i will make you hurt...

we've finally finished up our mini-tour of concert going for a couple of weeks... we started last week off with the bravery, who did not dissappoint. Damn, they put on a good show, i'd have to say they were better than the killers (in way of stage prescence and just awe)... we got right up there in the tiny-assed venue (the vic) right at the front of the stage where we sang and danced out hearts out... sam, the lead singer, had leaned over us during "honest mistake" and we sang as well as we could into the mic... i had to put my hand down, cause i was doing the "rock-hand pump" and i thought i was going to poke him in the eye... if you want more details, see my wife's janelle's blog...

the opening bands were alright... i really liked the first band people in planes... they had an interesting muse/ours/radiohead sound to them... international noise conspiracy were decent, but a little too poitical for me... they did put on a hell of a show, and the lead singer bore a stunningly close resemblence to one of my college roomies (kampe)...

we were given a couple days rest and then it was off to the ass-kickin' NIN... man, if i woulda known back in the day that i would be seeing trent, i wouldn't of believed it... what a fuckin' amazing show... it would be best described as an industrial pink floyd the wall show... the light show was insane as well as the projections and stage setup... i never woulda thought that a concert could be so 'beautiful' (esp. for a industrial/rock band), but it was... gave me the shivers..

we were able to get up again to the front of the stage for maximum nails viewage... we knew there would be some ass kickin' but just didn't quite know how much... autolux was the first band... they blew donkey balls... interesting sound, but all the same, and all of it was too slow... ugh... then came queens of the stone age... i remember the last time i saw them, i dubbed the lead singer (josh holmme (sp?)) as a craig kilborn look-a-like... they were pretty damn good and he was pretty damn witty too... they played a pretty long opening set (45min or so), that got the crowd pumped...

at this point, it was still bearable up front... then the nin came out... and the pushing ensued... but all that didn't matter because there was trent... i'm proud of my janelle staying packed up there for about 4-6 songs especially during march of the pigs, and wish... head like a hole would of probably just meant the death of her :)... about after 6 songs, she had hurt her arm trying to get this guido-chach lookin guy off her, and i promptly signaled the security guy to pull her out...

we watched the rest of the show from the back of the floor which actually was a little better than up front... there was a huge translucent curtain that became a projection screen that was only fully visible from the back... we stood back there, admist the sea of wavering lighters during hurt, and finally screaming at the top of our lungs to head like a hole... fuckin' amazing...

i do have to say this... i find it funny that when there are people up-front on the floor in a general admission concert and they get pushed into (you know, the surge the minute the headliner comes on)... they try to push back, as if telling us to stop pushing into them... you know, i would if i could, but i'm not going to waste my energy to stop something that is going to happen regardless... if you're up front on the floor in a general admission concert, learn to get smashed, learn to love the feeling of that shirtless drunk guys sweat rubbing up against you, learn how to just ignore the pain and have a good time, learn to know that you're space is going to get invaded, learn that newton's 3rd law applies even in concerts... you are just wasting energy into trying to create your own island that'll get flooded the minute you push back...

anyways, we spent the rest of the weekened sleeping and recovering our war wounds... we finally ended up buying a digital camera (i got the one that took better pictures vs. the more stylish one)... got a great deal on the camera (saved about $120 beans) too which made it well worth it... i then spent today watching FF7 advent children which was sweet as hell... we celebrated our 1-month anniversary and then did some more R&R...

i think for the next couple of weeks, we'll just be "old" and take things a little easier :)

oh, and thanks to my monkey-like long arms, i was able to snag the setlist from the bravery's set...
happy anniversary. i love you janelle.