Episode Transcript
[00:00:01] So yeah, when I have a thought, I gotta let it out.
[00:00:08] It's a bright spot that I can't even doubt my opinions, my point of view Even if things are a little tripped and sweet so, yeah, even if you disagree.
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[00:00:38] Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever and whenever you're listening to it. Welcome to the podcast with Caroline M. Doyman.
[00:00:53] So in October, I went to five concerts, which is kind of crazy because leading up to it, I only knew that I was going to two of them. Okay. And a little insider trading remark.
[00:01:09] I didn't pay for any of them.
[00:01:14] And no, I'm not going to tell you how I did that because I. I open up a lot. I will not be opening. I will be gatekeeping how I go to concerts. Thank you so much.
[00:01:25] So I saw five different artists. I saw Tate McCray, I saw Dua Lipa, I saw Haim Joe, and I saw Addison Rae. Wow. So many different choices. All artists that I really, really enjoy. Wow.
[00:01:46] And I'm not gonna try to compare anybody to each other because they are all different artists. Even though some of them are. Yes. In the same pop category.
[00:01:56] It's.
[00:01:57] It's. You can't compare them. So let's start off with Tate McCray.
[00:02:01] First and foremost, she is talented. Okay, let's get that off the table here.
[00:02:06] She is a talented artist. Yes. Is she the next Britney Spears? No, she is not. I will repeat it again. She is not Britney Spears. They are really trying to push Britney Spears on her. It ain't it. She ain't it. I'm sorry. It ain't.
[00:02:22] The dancing was so good, as we should know. Obviously, the dancers are so talented, obviously. As we know.
[00:02:31] I also thought that the set design was really cool. It was a kind of an industrial feel with, like, a lot of, like, yellow tones to it. So I thought that was really awesome.
[00:02:40] What I didn't like, ma', am, the outfits.
[00:02:45] Her styling is so bad. I. It's so bad that I swear, like, her stylists hate her. That is what is giving. So she came out and her first look was like, a baby tee. A white baby tee and high white briefs. And I went with my friend Lexi and she was like, why does she look like Tommy Pickles?
[00:03:08] And when I tell you she looked like Tommy Pickles, and I couldn't get that out of my mind. I. Every time I saw her on stage, like, twirling Dipping. I was like, oh, that's Tommy Pickles with three hairs. Oh, my God, it was so ugly. Like, it is so bad. And like, the dancers, their outfits are shit too. They're in this, like, one outfit at the end, and it's like, all white. It literally looks like a carnival performance sponsored by Hanes.
[00:03:36] You are Tate McCray. If I'm Tate McCray, stylist, I'm calling up every fashion house and being like, hey, I have Tate McCray here. Can we make some custom looks together? I mean, Tate McCrae is not a small artist. You was at the Forum, for God's sakes. You. We can get a custom Adidas look. I think she's even sponsored by Adidas. Where was the custom look? She was wearing, like, this encrusted bra, which love. And these, like, boring ass track pants, which they were hideous. It looked like rehearsal wear. And I. Oh, my God, her shoes.
[00:04:06] And I know I saw some clips where she was, like, running out of her shoes and a couple things. They're acting like she's the first person that has ever danced in a heel on stage. The geriatric shoe that they had her in, it was like a pump with like a crisscross in the front, front, front part of her arch to keep her foot in the shoe. It was hideous. And if that wasn't bad enough in black, they had another pair in white.
[00:04:30] Kill me. Oh, my God. Literally, fire the team. Hideous. But she was an amazing dancer and she sounded pretty good too, which it's not. I'm not going there for the vocals, personally, but I thought it was a really great show. Then next on the list was Dua Lipa, which I. I love Dua Lipa. I think that she is literally one most beautiful people. She's probably the most beautiful pop star that we have right now.
[00:04:57] I'll die on that hill.
[00:05:00] I'm dying up at the top. She is so gorgeous. Seeing her on the imag, I was like, wow, that's a beautiful woman. Woman. She would literally be a model if she was not a singer. She sounds so good too, I think. I love her voice. I think she has a beautiful, raspy tone to it and, like, kind of guttural. And I love it. I loved seeing her show.
[00:05:20] I do think that, like, I mean, we know she's not a chore girl. She did get bullied into getting better at choreo and thank God, because, you know, sometimes bullying does work.
[00:05:31] Whatever, you know, as long as you get bullied to get better. And I'm okay with it. So, yeah, she, like, they had a lot of choreo, but, like, oh, some of that coro creatively, like, I don't really know what the creative direction of this show was, because it's like. I think that was also a problem with, like, the rollout of the album in general, because it was like, all these, like, every time she came up with a single was, like, all these, like, black kind of, like, raw, brutalist kind of vibes. And then the album art was, like, her with us with a shark tail and, like, her in the water. What. What does that have to do with this? Like, it felt, like, really jumbled. And I kind of felt the same way creatively with the show as well. Like, the content was either, like, not enough, or it was like, waves crashing.
[00:06:20] Okay. I guess, you know, album art. She's in the water. Okay. But then there was a moment where there was, like, horses running on the planes, and I was like, what do horses have to do with the ocean? Like, it just felt, like, confusing.
[00:06:35] But the girl has the hits.
[00:06:38] She's got the hats. Okay. Wow. So good.
[00:06:43] So, yeah.
[00:06:44] So, yeah. And then next on the Rolodex was Heim, which. Heim is my favorite band. I will say it. I love. I don't know what it is about, you know, family bands. I love it. I love them so much. I did love their album. I know a lot of people didn't, but I did, so I don't give a. And the show was so good. Okay. I've seen every album live from them since they started, thank God. And this was no different. They sounded amazing. I loved the creative on this because, you know, they're a band, so they. They don't need all, like, the bells and whistles that you normally do in a pop show, which it's a different type of show.
[00:07:24] The lighting was so good. The creative was so good.
[00:07:29] They had this, like, on their album art, they have, like, this. This sign that says, I quit. And they had this huge sign, like, above them, kind of like, it was like a rolling sign in that same font. And they were, like, talking on it throughout the show. It was so good. I love them. They sounded so, so great. It was definitely, like, an older crowd, which I kind of loved because everybody was, like, there for the music, because I felt like Tate show was, like, a little young, which, understandably. And then duos was a little bit older, but definitely had some young people. And then, like, Heim was definitely, like, 30 crowd, which.
[00:08:04] I stand a 30 crowd. Okay. And I Stand. And then I sit. Just kidding. I stand up at concerts.
[00:08:12] And then after that, I saw Joe djo, which I love him. I was actually dying to see his show. And then my friend Carly was like, I'm gonna get tickets. Do you want to come with me? And I'm like, yeah. At the Greek Theater, my favorite theater in Los Angeles. I'm there.
[00:08:29] When I tell you he had the best lighting. I don't know who is the ld for him. He deserves a blowjob. Okay.
[00:08:39] On my knees. Blowy. Okay. It was so amazing. It was so creative. It was beautifully done. I love it. And that was also a band vibe. He sounded so good. I was not expecting him to sound that good, and he did, and I was. I was here for it. And he is fine.
[00:09:01] Fine. And then finally, we have Ms. Addison Rae. And you heard it here first.
[00:09:09] She was my favorite out of all five shows.
[00:09:13] Okay. Because, listen, is she the best vocalist? No. I think that she would tell you that too. But I also think that, like, she is working on it. Like, you could tell. Like, personally, for me, when I go to a show, I never judge the artist on the first number because there's a lot of adrenaline, There's a lot of, you know, nervousness. There's anxiety that goes into that first song. You want to hit those notes. You want to hit your marks. And there's a lot of moving parts to a show. The crowd, the energy. There's so much happening. So I don't really, like, knock somebody if they're pitching their first song by song number three, I'm like, you better get your together, baby.
[00:09:50] We're paying good hard cash to be there. Not me, though.
[00:09:55] So her show was theatrics, and I love theatrics. Give me a show, Give me a program, baby. And it was like a cabaret show. There was a storyline. There were costume changes on stage, off stage, moving parts. The dances were so good. Special shout out to Yuli. Okay.
[00:10:17] Yuli is the hottest female dancer I have ever seen on a stage. Like, I had to keep reminding myself that I was there to see Addison Rae and not Yuli Maldonado. I might have that up, but you get it anyway. And it was such an amazing show, and I'm so excited to see how she continues to evolve in her artistry. She was hitting the steps, and if anybody wants to compare anybody to Britney Spears, it's Addison Rae.
[00:10:45] So those are all the five concerts that I went to in October. I don't think that I'm going to see Any more shows the rest of this year. But I'm always open to receive free concert tickets. So if you want to take me to a concert, I'm your girl. I will probably go to almost any show other than like a hard EDM show. Sorry, Kevin, no techno, whatever. And then also, like, I'm not trying to go to like a metal show. Sorry, Johnny, I know you like to scream, but anything else in between. I'm always down to learn about different groups of people. Why people like certain artists. I. There's always something for me to learn. Looking at lighting, looking at set, looking at the band. I love it all. So take me to your show. I would love to see it.
[00:11:33] This section of the podcast is called Currently, and it's everything that I'm currently reading, watching, and listening to this week.
[00:11:41] Watching and listening kind of go hand in hand because as we know in the podcast, I've been doing my Madonna deep dive.
[00:11:48] And after True Blue, she does who's that Girl? The movie. I also watched Desperately Seeking Susan, which came out years before True Blue. And Madonna's barely in that movie. I don't know why they were marketing her to, like, be in the movie. She is, like in there for like 10 minutes. Knacks for like a hour and a half. Movie. Okay. I don't. And it was like, okay.
[00:12:10] And so I watched who's that Girl When I tell you this movie is probably one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I'm sorry, Madonna fans, she is not an actress. And maybe she gets better. She has a lot more acting roles coming up in the future, like, as in the 80s and the 90s. And I will watch them because I am a loser.
[00:12:33] Okay? But it was so bad. It was so bad.
[00:12:39] It was so bad. Like, what accent was she doing?
[00:12:43] It was so much. I literally only gave it a 0.5 on letterbox because her red lip was snatching.
[00:12:50] And that opening title sequence of the cartoon, that was conned. But everything else, very bad. Also the title track, which I listened to the album as well, the title track, who's that Girl? Is a good song. They do have some good songs on that album. And. But as a movie, boo. Tomatoes. Give her the Razzie Award because that shit was terrible. I will never watch it again.
[00:13:17] And then as for what I'm reading, I was in a little bit of a reading slump, but I'm out of the slurp. And I read Dead Man's Blues and it was so good. I had been dying to read another thriller because Thrillers and rom coms for me are one of those.
[00:13:34] The types of books that I could just, like, chomp through. I read this book, I think, in like, three days, which I probably could have read it even quicker, but, you know, life was happening, so I didn't have time to, like, sit down and read. I was chomping through the book. Basically. It was a. It was a book set in the 1950s in, like, the Tennessee, Kentucky line. And there was like a whodunit. So somebody died, and then it ended up another person died. Whoa. Oh, my God. Two deaths in a small town.
[00:14:02] Shucks. But you do get an answer in the end. And I wasn't expect. Was not expecting who it was, who it actually ended up to be. Which I love that because I feel like in both whodunit books, you, like, you're trying. You're thinking about everybody. You have to go down every lane. Everybody's a suspect, everybody.
[00:14:22] But it wasn't who I thought. So hats off. Deadman Blues.
[00:14:35] Well, that's this week's episode. Thank you so much for listening, watching. Wherever you're consuming this media, I really appreciate it. If you've made it this far, Boom, boom if you haven't.
[00:14:47] But alas, it doesn't matter to me.
[00:14:51] So, yeah.
