well shit, where to begin? howabout with tuesday's concert...
TUESDAY: BLACK CLOUDS AND UNDERDOGS: THE HUSH SOUND, FROM FIRST TO LAST, HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS, ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS, and FALL OUT BOY
So it was an arena tour, yeah. We got there at 3:30 and stood outside for like 2 hours in the cold. Then, since Emily is an OCK, we hooked up with some of those other kids, and being OCK's, we all got into the show 15 minutes before general admission. So we were right on the bar for The Hush Sound. Which was cool, I had never heard of them, but they were alright. Then we left after their set for the OCK's meet & greet with Fall Out Boy...wooo (gay). We each got one thing signed by the band, and then one picture. They were herding us through like retarded elementary schoolers in line at McDonald's, seriously. So anywhoo, after losing our kickass spots and the depression of meeting these guys (seriously, it was like a downer cuz we saw them for less then 3 min total, so it's like a pseudo-surreal, did we really meet them kinda thing), we went back for HH's set (missed From First to Last's cuz of the meet and greet). We got pretty decent spots near the front right, about four or five people deep from the barricade. That was cool. So we were rocking out, having a kickass time. And then the All-American Rejects came on. And I love their music, but only really enjoyed one song b/c I was trying to save my sister from being mauled in the mosh pit we unknowningly made our way to in the crowd (I know, I know - "unknowingly" yeah, but I wasn't paying enough attention). So after like 2/3 of their set, a kick to the back of my head, an elbow to the spine, and a left hook to my face, we decided to enjoy the band from the back of the arena floor, cuz we were there for the music, not the BO-ridden teenage nightmare of a mosh pit. So anywhoo, we rocked out the last part of their set, and thn got some Gatorade cuz we were dying. Unbeknownst to me, Gatorade makes Emily not so healthy (<--foreshadowing). So anywhoo, Fall Out Boy comes on, fucking larger than life, for sure. So anywhoo, we're rockin, rockin, rockin, jumpin, rockin, etc..and Em turns to me with an 'I don't feel good' look on her face. We make it to the bathroom just in time for her to get sick alll over a bathroom stall. Yeah, so after recuperating, we go back and start rocking out again. And FOB rocks some fucking fire cannons on stage. To me, this was the height of over-the-top-ness, and for a band that says they're all about the music, I found myself slightly disillusioned. So anywhoo, we're rockin out to Sugar...and Em gets that look on her face again. Yeah, no good. But one more hurling, and that was the end of that, the bass of the speakers and the jumping around were messing her up, but she survived it. Show ends, we're deaf...Yay! So then we go to leave, and she chucks in the parking lot again. Yeah, hardcore. Happy first rock show, Em!
WEDNESDAY: TRUCKSTOPS AND STATELINES: HELLOGOODBYE, ACCEPTANCE, PANIC! AT THE DISCO, and THE ACADEMY IS
Yeah, this one was in a smaller venue, and in my opinon, rocked so much more than the other show. It was just in all aspects, superior. No huge visuals, no pyrotechnics, just bands rocking out on stage for the crowd to enjoy. This is truly the kind of live acts that I love and adore, and if I could own a music venue, I would so get a small one like that. I don't really know what else to say about this one, it wasn't nearly as eventful. Em took about 350 pictures on my digital camera during the last two sets, so yeah, got some awesome rock pictures if you ever wanna see em. We got there like 5 min before the show started, so it was like perfect timing, and we got right up near the front, which was cool. I had never really heard of anything from hellogoodbye or Acceptance, but I would definately suggest that you check their stuff out, in my opinion, they're up and comers, they've both got a pretty good sound goin on. So yeah, it was cool. Loved it. Yadda yadda yadda. Rock rock rock it.