Mini Halien Shindig #2 Chicago June 4-7

[lovinghaleyr]

Here's my surrealistic pastel version of Haley closeup singing "Imagine". Blew me away!!
(You can hear my "Oh Wow" when I realized it was the first time I ever unexpectedly heard her sing this Lennon spellbinding classic. And of course Captain Dinkens going nuts at the end:

I had to stay zoomed in on H.E.R. so the background high-intensity lights didn't cause havoc with my camera.

Someone should send this at Paul Mc.Cartney,it's pure soul feelings.

[john]

Go for it Lovinghaleyr.

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amyrlloyd
14 minutes ago
?#postmodernjukebox #pmj #pmjtour #danforthmusichall @pmjofficial @scottbradlee

[BrandHaley]

Yes, Haley's rendition is really good, but if it were't for Scott's magical fingers and incredible musicianship that first minute and a half wouldn't have been very interesting. Listen again -- and listen to Scott.

I love Scott's style and musicianship on the piano. He would have been a great addition or substitution in Haley's dream band for her album. His work on Imagine was masterful.
He is a good guy for Haley to know.

That is so true, John! And it is working both ways!!! They're so good for each other. Scott has been wowed from the beginning . . . can we blame him much? IMHO their somewhat serendipitous meeting has been the best thing that has happened to Haley since Idol, and is getting her incredible international exposure!

In order to try to quantify that exposure, (and if Wiki has their numbers right) let's say (cuz this is just make believe fun...) Haley had a manager, agent, publicist, and general miracle-worker (we could maybe call her Rachel!), and she . . .

Booked Haley in every NFL and college (NCAA Division 1) football stadium, plus every major and minor league baseball stadium (about 300 venues), and she

Scheduled concerts 6 nights p/wk, and

She sold out every seat in every venue, . . .

It would take Haley a solid year to complete the tour, and (drum roll please . . . .)

At the end of her tour, she still would not have had the attendance that she has received in views on her four PMJ vids alone!!! And that's not counting the 30 Million views on Kai's viral FB page.

If we had a way of totaling her Idol views it would be interesting to compare that to her pmj totals.

All of this is why I place such a high value on the Haley/Scott/PMJ thing.
In fact, I think meeting up with Scott will take her a lot further toward her dreams than the EP and FFF opportunities combined! But they really are cool moonlighting ventures!

[Himm2]

Ariana and her stud muffins:

Here's the Ariana Savalas seduction from Pat's iphone:

Sure wish I was better prepared to speak.

[riley]

This is actually pretty good from the Chicago show - looks like he/she likes Haley and Casey...

[Himm2]

^^ Does my bald head really glow that brightly in those lights?

[Himm2]

I do love this picture of Haley.

She's wearing the RITD dress that she also wore to sing "Lovefool" to her beloved Chicago Audience:

[Himm2]

28 minutes from "Creep" to the pre-encore Chicago finale:


At the after-party at Sheffield's Restaurant backroom Harry Reinhart commented that he loved all the new melody changes Haley introduced into Creep. I didn't notice as obviously as his trained ear but it was good to hear and on second listen I realized she really made it even better than the 6 million view version.

Here are us Mini-Shindiggers2 with our Queen at the After-Party that we stayed at until they kicked us out for closing at 2 AM (Reinharts said goodbye to Haley's Tour Bus when it pulled out at 3 am):

Angie really wanted to play golf with us at 9:30 AM the next morning and was fully expecting to until she got home with the family at 4:30 AM and she had to work at noon after 9 holes. It didn't happen with Angie, which she felt terrible about...be we love her no matter what and knew it was an overly optimistic endeavour on her part.

[Himm2]

A few more photos (I think from Pat's Camera) late into the night:

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...and while I'm at it, Harry Reinhart stopped over Saturday afternoon before his PS Pub gig for a chat and some putts at Halien Headquarters:

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Here is Scott Bradlee's VIP upgrade Cast Introductions in Chicago:

(it was dark in there)

[Himm2]

Miguel, It would probably be a lot of work at this point but could we have a separate thread for the Chicago PMJ weekend and move or copy those posts already placed in the PMJ North American Tour thread in this one? I know Pat & Babbs & Pennylane & Buzz and I have have lots of photos & videos we'd like to share that get kinda scattered in the larger thread.