the end (or thereabouts)
even after an incredibly humid and painfully hot work day, i was super revved to hit the mod club with my two besties to catch my favorite band of the last decade [suck it up, beastie boys. you've been scooped].
having never really looked at the tickets, i didn't realize it was an all ages show. i also sortof overlooked that the doors opened at 7:00... so it was a good thing i was so hyped, cause the three of us had pretty much agreed to get there 'early' for 9:00. D and i caught the last song by the second band. Miss M, who arrived about 6 minutes later, missed the support bands in their entireties.
i must say that, for me, there is nothing quite like a feel-good-punkabilly-rock-up on the hottest day of the year. y'know... when the boys in the band are absolutely dripping with sweat halfway through the first track, and the entire crowd emits a... certain... uhhh... (stench ?) four songs later [wait... that was the part that sucked...]. it was a veritable checklist of 'good concert-hood' :
- All the key tunes from the last 4 albums and all the potential singles from the latest release ? check.
- Brilliant onstage antics including the guitarist peelin' off a mad solo whilst two-footed on the bass player's standup rig (that, i might add, was being frantically strummed at the time) ? check.
- Cover song ? like, say, a six-string finessing of "mr. sandman" --where the melody and bass parts are all strummed on one instrument ? check.
- Amusing between-song banter & introduction to the next song ? ex: "alright. second solution. fuckit" ? check.
- Beer ? as long as we stood in the proper cordonned-off area, which happened to be prime standing room ? check.
- Tremendously talented sound-guy ? allowing people like us to stand far, far too close to the stacks and still be able to have some semblance of a conversation ? check.
- Faux depression as my favorite song doesn't get played.... until the encore ? HUGE check. [how did they KNOW ?!]
Midway through what was sure to be the final tune, i thought to myself "i am so incredibly happy right now, i wish this could go on forever." but then, of course, it was over, and we walked outside into the incredibly humid and painfully hot night.
the (living) end.
'course.
having never really looked at the tickets, i didn't realize it was an all ages show. i also sortof overlooked that the doors opened at 7:00... so it was a good thing i was so hyped, cause the three of us had pretty much agreed to get there 'early' for 9:00. D and i caught the last song by the second band. Miss M, who arrived about 6 minutes later, missed the support bands in their entireties.
i must say that, for me, there is nothing quite like a feel-good-punkabilly-rock-up on the hottest day of the year. y'know... when the boys in the band are absolutely dripping with sweat halfway through the first track, and the entire crowd emits a... certain... uhhh... (stench ?) four songs later [wait... that was the part that sucked...]. it was a veritable checklist of 'good concert-hood' :
- All the key tunes from the last 4 albums and all the potential singles from the latest release ? check.
- Brilliant onstage antics including the guitarist peelin' off a mad solo whilst two-footed on the bass player's standup rig (that, i might add, was being frantically strummed at the time) ? check.
- Cover song ? like, say, a six-string finessing of "mr. sandman" --where the melody and bass parts are all strummed on one instrument ? check.
- Amusing between-song banter & introduction to the next song ? ex: "alright. second solution. fuckit" ? check.
- Beer ? as long as we stood in the proper cordonned-off area, which happened to be prime standing room ? check.
- Tremendously talented sound-guy ? allowing people like us to stand far, far too close to the stacks and still be able to have some semblance of a conversation ? check.
- Faux depression as my favorite song doesn't get played.... until the encore ? HUGE check. [how did they KNOW ?!]
Midway through what was sure to be the final tune, i thought to myself "i am so incredibly happy right now, i wish this could go on forever." but then, of course, it was over, and we walked outside into the incredibly humid and painfully hot night.
the (living) end.
'course.
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