Sweet Sixteen...
Get your groove on...new shiny shoes on.
Saturday was a fantastic day...one of the best in the history of me...I went to Endfest Sweet 16...the combination of my favorite radio station and some of the best music of today made me one ecstatic puppy! :) Let me say this and then you will most certainly gasp at the mere effect you must KNOW this had upon me...15 feet:Billy Corgan. Come on my dearest friends....I was literally 15 feet away from my musical deity! FRONT ROW! CRUSHED BY THE MASSES! It was amazing utterly and completely amazing. That wasn't all...I started the day out seeing my most beloved Shiny Toy Guns...and now it is not only Morena Baccarin who could make me swing the other way, no siree...female lead singer of Shiny Toy Guns could have me like that*insert snap of fingers here*...damn that chica knows how to rock...most amazing voice and capabilities musically...and don't even get me started on male lead singer....oh la la. Their set was phenomenal. Next came Paramore, who was a lot like Avril Lavigne...and therefore sucked. PS to bands everywhere, prodding the crowd into response through annoyance isn't working for me...however the 14 year old girls there seemed to find in quite enticing. Next...oh god...next was the amazingly wonderful Against Me!, punk in it's truest form. I would just keep clapping after they finished songs...Nathan and Matt would have to remind me to stop. THEY WERE AMAZING! So much emotion and heart...hardcore amazing. Then we wandered over to main stage where we hung back for Hot Hot Heat...who were fine...nothing to special...good, maybe it was because during their set I was finagling our way to the front row, baby. Next, was Satellite Party who had one of the most theatric and entertaining sets I've ever seen, simply because of Perry Farrell's stage presence there was nothing ornate about the stage obviously...since next Bright Eyes wandered out...who I love! Live they were not the best, but that was mostly screw ups on the audio people's part. Next was Social Distortion, and oh god, the crowd went freakin' insane! I was swayed and had the air knocked out of me several times...but it was totally worth it, I really do resent moshers however, and wish they could just appreciate the music...or at least not bash the experience of people who are trying to. Then..then came the great and powerful Smashing Pumpkins and everything was right in the world then. It was all good. Billy Corgan is a gangly sort of man, but has more creativity in his pinky then most have in there entire body. Oh god, so wonderful. From noon to 10:30 I was basically walking on clouds of perfection. Sadly, I'm back down to earth, but at least I have memories, a ticket stub, and a large flier stolen from the wall always in my possession. The day will be mine forever! :D
Shiny Toy Guns
Against Me!
Smashing Pumpkins(old video)
Saturday was a fantastic day...one of the best in the history of me...I went to Endfest Sweet 16...the combination of my favorite radio station and some of the best music of today made me one ecstatic puppy! :) Let me say this and then you will most certainly gasp at the mere effect you must KNOW this had upon me...15 feet:Billy Corgan. Come on my dearest friends....I was literally 15 feet away from my musical deity! FRONT ROW! CRUSHED BY THE MASSES! It was amazing utterly and completely amazing. That wasn't all...I started the day out seeing my most beloved Shiny Toy Guns...and now it is not only Morena Baccarin who could make me swing the other way, no siree...female lead singer of Shiny Toy Guns could have me like that*insert snap of fingers here*...damn that chica knows how to rock...most amazing voice and capabilities musically...and don't even get me started on male lead singer....oh la la. Their set was phenomenal. Next came Paramore, who was a lot like Avril Lavigne...and therefore sucked. PS to bands everywhere, prodding the crowd into response through annoyance isn't working for me...however the 14 year old girls there seemed to find in quite enticing. Next...oh god...next was the amazingly wonderful Against Me!, punk in it's truest form. I would just keep clapping after they finished songs...Nathan and Matt would have to remind me to stop. THEY WERE AMAZING! So much emotion and heart...hardcore amazing. Then we wandered over to main stage where we hung back for Hot Hot Heat...who were fine...nothing to special...good, maybe it was because during their set I was finagling our way to the front row, baby. Next, was Satellite Party who had one of the most theatric and entertaining sets I've ever seen, simply because of Perry Farrell's stage presence there was nothing ornate about the stage obviously...since next Bright Eyes wandered out...who I love! Live they were not the best, but that was mostly screw ups on the audio people's part. Next was Social Distortion, and oh god, the crowd went freakin' insane! I was swayed and had the air knocked out of me several times...but it was totally worth it, I really do resent moshers however, and wish they could just appreciate the music...or at least not bash the experience of people who are trying to. Then..then came the great and powerful Smashing Pumpkins and everything was right in the world then. It was all good. Billy Corgan is a gangly sort of man, but has more creativity in his pinky then most have in there entire body. Oh god, so wonderful. From noon to 10:30 I was basically walking on clouds of perfection. Sadly, I'm back down to earth, but at least I have memories, a ticket stub, and a large flier stolen from the wall always in my possession. The day will be mine forever! :D
Shiny Toy Guns
Click to viewAgainst Me!
Smashing Pumpkins(old video)