Operation Grand Slam!!
Well... my concert season started last night with The Mars Volta and now I can only hope that the rest of the year goes as well as this night did. Here's a quick rundown of my night...
- I get to the TLA and BAM... the place is packed. It's tighter than a nun's pussy and the sightlines are pretty terrible
- After being stuck behind a bunch of giants and in front of two girls smoking "the pot" for the first time, I decide to move.
- Lisa Braun and her friend Kate find me and the three of us watch the band together from a spot toward the back of the TLA.
- An hour has passed and Lisa starts moving us toward the front. We end up being about 6 feet away from the front guardrail and so there is no problem seeing the band at this point. Life is Awesome and we watch/dance the rest of show from this spot.
- The show ends and me and Lisa end up geting some guitar picks that have a sweet Mars Volta logo on them
- We leave the TLA and head down to a bar on South St for a quick drink after the show
- After leaving the bar and saying my goodbyes to Lisa and Kate... I started walking back to my Jeep. South St was pretty deserted at this point (1AM) when I noticed a group of three people walking by me. I quickly noticed Cedric's (the lead singer) hairdo and stopped the guys to tell them that it was an awesome show. They stopped, smiled, and thanked me. I thought that was pretty fuckin' cool.
- I get back to my Jeep and have a parking ticket (as anticipated). I had a choice of either paying $20 to park in a lot or park in an "iffy" spot and get a $23 parking ticket. I rolled the dice and got the ticket. Oh well. Nothing can piss on my parade tonight!!
- I get to the TLA and BAM... the place is packed. It's tighter than a nun's pussy and the sightlines are pretty terrible
- After being stuck behind a bunch of giants and in front of two girls smoking "the pot" for the first time, I decide to move.
- Lisa Braun and her friend Kate find me and the three of us watch the band together from a spot toward the back of the TLA.
- An hour has passed and Lisa starts moving us toward the front. We end up being about 6 feet away from the front guardrail and so there is no problem seeing the band at this point. Life is Awesome and we watch/dance the rest of show from this spot.
- The show ends and me and Lisa end up geting some guitar picks that have a sweet Mars Volta logo on them
- We leave the TLA and head down to a bar on South St for a quick drink after the show
- After leaving the bar and saying my goodbyes to Lisa and Kate... I started walking back to my Jeep. South St was pretty deserted at this point (1AM) when I noticed a group of three people walking by me. I quickly noticed Cedric's (the lead singer) hairdo and stopped the guys to tell them that it was an awesome show. They stopped, smiled, and thanked me. I thought that was pretty fuckin' cool.
- I get back to my Jeep and have a parking ticket (as anticipated). I had a choice of either paying $20 to park in a lot or park in an "iffy" spot and get a $23 parking ticket. I rolled the dice and got the ticket. Oh well. Nothing can piss on my parade tonight!!