Last night I had the luxury of meeting 3 of obner's finest-- Tania, Dri and Billy. I'm no longer a virgin!

Let me just say thank you to all of you for taking time out of your busy schedules to show me around and hang out with me. I wish I'd had more time so that we could have done it up real good, but I had a lovely evening anyway.
Started out with Dri picking me up at my hotel, and us chatting away in LA traffic-- for 2 solid hours. I didn't mind too much because the scenery and conversation was interesting, and of course, Dri was rocking her ipod with all sorts of stuff I hadn't heard before. For those of you who haven't met Dri, let me just say she is everything you thought she'd be, and way tinier and cuter in person! She took me to the amazing Amoeba store, and I felt the ray of light shining down while angels sang in the background. I only walked out with 4 cd's (I thought of many more, believe me!)-- Jeffrey Foucault's "Stripping Cane," Marah's latest (due to y'all's raves here), the 88's (a local LA band that Tania had good things to say about) and the Clientele. I put back Tom Vek at last minute, which I now regret... I'll try and pick it up at home (hey Dri, looks like Tom is playing PDX Saturday night, and I've already got my bid in with the local promoter for a free pair of tix!).
There at Amoeba, we met Tania and Billy. Tania is just as friendly as I suspected she'd be, and I can see why she's so loved! It was so great to finally meet her, and she didn't even laugh at me when I told her I wanted the new Madonna cd!

The girl is clearly crazy about her music, and was debating on which shows to go to this weekend (fyi, there were FIVE she was considering). I rode with her over to the diner we ate at last night, and she asked if I wanted to be dropped off at the Scientology center. As you can see, I said no, otherwise I'd be jumping up and down on couches instead of posting this.
Billy is a rather quiet and unassuming guy, but I can tell there's a wealth of music knowledge lurking beneath the surface. He sat quietly while Tania, Dri and I all talked about who we thought was the cutest obner on the board and was bemused by the fact that we all know so much about each other, even though many of us have never met.
I had a great time meeting all of you, and I thank you for making my one night in LA a fun one. Next time, I'll try and have a day free so I can see more of LA. And Dri don't ever forget.... "who hasn't fucked Britt Daniel?"
Thanks again y'all.