Unbelievable
I'm speechless. The Strokes show in El Paso was THAT good especially when Julian jumped into the crowd and attempted to sing while making it all the way down to the end of the pit. From my view at the balcony, I saw people grabbing him and pulling him while security tried to pull him back. Haha. He kept mumbling once he was in the pit in between songs "i'm not feeling well." I wonder if he was really high or stoned or drunk ... quite possibly all three considering they must smoke a lot of pot according to that one Spin magazine article.
My memory is kinda foggy since after the show we went to the after party and waited for the band to come and then I got tired of waiting so I went out back to see if I could catch them. My sister calls me once I get outside to tell me Fab has arrived. There was a mob of people asking him to sign stuff and take pics. Afer all that, Pat drove me back to her place to get my bags and head on the bus home. Show was really great live and since I stood on the balcony, I didn't feel like I was going to suffocate from the lack of air standing in the pit usually results in. I'm contemplating going to the LA show Thurs or Friday depending on how much I get done. Had a fabulous time camping out at the hotel trying to meet the strokes though I only met Fab at the after party or walking downtown with Pat trying to see if we could find Nikolai. Anyways, will update later.
Here's what I remember of the setlist for El Paso:
(in on particular order)
The end is no end
last night
someday
reptilia
new york city supercops
is this it?
hard to explain
meet me in the bathroom
Take it or leave it (last song of the night, same as vegas)
there's more to the set but my mind is blank. the bus ride home was incredibly long, tiring and exhausting. left el paso at 3:35 am friday and arrived home sunday morning at 4:30 a.m. got back to Fremont about an hour later, throw clothes in laundry and then take a shower and then check messages. This is my second time taking the greyhound bus and it wasn't too bad ... just took a whole day and I'm wiped out. so much errands to run today so I'll do a full update of the my trip and the sights I saw.
My memory is kinda foggy since after the show we went to the after party and waited for the band to come and then I got tired of waiting so I went out back to see if I could catch them. My sister calls me once I get outside to tell me Fab has arrived. There was a mob of people asking him to sign stuff and take pics. Afer all that, Pat drove me back to her place to get my bags and head on the bus home. Show was really great live and since I stood on the balcony, I didn't feel like I was going to suffocate from the lack of air standing in the pit usually results in. I'm contemplating going to the LA show Thurs or Friday depending on how much I get done. Had a fabulous time camping out at the hotel trying to meet the strokes though I only met Fab at the after party or walking downtown with Pat trying to see if we could find Nikolai. Anyways, will update later.
Here's what I remember of the setlist for El Paso:
(in on particular order)
The end is no end
last night
someday
reptilia
new york city supercops
is this it?
hard to explain
meet me in the bathroom
Take it or leave it (last song of the night, same as vegas)
there's more to the set but my mind is blank. the bus ride home was incredibly long, tiring and exhausting. left el paso at 3:35 am friday and arrived home sunday morning at 4:30 a.m. got back to Fremont about an hour later, throw clothes in laundry and then take a shower and then check messages. This is my second time taking the greyhound bus and it wasn't too bad ... just took a whole day and I'm wiped out. so much errands to run today so I'll do a full update of the my trip and the sights I saw.