Hi, everyone,
I promised an account of getting to see Adam yesterday at the MIX 96.5 lounge! Many of you have seen the videos. Here is my story. Long so scroll if not interested.
My sister (a huge Glambert too) and I had both been trying to win passes to a Texas event to no avail, but on Monday she was notified that she had won one of the contests on MIX 96.5 in Houston. You can't imagine how much crying and screaming took place.
We didn't even have time to hide under the bed -- too busy dreaming up excuses to miss work and then roaring off to Houston early the next morning! We allowed about six hours for a three hour drive -- LOL.
The setup at the radio station was first rate. I have never gotten to do anything like this and I was so impressed. They had a place for people to wait with benches and people from the radio station were friendly and not at all uptight or anal. We got to chat with some of our fellow Glamberts. People were pretty good about socializing and not just tweeting. There were the "ladies at the front" managing everyone that I remembered from my only Glam Nation concert. I really don't know why they do that, but as Adam would say, it comes from a good place and I didn't let it get to me. Most of the fans were not like that.
This seemed to be one of the larger events of this kind I have heard about. There were about 30 people. The group was mostly women over 30, with a few guys. It was very racially mixed. The Lounge itself was really nice, decorated and with nice furniture. It wasn't just a conference room. Adam later was really funny and said the room was "decadent." We got great seats with a perfect sightline to the stage. I was so excited I almost died.
There was a little warming up of the crowd with a contest to sing an Adam song. We have heard so much about aggressive, crass DJs that I was so pleasantly surprised by Blake Hayes. He was cute, upbeat, and friendly to us. Most of you have seen how he made a "juicer" joke that backfired on him and blushed really hard. He was more or less the opposite of what I expected from a DJ -- nice and funny.
CUTE was the word for Adam's appearance. Light Adam was in the House! He came out in a totally relaxed manner, waved at us and said hello, and took his seat on his stool with Kevin. He was wearing a t-shirt with a big feather on it and ripped up jeans tucked into "work" style boots. His necklace was tucked inside his shirt and he had on a lot of rings. He is *very* skinny.
Adam was adorable, relaxed, and smiled a lot. We got a beautiful rendition of BTKIM. I was unbelievably thrilled. We were allowed to take pictures and I took some, but not during any of the singing. I just wanted to absorb this wonderful opportunity to bask in Adam's presence and voice. Adam's features are very mobile and constantly changing with cute expressions every second. He looks more serious in pictures than he comes across in person. His presence is full of light. He seemed full of joy to be singing.
Just so you know, he looked directly at ME when he sang "So don't let me down" during BTIKM. DED. (moment is from 5:16-5:20). LOL.
His riffing on the song was so beautiful.
(P.S. You could NOT hear the loud fan commentary or laughter when actually present in the room, that must have just been due to whomever was seated next to the videographer. Too bad all that can't be edited out. My sister and I were quiet except for our giggling and can't be heard on the video.)
We didn't get to ask any questions from the audience. Adam was really funny, cute, and quick during the interview. No nerves or uptightness whatsoever. I really felt I was in the presence of a friend. Lots of really big smiles and really funny jokes and repartee. A lot of it was actually funnier in real life than it seems on the video because you could only hear Adam, not the other fans picked up on the microphone. Adam seemed to love being there. There was an energy flow (infinity) that was real. Adam was thriving on being in front of us.
During the discussion of Mapril my feeling was that Adam was as frustrated as we are at this point.
Adam sang a beautiful rendition of WWFM. Adam was very passionate and his voice had a sexy bluesy rasp that I loved. I remembered to look at Kevin a little. I am one who loved M as an accompanist but I am thrilled with Kevin as well and so glad Adam found him. Hope he sticks around. Very sensitive.
I didn't dare hope for three songs but we got one!! Adam gave us a funky, rough, exuberant version of FEVER! Kevin's rousing guitar riffs added to the experience and this was just a killer lagniappe that I felt so privileged and honored to get to hear!
The station was very organized about our pictures. One of the employees told us they did these events all the time and it showed. It was pretty clear that Adam had to keep to a schedule and this was the only part of the day that felt a little rushed. We got to stay in the lounge and talk until it was time for our pictures.
Adam finished with the person in front of us and then turned and looked at us. He was so friendly and kind. I told him, "Adam, you mean so much to me," and he smiled and said, "Thank you." My sister told him that she loved his music and was proud of him. Adam put his arms around our shoulders. I sidled up to him and felt the warmth of his body -- he's so tall! (For the smell fans, nothing to report other than that he smelled nice.) His touch was very light and gentle, no gripping or pressure.
That was it! We were not allowed to get individual autographs but were each given a very cool autographed poster to take home!
Driving back from Houston, we were totally wiped out emotionally. I feel so privileged to have won tickets to this event. I don't see how it possibly could have been better.
Will post some of our pictures shortly. If you read all this thanks!!
OMG - felt the warmth of his body! So jealous!!
Nice idea!!!
