MCR and Neon Tree Me!

Last night I went to a -yeah, you guessed it - a concert! I rocked it to My Chemical Romance and Neon Trees. It was the second time I've seen both of them in concert. My friend, Sue, and I arrived to the venue a little early and snagged a close spot to the stage. The crowd was 95% teens and also parents with their preteens. And then there was us (though my 6th grade son was mad I didn't take him! But I'm taking him to another concert in a few weeks).

Both Neon Trees and My Chemical Romance were amazing. Neon Trees played from their debut album, MCR mixed both old and new songs. My legs are killing me from dancing!

This is Tyler Glenn of Neon Trees. You've probably heard their song, "Animal."

Gerard's vocals were on, and I loved watching Frank Iero shred on the guitar right in front of us!Here's My Chemical Romance lead singer, Gerard Way. Many teens came to the concert with red hair like Gerard. He's a cutie, don'tcha think?!

Here's a short clip of Planetary Go! montage. It's a great dance song. Love these lyrics!

If my velocity starts to make you sweat, then just don't let go...I can't slow down; I won't be waiting for you. I can't stop now, because I'm dancin'!...Blast it to the back row!

Tonight I rock it with Carolina Valdez Miller! We're going to the 30 Seconds to Mars concert. Some guy named Jared Leto is lead singer. I heard he's kind of cute, too...and there's a theme night for this one: Blood Ball! There are going to be some crazy pics on the blog tomorrow!

Also, My Chemical Romance has created a web page at singitforjapan.com with this song below and ways to donate and help Japan. You can also buy this song on Itunes -proceeds go to relief for Japan. What nice, talented guys, huh?

We So Excited About the Library!

This week is National Library Week! Do you love the library? I do! Our local library lends books and DVDs for free, gives access to computers, provides programs for kids and adults, and more. I frequent our local library about three times a month. My kids love to go to the library to check out books.

This week is the perfect time to show my appreciation to my local library. How will I do this? How else but with a music parody! Check out my very amateur video of "Library!" It's quite catchy, and you will be singing it all day!

*Note: I realize that Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris and Possession by Elana Johnson are not new releases yet. They will be new releases in the summer, and I can't wait! Earthling Hero by Anita Laydon Miller is indeed a new release now as are The Liar Society and Odd Girl In!

If you missed my last year's music parody for National Library Week. Here it is! It's a parody of "Welcome to the Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance (and I also get to see MCR in concert this week. Woot!).

My Concert Romance

Yes, I have a love affair with concerts. It's one night where I'm not a mom;I'm not washing the dishes;I'm not worried about my word count;I'm not in my sweats. Concerts recharge me. I go nuts and sing as loud as I can. And guess what? I got to see a band that I've been dying to see live forever on Wednesday night: My Chemical Romance!
My sister and I went to the House of Blues
for the show. I've been there several times, and this is the most packed I've seen for a concert. I still managed to squeeze my way to front row - the best place to be!
The band started with "NaNaNaNa" from their latest album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys and ended with "Vampire Money," with favorites from all of their albums in between. Gerard Way's voice sounded awesome, the music was loud (could it be because I was right by the speaker, too?), and lots of crowd surfing going on (and no way was one of them me!). An amazing night!
Here's a clip of their second single from Danger Days, "Sing"

Here's Frank, who I think I look like with no makeup on (which is half the time). I glance at myself at the mirror and think, "I look like Frank!" One day I'm going to put red lipstick on him and see if he resembles me at all.

Here's my sister, Denise, and I from the free photo booth! We also got free tshirts for being registered organ donors!

And lastly, another pic of G, but you can't see his tight pants in this one...


Also, it was my lucky day for many reasons! I won a contest at Gayle Krause's blog. Thank you to Gayle as she'll be sending me her picture book, Rock Star Santa! Now does that sound like a perfect book for my rockin' kids or what? Thanks, Gayle!
Have a fabulous weekend, everyone!

Welcome to the Book Parade

I love parodies. I've written a manuscript of children song parodies with a Halloween theme. I've even seen the master of parodies, Weird Al Yankovic, in concert. Ahhh, parodies. They just make me laugh. Laugh, dance, and sing.

You've seen my "Won't You Be My Agent?" parody, read my "The Bogeyman" parody poem, and now I have another one for you to celebrate National Library Week.

Here's "Welcome to the Book Parade," a parody of My Chemical Romance's "Welcome to the Black Parade." It's a parade parody...or a parady!
(In case you were wondering, I used a form of the word "parody" ten times in this post. Overkill?)


(I know. Sometimes I wonder about myself, too. Why do I do these things? I just get a wild hair and do them. Then shake my head and think, "Why did I just do that?" I'm a goofball. I realize that. So, watch if you have time. If you don't, I understand, but hug a librarian instead!)

Here is the song/video that I parodied. "Welcome to the Black Parade" by one of my fave bands, My Chemical Romance; it's my tune for Tuesday for today! One of my characters in Rock 'n' Roll Princesses Wear Black is named after the lead singer.




How are you celebrating National Library week?

Tune for Tuesday

Today’s Tune for Tuesday is by the band, My Chemical Romance. This New Jersey band formed in 2001. I first heard (or noticed) My Chemical Romance in December of 2006 on the radio. The song was “Welcome to the Black Parade.” My then 7 year old son and I agreed that we liked the song. I purchased it on Itunes, and we played it over and over. As you know I am quite fond of music so therefore love to watch music videos. A few months later I DVR’d a block of My Chemical Romance videos that was on the Fuse music channel. One of the music videos was for the song “Famous Last Words.” That became my favorite MCR song, and it is my third most played song on my Ipod. My Chemical Romance is one of the few bands that I like that I haven’t seen live, so I hope to catch them next time they tour.
As I searched the internet for information about the band, I noticed that the band has a blog, too! And the lead singer, Gerard Way, is a Star Wars fan. Plus Gerard is the author of a graphic novel titled The Umbrella Academy. Cool.
Check out “Famous Last Words.”