Cheap Date Night

JR and I had a fun date night last week, thanks to my sister, Rachel. She had won tickets to a very small, private Ryan Cabrera/Charlotte Sometimes show, but had her baby just a little over a week before the show. So, needless to say, she and her husband couldn't go, and she was gracious enough to give us their tickets. I had never heard any Ryan Cabrera music, and only one Charlotte Sometimes song, so studied up a bit before we went to the show. Ryan Cabrera has had a few hits, but I think it's safe to say he's risen to popularity more for who he knows, and his pretty boy looks than for his talent. He is managed by Jessica and Ashlee Simpson's dad, and he dated Ashlee for quite a while a few years ago. Now he's completely changed his look (you wouldn't even recognize him), and he's been dating Lisa Marie Presley's daughter, Riley, for a couple of years (even though she's 17 and he's 26!). I get the sense that he's kind of a jerk in real life, and this was exemplified in the fact that on stage, he described writing his new single as being about a time when his girlfriend was cheating on him and he found out, but instead of confronting her, he took the opportunity to cheat on her too. Wow, what a great guy! At any rate, though, his music is easy on the ears, and he was a good performer. Here are some crappy pictures we got (Ryan is on the right - the guy on his left was his backup):

Charlotte Sometimes is a newcomer, and I really dig her sound. Check her out here! When I complained to JR about Ryan's attitude about the cheating song, he pointed out that Charlotte wasn't all that complimentary of men, either. Her first single is titled "How I Could Just Kill a Man." Still, I really do like her.
Here's a link to her video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtZqVE_OyzU