So Sad: Britney "Performs" At MTV VMAs

Relive the nightmare here. Someone save this woman. Not even trying to lip sync, not even trying to dance. How many times does she almost fall?

A Local Review Of Britney Spears from Tristan Prettyman

This is all from Tristan Prettyman's MySpace blog. Tristan's follow up to 23 is being recorded in June and hopefully will be released not too long after.

Britney Spears my little toxic bumble bee played at the House of Blues in San Diego tonight. My friend emailed me last week, saying she got tipped off that Brit Brit was playing a secret show there under the name M+M's. I figured no freaking way, sure enough i looked it up and amazingly there were still tickets available...So i said, frickin what the hell, for 35 bucks, i want the toxic ness. There had been rumors that she was gonna cancel or not show up or this or that...but she was there, and she was looking HOT and smoking and dancing and wig whippin away, lip synching and hip synching everywhere and she ended with Toxic. I felt like a proud parent. I dont know if i ever was a britney fan or not, but i think i am now for sure. I am rootin for the girl, shes kinda of a train wreck, from what the press makes of her, but aren't we all a little bit train wrecky and if we were her, woudnt we def be like a freaking amtrak gone haywire? I think so..Who knows what the real story is, and i doubt we will ever get the real story...but dammit for a sista who has 2 kids, she was looking sizzling, and THE MOST IMPORTANT THING: she looked like she was having fun. She played a britney medley and then lap danced the hell out of some chair,and then invited some dude up out of the audience, who looked like he was a hypnotized puppy dog surrounded by her and her 4 back up dancers...and then she sang an new song in a very nice fur coat and then ended with toxic. Amen. It was worth it though...rock out Britney. I never seen so many papparazzi outside either, it was nuts...i was like hey hey hey..just kidding, omg i think i would shoot myself if i ever had that many people following me around...holy heck

I love when people in a position to have fans are fans, too. If Regina Spektor hadn't been rushed so much by her tour manager, I would've liked to find out what famous people would make her be starstruck in the way so many of her fans were on that night, in the way expressed when Only Son closed his show with an inner monologue of being backstage at Coachella and seeing "famous" people.

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A different kind of review on MSNBC.
And here's one mentioning and quoting Jamal, aka Kid Lightning.

Tuesday Recap: Britney Spears, Blazin 98.9 Party, Damien Rice, Roses On Her Grave

San Diego is abuzz with a big fat Britney hangover. The whole madness yesterday is a reminder that sometimes you can be in the right place at the right time (like CatDirt was to get the first pic of Brit online). I'll just give the rundown of my evening. Skip this post if you're not in the mood for a meandering rambling post with no point.

I had planned on leaving work early but realized I'd mixed up my post-work itinerary with today. Still, I'd taken a short lunch, so I decided to bail at 5 and head over to the House of Blues to throw rocks at paparazzi. Or just take pictures, you know, to turn the tables on them. I parked my bike and bumped into Kirsten and Kim, old friends from my media days who now work at "San Diego's Official Hip Hop Station, Blazin' 98.9" I'm not gonna pretend I know my hip hop so breathe easy. Still, when she told me they were having a client party at the House of Blues and would I like to come, how could I say no? "Client Party" is business talk for OPEN BAR. We pre-drank a quickie at the Local then went to the party where nobody from the station objected to me being there, secured a name tag and a wristband. Kirsten joined her coworker to work the desk and told me to head downstairs to get to drinkin. I always do what I'm told.

Downstairs I popped the bar's cherry by getting the first drink served. I sat down and met Cesar and Sara, a couple who run DagoSD , an internet radio station that focuses on San Diego hip hop (DIY, baby) and also promotes shows and events around town. Fan of Keak da Sneak? Yeah, they're the ones promoting his show on May 26 at the Blvd. in San Marcos. I love meeting San Diego natives (like me) who really believe in what's going on here. Same goals, different scene. All about San Diego.

Anyway, the party was getting full swing, I saw some old contacts, made some new ones, and enjoyed the open bar and tray passed appetizers. This is a pic of me and Milton. Milton has been in the radio biz for ever and now pretty much runs ESPN radio all by himself (owned by the same radio group as Blazin 98.9).

Simultaneously, there was a fever in the air upstairs, where the line for Britney was quickly growing. Hey, girls in your high heel shoes...prepare to stand for 5 hours! The media were interviewing any white girl walkin by to get her opinion about the show. Talking to the marketing guy of the House of Blues, a lot of headaches could've been saved if people just asked. The schedule was doors at 7ish, Kid Lightning & Ruggy dj set (1 hour) followed by a 1 hour dj set by the Loius XIV guys, then Brit expected to take the stage at 10. All the stations covering seemed to be complete tards in reporting that Brit made everyone wait. Ask for settimes, douchebags. The best was on the 10 o'clock news (between Damien and the Casbah we detoured) when the reporter says, "Yeah, the crowd is angry as some dj's are still playing."

Inside, and the point of the party, was for the station to introduce the Baka Boyz, 98.9's new morning show hosts (from Bakersfield, thus the name) so they gave their spiel, we clapped, and I had to bail to destination number 2.

I hopped on my bike, got to my car, picked up Andrea, picked up my tickets (thank you Greg), stopped at home to let my dog out, and almost exactly one half hour after leaving the House of Blues, Andrea and I were walking into the Open Air Theatre for Damien Rice.

I love the OAT, by the way:
Security: Do you have a camera in there?
Me: No
Securtiy: OK, have fun.

We probably had pretty good seats, but as we walked in, Damien had stopped his set and told the entire audience to move forward and fill the space in front of them. The venue was less than half full and evidence that they should've just left it at Spreckels. We went up to the pit at first where I knelt in front of a broken seat to get a couple shots of the stage.

Not comfortable, I found Andrea who was near where our actual seats were. We watched the show for about an hour. I love Damien Rice, I really do, but his voice physically pains me and his lyrics emotionally drain me. It's cathartic, sometimes it feels really good to feel really sad, but this is music to listen to alone in a quiet room, not so much in an open air amphitheater. Damien, if you ever wanna come play in my living room, let me know. I probably should've not gone to Damien Rice after a hip-hop party, too. My bad. I did go up toward Seth (4th row) for a couple more pics before I was asked to turn my camera off, so these are the best I've got.

From Damien Rice, we buzzed down to the Casbah for the Roses on Her Grave CD Release Party. And it was a party. The crowds lately at the Casbah have been so fun. This was another of the Rockit girls' events and by the few stray burgers and hot dogs left over, it appears that people came hungry. We were there for only a few songs by A Scribe Amidst The Lions and all of Roses on Her Grave, but from the back bar to the front bar to the patio, we mostly listened to them passively, though I did watch Nate go crazy on the drums for a bit. Even with earplugs, the show was really loud, so I returned to the patio until the end of the show. Sorry, Roses, I'll have to pay better attention next time around. And take better pictures.

All good nights must come to an end. Let's hope I can muster energy today to stick to my plan of seeing Tim Finn in the evening followed by Elf Power in the late night. I did catch more Britney news coverage when I got home. Her lip-synching 5 songs and only playing for 15 minutes would explain why in the downstairs party there was no noise from a soundcheck. I hope the suckas that paid $100, $200, $300 a ticket had their 15 minutes of fun. MWAHAHAHAHA. Stupids.

Britney Spears is still set to play

Just took a gander down at the House of Blues and the show is still good to go as far as the venue and the people behind the scenes are concerned, though there was no evidence that she'd arrived just yet and there's no flood of press hanging around.

Just confirmed, people attending the show will be treated to the the turntable stylings of Kid Lightning.
Our little Jamal is all growed up.

Britney Spears Prediction

I'm having so much fun with all this Britney hullabaloo...

Are the "m+m's" the rejected girls from "The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll"? I mean, we can't just abandon those chicks since Asia won the contest, right? Just speculating since Robin and Brit were hangin out and all....

Britney- who's gonna watch your babies?

Dear Britney,

I guess I'm behind in the news because I had no idea you still had custody of your kids, but then I saw this today on TMZ and was thinking, if you're doing a show tonight in San Diego and need a sitter, you should give me a call. I've been babysitting pretty much since I was a baby myself, having grown up with my mom's licensed in-home family daycare all my life. Buzz me if you want me to watch your babies. References available. I'll even cancel my other plans tonight.

Rosey

Britney Spears is On! er, "The M+Ms Are On!"

Perez has his sources and I have mine. Word is that as of 6 pm last night, Brit is still confirmed to be playing the House of Blues tonight, with an estimated arrival to the area at noon. Fox 6 is already parked out front and apparently the papparazzi were already sniffing around yesterday with phones ringing off the hook from every tabloid TV show and magazine around since last week.

Expect chaos around 6th and C Street, where one way streets, the trolley, construction, and backup on Broadway are sure to cause some chaos. There's also a Padres game tonight at 7:05 so downtown should be bumpin. Maybe those going to see Damien Rice should be glad that it was moved to Open Air? Just remember to take a blanket and possibly a raincoat.

Brit Canceling?

Perez Hilton is reporting that Brit is canceling her "M+Ms" shows here and in Anaheim. Take your chances, but I highly recommend NOT buying tickets above face value. I mean, look at who we're talking about here. And sellers asking for more than face for this are shady.

Welcome to San Diego, Britney

Yes, I was slow on the boat on this one, but Britney Spears will be appearing at our little House of Blues tomorrow, May 1. She is playing under the name "The M+M's" and the all ages tickets sold for $35. That is only two dollars more than the face value Arcade Fire tickets last week. A security friend of mine at the House of Blues said that security was not made aware of it until last week after they'd already seen rumors on E! Entertainment Network.

Brit, if you wanna get hammered, might I recommend Tuesday Night Ken Club Karaoke. Nobody there will care who you are. Seriously. 4078 Adams Avenue.