Imogen Heap

Last week I had the privilege of spending the evening with 3 beautiful women.
2 of them were on a stage, but still.

Barbie accompanied me to the show at the Guvernment where we quickly learned the show needed to be done by 9PM (they had another function), and so it started a little early and we missed the first song.
On stage before Imogen, Immie to friends, was the talented and pretty Zoe Keating and her Cello.
The show was originally scheduled for the Mod Club but it sold out so fast it was moved to the Guvernment where it quickly sold out again. There was a definite buzz in the Air and the place was still intimate.

Zoe was great and her parents were there (she lived here for a while). You might know here from the band Rasputina, the kick-ass Cello group. That might sound weird to you, but check it out, especially if you're into Goth in any way.

After a long delay, unexplainable since there's nothing to set up, Immie showed up in a wonderful gown and her traditional big hair.
Wow! Quite the gal! She started with an acapella song that floored us.
She then introduced her 'band' which consists of an Apple laptop and some keyboards. Also a frisky wind up mouse ...

If you've seen Radiohead, you'll understand the concept where she plays a beat and loops back what she just played, including vocals. She a has a few more complex beats as well on her laptop. She's truly amazing, with the voice of an angel.
Zoe joined her for 3 songs as well.
Imogen might be known to some of you as the lead singer of Frou Frou. They had that great song in the movie Garden State (if you haven't seen that one yet, you need to -> top 20). She actually performed that song as well, which was a big surprise. All in all a great time and a great performance.
She even stuck around in the back lobby after to say hi, take pictures and sign autographs for everyone, despite pissing off the security people.
Holy crap she's tall.

I have to say that on my way to Barb's I was stuck, as we are won't to be, in traffic on the DVP. I was not feeling great and the evening was off to a rocky start. But then I noticed that a car in front of me in the lane to my left, which had four youngsters, flash a sign to the car in front of me. I was naturally curious so I sped up a bit. The cute girl in the back seat (about 20, I'd say) flashed a big smile and held up a sign, like a place mat, that had a big yellow smiley face on it. I couldn't help but giggle and crack a laugh which made them happy.
I've got to say thanks to her. That made a big difference - I had a great evening and that's where it started.

So all in all it was quite special. Thanks Barb!