You NEED to read this...
So...Everyone who knows me knows that I love music. I love going to concerts, especially Dave Matthews Band. This has nothing to do with them but it is the next best thing!
It all started about a few months ago when I found out that Damien Rice was playing a concert on May 30th in Atlanta. Well...I was bummed...that is the
night before I'm making my 16 hour trek to Wisconsin for my summer vacation. So I was so sad that that concert was that night and to top it off...it sold out in a few hours. So no chance of seeing him this time around.
Then about a day ago I heard that my favorite local radio station was giving away tickets. Not to that concert but to another concert, that he is doing, they call The Circle of Friends. These concerts are small intimate performances of band/acts that are playing in the Atlanta area. Its in a club downtown ATL and there are around 50 people that end up winning the tickets to these "Special" concerts. This concert is Damien is around 4:30 which would be perfect if I won. I can still drive to Wisconsin and not have a concert hangover.
So yesterday I was listening to the radio and i heard be caller 20 and the Circle of friends tickets are yours. I called and I never got through. Sad...but then they said that they would give away another set of tickets later that evening. So I listened. 3 hours of listening to the radio and watching tv at the same time can give you a headache. I do not recommend it.
Anyways...i was listening and they said caller #20 again around 9ish.
So I called...
"Hello, you are caller #1"
DAMN
"Hello you are caller number 9"
DAMN
"Hello, you are caller number 17"
SO CLOSE
Then they just stopped answering so I knew that they had a winner. So sad again. I really wanted those tickets. So I though...maybe tomorrow I will try again. But I didnt want to listen to the radio all night again while trying to watch American Idol and LOST.
So...I get home from school today. Do the usual...come home watch The Young and the Restless. Then some Ellen. Then I thought to myself. Its around 6ish...they should be giving away some more tickets. Then, I thought....do I really want to make this commitment tonight again. I said...YES...its Damien Rice. So I turned the radio on. I was listening song after song went by...then...the little advertisement came on. I listened to it to make sure that they said that they were taking caller 20.
So I started calling.
Busy
Busy
Busy
Busy
Busy
Busy
Busy
Then he 8th time I call....
"Hello this is DaveFM who am I speaking to?"
HOLY SHIT...I think I just won...
"Congratulations you just won the Circle of Friends passes to see Damien Rice!"
NO WAY!!!!!!
"Yes way."
So yeah...I won tickets to an intimate performance, about 50ish people, with Damien Rice.
My second favorite band ever!!!
The cool thing is that my brother will be back in Mississippi by then so he is going to come over and go to the concert with me. He just saw Damien Rice in concert in Chicago. I was sooooo jealous. But I think that this makes up for it!!!
So that is my great news...I am sooo pumped!
Sorry this was soooo long but I just had to get it out. The excitement is just running through me.
It all started about a few months ago when I found out that Damien Rice was playing a concert on May 30th in Atlanta. Well...I was bummed...that is the
night before I'm making my 16 hour trek to Wisconsin for my summer vacation. So I was so sad that that concert was that night and to top it off...it sold out in a few hours. So no chance of seeing him this time around.
Then about a day ago I heard that my favorite local radio station was giving away tickets. Not to that concert but to another concert, that he is doing, they call The Circle of Friends. These concerts are small intimate performances of band/acts that are playing in the Atlanta area. Its in a club downtown ATL and there are around 50 people that end up winning the tickets to these "Special" concerts. This concert is Damien is around 4:30 which would be perfect if I won. I can still drive to Wisconsin and not have a concert hangover.
So yesterday I was listening to the radio and i heard be caller 20 and the Circle of friends tickets are yours. I called and I never got through. Sad...but then they said that they would give away another set of tickets later that evening. So I listened. 3 hours of listening to the radio and watching tv at the same time can give you a headache. I do not recommend it.
Anyways...i was listening and they said caller #20 again around 9ish.
So I called...
"Hello, you are caller #1"
DAMN
"Hello you are caller number 9"
DAMN
"Hello, you are caller number 17"
SO CLOSE
Then they just stopped answering so I knew that they had a winner. So sad again. I really wanted those tickets. So I though...maybe tomorrow I will try again. But I didnt want to listen to the radio all night again while trying to watch American Idol and LOST.
So...I get home from school today. Do the usual...come home watch The Young and the Restless. Then some Ellen. Then I thought to myself. Its around 6ish...they should be giving away some more tickets. Then, I thought....do I really want to make this commitment tonight again. I said...YES...its Damien Rice. So I turned the radio on. I was listening song after song went by...then...the little advertisement came on. I listened to it to make sure that they said that they were taking caller 20.
So I started calling.
Busy
Busy
Busy
Busy
Busy
Busy
Busy
Then he 8th time I call....
"Hello this is DaveFM who am I speaking to?"
HOLY SHIT...I think I just won...
"Congratulations you just won the Circle of Friends passes to see Damien Rice!"
NO WAY!!!!!!
"Yes way."
So yeah...I won tickets to an intimate performance, about 50ish people, with Damien Rice.
My second favorite band ever!!!
The cool thing is that my brother will be back in Mississippi by then so he is going to come over and go to the concert with me. He just saw Damien Rice in concert in Chicago. I was sooooo jealous. But I think that this makes up for it!!!
So that is my great news...I am sooo pumped!
Sorry this was soooo long but I just had to get it out. The excitement is just running through me.