I was singing that lyric as I walked out of The Clubhouse from seeing Your Vegas/Switches/The Bravery.
The first two bands were british, so you know I was in heaven.
I went with Gina (as normal, haha) and we got some thai food (again, as normal, haha) and got in line about 45 min before the door was going to open. We got a bravery button and two Killers stickers, one is brandon from rmm video where he makes that weird movement to the japanese elvis. We didn't know who was opening and it turned out to be another band from England! I was pretty happy. The lead singer looked and acted just like Julian Casablancas, it was crazy. They also sounded like U2, what a combo. Gina began to fancy the drummer but he didn't look good from where I was viewing him, and I also didn't bring my spectacles inside. They had a very big rock sound to them, I liked it. Next was Switches, which I was excited about since I was a nerd and listened to their myspace songs over and over and fell in love with their music. They played all except one song from their myspace, but they also played this fantastic amazing song, and I didn't catch the name of it. Bollocks. The downside to this was two horribly obnoxious guys totally dissing the band after every song they played, and after Gina told them to shut their lips up they proceeded to talk about us, and I have super amazing hearing and I heard all of it, wankers they were. The Bravery got delayed because a p.o.s. mic wasn't working and it took foreverrrrrr to get it to work. I was also behind a guy taller than me who kept flipping his badly straightened emo dyed-black hair into my face and wasn't into the first two bands at all. Oh yea, Switches are british too and towards the end of their set they played two songs that sounded very Cribs-like but more poppy. The bravery came out and started off with one of the songs on their new album I didn't like, split me wide open. They played all their singles during the normal set, so I wasn't sure if there was going to be an encore, but there was. The crowd was intensely into it. Some people only new their single songs, so pssh on them. And the assholes behind us were just standing their moving their heads. Idiots. Let me say that Michael has awesome stage presence and he even sang one of the new songs off their remixed album! way cool left handed guitarist and Anthony was looking hot haha. It was also John's birthday. After the show we went to the merch booths were both of the hot accented bands were hanging out. We talked to Your Vegas and my god, the drummer turned out to be amazing. His name is Mal and he has an accent similar to Jim Sturgess. We talked to him about the normal and London and the mighty boosh and how Thom from the Switches looks and sounds like Noel (which he totally did! it was uncanny) We took some pictures and talked to Switches then left and wanted to bang all the british musicians we had just met. Good night it was.
and now, I don't have any upcoming shows. How sad.
except for PHANTOM PLANET in April.
But they are touring with pretty shit bands, but I think they play first
02 February 2008
26 January 2008
many of you are not super johnny depp fans, so you all need to watch these clips from movies you've probably either never heard of or never thought about watching, well you should watch them all.
the libertine - wow
benny and joon - buster keaton impression (fantastic)
ed wood - this movie is electrifying
Dead Man - pure art
don juan demarco - sex
the ninth gate, the brave, and the astronauts wife are others you should watch.
the libertine - wow
benny and joon - buster keaton impression (fantastic)
ed wood - this movie is electrifying
Dead Man - pure art
don juan demarco - sex
the ninth gate, the brave, and the astronauts wife are others you should watch.
05 December 2007
yet, another trip to Los Angeles
Yes, Gina and I went to LA again to see EBE, because we love them, and mostly we love their music. (haha, we keep telling ourselves that)
They were headlining, which is a first for us to see them play a headlining show and they sent out a bulletin saying that they would be playing their whole album and a few extra songs. That was too good of an offer to pass up.
1 December 2007
We left around 830 because we had to get some money and gas. That drive is soooo boring and we always make it a tradition to stop at this gas station in Quartzite, exit 19 to be precise. Since Arizona is dumb and doesn't do the whole fall back/spring forward, we gained an hour when we drove there, so we arrived in Los Angeles about 1 pm, still a total of 5.5 hour drive. I changed in the car when we parked because I was nasty looking and we got some food. Gina and I were hungry and her friend Anthony was still sleeping so we got some Toi Thai by ourselves and had foodgasms. We then drove over to Anthony/Tony/Travis' house near Amoeba. They're cool guys and we mostly just watched Travis play Zelda while Gina caught up with her friends and the local drama going on. We then walked around while Tony did his errands and him and Anthony got some food. We left around the same time Tony left for work and headed to Gina's aunt's house to unload our stuff and to relax. We sat around watching the disney channel because Gina's niece was over because it was her birthday. We got drooped off at this AMAZING bookstore, Book Soup, about a block away from The Roxy. I love bookstores, especially this one because it had NME with the boosh on the front! They even had the british tabloid magazine, Heat, which I know from watching The IT Crowd (go watch now). I used to get NME at Tower but since they decided to be lame and close down everywhere, I have to source to get NME, except online. When I was wandering around looking for a book, I remembered Paton really liked that Taoism book and luckily they had it, The Tao Of Pooh. It is excellent, I recommend it to everyone. Gina and I then headed over to Coffee Bean across the street and drank delicious holiday inspired coffee. We weren't exactly sure when the doors opened so we headed over around 7:45, hoping the doors would have been opened by then. Nope. We had to wait in line and we were behind some girls who took part in their costume contest they had going on. I think they were just a tad jealous that we actually know the guys. We still had to buy tickets and that line wasn't moving and I was saving our spots in the regular line, but that was moving, so I joined Gina. On the website, it said tickets were $12.50, cool. EXCEPT when we go there, oh they happened to be $14. That was shitty. THEN we had to pay bloody three extra dollars because we were under 21, which was basically charging us for a drink that we may or may not use. What if we only came with enough for tickets, what would that little rat man (who looked like the red head from that camp anawana show on nickelodeon) do then? I was angry, molto angry.
Girl in a Coma and The Hanks were good, I really liked the lead singer of Girl in a Coma's voice and they were named after a Smiths song, so how can they be bad? The Hanks and some pretty awesome christmas sweaters, which they commented on it probably not being a good idea, since it was quite warm on stage. We saw Mikey as The Hanks started their set and we said Hello and I recieved a slightly awkward hug from Mikey, since we don't normally hug (thats more of a Gina/MIkey thing). We immediately felt better, since we were standing around, feeling unsure about our decision to come, but once we saw Mikey, those feelings of doubt went away. And even after the show, I was glad we came. Big City Rock came out and Andy, the guitarist who Paton fancies, was looking goooooood. His hair was longer, which is a good look for him. They played some new songs, some old songs, and covered Black Betty again. That feeling reminded me of Rooney: predictable and it was not enjoyable when some of the set list is the same, EXCEPT in EBE's case. They can play the same songs, in the same order every time I see them (which they don't), and they will NEVER get old. It's part of the appeal Gina and I love so much. Anyway, Everybody Else came on. They started out with an oldie, "Wake Up," I didn't know it, I only know about 5 old songs that aren't on their album. They played their whole album, which was pretty magnificent. Gina and I stood in the back because, well, I, don't like being in the crowd for their shows since we first saw them as merch workers, in the back. Being in the back is good because you can see everything going on; it reminds me of playing defense at soccer games. Gina and I noticed Austin looking and recognizing us, since he was the only one who didn't know we were there. I told Gina that I saw Mikey looking at us, but she didn't believe us. Carrick knew we were there, but in typical fashion he ignored us. That's fine because we ignore him just as equally. They also played "Always" and they covered a Hollies song, "Just One Look." It was pretty fantastic and absolutely adorable. They were huddled around one mic and Austin played acoustic guitar and sang back up with Mikey. Here's the video I took:
For "Button For Punishment," Austin and Mikey left the stage and it was just Carrick singing and playing acoustic. I'm pretty sure this is when the fan girls screamed at him to take off his shirt. Gina and I were disgusted and praying that he didn't. Thankfully he never did. I have to say, for "Alone In The World," there is this awesome bass part that I've come to love once I carefully listened for it during the song. I can't explain it, because I'm horrible at doing that, but I will say that it's ka-blamo. The show finally ended and we just wanted to say hey to Mikey and Austin again, but we decided to say hey to Carrick. He was being bombarded by people coming at him from every angle, so we paitently waited and he said he was sorry about not being able to get us on the guest list, which was nice he mentioned that. We then, stupidly, went outside and waited. Wrong idea. We snuck back in and lied about losing a wallet, because as it turned out, the boys were still inside chatting to some people. We walked over to Austin and said hey and talked about the typical things, like new years resolutions and everything. We got forced to move outside and Gina and I were standing there and since we were massively exhausted, decided to say bye to the boys, well just Austin and Mikey. We got us a cab and the cabby was mean and wouldn't let us use our credit card to pay, since we both had absolutely no cash from the asshole Roxy ripping us from our earnings. We slept and left the next morning/afternoon and were on our EBE high as usual.
peace and chicken grease.
They were headlining, which is a first for us to see them play a headlining show and they sent out a bulletin saying that they would be playing their whole album and a few extra songs. That was too good of an offer to pass up.
1 December 2007
We left around 830 because we had to get some money and gas. That drive is soooo boring and we always make it a tradition to stop at this gas station in Quartzite, exit 19 to be precise. Since Arizona is dumb and doesn't do the whole fall back/spring forward, we gained an hour when we drove there, so we arrived in Los Angeles about 1 pm, still a total of 5.5 hour drive. I changed in the car when we parked because I was nasty looking and we got some food. Gina and I were hungry and her friend Anthony was still sleeping so we got some Toi Thai by ourselves and had foodgasms. We then drove over to Anthony/Tony/Travis' house near Amoeba. They're cool guys and we mostly just watched Travis play Zelda while Gina caught up with her friends and the local drama going on. We then walked around while Tony did his errands and him and Anthony got some food. We left around the same time Tony left for work and headed to Gina's aunt's house to unload our stuff and to relax. We sat around watching the disney channel because Gina's niece was over because it was her birthday. We got drooped off at this AMAZING bookstore, Book Soup, about a block away from The Roxy. I love bookstores, especially this one because it had NME with the boosh on the front! They even had the british tabloid magazine, Heat, which I know from watching The IT Crowd (go watch now). I used to get NME at Tower but since they decided to be lame and close down everywhere, I have to source to get NME, except online. When I was wandering around looking for a book, I remembered Paton really liked that Taoism book and luckily they had it, The Tao Of Pooh. It is excellent, I recommend it to everyone. Gina and I then headed over to Coffee Bean across the street and drank delicious holiday inspired coffee. We weren't exactly sure when the doors opened so we headed over around 7:45, hoping the doors would have been opened by then. Nope. We had to wait in line and we were behind some girls who took part in their costume contest they had going on. I think they were just a tad jealous that we actually know the guys. We still had to buy tickets and that line wasn't moving and I was saving our spots in the regular line, but that was moving, so I joined Gina. On the website, it said tickets were $12.50, cool. EXCEPT when we go there, oh they happened to be $14. That was shitty. THEN we had to pay bloody three extra dollars because we were under 21, which was basically charging us for a drink that we may or may not use. What if we only came with enough for tickets, what would that little rat man (who looked like the red head from that camp anawana show on nickelodeon) do then? I was angry, molto angry.
Girl in a Coma and The Hanks were good, I really liked the lead singer of Girl in a Coma's voice and they were named after a Smiths song, so how can they be bad? The Hanks and some pretty awesome christmas sweaters, which they commented on it probably not being a good idea, since it was quite warm on stage. We saw Mikey as The Hanks started their set and we said Hello and I recieved a slightly awkward hug from Mikey, since we don't normally hug (thats more of a Gina/MIkey thing). We immediately felt better, since we were standing around, feeling unsure about our decision to come, but once we saw Mikey, those feelings of doubt went away. And even after the show, I was glad we came. Big City Rock came out and Andy, the guitarist who Paton fancies, was looking goooooood. His hair was longer, which is a good look for him. They played some new songs, some old songs, and covered Black Betty again. That feeling reminded me of Rooney: predictable and it was not enjoyable when some of the set list is the same, EXCEPT in EBE's case. They can play the same songs, in the same order every time I see them (which they don't), and they will NEVER get old. It's part of the appeal Gina and I love so much. Anyway, Everybody Else came on. They started out with an oldie, "Wake Up," I didn't know it, I only know about 5 old songs that aren't on their album. They played their whole album, which was pretty magnificent. Gina and I stood in the back because, well, I, don't like being in the crowd for their shows since we first saw them as merch workers, in the back. Being in the back is good because you can see everything going on; it reminds me of playing defense at soccer games. Gina and I noticed Austin looking and recognizing us, since he was the only one who didn't know we were there. I told Gina that I saw Mikey looking at us, but she didn't believe us. Carrick knew we were there, but in typical fashion he ignored us. That's fine because we ignore him just as equally. They also played "Always" and they covered a Hollies song, "Just One Look." It was pretty fantastic and absolutely adorable. They were huddled around one mic and Austin played acoustic guitar and sang back up with Mikey. Here's the video I took:
For "Button For Punishment," Austin and Mikey left the stage and it was just Carrick singing and playing acoustic. I'm pretty sure this is when the fan girls screamed at him to take off his shirt. Gina and I were disgusted and praying that he didn't. Thankfully he never did. I have to say, for "Alone In The World," there is this awesome bass part that I've come to love once I carefully listened for it during the song. I can't explain it, because I'm horrible at doing that, but I will say that it's ka-blamo. The show finally ended and we just wanted to say hey to Mikey and Austin again, but we decided to say hey to Carrick. He was being bombarded by people coming at him from every angle, so we paitently waited and he said he was sorry about not being able to get us on the guest list, which was nice he mentioned that. We then, stupidly, went outside and waited. Wrong idea. We snuck back in and lied about losing a wallet, because as it turned out, the boys were still inside chatting to some people. We walked over to Austin and said hey and talked about the typical things, like new years resolutions and everything. We got forced to move outside and Gina and I were standing there and since we were massively exhausted, decided to say bye to the boys, well just Austin and Mikey. We got us a cab and the cabby was mean and wouldn't let us use our credit card to pay, since we both had absolutely no cash from the asshole Roxy ripping us from our earnings. We slept and left the next morning/afternoon and were on our EBE high as usual.
peace and chicken grease.
26 November 2007
MAXIMO PARK
I saw a guy after their set that looked like michael fielding (naboo from the boosh)
Travis walked right by us as Mara and I stood in the doorway after Maximo's set; they played the rocky theme and came in wearing silky boxing robes.
oh yea MAXIMO ARE AMAZING LIVE!!!!!!!
following photos by Mara
Travis walked right by us as Mara and I stood in the doorway after Maximo's set; they played the rocky theme and came in wearing silky boxing robes.
oh yea MAXIMO ARE AMAZING LIVE!!!!!!!
following photos by Mara
08 November 2007
21 October 2007
The Donnas and Juliette and The Licks/Paolo
let me make this clear: Juliette and The Licks are amazing
she rocks, and they need to always tour with The Donnas.
The show was held at the brickhouse in Phoenix, nice small venue. I love those. Heath and I got there about 45 min before doors were supposed to open, and there weren't that many people in front of us. A lot of older people, a mixture of men and women which is a nice change to the tweenie girls at half of the shows I attend. Doors opened at 7 and it had been said that the show was starting at 8, but since juliette had joined the bill, the first act went on at 7:30. They were blackmarket. Not impressed, they sounded like every other really bad band out there, although their guitarist/keyboardist was quite good-looking, but that wont make me like them. Donita Sparks was next. She's insane. I did see allison rocking out on the side of the stage though. Their bassist was good and his bass was even better. Nice, loud sound. Heath noticed that the guitar/tamborine player, Sid (that looks as though he should be from the jets from west side story) was yelling at him and there was tension in the band. oooh.
THEN juliette and the licks came on. superr amazing. she started out with hot kiss and it only got better. I only knew about 3 songs, but now I will know them all.
Todd, the guitarist, was awesome. He totally handed me his pick and I totally am wearing it around my neck like a groupie. hah. The bassist kept looking my way, but he totally had a wedding ring on, so I don't know what was up with that. The last song, they all switched instruments, It was one of the best live shows I've been to.
The Donnas were up last.
They intro-ed with bitchin' which is good song to intro to, I know some of their older songs (before 2005) and I only knew about 1-2 of the older ones they played. Their set was very short but Allison was still awesome. Her and tay have the same stage presence. Heath and I hung around a bit afterward and bought some Licks CDs and talked to the merch guy and we were too much of nerds to go talk to Todd.
PAOLO
we were right in front. The openers were good, very complementary to Paolo's music.
Paolo had the Rocky theme playing when he came out, very cool. He's still so shy and nervous when he plays. He never opens his eyes or looks past the mic, or even at the crowd. He played some covers and some new songs. He didnt come out afterwards, too bad. Yes, this is a lame, short entry but I don't care.
she rocks, and they need to always tour with The Donnas.
The show was held at the brickhouse in Phoenix, nice small venue. I love those. Heath and I got there about 45 min before doors were supposed to open, and there weren't that many people in front of us. A lot of older people, a mixture of men and women which is a nice change to the tweenie girls at half of the shows I attend. Doors opened at 7 and it had been said that the show was starting at 8, but since juliette had joined the bill, the first act went on at 7:30. They were blackmarket. Not impressed, they sounded like every other really bad band out there, although their guitarist/keyboardist was quite good-looking, but that wont make me like them. Donita Sparks was next. She's insane. I did see allison rocking out on the side of the stage though. Their bassist was good and his bass was even better. Nice, loud sound. Heath noticed that the guitar/tamborine player, Sid (that looks as though he should be from the jets from west side story) was yelling at him and there was tension in the band. oooh.
THEN juliette and the licks came on. superr amazing. she started out with hot kiss and it only got better. I only knew about 3 songs, but now I will know them all.
Todd, the guitarist, was awesome. He totally handed me his pick and I totally am wearing it around my neck like a groupie. hah. The bassist kept looking my way, but he totally had a wedding ring on, so I don't know what was up with that. The last song, they all switched instruments, It was one of the best live shows I've been to.
The Donnas were up last.
They intro-ed with bitchin' which is good song to intro to, I know some of their older songs (before 2005) and I only knew about 1-2 of the older ones they played. Their set was very short but Allison was still awesome. Her and tay have the same stage presence. Heath and I hung around a bit afterward and bought some Licks CDs and talked to the merch guy and we were too much of nerds to go talk to Todd.
PAOLO
we were right in front. The openers were good, very complementary to Paolo's music.
Paolo had the Rocky theme playing when he came out, very cool. He's still so shy and nervous when he plays. He never opens his eyes or looks past the mic, or even at the crowd. He played some covers and some new songs. He didnt come out afterwards, too bad. Yes, this is a lame, short entry but I don't care.
11 September 2007
KINGS OF fucking LEON
It all started by meeting Gina for some thai food at her work around 4:45. We chatted about how super crazy excited we were and reminisced on the good ol' times of rooney and ebe and dreamed of phantom planet and how we could mingle our way in without paying for seeing maroon 5, since PP is wayyy better than them. We stuffed ourselves full of pad thai then headed to get in my car and get some cash before the show because you never know if you have to bribe the security men to get into the rockstars' dressing rooms. hahaa riight. We ended parking and getting in line around 5:40ish and the doors were scheduled to open at 6:30. There was a fair amount of people in front of us, around 15. They finally let us in after the strictest security check for a show I've ever witnessed. They had people take their cameras back to their cars and we had to take our shoes off, but of course I had hot pink socks on so i stood out so nicely. I had to put my camera back in my car so I told Gina to just go on in and save my spot for me. I guess Gina forgot which side we were supposed to be standing at, because when I finally got in, she was on the other side and we didn't connect back up until about ten minutes later and I reminded her that it was taylor's side but that must not have registered so I used mikey as an example and she knew she would remember that. Luckily, we were in the second row and there were short girls in front of us, so we still had a nice view of the stage.
Finally, the show started around 8:00, Gina and I listened to some KOL beforehand then switched to ebe to make us dance and prance around haha. Waiting is the worst, expecially right before the main act, but it was alright before the show started. Manchester Orchestra went on first, their keyboardist got into a trance and was going crazy but then Gina and i saw him after the show and he was just a chill indie rocker. I liked their music, but it wasn't quite my style. I got into it, but not as much as BRMC. Man, when they hit the stage, it was a total different vibe. Their lighting was darker, they wore all black, and they had hardcore big guitars and bass and the drums were perfectly simple. The guitarist, Peter, came out with a cig in his mouth and stuck it in his guitar. Thats when you know its going to be good. I kept looking at their drummer, Nick, who has a very Johnny Depp vibe to him.
I could tell he's most definitely shy because he had that look like he knew someone was looking at him, but he kept looking to the side or down at his drums, but I caught him looking back at me but he would just quickly glance away. I had a few moments where all I was focusing on was the drums and was air drumming and was in a total trance. Their last song, had the longest guitar solo in the world. It lasted about three minutes. It was intense. Their music is awesome. Gina kept seeing a roadie for KOL that she thought was Caleb. haha but he definitely looked like a Followill and I saw a super hot roadie for MO. Oh man, he had that grunge rocker look, with dark brown long hair and amazingly toned arms. hahaa. Some creepo drunk guy, who smelled like cheap, bad tasting beer was trying to ease his way in front of us. Gina finally got fed up and called security on his ass. I felt better and so ready to see kol.
Kings of Leon came on. It was INTENSE.
They started with, I think, Charmer. At the beginning I kept turning around to Gina and saying "they're SOOOOOO goooood" Jared was magical, he IS magical. and wicked talented, I never really took notice, but the new cd definitely has more kick ass bass going on compared to the two previous. I still love youth, young, and manhood. I was so young listening to it, it had such an impact on me. The crowd was so into it, I love that. "On Call" was my favorite before heading into the show, and once I saw Jared stand in front of the tiny synth they had on stage, I flipped out. That bass line following the synth is like no other. They apparantly had some sound problems, which I didn't notice. Caleb announced it and said "we're having some sound problems, so we're going to get drunk instead" You could tell that Caleb was getting annoyed and during the encore, I was watching Jared and he mouthed or said to his techie "this sounds so fucked up" I'll admit I was being such a fangirl during parts of the show, when Jared would look at me (which he did, MULTIPLE times during the entire show and I think I was the only one he kept going back to, maybe I look weird in the crowd or something) my mind would go blank and I would forget what I was singing. Not to mention he kept doing this thing with his lips
and his hands are magical long musician amazing hands and creamy skinnnn, enough! gah, those damn indie rockers. and hes only 20! c'mon what am I supposed to do with that!? anyyywayyy Caleb, man, his voice got hoarse over the course of the show, I don't know how he sings like that every single night. But he still rocks it. At the end, Gina and I managed to get one of Nathan's drumsticks which I am treasuring foreverr and I'm sure she is as well. We tried to get backstage, but it was too big of a show to try and weasel your way to see the band. The security was pretty tight. We waited outside the barracaded buses for about five minutes until we heard a security guy day that they won't be posing for pictures. Im assuming they were tired but still. Oh well, that leaves room for next time.
These are the songs they played (the order is definitely off except for the encore)
Charmer
Taper Jean Girl
King of the Rodeo
My Party
Soft
Fans
Black Thumbnail
Arizona
Molly's Chambers
The Bucket
Milk
On Call
Spiral Staircase
Trani
McFearless
True Love Way
Camaro
ENCORE
Knocked Up
Four Kicks
Slow Night, So Long
words can't explain how good of a show that was. Well, im sure there are some words out there, but I sure as hell can't articulate it. Maybe Gina can help me out. She's good, no, GREAT, with words.
NOTE: those pictures are not mine, and were not from the show.
Finally, the show started around 8:00, Gina and I listened to some KOL beforehand then switched to ebe to make us dance and prance around haha. Waiting is the worst, expecially right before the main act, but it was alright before the show started. Manchester Orchestra went on first, their keyboardist got into a trance and was going crazy but then Gina and i saw him after the show and he was just a chill indie rocker. I liked their music, but it wasn't quite my style. I got into it, but not as much as BRMC. Man, when they hit the stage, it was a total different vibe. Their lighting was darker, they wore all black, and they had hardcore big guitars and bass and the drums were perfectly simple. The guitarist, Peter, came out with a cig in his mouth and stuck it in his guitar. Thats when you know its going to be good. I kept looking at their drummer, Nick, who has a very Johnny Depp vibe to him.
I could tell he's most definitely shy because he had that look like he knew someone was looking at him, but he kept looking to the side or down at his drums, but I caught him looking back at me but he would just quickly glance away. I had a few moments where all I was focusing on was the drums and was air drumming and was in a total trance. Their last song, had the longest guitar solo in the world. It lasted about three minutes. It was intense. Their music is awesome. Gina kept seeing a roadie for KOL that she thought was Caleb. haha but he definitely looked like a Followill and I saw a super hot roadie for MO. Oh man, he had that grunge rocker look, with dark brown long hair and amazingly toned arms. hahaa. Some creepo drunk guy, who smelled like cheap, bad tasting beer was trying to ease his way in front of us. Gina finally got fed up and called security on his ass. I felt better and so ready to see kol.
Kings of Leon came on. It was INTENSE.
They started with, I think, Charmer. At the beginning I kept turning around to Gina and saying "they're SOOOOOO goooood" Jared was magical, he IS magical. and wicked talented, I never really took notice, but the new cd definitely has more kick ass bass going on compared to the two previous. I still love youth, young, and manhood. I was so young listening to it, it had such an impact on me. The crowd was so into it, I love that. "On Call" was my favorite before heading into the show, and once I saw Jared stand in front of the tiny synth they had on stage, I flipped out. That bass line following the synth is like no other. They apparantly had some sound problems, which I didn't notice. Caleb announced it and said "we're having some sound problems, so we're going to get drunk instead" You could tell that Caleb was getting annoyed and during the encore, I was watching Jared and he mouthed or said to his techie "this sounds so fucked up" I'll admit I was being such a fangirl during parts of the show, when Jared would look at me (which he did, MULTIPLE times during the entire show and I think I was the only one he kept going back to, maybe I look weird in the crowd or something) my mind would go blank and I would forget what I was singing. Not to mention he kept doing this thing with his lips
and his hands are magical long musician amazing hands and creamy skinnnn, enough! gah, those damn indie rockers. and hes only 20! c'mon what am I supposed to do with that!? anyyywayyy Caleb, man, his voice got hoarse over the course of the show, I don't know how he sings like that every single night. But he still rocks it. At the end, Gina and I managed to get one of Nathan's drumsticks which I am treasuring foreverr and I'm sure she is as well. We tried to get backstage, but it was too big of a show to try and weasel your way to see the band. The security was pretty tight. We waited outside the barracaded buses for about five minutes until we heard a security guy day that they won't be posing for pictures. Im assuming they were tired but still. Oh well, that leaves room for next time.
These are the songs they played (the order is definitely off except for the encore)
Charmer
Taper Jean Girl
King of the Rodeo
My Party
Soft
Fans
Black Thumbnail
Arizona
Molly's Chambers
The Bucket
Milk
On Call
Spiral Staircase
Trani
McFearless
True Love Way
Camaro
ENCORE
Knocked Up
Four Kicks
Slow Night, So Long
words can't explain how good of a show that was. Well, im sure there are some words out there, but I sure as hell can't articulate it. Maybe Gina can help me out. She's good, no, GREAT, with words.
NOTE: those pictures are not mine, and were not from the show.
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