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im listening to a live version of decrescendo by rx bandits and they do this like, 2 minute jam at the begining thats just crazy. i love how they do that, just make up this crazy complicated shit that begins with just a form or a rhythm. they just build and build off of a motif and work seamlessly into a song.
i saw them like a month ago and it wuz amazing.
the ottobar is fucking small. a bar area and an arcade, both put together its no wider than 25 feet and no longer than 30. you go down this small set of stairs and in the middle, between the two sets, is the mixing board. to the left of the left staircase is a bigger staircase that goes up to tables and chairs, at the end of that little balcony you can look right over the stage. the playing area is the same size as everything else, but with a bigger ceiling. under the balcony part is this empty space, and at the end is a little room, and up the steps from the little room is the stage, the stage gets the job done.
i went with mike and rick. the first two bands blew, one shitty punk, one shitty emo. then the exit came on, they were fuckin chill. really cool reggae style stuff, just sweet. i met all the guys before they went on. i thanked them all for making great music. troy told me that its really cool cause music is free, he had been at the bar for a while, but i agree, i pounded it with him. steve told me he was very tired. i didnt talk to sheets, i just shook his hand. i talked to gak the longest, he told me about how he doesnt like to cannonball because its too crazy for him, he would rather smoke weed or get drunk, but not both. he told me to check out syncronicity, and told me how copeland and bonham have really influenced him, i agreed and thanked him for grooving hard and catching my ear when i felt like going straight up guitar. me and rick and mike talked to choi and he said he would love to smoke with us after the show, he said if he doesnt hes really sry, he hates how hell make plans and then not come through with them, he said it really makes him feel shitty and that we should really try to catch up with him. we didnt cause we left right after they finished playing. sry choi, we didnt have bud anyways. matt was the last guy to get there and when i thanked him he said "thanks, i think". i found out later he wuz super stoned and that explained everything. i saw him dancing to the exit, cool. i chilled by the stage entrance while they set up, when gak walked back i asked him to play taking chase and he said mabye, i said thanks man.
they started with decrescendo, one of my favorites, i really relate it to val things, especially the bridge, ESPECIALLY the bridge, right after the decrescendo they stopped. and i said what, thats the start of the bridge...why are you stopping....and they bust into who wouldve though, sweet. i think i started the asthma then so i went up to the bar and got some water, called dad and told him to bring me food, he did, and me and mike and rick hung out on a couch chillin to sell you beautiful and dinna-dawg, which were amazing. then they started a jam, and they stop abruptly and start playing taking chase, i jumped back in the pit and danced and sang some more. in the bridge they jammed into never slept so soundly and from the end of that back to taking chase, super sweet, two of my favorites jammed together. i danced and sung and moshed and jumped and went nuts. it wuz one of the best nights ever. they did an amazing jam in falling down the mountain. they played overcome, super chill. mastering the list, nugget, progress, everything good they could possibly play they played a million times better and i sung and danced and moshed for all of it and it wuz amazing. i dont remember which song, but i wuz so fucking elated on the whole experience and they bust into the bridge of decrescendo at the end of the set. "stop and think right now, have you ever been alone, have you ever felt so freezing cold?". fucking sweet. when they walked offstage i walked back there and shook all of their hands and thanked them for putting on such a fucking sweet show. they oncored with prophetic, dissapointment, but doesnt matter, everything else wuz amazing.
the jams, the songs, the dancing, it wuz all amazing. there was a family there to see them. there wuz a guy at least 45 years old there. i asked him if he was there to see the bandits "yes", yea man, thats sweet that you like them "whats not to like?". sweet. he was dancing the whole night too. skanking the night away. everyone was doing their own thing. everyone looked different. everyone sang off key. everyone knew the words. all these people were crammed in this small space, different races, religions, and everyone was dancing and doing there own thing, and the pit wuznt harsh, it wuz just a pit, just people dancing together. it wuz beautiful how everyone wuz just so chill like that. i think its the fact that there were familys there to see them, thats what makes it different from other shows.
i wuz in the car on the way home, and i thought, man i feel great, im so fucking high on this. and then i thought, man i bet you those guys are feeling kinda high on this and whatever else theyre on too. shit man, they get to do this almost everynight. theyre on a label that doesnt sign contracts, theyre not worried about money. they dont care about being mainstream, they just want to play music. thats what it comes down to, they just wanna play play play play play play play. and what if im wrong about all that, well im pretty sure im not, the label, the songs, the club, and the hugeness of the sound and the feel of it....some record company wouldve tried to eat that up, and it hasnt happened, they just keep progessing. theyre free, they travel the world and play music in front of people and hang out with friends. they get to jam with each other and play these songs that theyve poured their souls into in front of people almost every night.
man how i would love to be able to do that.
and not worry about school or standards.
and just play music with my friends.
just chill out and play whatever comes out.
and i wouldnt care about girls or politics or looking presentable when i walk outside.
and i would just play.
what the fuck is wrong with this world where you cant just play music with your friends. you have to worry about school and money and jobs.
and your not hurting anyone, your just playing music.
what the fuck went wrong.
i saw them like a month ago and it wuz amazing.
the ottobar is fucking small. a bar area and an arcade, both put together its no wider than 25 feet and no longer than 30. you go down this small set of stairs and in the middle, between the two sets, is the mixing board. to the left of the left staircase is a bigger staircase that goes up to tables and chairs, at the end of that little balcony you can look right over the stage. the playing area is the same size as everything else, but with a bigger ceiling. under the balcony part is this empty space, and at the end is a little room, and up the steps from the little room is the stage, the stage gets the job done.
i went with mike and rick. the first two bands blew, one shitty punk, one shitty emo. then the exit came on, they were fuckin chill. really cool reggae style stuff, just sweet. i met all the guys before they went on. i thanked them all for making great music. troy told me that its really cool cause music is free, he had been at the bar for a while, but i agree, i pounded it with him. steve told me he was very tired. i didnt talk to sheets, i just shook his hand. i talked to gak the longest, he told me about how he doesnt like to cannonball because its too crazy for him, he would rather smoke weed or get drunk, but not both. he told me to check out syncronicity, and told me how copeland and bonham have really influenced him, i agreed and thanked him for grooving hard and catching my ear when i felt like going straight up guitar. me and rick and mike talked to choi and he said he would love to smoke with us after the show, he said if he doesnt hes really sry, he hates how hell make plans and then not come through with them, he said it really makes him feel shitty and that we should really try to catch up with him. we didnt cause we left right after they finished playing. sry choi, we didnt have bud anyways. matt was the last guy to get there and when i thanked him he said "thanks, i think". i found out later he wuz super stoned and that explained everything. i saw him dancing to the exit, cool. i chilled by the stage entrance while they set up, when gak walked back i asked him to play taking chase and he said mabye, i said thanks man.
they started with decrescendo, one of my favorites, i really relate it to val things, especially the bridge, ESPECIALLY the bridge, right after the decrescendo they stopped. and i said what, thats the start of the bridge...why are you stopping....and they bust into who wouldve though, sweet. i think i started the asthma then so i went up to the bar and got some water, called dad and told him to bring me food, he did, and me and mike and rick hung out on a couch chillin to sell you beautiful and dinna-dawg, which were amazing. then they started a jam, and they stop abruptly and start playing taking chase, i jumped back in the pit and danced and sang some more. in the bridge they jammed into never slept so soundly and from the end of that back to taking chase, super sweet, two of my favorites jammed together. i danced and sung and moshed and jumped and went nuts. it wuz one of the best nights ever. they did an amazing jam in falling down the mountain. they played overcome, super chill. mastering the list, nugget, progress, everything good they could possibly play they played a million times better and i sung and danced and moshed for all of it and it wuz amazing. i dont remember which song, but i wuz so fucking elated on the whole experience and they bust into the bridge of decrescendo at the end of the set. "stop and think right now, have you ever been alone, have you ever felt so freezing cold?". fucking sweet. when they walked offstage i walked back there and shook all of their hands and thanked them for putting on such a fucking sweet show. they oncored with prophetic, dissapointment, but doesnt matter, everything else wuz amazing.
the jams, the songs, the dancing, it wuz all amazing. there was a family there to see them. there wuz a guy at least 45 years old there. i asked him if he was there to see the bandits "yes", yea man, thats sweet that you like them "whats not to like?". sweet. he was dancing the whole night too. skanking the night away. everyone was doing their own thing. everyone looked different. everyone sang off key. everyone knew the words. all these people were crammed in this small space, different races, religions, and everyone was dancing and doing there own thing, and the pit wuznt harsh, it wuz just a pit, just people dancing together. it wuz beautiful how everyone wuz just so chill like that. i think its the fact that there were familys there to see them, thats what makes it different from other shows.
i wuz in the car on the way home, and i thought, man i feel great, im so fucking high on this. and then i thought, man i bet you those guys are feeling kinda high on this and whatever else theyre on too. shit man, they get to do this almost everynight. theyre on a label that doesnt sign contracts, theyre not worried about money. they dont care about being mainstream, they just want to play music. thats what it comes down to, they just wanna play play play play play play play. and what if im wrong about all that, well im pretty sure im not, the label, the songs, the club, and the hugeness of the sound and the feel of it....some record company wouldve tried to eat that up, and it hasnt happened, they just keep progessing. theyre free, they travel the world and play music in front of people and hang out with friends. they get to jam with each other and play these songs that theyve poured their souls into in front of people almost every night.
man how i would love to be able to do that.
and not worry about school or standards.
and just play music with my friends.
just chill out and play whatever comes out.
and i wouldnt care about girls or politics or looking presentable when i walk outside.
and i would just play.
what the fuck is wrong with this world where you cant just play music with your friends. you have to worry about school and money and jobs.
and your not hurting anyone, your just playing music.
what the fuck went wrong.