May 25, 2008 23:13
So we all sucessfully head out early saturday morning. Heading to see Type O in NOLA. Before we get to Brookhaven, having a good time, a freakin buzzard flys IN TO Ruby's windshield.... cracks it up bad on the driver side- like it's just waiting for the right amount of pressure to break. Holy crap. We name him Walter. For some reason he didn't move out of the way and instead dive bombed the car. Jacob saw him bounce behind us- everyone looking forward was giddy with the shock of what just occured.
This renders the car unstable- so we head to the nearest town to seek a windshield replacement guy and car rental store. Well that doesn't work out in Brookhaven or McComb- cause they're all closed for the day. So we get some chick from new orleans to get us. Awesome! At that point I start drinking with Ruby! Hells yeah! Going to see Type O in New Orleans- after being set back. Not gonna keep us from those sexy bitches! Nope.
So we make it on time. After all kinds of unmentionable struggling to get there. There's still a line around the corner! Which meant we didnt miss much. Ruby has bird bladder and goes to a bar across the street with Jacob, Alex and I wait in line. We get up close to the door- but we have their tickets- so we call them to tell them to hurry up! And they reply with "We're talking to Peter Steele". Course we were like "You're full of shit" so they put him on the phone, Alex and I get to talk to him. No fucking shit I talked to Peter mother fucking Steele on the phone! (Squeel!) Then it dawns on us that he's just around the corner- so we book it to the bar in time to get handshakes pictures and exchange words! I was all giddy like a school girl! It rocked- we have pictures for proof!
The show was awesome, they're getting old- been playing for 18 years. But they still had an awesome presence! Great hair all around, awesome songs. Purple and green lighting. Peter had a priest's colar kickin... wind blowing his hair... it was great.. .the pit wasn't too crowded- the whole bar was evenly spaced. The show was sold out but no one was really crowding anyone.
Afterwards we went back to the chick that picked us up's house, I slept on the floor... we headed back pretty early the next day... nothing amazing on the way home. So over all (despite the car bills Ruby gained) it was a good trip!