilal hit one of them notes. It was weird; we don’t know her like that. She eventually moved closer to the stage and I’m glad. She even rolled her tube top up into a tube bra at 2 points in the show.
I just love the way he makes me move. In a lot of concerts I just kind of dance. At this one I was grooving. I did the 80’s dance (think Carlton) and a James Brown move and my dance I made up with the dog. I mean, the band even did some James Brown licks on the gee-tar! They just sat you in the funk seta and you couldn’t get out. Wish they would have jammed longer. I be the after party was live because of the energy of the show. Couldn’t stay for it though. Music is such a wonderful thing.
N’Dambi opened for him. She did a whole damn record full of songs. Her set was at least an hour long. I love her spirit and energy. The fact that she is able and willing to make funny faces and get lost in the music is cool. I liked her songs Sunshine and Insecurity. That fuckin Wit Choo song was cool too. She looked skinny and toned. She was thicker on the performances I’ve seen of her on YouTube. Music is such a motivator. She’s on Stax. It would be cool to work there because they won a lot of cool jazz. I think Stax is owned by Warner now. Her fro is immaculate. She can sweat and throw her head back and it falls right back into place.
Next…Patti LaBelle on the 19th.
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