"Betty won't stop listening to modern rock..."
So I enjoyed the concert, for the most part. The whole line up was I Was Totally Destroying It, Dear and the Headlights, Margot and the Nuclear So and So's, and Motion City Soundtrack. The venue was really small as was the stage, and I swear there were definitely less than a hundred people there...over fifty but under a hundred. So we were always reeeally close to the bands, which was sweet.
For the first three bands I was a bit bleh because I was tired and automatically achy, I swear, haha, but I did enjoy the music. IWTDI [teehee] and Dear and the Headlights [they reminded me a little of Phantom Planet :o] were good, but I was irritated at Margot and the Nuclear So and So's because they had a looot of people and took a long time to set up - and there were also technical difficulties, so they were pissed too, haha. The singer totally got pissed at the weak mike [which was made worse because everything else was freaking loud] and shoved it over. The keyboardist walked off because there was no sound for the keys. So they had a greatly reduced play time anyway, with all the difficulties, but I guess they were cool. They had a violinist and a trumpet player, which was neat, but oh my god, the drums' bass was like, I'M POUNDING YOU IN THE CHEST loud. So...yeah, heh.
And oh yeah, there was this group of four girls that shoved themselves into the crowd over time, and one girl was always moving for no reason and bumping into me, and the whole group was talking, aaaaaaaall the time - even when people were performing. You know how loud you have to be to be heard, and without even trying to move closer to eachother? Oh my god. What they were even there for, I don't know.
But yeah...then before Motion came on, the room was all of a sudden more crowded, haha, and we were pushed more toward the middle and Meg got separated from Brittany and I by two people. Then they came out, and the crazy mosh-ness started. It was generally in the middle, but for at least the first half of their set we were pretty close to it and getting shoved quite a bit - and Meg was totally gone. We slowly got shoved back and to the left, so eventually we were pretty safe from the craziness, but we found out later that Meg got pushed up right against the stage, craziness. But yeah, we rocked out a bit, heheh.
The lead singer, Justin, was wearing a Sirius Black shirt, haha...and he was amusing, I liked his little comments. And dude, the freaking crazy keyboardist [who in less crowded circumstances does like, hand stands on his keyboard] made that mouth-popping noise...with his ear. It was freaking weird, haha. I really enjoyed them, even though I'm still not sure I like them recorded...I don't quite understand that, heh, but the energy and everything and the liveness made it enjoyable.
So yeah...we sat around for a while because Meg was exhausted, and a lot of the bands were chilling around...we were surprised when we saw one by one Motion people kind of mingling...we hunted them down as we discovered them and got pictures with them [excluding the singer, boo] :D And then we walked back to where Meg parked and made our way to Atlanta to Meg's brother's place, where we stayed the night. We got there at one something, I think, just before two. I think we all slept crappy, heh, and kept waking up...but magically my back [that has been hurting just about all week] is better, so...woohoo, heh. We left there just after 12:30 today, and now I'm home, woo. Just sucks that I'm only here for like, twenty-four hours ><; Heh.
Yep. That's my report. BWAP.
For the first three bands I was a bit bleh because I was tired and automatically achy, I swear, haha, but I did enjoy the music. IWTDI [teehee] and Dear and the Headlights [they reminded me a little of Phantom Planet :o] were good, but I was irritated at Margot and the Nuclear So and So's because they had a looot of people and took a long time to set up - and there were also technical difficulties, so they were pissed too, haha. The singer totally got pissed at the weak mike [which was made worse because everything else was freaking loud] and shoved it over. The keyboardist walked off because there was no sound for the keys. So they had a greatly reduced play time anyway, with all the difficulties, but I guess they were cool. They had a violinist and a trumpet player, which was neat, but oh my god, the drums' bass was like, I'M POUNDING YOU IN THE CHEST loud. So...yeah, heh.
And oh yeah, there was this group of four girls that shoved themselves into the crowd over time, and one girl was always moving for no reason and bumping into me, and the whole group was talking, aaaaaaaall the time - even when people were performing. You know how loud you have to be to be heard, and without even trying to move closer to eachother? Oh my god. What they were even there for, I don't know.
But yeah...then before Motion came on, the room was all of a sudden more crowded, haha, and we were pushed more toward the middle and Meg got separated from Brittany and I by two people. Then they came out, and the crazy mosh-ness started. It was generally in the middle, but for at least the first half of their set we were pretty close to it and getting shoved quite a bit - and Meg was totally gone. We slowly got shoved back and to the left, so eventually we were pretty safe from the craziness, but we found out later that Meg got pushed up right against the stage, craziness. But yeah, we rocked out a bit, heheh.
The lead singer, Justin, was wearing a Sirius Black shirt, haha...and he was amusing, I liked his little comments. And dude, the freaking crazy keyboardist [who in less crowded circumstances does like, hand stands on his keyboard] made that mouth-popping noise...with his ear. It was freaking weird, haha. I really enjoyed them, even though I'm still not sure I like them recorded...I don't quite understand that, heh, but the energy and everything and the liveness made it enjoyable.
So yeah...we sat around for a while because Meg was exhausted, and a lot of the bands were chilling around...we were surprised when we saw one by one Motion people kind of mingling...we hunted them down as we discovered them and got pictures with them [excluding the singer, boo] :D And then we walked back to where Meg parked and made our way to Atlanta to Meg's brother's place, where we stayed the night. We got there at one something, I think, just before two. I think we all slept crappy, heh, and kept waking up...but magically my back [that has been hurting just about all week] is better, so...woohoo, heh. We left there just after 12:30 today, and now I'm home, woo. Just sucks that I'm only here for like, twenty-four hours ><; Heh.
Yep. That's my report. BWAP.