The Curious Case of Gwen Stefani's Abs

There are a few concerts that I need to watch in my lifetime:

1. Justin Timberlake: Need to get my "Sexyback."
2. Janet Jackson: Homegirl can dance.
3. Black Eyed Peas: Cross that off the list. Thanks CeCe Jie. :)
4. No Doubt. <<<<

This is the Cricket Wireless Ampitheatre. A few Coyotes and I headed down south to Chula Vista, San Diego after scoring some amazing $20.00 to see Gwen Stefani & Co. yell, "Hey Baby," to us.
Yea, yea. No Doubt rocked. They played all the awesome oldies. They had an awesome stage. They looked great. But in all honesty, Gwen's abs stole the show.
Want a closer look?
We were mesmerized. We were entranced. We were captivated. How can you be 39-year old, have two kids and look like that?

My personal theory is that she's an alien robot.

Anyway, after the show, we decided to try our own No Doubt moves.
And jam to our own No Doubt beat.
Next step: cloning Stefani's abs.

EPIK HIGH

Timeliness. Something I should think to work on.

No excuses that this blog has been neglected for the past couple of weeks (month?) but it's "time" (excuse the pun) to catch up! I recently made a new fan by the name of Eve and I can't disappoint! Let's bring it!

So I get all these cool perks working for KoreAm, right? One of them came out of nowhere. Epik High, Korea's biggest hip hop stars, rambled through the U.S. for a tour, alongside cool cats, FM and Kero One and MYK.

I must admit, I had no idea who they were before I got the assignment to go and interview them at their red carpet. So imagine my surprise when my friend Freckles and I drove into the Sunset's House of Blues parking lot and faced this...

This is just the tip of the iceberg, kids! Lemme tell ya, the lines stretched all the way around the block! It was ridonkulous! Some of the fans we interviewed said they had been waiting since 7AM to get good seats to the House and were quite miffed that people in the roped off section seen in the pix above bought HOB merchandises to cut the line.

HOB merchandises are the least of Epik High fans' worries. These baby ballas got chauffeured to this concert in their parents' Mercedez's or BMW's. Why not drive themselves? Probably because they're not even old enough to get their licenses yet!

So Freckles and I had a lot of time to kill because we got there early and the red carpet started late. What do two Asian girls, with some time, a nice camera and an empty red carpet equal to?

PIC-TURE TIME~!!

Just when we were starting to feel at home on the other side of the red carpet, the main attractions came.

Awesome hip hoppers Far East Movement first touched down in Cali-town. I really admire these guys. I've loved their music for years now and say what you will about "Girls on the Dance Floor" (which, BTW, sounds nothing like their other stuff) it's dang catchy!

And Epik High! I've never heard their music before this but it's really good! It's poppy, playful and decent even though I have no idea what they're saying. I went crazy asking them questions because everybody else on the red carpet seemed all shy. But then one other reporter started turning on her Korean and for awhile, they spoke only in Korean. I was like..."NO! Language has failed me!" and I couldn't let her dominate the questions so I asked a final question, which was something like, "how do you guys feel about your fans?"

The ensuing conversation resulted in a "high"larious end quote which I want to tell you now, but will save for when I link to you my article. =)

Thanks Freckles for a fabulous evening! Your photog skills are amazing and I miss you oodles.

*Edit: Article published! Awhile back but you know you want to read it anyway. BTW: Epik High music is really really good. I have no idea what they are rapping/singing about but I can't stop listening to it regardless. Get it!