music makes the world go 'round

... or makes the people come together... or makes you lose control!

This is going to be a year of music...

I've already purchased tickets to four concerts for this year. As you can see, I will be going to see supergroup Maná perform in Oakland later this month. Tater will accompany me and together we can wax all the more girly as we listen to pop-rock ballads in Spanish.

And when I found out that Calle 13 would be gracing the Bay Area again with a show at the Fox Theater, I knew that I would not miss them for (almost) anything. Finally, the pain of not seeing them in San Francisco last autumn will be erased in a sea of irreverent reggaeton-rock-folk-electronica and all the other genres Calle 13 blends.

Not pictured are the tickets I have already given to my dear mother for safekeeping. This summer, happy mother and daughter will travel to San Jose again, this time to hear the sweet voices of Il Divo... I shall call this my return to popera.

And just last Friday, I snagged tickets to for the one and only Andrea Bocelli. Now I won't be going to this show since Mumsy is the real fan here, but it'll be good enough to know someone who went.

I have also been promised a show to see the 80's pre-ska band Madness (the group behind "Our House,") but I have yet to see tickets...