Portland, OR

[4reeds]

Memorial Coliseum
February 16, 2007

[4reeds]

Well, I'm going to condense my review this time 'round. So let's see....

Got into Portland, realized I had left my camera on my kitchen counter, was mad at myself for being an idiot, but Cassy had hers so it was all good!

Paul, Angel, Meg & Liz pulled in shortly after us. I was so happy to finally meet my Street Team!! What an awesome group of Juke fans! Yeah!

We sat around, talked and started to get organized for the evening. Meg & Liz took off to their hotel, and we started to get ready for the show.

I was getting nervous, but super excited. This was all of our first time seeing the guys perform. We got to the venue, and within 20 minutes we were standing out by the buses (after Tommy shood away the security) talking with Tommy, Todd and Toby!!! I still can't believe how wonderful these guys are! So warm, appriciative, funny, and genuine! It was truely a highlight of my 32 years so far!

Lots of pictures, LOTS of hugs, lots of laughs. It was time for them to get ready so we headed into the venue and started Street Teaming! After we hit the merch booth, of course!

So I have to say that Street Teaming went well! A lot of people were interested and would talk with us for quite a while! I loved that part! My adrenaline was pumping just talking up the boys to everybody! Handing out glow bracelets was the best! People love them! And I knew that the band did too!

So We hear Electric Mary come blarring over the stereo inside the Coliseum! We knew it would be soon!! The lights went out, Eddie comes out, pounding on the drums, the guys hit the stage and it went off!!! The set was perfect (other than waaaayyyy too short). We held up our "Juke Kartel f*cken Rocks" banner that we had showed the guys earlier and got a big shout out from Toby! I was so honored to be there promoting this band!! They killed it and stole the show in my opinoin!!

Next, Dilana & Magni. Then The Panic Channel, which I really liked also!. Then Supernova hit the stage.

So after the show we headed back to the hotel. When Toby was on stage, he made mention that they would be seeing Storm later that night. I knew the club that Storm performs at a lot so we had a pretty good idea of where they were going to be at later. We regrouped and headed out to the club. After a crazy ride there, we finally found it and went inside. We promptly see Toby standing upstairs in a VIP area. Soon Tommy comes bounding our way (with more hugs) and leads us in that direction.
I spot Eddie as we are headed upstairs so I stopped and introduced myself and had him sign my EP. He was so nice! He made mention of how cool the bracelets look from up on the stage! That made me happy!
So once upstairs, it was so strange!! Toby is standing at the end of the isle, talking with some guys and Tommy is telling us to grab the waitress and order a drink, Storm was sitting at a table in the back and Dilana was sitting right next to her! I had to sit down and take it all in!

So let me back up to earlier in the night. While we stood in the merch line, Cassy was looking at all the amazing pics that we had just taken with the guys. While doing this, not sure how, she accidentally deleted the picture I had taken with Toby. My heart just sank. It was disappointing to say the least. I wanted to cry. So this leads us to later in the evening at the club. Cassy felt terrible and she was determined for Toby and I to take another picture.

At this point, Toby was finishing his conversation with Storm's boyfriend and Cassy got his attention. She told him what had happened and he looked at me and said "Absolutly, ya!" He also caught me reaching back to adjust my hairclip when he looked at me, he thought that I was primping, so he made some great Zoolander faces at me to tease. He has got the best sense of humor! He was jabbing at all of us, it was great!

He crawled across Angel and Paul to get back to where I was sitting, and we took some great, fun pictures. He was really playful and sat with us for awhile, signed Ep's & chatted. It was amazing! He then excused himself and Tommy came by the table. He signed our Ep's and talked with us for awhile too.

We ended up going back downstairs and saw Dilana & Magni. Talked with Dilana for a minute and exchanged hellos with Magni. Paul got a pic with them also.

We seeked out the guys to say our goodbyes, at this point it was after 2:00am and we were shot! We spotted Tommy and got hugs, then Todd and more hugs. Actually lots and lots from Todd. He is so appriciative of all that we do on this Street Team, he was just beaming from ear to ear! Then we got a couple more Tommy hugs before walking out.


It was an amazing night! These are some of the coolest, nicest Guys that I have ever had the pleasure of meeting (and hugging!) I am sooooo excited about the next tour! I can't wait!
I can only really promote that which I truely believe in wholeheartedly. I have no problem promoting this band! I truely love them for their generosity with their time and energy with fans!
They are truely dazzling!!!


*pics soon*

So here we go with pics! I apologize ahead of time if I post one of Paul or Liz's pictures for them! I am honestly having a hard time remembering who took what!



Me with the Beaming one!!
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/Juke_Kartel_001.jpg

Yes, I am much taller than Tommy!
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/Juke_Kartel_006.jpg

Liz & Paul with the Guys
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/Juke_Kartel_009.jpg

Here are some candids

The Tommy Grin!
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/JukeKartel0122.jpg

The profile, that jawline!!!
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/JukeKartel0123.jpg

The Beauty that is "The Rand"!!
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/JukeKartel016.jpg

Todd NOT wearing "the Shoes"!!!
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/Juke_Kartel_008.jpg
Here are the pics from the impromptu photo shoot featuring one of Todd's shoes!

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/Juke_Kartel_020.jpg

Then Toby and Tommy said "You wanna see what WE think of Todd's shoes"??
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/Juke_Kartel_019.jpg

No Toby! Tell us how you really feel!!
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/Juke_Kartel_018.jpg

Here are some more

Meg & Liz chatting with Toby
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/Juke_Kartel_011.jpg

The girls (minus Angel) with Toby
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/m_3bb46b2886aca3b53f21547f50ceaa4e.jpg

Angel in a YUMMY JK Manwich!!!
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/Juke_Kartel_013.jpg

And one of my personal favourites......
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/Juke_Kartel_014.jpg
Can ya feel the love??

Here is the banner I had made for the show. The guys thought it was great!!
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/m_300e9723dcf65fd38b10400e54f88429.jpg

Inside the venue pre-Jk
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/banner2.jpg

Cassy & I "patiently" waiting for Juke to hit the stage!
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/Juke_Kartel_017-1.jpg

Now for some LIVE shots....

The man...The Rand!
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/JukeKartel023-1.jpg

This picture is so awesome!!
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/Juke_Kartel_057-1.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/Juke_Kartel_024-2.jpg

This is when Toby tried to get to the audience....
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/JukeKartel041.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/JukeKartel042.jpg

Little Eddie.....BIG sound!! He is phenominal!!
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/JukeKartel034.jpg

The acoustic intro that we all know...
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/JukeKartel045.jpg

Now for some after party shots!

Toby and me. Toby thought I looked scared sooo......
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/Juke_Kartel_105.jpg
We had to take another!!! Darn!
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/Juke_Kartel_118.jpg
And one more for GOOD measure!!
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/Juke_Kartel_137.jpg

Toby givin' Pimp Daddy some Lovin'
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/Juke_Kartel_136.jpg

P.D. givin' Toby some lovin'!
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/Juke_Kartel_133.jpg

And the end of the night, P.D. with Dilana & Magni..Doesn't Magni look happy??
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p232/firesag/Juke_Kartel_141.jpg