Kina Grannis

first.

never was first. so might as well hahaha

anyways – is that ur sister misa’s apartment? awwww

i noticed the “M” and was like “that must stand for MISA” hehe

first. chyeah…

also who is oovret? like is he now the official question taker for you? i am sO confused.

like did he decide to ask questions that you answered and since then, he deemed himself the official question taker and ur going along i am sO confused haha

i have no idea who oovret is! but whoever it is sure makes question answering seem easy. haha.

Arg! So close to a first post! Oh well, I can live with Miko getting it.

BLAARLKJASDFHLGJASDF
closest i’ve ever been.

edit:
garden state!
mm <3 good song.

loll popo?
i love how you hold your computer up to what you have to record during your birthday shoutouts haha that made me laugh

… is.. is that your hair 4:08?
haha that was weird..

haha. i am oovret. haha

jk

i wanna be oovret v2.

here are mine… u can do them next week if you’d like…

mcdonalds fries or wendy’s fries?
rollercoasters or skydiving?
sushi rolls or sashimi?
emi or misa? HAHAHAH IM JUST KIDDING

see you at the EL REY KINA TAY!

Look like fourth place goes to me ^.^

awwww. i hart you timR!

are u going to be at the EL REY…

Smoked Alaskan sockeye is the best, grilled up after a deep smoke…god i miss going up there. This is the part where I would bribe you with promises of seafoods like smoked salmon and herring eggs and other fine alaskan delcacies if i thought it would get you to come to seattle soon…

i think i enjoy 2pm posts vs 2am, just cause i’m more awake… but i have to wait 12 more hours.

have you tried smoked salmon sushi?

haha.. knicks who?

so.., kina=公直 is that right? not 木菜…haha. i dont think anyone will get that…
can you even see the kanji?

I wish. I live in Tennessee, so the drive’s a little far. There’s a teeny tiny chance I’ll make it out there on Labor Day, when my Vols will stomp UCLA into an ugly pulp. But that’s clearly not this weekend :)

And I hart you too emceemiko!

I don’t hart that the site is Heinz Ketchup today!

fresh sockeye is good… what kind of wood do you use to smoke?
have you had moose? is it like deer/elk?

can’t delete double comment sad…
<3 at least you’re popular

:) Love the computer screen glare against the picture frames (It really does make me smile) ~.^…So many cute things to put birthday things on!
Loved the tervoo too…
And yay for cello love :) Would you believe “Paid for in Dollar Coins” brought me my cello from accross the country (he flew with it, and so had to travel on public transportation with that and all of his other luggage to get home from the airport to suprise me)!

BTW:
this site has temporarily exceeded its something limits
WE NEED A NEW SERVER FOR KINA LOVE :)

haha! “atarashii york” – you make me chuckle.

Hey Kina! I’m glad you enjoyed New York. I was hoping to make the trip from Massachusetts to NY to see your show, but I just didn’t have enough time. Hope you come back to the east soon, I really want to go to a show :)

Hey Kina,
GREAT Cover. That song has been one of my dark horse favorites over the past few years and I haven’t heard anyone cover it before now. Great job, I would love to hear how it sounds without the Ferrets. ;-)
I’m glad the show in NYC went well, good luck @ the El Ray this weekend.
And, thanks for the interview heads up.
… hmm, “Noble Honesty” … from what I know of you by now, I would say that fits well.

KINA!

Thanks so much for visiting my wonderful city. Come back soon, ok? Also, don’t worry bout the show, you got plenty of love at it anyway. Haha. That’s what YouTube is for.

Please do enjoy your DVD! And if I don’t speak to you…. safe trip home!

See ya soon!
Ryan is officially jealous of the wesssssssiiiiiiide.

Breathtaking. You terrify me.

wow it took a long time for me to realize that was frou frou haha you still got it ;D

aw, i love ferrets!!

to answer your questions lol:

color: blue, but it’s day to day now
middle name: david
scariest thing: saw 4 ghosts UP CLOSE in 2 incidents when i was 9
fear: regretting things down the line
makes me happiest: good food, good sleep, good music, good people, good thrills, good movies, good books. all around goodness hahaha

YAY! thanks for the birthday shout-out! made me smile a ultra-mega smile!

Awesome song btw too!!

was your show on the east coast an all ages show??

miko =

miko =

heh, i never smoked it myself, i get spoiled by my family from up north. i haven’t had moose, my family is only in the SE islands, so outside of reindeer sausage, i get mostly seafood. I love being up there, even though it was the hardest job i ever had, commercial salmon fishing still was the most rewarding, seeing humpbacks breech in person is way cooler than seeing it on TV or whatever

Ok this is killing me. What is the blue thing at 3:49 from? It looks so familiar but I can’t place it.

OH MY GOSH!
i almost fell out of my chair when i heard you start singing ‘Let Go’
it is quite possibly one of my favorite songs of all time so thanks for singing that cover amazingly :)

p.s. im quite excited to go to your show on saturday :D x 100000000000000000000000
seriously, this show is one of the few things ive been EXTREMELY looking forward to during this summer vacation :)

nyc was fun huh.. i miss the east coast. too bad you’re not over there next month cuz ill be in nj for a couple days to meet up with my fam b4 we fly to the philippines.

i’m glad you enjoyed new york, kina! yeah, aren’t subways wonderful? it’s so easy to just hop-on from home and hop-off at wherever. as a former californian now-turned an “east coaster person” i share your sentiments =)

it was wonderful seeing you in person. i think you sound so much better live (videos/audios don’t do justice!) and you’re just as funny and sweet as you are on your blog videos. i hope you come back soon!! ^^v

btw, whenever someone mentions the cello, i think of this:

Dewey Finn: Katie, what was that thing you were playing today, the big thing?
Katie: Cello.
Dewey Finn: Ok. This is a bass guitar. And it’s the exact same thing but instead of playing it like this you tip it on the side… cello, you got a bass.

Kina you rock! Someday you’ll have to make a Florida tour so I’m not thwarted by a 24 hour drive to come see your show!

I’m thinking you should find an antihistamine that won’t interfere with life.

I have a song request, no pressure, I won’t hate you if you don’t, I know you are busy… etc.

James Taylor – Sweet Baby James

I think your voice and style could blow the original away.

*HUGS* to you and Emi and Misa.

i’ faith lady, ’tis a fair song, and a fair singer, and yet, I must confess, ’tis powerful queer to hear sung so differently a song so familar that it must needs evoke the original hearing with every note.

ferrets? I guess Misa didn’t grow up on the Redwall books :)

I’m a big time lurker on your Blah(g) and youtube site, so I figured I might as well say hi :)

I’m probably moving to NYC come September, so I hope you have a few more shows in the east coast so I can check out your music live.

I really liked Let Go, allergies or not.

ps- favourite smell?

miko =

????

Beautiful job! You brighten my, and everyone else’s, day! I wasn’t familiar with that song or that band, but it’s a nice song.

Actually, Misa is a devoted Redwall fan…. the ferrets belong to her roommate.

What do I find while listening to yet another great song out of your radiant noggin… a shout out to me!!!! Wow and it’s not even my birthday. LOL Anywho I do have a question. Do you plan to tour Chicago either by news channels (WGN Channel 9 would love you and its easy to get in) or hotspots like The House of Blues, or Navy Pier etc??

but the thing is that she totally did! the ferrets belong to her flatmate :)

Lol, I love School of Rock!!

I loved the Redwall books as a kid. It made me want to be a mouse.

Or possibly a badger.

I have a few jars of GREAT smoked salmon sitting at home… a family friend lives in Alaska, and catches/smokes/cans it herself. She packs it with oil and something sweet like molasses.

Oh– so good. Rich like smoked oysters, but great salmon flavor.

Sorry, not to turn this into the Food Channel.

Hey, don’t knock the Bruins. They’ve still won more championships than anyone else :)

Wow, I never would’ve thought Let Go could sound so good acoustically. Also, thanks to you, I can now confirm the lyrics. I always thought Frou Frou/Imogen Heap just muffled up the words with her accent. And when you think about it, some of the words really make no sense. But the song is still so fun!

Anyways, I’ll see you all at the El Rey come this Saturday :).

I was wondering why I’d never noticed how much I love this song… and then I realized it was because 70% of the reason it was so incredible just now was because you sang it (ferrets or no ferrets).

I am so ridiculously bummed I wasn’t able to see you in NY this weekend. Gosh darn having to an adult and study for board exams. Please make it a habit of getting off the West coast every once and a while — perhaps Boston next??? (If you think NY has good transportation, you haven’t seen efficient.)

In honor of co-celebrating the one year anniversary of graduating (perhaps this was just my college, but humor me) –
Saturday or Sunday?
Breakfast or dinner?
Lifetime movies or 90s sitcom reruns?
Pajama pants or jeans?
Cereal or pretzels?

I loved those books for a long time, but as I got older and I read more of them there was this creeping sense of deja vu in each “new” book, which, when I finally faced it, turned out to be the simple fact that they’re all kinda the same book with the same characters :)

but oh, Skarlath, there was never one like you

yay! i got a shout out too =p doin a little circle dance right now. btw, drink lots of water and take Melatonin if you’re jetlagged.

hahaha miko, you crack me up [the last question]

Well I never heard that song before…but i like it.

Allegries…they are the worst, I have them to everything outside, and that is no fun, and they are worse than ever this year, my eyes have been burnning like crazy for weeks now.

Anyways. Once again great Blog.

I am very excited about the street team!!!

Have a good Day/Night/Morning,

Jen :)

Did you eat some great brick oven pizza? :P

random questions . . . have you finished that song you posted at the end of Bleeding Love that goes “…send a goldfish to the sea”? Also, what were you wearing on your left wrist? i didn’t notice it the first time.

Here we go with that one Grannis brain thing again….

You guys are just adorable. You should be a team of superheroes or a sitcom or something

I’m in loooooooove with that song. Watched that part of the video about 5 times a day in the last few days… :) Can’t wait to hear that song again :)

ahhhh creepy get out of my brain!!

it just cant compare to

Better Ingredients
Better Pizza
PAPA JOHNS!

Beautifully sung! And yet another rare cover that I didn’t think could be made more lovely than the origninal. When you aren’t doing what I think would be an untouchable cover, you’re taking a song i dismissed and making it memorable… so my question this week, Kina, how do you chose them so well?

…which leads me to this: catching up on previous blahg comments – there was a radio station idea floating around that made me think of a local daily feature (105.1 the Buzz in Portland) called ‘Celebrity Playlist.’ It started with an ‘everyone’s a celebrity’ theme, but has grown to include local celebrities and a few you might not know (yet!) but who have a great playlist and story to tell.

It’s an Entercom station so you know cities across the nation are doing features like this. It could fit nicely on that tour of all our other wonderful cities. Or we could just pick a station a week and request your songs too. Then they’d be begging you to call in. Here’s a link to some podcasts http://1051thebuzz.com/pages/1296889.php?

aw, emi, but it’s so sweet

I like to think I am the Unofficial Weekly Kina Interview. To ask the questions that wouldn’t make it very far on tervoo.

As a service to the bla(h)g community I try to ask questions that many would not have on their minds, yet can produce an answer that is interesting to hear.

The first week of questions went much better than expected. So of course I posted again. The thought that my question about the most played song on her iPod could have led to this weeks cover, or that it exposed how much she practiced for this cover amazes me. That was never the intent of the question, yet this is where it has brought us.

Kina has been a great sport and an even better interview. I will continue to post until I run out of questions or Kina runs out of answers.

But really, don’t take me too seriously, I don’t.

Glad to be of service.
And you are the one that makes question asking easy.

I love Imogen Heap. Her last solo effort, Speak For Yourself, was even better than her Frou Frou stuff IMHO. Let Go was a great song for you to cover…Imogen is very original and extremely talented. (Hmmm…reminds me of someone else…!)

;o)

I’ll wave to you as you’re flying over SW Ohio on your way back to California.

i love it kina!! and i’m super jealous i didnt get to see you :( but it’s ok i’m waiting for the day you have your 50 city US tour, and come somewhere very close to me for an all ages show :]

in other news. I had my last day of high school…ever…. yesterday. AHH! four years flew by so fast!! and that sentimental yet great day was topped off with a kina bla[h]g haha :] how awesome. I graduate June 1!!

haha you guys are so cute/awesome!

Hey there!!

I LOVE your voice Kina! I listen to you on Youtube since you posted “Message from your heart”
You sing this song (Let go)… so….mmm…AMAZING! I love it!
Anyway, I wrote about you on my blog…in French! Yes, I am French (born Chinese). I want French people know you, because you deserve it!! I began to translate the article about you in English, but not finished. Nevertheless you can try to understand French! haha
Oh, I forgot : very good singing of NEW SOUL! :-) NICE!

You should come to PARIS!!
You have already 3 fans : me, my sister and her boyfriend.
That is already good, isn’t it?

the whole speak for yourself album is AMAZING. i agree. i couldnt get enough of it.

does anyone else miss misa posting here or is that just me lol

misa misa… where’d you go…

:)

that’s about all i wanted to say

i just read your blog in french. :] very nice!
(i took french all 4 years in high school, if you want me to help translate it i’d be happy to help!)

lol

If you’re in LA try La Luna Ristorante on Larchmont Blvd. or Mario Batali’s Mozza LA…great pizza!

She’s Misa n’ action…(I’m such a nerd) ;P

I do. I was hoping she’d answer my question about the blue thing in the video (3:49). It’s driving me crazy!!!

Hey Steph Congrats :) High school was awesome, but undergrad was too! I just finished my last final today. Masters degree=completed (it was a short 1 year program), PhD here I come!

im just waiting to see how dr. g phrases his answer haha

lol

That thing was bugging me too but I watched it several times and I think it IS Kina’s hair.

ohhh can you teach me french? it’s one of the few languages i want to learn +D

i know some basic things and funny phrases (that i’d have to look at my notes for)

i’d like to know the status of that song too

Misa, Misa… wherefore art thou, Misa?

:-p

I don’t think we’re talking about the same thing Mama G. I’m talking about the little blue monster type thing in the first shot of the birthdays segment. Right in front of an orange candle and the big silver “M”. It looks soooo familiar, but I can’t place it, nor can I come up with something reasonable to Google.

What I’m curious about is at 3:49. Kina’s hair (and I agree with you on that) is at 4:08.

Hi Kina,

Sounds like your trip to NY was great!

Cake batter italian ice cream… sounds distinctly like cookie dough flavor… and Yay! for Dachs!

Loved your cover… whenever I think of frou frou, I think of those fuzzy things that dancers usually have at the edge of clothes… my ballroom dancing sister-in-law has mentioned that before. Imogen is an interesting name too, as I understand it popped up from one of Shakespeare’s plays. I think I will have to explore her music.

my heart didnt come out…

i must agree, thought there would surely be a misa sighting in her own city. we all miss misa!

You never know, it could be the other way around with you being in Mama G’s head…

I hope someone added my name to the street team without me asking. That would be nice.

I think it’s a LITTLE UGLY’s Ice Bat.

ahh i saw her at the concert but didn’t go up to her. . . guess i didn’t know what to say, “hey, you’re misa right?” ummm yeah. but still cool to see her in person too!

Lovely song. I just recently got out of my rut, so happy songs like this are ok with me. I especially liked the guitar in it, it sounded different compared to many songs today that seem to all use the same riffs. So you get a thumbs up ;)

p.s. Sorry to hear you’re allergic. At first I thought you said “Apparently im really allergic to carrots.” lol. But I guess being allergic to ferrets makes more sense, even in all their cuteness. Allergies really stink dont they?

Yep that’s it. Now I just have to figure out why it was so familiar, since I was never into those, not that there’s anything wrong with that ;P

it’s just an ugly doll :)

http://www.uglydolls.com/

Ohh. It would be with pleasure to teach you French! :-) But you know, I don’t speak English fluently, so…! lol
@ Steph : Could you help me to translate in English please? Besides, I don’t have enough time to do it… :p. So it would be with pleasure too!
I think I am going to try to tranlate one part of my blog in English.

Kinaaa… Pariiiiis !! :)

yeah I can do it!! I’ve been pretty bored after being out of school haha, so I will have the time to do it too! I looooove the French language!! I really want to go to France to study, hopefully I will be able to! But I will actually start like .. right now. haha i’m not kidding you, i’ve been bored all day!

I love the many different, awesome people we meet in the bla[h]g!! (all thanks to kina! :])

i miss misa!!

oh haha… yeah, Kina’s hair is crazy, but I wouldn’t go as far as to call it monster-like

we can start a kina grannis french club

haha yess!!!

haha question. how is kina’s hair SO curly?! i mean misa’s and emi’s are somewhat curly [more wavy right?] but her’s is so different!

i love her hair [jealous! my hair is stick straight!] but it seems so different from everyone elses haha

thanks!! i’m so excited for college!!!!

Found another fansite. . . yay!

http://www.fanpop.com/spots/kina-grannis

please join and make it cozy. Also, I posted the El Rey performance as a concert listing using iLike on Facebook so if you’re going, add yourself here! http://apps.facebook.com/ilike/artist/Kina+Grannis/event_whose_going?event_id=10132145

It takes a lot of guts to cover your favorite song. You did a great job. It’s a subtle but important arrangement. I would love to hear you cover I Miss You by Incubus. I have a feeling it would be really neat as a duet if you have a guy friend to perform it with. I admit that I’m more into originals than covers but I have a feeling you could work some Kina magic and make it a whole new song.

oh, congrats to both of you!!!

we have a future dr. bunni on our hands =O

Hi everyone. Hope everything is ok. Glad to see you’re doing well Kina. You make me want to watch Garden State now. :>

try this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uglydolls#Events_and_Appearances

i know this is totally irrelevant to the current discussion.

BUT IF YOU ARE FROM CHICAGO – MAKE SOME FREAKIN NOSE BECAUSE WE JUST WON THE NBA LOTTERY!

we have the #1 PICK IN THE DRAFT…
OMG X 10000000000000

chicago bulls had a 1.7% chance… let me repeat 1.7% CHANCE OF GETTING #1 pick.

and WE DID!!! OMG X 1000

mama g – you gotta admit you were a JORDAN FAN back in the 1990’s right? lol

This reminds me of another time Misa disappeared.
“Misa-chan wa doko desuka”
BOOM—BOOM BERRRrrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Maybe she’s just getting some water?

GO BOBCATS!!!!!! haha num. 9 pick

p.s. you guys better pick beasley

Oops sorry… I actually meant to reply to Willyum’s comment earlier.

kg french club? good idea!!

Well, as a lifelong Pistons fan, it’s great to see the Bulls get the #1 pick in a year when there’s really no legends in the making available. But congrats anyway!

Jordan was picked 3rd in the draft in 1984 so 1st pick doesn’t always mean everything.

what an exciting week

tonight i am seeing marie` digby in concert here in chicago
on saturday i am seeing kina grannis in concert in la

both are half japanese.

this is my “watch my favorite half japanese musicians” week haha

@ kina
I never knew a song like that could be turned into such a great acoustic song. It should be turned into an mp3 to be sold and I would buy it.

@ miko
Hey miko I know how you always seem to be rapping or freestyling in your car, have you ever gotten so into a rap that you almost crashed?

calm down.

LUCKY!!! I love Marie too! Put in a good word from the KG fans lol

Hey, Marie’s really cool too. I saw her at the Hotel Cafe back in December.

Two months later, I watched Kina play there for the first time.

I must be partial to half-japanese female musicians who like to play at the Hotel Cafe.

I think if they ever played there together, the building would explode from having too much awesomeness in it.

its so awesome to witness the chicago bulls progression back to the glory days of the 90’s. Even without this #1 overall pick, they have such an influx of talent so much so that it’s ridiculous. once they put it together, they definitely will have a shot at the title. its also plausible that by the time this offseason is over and the new season dawns upon us, that they will be crowned the team to beat in the east. but then again miko…..

its it in my view that the bulls buzz will quickly be extinguished when the orlando magic make the following move:

a trade involving hedo turkaglu+1st rounder for the draft rights to OJ Mayo. This of course impying that lewis will move back to SF and the magic acquiring udonis haslem from the heat. Mayo and Howard would build a dynasty.

whether these deals come to fruition are anybody’s guess but you heard it here first. i believe the magic will be the best team in the league for years to come.

haha.. that could be read in a completely different(awkward and hilarious) way….

are u serious?!?! wow… gross awkward reply.

i love the vibe gene… if that’s your name

haha…

He’s the world greatest detective.

no more XXL shirts? =(

@Kina
Not to be a hog with the birthday shout-outs, but my wife’s b-day is coming up Tuesday, and we’ll be at the show Sat. at the El Rey…. If you have “Together” on your set list, would you mind giving a birthday wish to “Miss Meghan” when you sing it?

Might help her forgive the whole chocolate-fiasco…. ;-)

@MamaG
If you’re going to be hawking shirts at the show, could you hold a XXL (or maybe XL) black “Logo” shirt for me? *(reaches behind back)*…. I have musuBIII. ;-)

Thanks,
-wwar1ace

Unfortunately, there are no more XXL shirts (should have printed more!). But an order should be going in soon so I’ll hold one for you when they’re done….. I would have done it… even without the little incentive!

No problem. If you have XL there, I’ll check it out… but I hear they run a bit small.

See you there. Hopefully they don’t frisk me for spam at the door.

kina awww alert!

since i randomly bring up random things that are adorable on kina’s youtube channel, i need to make a nickname for these little observations (e.g. the “yO” in who is kina grannis video, the bite bottom lip in walk on video, her dancing in front of emi haha, you all know the ones i mentioned already haha)

well i found another one. lol. i will call these KAA – kina awww alert haha. it’s a street team thing??

kina awww alert…#8 from meeks

in kina’s take a bow video, when she models the black shirt!
she WINKS at us!
hahaha

that my friends… is KAA worthy!!! lol

mama g- see you tomorrow! dr g – see you tomorrow as well!!! =)

Kina!?!?!?

Can’t wait for your show at the el Rey tonight! Got my tickets online already, but noticed on the El Rey website that they don’t allow guests to bring pro camera equipment. I know from previous gigs there with other bands they do allow pro photographers if they were cleared first with the venue by the artist.

Is it possible for you to talk to the El Rey people and clear me to photograph your performance tomorrow? I’ll try to contact them also early tomorrow afternoon…

Thanks! …and see you there!

ernie

Oh yeah, since I’ve been away so much shooting other things, I figure I should share some pics of Kina. Here’s a few 1600×1200px images from her second gig at The Hotel Cafe in LA:

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Oh yeah, since I haven’t posted in a while, here’s a few fan pics of Kina at her second gig at The Hotel Cafe…
http://www.hotlikewasabe.com/_public/kinagrannis/20080403_kghc_01.jpg
http://www.hotlikewasabe.com/_public/kinagrannis/20080403_kghc_02.jpg
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http://www.hotlikewasabe.com/_public/kinagrannis/20080403_kghc_05.jpg

Oh yeah, since I haven’t posted in a while, here’s a few fan pics of Kina at her second gig at The Hotel Cafe…

http://www.hotlikewasabe.com/_public/kinagrannis/20080403_kghc_01.jpg

http://www.hotlikewasabe.com/_public/kinagrannis/20080403_kghc_02.jpg

http://www.hotlikewasabe.com/_public/kinagrannis/20080403_kghc_03.jpg

http://www.hotlikewasabe.com/_public/kinagrannis/20080403_kghc_04.jpg

http://www.hotlikewasabe.com/_public/kinagrannis/20080403_kghc_05.jpg

How do you do?
I’m japanese.

I come here from Yael Naim’s YouTube site.
I found another Upload, It was you, I saw you singing there, I heard New Soul of Yael Naim’s cover

This article’s “atarashii” means “New”, that is Japanese.
So, I wrote this comment.

Sorry, my website is all Japanese character of 2 Byte.

Kina thanks for checking with the El Rey about photography. Bummer… ;-(

they would have to frisk you to find it?
where were you planning on hiding the musubi…?

SO JEALOUS OF ALL WHO ARE GOING TO THE SHOW!!!!!!! GAHHH

hi i just came back from kina’s show…

it was decent.

JK… haha

no but for real… EVERYONE you ALL MISSED OUT IF YOU DIDN’T MAKE THIS SHOW…

KINA IS AN AMAZING LIVE PERFORMER… OMG… SO GOOOOOOOOOOD

id write about it but im a little sleepy lol

but let me write what i can
the set was too short. like an hour too short
kina carried the crowd between songs with her charming and lovely personality and was so gracious and so delightful to watch and listen to
kina singing her songs live made me literally watery eyed… during “together”
half the time, i did NOT even look up at kina cuz i had my eyes closed just lost in her music… together hit home for some reason… i dunno why … lol. that’s the best when you just lose yourself and not care how foolish you look like… i love music… it sets me free from the stress and worries of the world, and tonight kina’s music was like the emancipation proclamation hahahaha. whoa i never used that before
kina singing live is a gift from God =)

i met mama g, dr g, and emi.

all wonderful and lovely people and so nice and loving and warm.

tonight show was like heaven… it was like paradise… gangsta’s paradise hehe

sounds like the show was “coolio”. ha i crack myself up.

Great show, but I agree, too short! So cool to finally meet Meeks with his dad, Domingo, and see Timmy, Russ, Brian (with cute Meghan in tow) and Ernie.

Week 4:
First show in NY, first show at El Rey Theatre, first show for Miko…

What was the first album you purchased?
At what venue did you first publicly perform one of your songs?
What was the first song(cover) you learned to play on the guitar?
What was your first job?
To whom did you give your first fan autograph?

Nimur, you were at the El Rey? Next time stop by and introduce yourself! Brian, thank you for the musubi! Ono!

i have used “coolio” in conversation before. oh god.

as for the show: niceeee!

the eyes closed cracked me up. haha.

hello, kina :) nice to meet you!!
Today is first time to hear your songs and know you!!
your songs are great!! i was touched by your wonderful songs.

i’m Japanese and live in Japan.
can you speak Japanese??
atarashii=new :P that’s funny!!

hope your show is gonna be great!!

I really enjoyed seeing everyone at the show last night. It seemed too short to me as well, but I loved it nonetheless. I am sorry that I didn’t get to say hello to Timmy and Nimur, but was glad to finally meet Miko (congratulations again!!! and your father seems to be a very nice fellow too), and see wwar1ace and ernie again.

I hope the show this Friday at UC Riverside goes as well, and the lucky audience there will get to hear not only Kina, but Miko too.

@emi – welcome to Kina’s blog. She was in Japan with her other sisters a little over a year ago and had a wonderful time. Her younger sister is named Emi too. l really like that name ;)

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

For everyone who couldn’t make it out to the El Rey last night, here’a a few pics from her performance:

Soulful Kina…

Kina and Emi duet…

Don’t know what Kina was doing here…

Since I couldn’t cough up the $1500 photography fee that the El Rey charges for shooting in their venue, I decided to borrow a friends small point and shoot camera for the night. That is the official story… ;-)

and as always, good to see the Grannis Family last night, good to see all the fellow bloggers and photographers, and another great performance by Kina!?!?!

not to break the love…any word on the page slowness?
I’m glad everyone had a good time though :). We miss Kina in San Fran but I guess it hasn’t been that long so I can’t complain.

:( i wanna see kina live!!!!!

aww that’s so cute that there’s another emi here!! at first i thought it was..the emi?… haha being sarcastic. but welcome, emi!!

wow, i guess it deleted my last comment with pics from the El Rey…

Hmmmm…. I guess I’ll do this again one by one. Here’s a pic from Kina’s performance at the El Rey last night:

Don’t know what Kina is doing here…

Here’s another pic from Kina’s performance at the El Rey last night:

Kina and Emi duet…

And here’s the last pic from Kina’s performance at the El Rey last night:

A soulful Kina…

great minds think alike

Wow, Ernie, this is a great shot. Thanks.

last night’s show was so fun! i’m so glad i got to talk with all the blahgers and meet so many new people :)

ps- spam musubi ftw. thanks, i stole a few bites :)

Is Kina’s show on friday at Riverside private? When I looked at her myspace it seemed like some top secret house where only VIP Kina members could get in. That suck’s its on Friday, I am still in school, unless I ditch, I don’t think Kina would approve of that though. When I go to a Kina show I am going to rock my new Piet Mondrian’s.
Also, has anyone tried going to kinagrannis.com and got some error message that said something like the bandwith for this server has been exceeded or something

Edit: How did Kina change so fast in the Take a Bow video,the video was seamless and I am still mystified sitting at my computer wondering.

i think DR G meant thursday. the riverside show is on thursday, may 29th.

unless he was referring to the 30th lol

well i am not performing on the 30th, so yeah i think he meant the 29th haha

Yes, I meant Thursday, May 29th. Sorry for the confusion.

Is it private? I want to see you and Kina collab on a song a rock the house. I would ditch school to see you and Kina collab, two awesome artists would bring the universe to an end from the greatness at one spot.

we’ve got some serious molasses going on here……

awww I am flattered :) no we aren’t collabing I’m not worthy LOL chris cendana and kina plan to. Chris cendana is AMAZING though that’s worth skipping school though for sure haha

Should have probably posted this earlier, but here are some photos, and a brief clip from the show: http://flickr.com/photos/brooklyntyger/sets/72157605185621738/

Also, I’m probably not the first to say, but I think it’s completely awesome that the whole Grannis family is so supportive of Kina!

Rock on! Can’t wait for the new album!

yes, i was there.. word travels fast, ehh…
i didnt see you before the show started… and after i couldnt hear anything but “the ruse” so we took off.
next time… Mama G, Dr G

Truly… there is nothing funny about a rodent’s bottom.

If we ever have a (non-performance) get-together with FamGrannis and local area Kina-ites, I promise to bring a whole tray of musubi as my dish.

;-)

Now THERE’s incentive.

You are very welcome. Belated birthday wishes. ;-)

oh… it was your friends camera. i just assumed it was your backup p/s camera i saw…;)

ahhh the inception of the great oovret and their easy questions ;P

always admirable and fun amongst other descriptions when it comes to a figure that presents a worthy amenity and yet remains anonymous.