Musica
I think us Word people should go there soon. Musica is in Akron. You probably know it.
I went to Musica tonight with my friend Jessica. She goes to a church with a youth group. ha. well yeah..
There are two seniors there from Hudson named Ethan and Keith.
They are so awesome. I love hanging out with them.
Anywayyy. they are in a band named “Karta Stella.” If you have taken Latin, then you should know that it means “Paper Stars.”
They play mostly funk, so going to any of their shows is fun and crazy.
Oh! Well, I might as well let you listen to them:
www.myspace.com/kartastella
So we packed into the church van and drove down to AK.
We walked into the nearly hidden building with metal furniture placed outside.
My immediate reaction was to smile because the interior reminded me of Jimmy’s.
For everyone (I say everyone because there are very fews Falls people in Xenos)
Jimmy’s Cafe is off of State Rd. in the Falls. It is near Kyle’s old Taco Bell if you’re familiar. with the area.
It has rich colors and artwork hanging. There are different styles of chairs with plastic fruit around everywhere. haha. For some reason it seemed so welcoming to me.
I laced arms with Jessica and turned the corner. I heard some rock music playing and I saw a little stage. It was carpeted in red and had a wooden dance floor in front of it.
There were small booths and high tables. To maybe get a picture in your mind, think of an artsy, contemporary version of Applebees. I laughed when I saw that there was a V.I.P. table.
I had a conversation with the man who gave us our wristbands.
He wasn’t much older than my brother it seemed. He was so chilled and complacent that he could have lived there.
After about a minute of talking, I swear we conversed forever (haha) I walked in and saw Ethan and his afro! (and beard..) he told me that he was dedicating his song “Going to Florida” to me. I was excitedd.
Who wouldn’t be?
Hang on, let me get you a picture of Ethan. He’s a crazy nut.
okay, so a band named Junkyard Rukkus played. I was so worried they would suck, but they were amazing.
They made me think The Black Keys and Jimi Hendrix birthed a band, and they were it.
They played the killing floor and it was sweet.
The next band was Karta Stella and of course they were good. Ethan is so crazy when he plays. He makes it so fun. Plus Jono played Victor Wooten. You can’t go wrong.
In between the bands, they played music. As I sat in the middle of Jessica and Z, I began to cry because of a song that came on. I have no idea who it is by or what it is called, but it was so good. Like amazing. Okay, if it brought tears to my eyes, do you understand that I liked it? haha
I became so entranced in the song.
I don’t know why but it was so awwweeessssome.
I walked up to that guy I told you about, that I talked with earlier.
I said, “Hey, who controls the music playing?”
“Me.”
“What was the name of the song just playing?”
(this is why I am crying now is because he made a mistake.)
“It’s called gjrskjgrsjrs” (I don’t know what he said.)
“And it’s by my band.”
I was kind of excited and I wanted to cry more because I met the guy who made the world’s greatest song!
So he handed me a CD. All of you Stow High people will know this band…
maid myriad!
I was like “hey! I know you guys, I am going to the Stow BOTB this year.”
“Yes, we’re from Stow!”
we were talking like little 3rd grade girls. I don’t know why, but I was happy so who cares…
“I know. I am from the Falls.”
“Well then, see you there!”
blah blah, I don’t remember much else. I just knew that I had the most valuable CD I would ever own. So dude, I was psyched. Plus my ears were ringing form Karta Stella. Ethan’s voice is loud.. I thanked him like 1,000 times and walked back.
(He was wrong, he thought I was asking him about the song currently playing. But he was sincere to me after I told him that I loved it. ha)
The next band was Hey Sandy. First of all, the singer is freaking adorable. He was wearing a button up and I thought they might be a screamo band. I wasn’t looking forward to them playing. Then a man with a saxophone jumped on stage. I became interested. The members of this band looked so odd. Their music…was fantastic. However, I have been listening to it online and live is much better.
their myspace is…
www.myspace.com/heysandy or heysandy.net
oh you know this probably but
www.myspace.com/maidmyriad or maidmyriad.com
I watched them play and the saxophone was an excellent edition to their music! Not the mention the singer was so involved. Like so energetic because he was the music? I can’t describe it, but he acted so much like the music he created. So sweet.
I have a cousin named Eric who teaches at the Chapel..
He kind of reminded me of him. Eric was once a musician. They kind of looked the same, but not really. haha.
The only reason I wrote this was to say that I am depressed that I won’t hear that song again. Unless I hunt down that Maid Myriad guy. Which would be so weird. That song though.
There was once an episode of Pete and Pete. Where Little Pete is walking and he hears an awesome song. He finds that it is coming from a garage band in his neighborhood. He loves the song. The band stops practicing and he never hears the song again. He eventually sits on his roof with the best radio he can find. Of course this wouldn’t happen, but he picks up a station that has the song and he hears it.
I find this situation to be so ironic. I was just thinking of this episode a few days ago. I thought, I haven’t heard any really sweet songs lately. I don’t know how I remember that show all of the sudden either…Then, this happened. I thought of that episode specifically, then it happened to me. ha. I was never a fan of irony.
So right now, and probably for a few days, that song will be in the back of my mind, I don’t know any of the words, yet it will play knowing I will never hear it again.
