Thursday, May 21, 2009

Sorry it's been a while...just catching my breath from the epic week of concerts....week and a half...even though I've been on facebook continuously for days now So let's see where we left off....I'll try not to fangasm or go too much into detail with each concert. We ended up skipping Paul Sutherland again =( but because we did we went up to Austin that night and got set up to play around before going to sound check and the Toadies concert...which that was pretty cool. Finally got to see The Boom Boom Box they totally kickass and The Willowz which I just found out today that two of their songs were featured in the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack...seriously guys I'm finding out that my world/all my fandoms are starting to swirl around Toadies and one of their roadie extraordinaire Duane Deering....more on him in a bit. Next morning drove back home to Corpus napped a bit and geared up for another Toadies concert with another sound check entry. The second sound check was much more easy going started off with a jam session which was really cool. Reely Rotnz opened up the show with a can of whoopass...seriously got everyone going. Willowz kept the energy high...much more rock set this night. Then Toadies came out and blew everyone away....I love Corpus shows...not only is it great set wise we get a lot of Toadies/roadie games played and roadie characters come out =3 While exiting the venue we were given comp tickets to a show later in the week. Had a very drunken BBQ for Mother's Day...which was also my gift to my mom she was mostly happy...my brother was being a special breed of douchebag...it's sad but has become expected of him at this point to try and ruin any sort of festivity or merriment. Saw Nightwish....I'm not fond of new Nightwish but live was pretty good. Volbeat opened for them and they totally rocked my face off....I shook hands with the lead singer and told him they were totally kick ass and got their setlist X3 Next night went out to Brewster St. to see the band we were given comp tickets to...40 oz. to Freedom they are a Sublime tribute band the first that I'd see in a week's time but by far the better one...partially due to how they ordered their set and partially because they are nuts. I would've paid the ticket price had I seen them before. Following night saw Matt from Vertical Horizon doing a solo acoustic act...that was pretty neat but I was a bit let down since the show was promoted as Vertical Horizon full band not solo acoustic set from our singer/songwriter. No offense meant...I seriously had a good time and got a pic with him. Did the final anime club...possibly ever for me. We watched Detroit Metal City, Ultimate Girls and the HunterXHunter Musical that sort of takes place during the series. Half...or rather two of the people in the room had no idea of the series so were a bit lost but Chrislea and I tried to answer all questions quickly and sing-a-long with some of our favorite very wrong songs. We did a bunch of drawing contests my favorite rounds were Batman and cuddly zombies. It might be my last anime club session since we don't have the members to really start up again next semester and as it is I'm barely getting to go back in Fall...plus I've already made promises to two very important female figures in my life that I wouldn't run it anymore...although I am more than willing to help/attend....not that anyone is coming back in the Fall...and we aren't even doing a Summer session this year since everyone's pretty much left or leaving soon. Drove up to Dallas to see Tonic, Badfish *the other Sublime tribute band* and Toadies *I know third time in like a week* Got caught in a huge storm from San Antonio to Austin *about an hour to hour and a half apart when going normal highway speeds* so we made it up to the festival area *did I mention it was a festival?* at about 6:30 which meant we had a little time to find the stage *which thankfully all three were on the same stage* and get set up front row =3 Tonic was really cool...I'm glad I finally got to see them although I was a bit bothered by the /b/tards that were only watching the other bands to secure their position for Toadies...don't get me wrong I'd do the same but they were being rude during the other bands' sets. Badfish was pretty good their set however could've been better planned out...I mean seriously they put all the huge Sublime songs for the end...that's just bad planning. Toadies were awesome yet again. It was so cute Vaden's little girl Ruby was there hiding in the back of the stage with some of her little friends with ear protectors on. Vaden carried her out when he first came up to his mic....and she ran out and gave him a big hug like three songs in....my favorite moment of this is after their set Ruby and her friends come out to pretty much climb on Vaden as he's exiting XD I would've had the perfect pic of it if some random girl wouldn't have shoved me right as I was taking the pic =( The rest of this time I've just been looking up music and watching movies. OH which reminds me...the other day I was looking up Tendril music...which Tendril is Duane's band. Turns out they were featured on Dragonball Z Movie 8 Broly: the Legendary Super Saiyan....BEFORE Duane started working with FUNi. There were other things that he connected that I'm a fan of but I can't remember at this point....either too much or not enough sleep....needless to say I've told him I'm officially his fangirl now LOL. So with that let's wrap this up in the normal fashion. List of events I'm looking forward to: ___________________________ A-Kon 20 in Dallas May 29th - 31st Golden Meanies Concert in Corpus June 4th *wow it's been forever since I've seen them play...wonder if their guitarist will still remember me?* Reely Rotnz Concert in Corpus June 7th Lions Concert in Austin June 12th *first concert after recording the new album...I'm excited!* Lions AND Here Holy Spain Concert in Fort Worth June 20th Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp IN CORPUS!! August 5th See you on the otherside

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