Which bands/artist do you own the most albums by?
Jason Mraz - 20 albums
U2 - 19 albums
Dave Matthews Band - 15 albums

What was the last song you listened to?
Una Gotita De Tu Amor - Diego Torres

What was in your CD that is overplayed on your Ipod right now?
Diego Torres and Feist

What was the last show you attended?
Regina Spektor at the Enmore Theatre.

What was the greatest show you've ever been to?
It would have to be the Blues Festival in Byron Bay.

But if I were to single out a show, ang hirap naman... I'll pick 3.

Jason Mraz at The Forum (he sang my favourite upon my request)
U2 in Melbourne
John Butler Trio at the Canberra Theatre

What's the worst show you've ever been to?
Can't really think of a bad concert experience. I consider myself lucky.

What's the most musically involved you have ever been?
I'm not musically inclined... but I do like giving people compilations and new stuff to listen to.

What is your favorite band shirt?
my pink Geek shirt and my Imagine shirt

What musician would you like to hang out with for a day?
Jason Mraz

Who is one musician or group(s) you wish would make a comeback?
Queen, but Freddie Mercury would have to rise from the dead. (couldn't have said it better Lars.)

And Otis Redding.. he can rise from the dead as well.

And Bacilos.. I really want to watch them live.

And The Police... but I'm already getting that wish. :p

How many music related videos/DVDs do you own?
I can think of 6 right now.

Name 4 or MORE flawless albums (not necessarily flawless in production but they sound flawless to my ears):
Live at Java Joe's - Jason Mraz
Humo de Tabaco - Alex Cuba Band
Under the Table and Dreaming - Dave Matthews Band
Before These Crowded Streets - Dave Matthews Band
Live at Luther College - Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds
Grace - Jeff Buckley
All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
Un Mundo Diferente - Diego Torres
Unplugged - Diego Torres
Trouble - Ray Lamontagne
Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
These Streets - Paolo Nutini

Name 6 of your favorite songs of all time
Di Que Me Amas - Alex Cuba Band
Alba - Diego Torres
Here, There and Everywhere - The Beatles
Somebody to Love - Queen
Message In A Bottle - Sting
Knocks Me Off My Feet - Stevie Wonder

And 6 Mraz songs (Mraz is a different category altogether :p)
Unfold
God Moves Through You
Childlike Wildlife
1000 Things
I'm Yours
Prettiest Friend

What is your favorite movie soundtrack?
Garden State

What was your last musical "phase" before you wisened up?
Hiphop hahahaha

What's your "guilty pleasure" that you hate to admit to liking?
Spice Girls

Dave. Is. A. Genius.

It doesn't matter anymore that they didn't show up for Bluesfest. Nor do I care about the tour getting postponed. Dave Matthews Band more than made up for it last night.

There were about 14 of us in the group and we started queueing at around 3. We were next to the guys who were first in line but after an hour or so, we were asked to move to another queue because we had to get our bags checked before entering Hordern. As expected, there was a lot of chatting (and just as much camwhoring) as we waited to be let into the venue. We didn't end up at the very front as planned because after cloaking in, security held us up and let all the other queues go in first. Talk about unfair. It made me wish I was a Warehouse member even more. Oh well... it wasn't worth the fuss because we were to learn later on that the guys will pull off an amazing show that will leave some of us elated and even crazier about their music than we already are.

They played the following songs off my made-up setlist. No Rapunzel to kick things off. No #41, Grey Street or Bartender either. But it's my first DMB show and I'm hoping to see them again and again (and again and again...). They did play Sister which I really wanted to hear. The melancholy of it always makes me a tad teary-eyed and seeing Dave play it last night was just how I imagined it would be - a man singing words from his heart as if there was no one else in the room but him and his guitar. I hope he heard me say thank you because I meant it.

Rapunzel
The StoneBest of What's Around
#41
Crash Into Me
The Idea of You
Dancing Nancies
Warehouse
Jimi Thing
Tripping Billies
Grey Street
Lover Lay Down
Break Free
Where are You Going
Crush
Satellite
Two Step
Too Much
Ants Marching

Sister
Bartender
Stay

From memory, they also played Dreamgirl, Too Much, So Much to Say, Louisiana Bayou, Don't Drink the Water, Down By the River,The Maker and Gravedigger. I missed a few songs that I didn't know and I can't remember the order that they were played but Ala was very good at keeping up with the setlist. :)

Thank you Csab, Len, Pat, Andee, Lars, Ala, Mio, Gutsy, Erwin, Sacha, Lucy, Tel and Fiona. It was awesome sharing this experience with you.

And thank you Dave. You are nothing short of greatness. Please come back soon.

I've had good concert karma in the last twelve months. Apart from my Latin American favourites, I had seen about 80% of my "must see live" list in that period of time alone: Jason Mraz, Sting, U2, John Butler Trio, Paolo Nutini, Jack Johnson, Gomez, Ozomatli and John Mayer. I'm sure the "must see live" list will keep on growing but that just means that heaps of new music and creative people are still waiting to be discovered. And I'm grateful for that. Music, after all, is my drug.

In two weeks time, I'll be seeing the jam of all jams for the first time. They came to Australia in 2005 but I had to miss them cos of a family emergency. They're finally doing another Australian Tour and rumour has it that they'll make up for their non-appearance at Bluesfest by returning to Byron Bay next year. Two years in a row isn't bad at all, Dave.

Now let's play a game and make up a set list:

Rapunzel
The Stone
Best of What's Around
#41
Crash Into Me
The Idea of You
Dancing Nancies
Warehouse
Jimi Thing
Tripping Billies
Grey Street
Lover Lay Down
Break Free
Where are You Going
Crush
Satellite
Two Step
Too Much
Ants Marching
Sister
Bartender
Stay

Dave will probably have to sing all night had I kept my first attempt at creating a setlist. ;)