Houston Dynamo Jersey Unveiling Party

Soccer season is here and the Houston Dynamo threw a party at the House of Blues to present their new gear.

The two times MLS Cup Champions, Houston Dynamo, presented their home, away, goalkeeper and training gear to fans, local celebrities and family members. It was a night full of cheers, drinks, food and  photos. A great opportunity for fans to talk to the players and get a first look at what's going to be the new gear for 2013.

I had the chance to talk to a few people around there, including the hosts of HOT 95.7 Kelly Kelly, Sarah Pepper, Ivan and PK, huge Dynamo fans that support the team through their radio show.

Everyone seemed excited about season starting this weekend against DC United, and again making it to the MLS Cup.

Cheerleaders were also in attendance as well as Dynamo Diesel, the Houston Dynamo's mascot. 

Players interacted with fans, signed autographs and thanked them for their support through this past 7 years. 

Props to the Houston Dynamo, a great organization that's always looking for ways to get closer to their fans and provide great professional entertainment .

Have you checked UH Confessions?

www.facebook.com/uhconfessions

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So the other day I saw a lot of people at the Satellite checking out the same Facebook page, UH Confessions.

Of course the curiosity got me and I got on my iPad and looked it up. What I came across was a Facebook page in which people posted anonymous "Confessions" using an external webpage.

What's interesting about this page is that it was made by UH students for UH students and the posts are about things that happen around school.

Comment at www.facebook.com/UHConfessions

I started reading some of the confession and was surprised by the amount of things people write there. You find things like guys that like girls from the same class but are too shy to talk to them, to girls confessing being with other guys while dating.

Suddenly what used to be an average school became an interesting school. While some of the confessions might or might not be real, it has gotten the attention of at least 13,000 people, according to the LIKE stats on the Facebook page.

Likes from www.facebook.com/UHConfessions

If you haven't had a chance to check it out, idk why not, go take a look and see for yourself what people are writing about in UH Confessions. Who knows, you might have a secret admirer out there or someone might have that ID you lost at the bus.

Also would be nice to know if someone has posted something there, or know about someone that was mentioned on a post.

To Buy or Not To Buy Tickets

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Imagine Dragons - At House of Blues Houston

So the day of the concert came and I decided to go and try to find some tickets. My friend Kadi tagged along and decided to first try and see if anyone was selling tickets outside.

The first person we came across was someone saying the usual "tickets, tickets, need tickets?" of course I had to ask how much and he said "$80". I went for it and he told us to wait on the stairs for someone to come get us and they would walk us in. It sounded pretty sketchy and one guy passing by said not to trust them because they were going to take us to a VIP room and leave us there, not take us to the actual concert. Decided not to go for it and look around.

The next guy that showed up was offering balcony seats at $220 each and after a few minutes of negotiating he said "Can't do it for less, sorry". Disappointed we went to eat something and try to figure out if we were going to miss the concert or what to do.

We decided that we were there, that it was worth it and so I called the guy saying that I had the money to pay for them. The scalper told me to meet him at a bar across the street and when I got there 4 other guys approached me complaining that I was their client and he told them to go away. At some point I thought I was going to get robbed, but I got the tickets!!

Still unsure if they were legit or not,  we approached the door and the lady scanned them. She said they were ok and we got in.

It was a great concert, and I was able to record some of the songs they played that night. It was a first-time for me buying tickets from a scalper, a scary experience, but I learned a new lesson on what to do and not to do when buying tickets from them.

I'm sure some of you have missed a concert for not finding tickets on time, and I wish this people that just want to make $$ didn't exist, but they do and if you're going to have to deal with one, well at least take your precautions.

A Quest for Concert Tickets

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imaginedragons.com - Courtesy

So last week I blogged about a band I heard about, Imagine Dragons, and how their concert in Houston was happening on February the 12th.

Well I decided to look for tickets and of course they were sold out online, next thing I did was look on Craigslist and not only there were no tickets for sale, but there were adds of people wanting tickets and willing to pay 3-4 times the face value which was $20 dollars.

With no success from my usual resources, I went on and tried official resale websites like stubhub.com and ticketsliquidator.com, and I found the tickets, actually many of them, but the prices were ridiculous. Tickets that would normally sell for $20 dollars, were starting at $120 and going up to $400.

Frustrated with my lack of success, I decided to listen to the radio and see if they were giving away tickets. That's how I came across Mix 96.5, a great radio station btw, who happen to have a Live Lounge session with Imagine Dragons and were giving away tickets.

Spent my whole Monday listening to the radio and trying to answer some of their questions, but again that wasn't enough.

I've never really had to go through all this to get tickets, but I thought it would be a good experience, specially since I see all those people that go the extra mile to be able to see their favorite artists.

In conclusion, I totally hate scalpers and the fact that they try to rip-off people that actually want to watch the concert. I'm still going to the concert and I'll try to see if anyone has an extra ticket for sale at a decent price, which usually happens at concerts that I've been too.

I'm sure at least a few of you had to deal with scalpers or online websites to buy tickets for an event you've wanted to go, how was that experience? If I make it to the concert I'll post some photos and videos.

Music Reminders

The other day I heard a song on the radio and as soon as it came on it reminded me of something, a video game.

I haven't really paid much attention to the music on the video game, FIFA 2013, but when the song came on, I knew it was from the game. The next thing I did was to look up the soundtrack of FIFA 2013 and saw that the name of the band was IMAGINE DRAGONS, and the song's title was "On top of the world".

I didn't realize how famous this band, Imagine Dragons, is and that they have sold out pretty much every concert, including the one in Houston next week.

I decided to download their album and the songs are actually good, made me want to go the concert next Tuesday.

Doing more research I came across another classic song also from FIFA, but this time 1998. The name of the song is "song 2" and it's by british band "Blur"

Are there any songs that when you hear them they remind you of something?