downs and ups.
damn. what a strange night. so i went to the show tonight. get there and no where on the front doors list of bands do i see fingers cut listed. but i went in anyways cuz i'd already driven out there and i was holding out a glimmer of hope that they'd be playing. im the first person at the freaking show..sitting in there by myself in a chair freaking out thinking fuck i just dropped 10 bucks and they arent even here, and theres no cds or merch or anything for em. then the next 2 people to come in look over at me and this girl, katie, i believe was her name, along with this guy brendan i think, and are like..you look lonely. and i was like..well im basically in a state of pure anxiety because i'd been pumping myself up for this show and now i dont even know if im here for anything. and then they start telling me about the band theyre there for "days away" it was called. so i talked to these people for a while cuz the show took forever to start. nice people, almost too nice..the kind of people you feel awkward swearing around because its clear as day that they don't use any language offensive to anyone. started talking about music and stuff. eventually music started. some crappy band played first. sounded like they were making it all up on the spot. not good. then the next band comes up..im just sitting there with no idea who im looking for or how many people fingers cut is even playing with, but then those 2 tell me they think its their days away band. sit through that..not bad, a little too...i dont know how to describe it..that kind of saves the day-wannabe-puts-you-to-sleep-pseudo-christian-maybe-rock stuff. anyways. i about fell asleep. then my 2 new at the show buddies decided they were gonna take off cuz they already saw the one band they wanted to see.
time for a new paragraph. anyways. they left, and i was back to wondering if im wasting my time. then i see two guys walk on stage, one with a hollowbody gibson electric nearly acoustic looking thing, the other with a strat and i heard them talking during the soundcheck and immediately went...holy shit. i think its them. no drummer with em, just 2 guys playing guitar and im like..yes. im gonna love this. i enjoyed knowing it was gonna be far from a crowd pleaser but i didnt even care. they start playing and i recognize the voice and im like..this so has to be. no one else would come out without a drummer cept someone whos been through some punk bands and is doing it for himself. starts it all up, the crowd doesn't really get into it much, the first song ends and one guy is like.."uhh hey. im devon williams..and this guy here is oliver." and im like..fucking yes. i didnt waste my night. plays a few more, the crowd really doesnt get it, but i was just straight loving that his new music has the punk feel and intensity that i hoped/expected to hear. played about 6 or 7 songs, none of which id ever heard before, but it was nice that he knows how to sing and annunciate so you can actually get a feel for the meaning of a song the first time you hear it.
then afterwards devon was at the merch table with a bunch of cds and i couldnt help but go up to him and be like..dude. you have written some of the best songs ive ever heard, ever. and i found it funny that whenever ive read anything about osker, it said what an asshole he was and everything, but as im sure he's matured a bit, seeing as the music has, i think hes just a no bullshit kind of guy. cuz thats what comes through in the music, and hes just there to be himself, not to please anyone, but to do what he loves. and while hes up there with a nearly acoustic guitar playing to a bunch of people who dont understand his music, that to me is a lot more punk than some guy playing the warped tour screaming while wearing make-up and tight pants. but really he was just cool guy out playing music cuz he loves it enjoying life. kind of funny he was like hey do you drink? im like..yeah, but they wont let me over there cuz im not 21 and hes like, well shit. i was gonna give you one of my beer tickets. im like dude its cool. just seeing this made my whole week. and while no one knows who the hell im talking about in this or cares what im saying, all i know is that i needed a night like tonight. i needed to start this month off better than the last one, and dammit, as nearly rock bottom as i was thinking i wasnt gonna get to see em, it was so worth the anxiety once it started. probably one the better nights ive had in a while and it involved hanging out with just myself. and those two random people who fucked up and missed something incredible cuz they left 5 minutes too soon. but im really so happy i went by myself because i think john is the only other person i know who would've had the same kind of experience with this show as i did. this way i didnt have to deal with countering opinions or anything else that would've pissed me off cuz i would not have been in the mood for it.
and there goes another one of my 1000 something word entries that no one really needs to bother with. consider this one part 2 of 2 for the day. but ill read this in a year or so and be like..fuck yeah that was sweet.
time for a new paragraph. anyways. they left, and i was back to wondering if im wasting my time. then i see two guys walk on stage, one with a hollowbody gibson electric nearly acoustic looking thing, the other with a strat and i heard them talking during the soundcheck and immediately went...holy shit. i think its them. no drummer with em, just 2 guys playing guitar and im like..yes. im gonna love this. i enjoyed knowing it was gonna be far from a crowd pleaser but i didnt even care. they start playing and i recognize the voice and im like..this so has to be. no one else would come out without a drummer cept someone whos been through some punk bands and is doing it for himself. starts it all up, the crowd doesn't really get into it much, the first song ends and one guy is like.."uhh hey. im devon williams..and this guy here is oliver." and im like..fucking yes. i didnt waste my night. plays a few more, the crowd really doesnt get it, but i was just straight loving that his new music has the punk feel and intensity that i hoped/expected to hear. played about 6 or 7 songs, none of which id ever heard before, but it was nice that he knows how to sing and annunciate so you can actually get a feel for the meaning of a song the first time you hear it.
then afterwards devon was at the merch table with a bunch of cds and i couldnt help but go up to him and be like..dude. you have written some of the best songs ive ever heard, ever. and i found it funny that whenever ive read anything about osker, it said what an asshole he was and everything, but as im sure he's matured a bit, seeing as the music has, i think hes just a no bullshit kind of guy. cuz thats what comes through in the music, and hes just there to be himself, not to please anyone, but to do what he loves. and while hes up there with a nearly acoustic guitar playing to a bunch of people who dont understand his music, that to me is a lot more punk than some guy playing the warped tour screaming while wearing make-up and tight pants. but really he was just cool guy out playing music cuz he loves it enjoying life. kind of funny he was like hey do you drink? im like..yeah, but they wont let me over there cuz im not 21 and hes like, well shit. i was gonna give you one of my beer tickets. im like dude its cool. just seeing this made my whole week. and while no one knows who the hell im talking about in this or cares what im saying, all i know is that i needed a night like tonight. i needed to start this month off better than the last one, and dammit, as nearly rock bottom as i was thinking i wasnt gonna get to see em, it was so worth the anxiety once it started. probably one the better nights ive had in a while and it involved hanging out with just myself. and those two random people who fucked up and missed something incredible cuz they left 5 minutes too soon. but im really so happy i went by myself because i think john is the only other person i know who would've had the same kind of experience with this show as i did. this way i didnt have to deal with countering opinions or anything else that would've pissed me off cuz i would not have been in the mood for it.
and there goes another one of my 1000 something word entries that no one really needs to bother with. consider this one part 2 of 2 for the day. but ill read this in a year or so and be like..fuck yeah that was sweet.