mates of state eee
holy potatoes, the mates of state concert was so super neat fantastico amazing. me and lar went and ate all-you-can-eat indian food at some fabulous buffet in berkeley and then took bart over to san fran. wheee it was so fun.
we got there just as the first opener, still flyin' was playing. they kind of reminded me of the polyphonic spree because there were about 14 of them on stage in bright colors shakin their stuff. they were pretty lame, i thought, lame like lame-sauce. some of them just stood there and didn't really do anything except occasionally bang some sticks together. ahaha, there were all these hardcore emo kids standing behind us who had their arms crossed and their heads slightly tilted down who were like, "we can't like this music it's too happy for our dark aura raaawwwrrrrrrr." so yeah, that was still flyin.
the next band was these twelve year old girls from seattle, smoosh, and they were the most ridiculous thing in my life. one girl was on drums and the other was on the keys -- they sounded so bubble-gum poppy that it was like fucking hillary duff. ahaha and the song titles were all ridiculous, like "you got what you wanted" or something. at one point the lead singer (who sounded like fiona apple on crack) was singing like, "hey. yo. okay." THOSE WERE THE LYRICS. ahahahaha it was so fucking dumb.
yeah sorry anyway. so then aqueduct came on and they were fantastic and ridiculous. by this point larry and i had worked our way to front and center -- so we could see everything perrrfectlyyyy. ahaha then larry leans over and is like, "katie, doesnt the beginning of this song sound like damn it feels good to be a gangster!?!?!" and it wassss, ahaha. jason (from mates) came on and "rapped" with them, it was fantastic.
after aqueduct, mates came on, and they were sooooo neat. it was so intense ahh! there was this kid to the left of larry that clearly spent way too much time playing dungeons and dragons; he had uber-long orange curly hair (carrot top style) and a ton of acne and glasses, and the entire time he was FREAKING OUT and flailing like a fucking psycho. everyone in the vicinity was giving him the weirdest looks and larry even had people come up to him after the show and tell him they were sorry he had to put up with him the whole time. oh dear, i'm just glad little larry isn't bruised from that nutso. ahaha, and there were also these two drunk lesbians that were hitting on all these girls around me, and at one point one of them came up behind me and put her arms around me but was like, "ohhshghh my gaawww im so sorry im duyrnmk ahhh ohmysgoggdd." it was cute. and by cute i mean weird.
mates of state came out for an encore and played a bit more at the end, but they didn't play starman!! it made me sad!! they played almost every other song off of their new EP, all day. i think along for the ride was the most rockin. definitely. oh, and the two of them kept looking at each other all intensely during the show. i kept thinking, damn they must have great sex.
ahh, and then i got a cute tote bag and t-shirt and button. and i saw norma and sierra, and JEROME down in the coat check, and sierra's tattoo is super neat. truf. <3
remind me to go to shows more often!!
in other news, THE POPE IS DYING!
we got there just as the first opener, still flyin' was playing. they kind of reminded me of the polyphonic spree because there were about 14 of them on stage in bright colors shakin their stuff. they were pretty lame, i thought, lame like lame-sauce. some of them just stood there and didn't really do anything except occasionally bang some sticks together. ahaha, there were all these hardcore emo kids standing behind us who had their arms crossed and their heads slightly tilted down who were like, "we can't like this music it's too happy for our dark aura raaawwwrrrrrrr." so yeah, that was still flyin.
the next band was these twelve year old girls from seattle, smoosh, and they were the most ridiculous thing in my life. one girl was on drums and the other was on the keys -- they sounded so bubble-gum poppy that it was like fucking hillary duff. ahaha and the song titles were all ridiculous, like "you got what you wanted" or something. at one point the lead singer (who sounded like fiona apple on crack) was singing like, "hey. yo. okay." THOSE WERE THE LYRICS. ahahahaha it was so fucking dumb.
yeah sorry anyway. so then aqueduct came on and they were fantastic and ridiculous. by this point larry and i had worked our way to front and center -- so we could see everything perrrfectlyyyy. ahaha then larry leans over and is like, "katie, doesnt the beginning of this song sound like damn it feels good to be a gangster!?!?!" and it wassss, ahaha. jason (from mates) came on and "rapped" with them, it was fantastic.
after aqueduct, mates came on, and they were sooooo neat. it was so intense ahh! there was this kid to the left of larry that clearly spent way too much time playing dungeons and dragons; he had uber-long orange curly hair (carrot top style) and a ton of acne and glasses, and the entire time he was FREAKING OUT and flailing like a fucking psycho. everyone in the vicinity was giving him the weirdest looks and larry even had people come up to him after the show and tell him they were sorry he had to put up with him the whole time. oh dear, i'm just glad little larry isn't bruised from that nutso. ahaha, and there were also these two drunk lesbians that were hitting on all these girls around me, and at one point one of them came up behind me and put her arms around me but was like, "ohhshghh my gaawww im so sorry im duyrnmk ahhh ohmysgoggdd." it was cute. and by cute i mean weird.
mates of state came out for an encore and played a bit more at the end, but they didn't play starman!! it made me sad!! they played almost every other song off of their new EP, all day. i think along for the ride was the most rockin. definitely. oh, and the two of them kept looking at each other all intensely during the show. i kept thinking, damn they must have great sex.
ahh, and then i got a cute tote bag and t-shirt and button. and i saw norma and sierra, and JEROME down in the coat check, and sierra's tattoo is super neat. truf. <3
remind me to go to shows more often!!
in other news, THE POPE IS DYING!