The New Adventures of...
Thrilling tales of mild discomfort and general complacence
Monday, March 12, 2007
Music: The Mighty Stef - I Love You ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I really really really want to talk about the concert this past saturday, but right now the alarm in the office has been going off for no reason for the last hour and ten minutes. I've called the landlord several times to try and get in touch with the alarm company so they can shut it off, but he's just not answering. Bad day at work overall since I'm here by myself until 5 and have no voice with which to answer the phones....
Okay....Okay....Bitching out of my system....GOD this beeping is going to make me sick.
So yeah. The Flogging Molly concert: Fucking Rocked.
Getting to Starland early was a great idea. Having a fleet of barstools to choose from totally made the evening nicer. Admittedly it was cold as polar bear's balls, but we were still better off than the suckers who showed up late in fuckin' miniskirts. I swear, girls can be such morons. Sorry, sweetie, those little fishnet leggings you're wearing just aren't going to block out the 22 degree windchill.
The opening act was one man with a guitar: The Mighty Stef. Let's think about this: It's Starland. A Flogging Molly show. The other bands on the ticket are Swedish Punks and a band that sounds exactly like the Dropkick Murphys...And here's this guy with an acoustic guitar all by himself on stage. I was worried for him. But you gotta love Jersey crowds. He got a really good reaction. I enjoyed the hell out of his set and concert manner (as Danny said "Guy's got stones being up there just himself with this crowd.), so I picked up the CD. It's a great CD but it unfortunately doesn't have my favorite of the songs he sang at the concert. Nonetheless a good start.
Second act was a Swedish Punk band with a mediocre command of the English language but more than enough enthusiasm to make up for it. The pit went nuts during these guys. I stood on my stool to look for Box and instead saw some blond, skater looking kid get his shit fucked up. It's was cool.
Third opener was a band called Street Dogs. I was a little meh on the fact that they sounded just like Dropkick Murphys until I found out that the lead singer *was* in Dropkick. That's okay then. They put on a good show, but the crowd was ready for Flogging Molly. During their set I went to use the loo (3 Jack and Cokes later and even show bathrooms sound like a good idea). Points to Starland for their relatively clean facilities, but on the way through the crowd, my favorite pink and black hoodie fell off my waist. I was sad, but moved on.
Flogging Molly are amazing in concert. There's no other way to put it. The crowd gets so in to it and it really feels like they enjoy playing their songs. Jumping Dancing Singing, the pit was going nuts...it was really great energy. I have no regrets about losing my voice (which still hasn't come back yet, by the way). They played all the songs that I wanted so much to hear in concert. All of my favorites got hit. They played Another Bag of Bricks which I was convinced they wouldn't. I don't know why but it didn't seem like a live song. I was wrong. They rocked it. First song they played. I could literally go on and on about how much fun I had during their set and at the show as a whole, but I'd like to keep this a readable length.
End of the show, things cleared out pretty quick. I was a bit...worse for wear...by this point, but I was certain sober enough to recognize one of my good friends from college, Michelle, in the crowd. Somehow she noticed me too and we said our hellos and goodbyes. It was really cool seeing such a good friend by such coincidence.
I honestly don't remember the ride back. I fell asleep in the back seat. Apparently we were pulled over and evern that didn't wake me up. Youch. Then when we got to the Roxbury Diner it was pretty clear that I was in no condition to drive home. I crashed at Ant's and after a very long night I slumped my way home again at 8 am.
My parents weren't mad at all. They'd figured I'd stayed at Ant's and to quote both of them, they'd shown up back at home looking worse then I did at that age (although I did look like I'd slept under a bus and was wearing someone else's clothes at the time) and said looked like I'd had a good time. My parents can be pretty cool.
Slept the rest of the day and missed a party for it. It was for the best, guys, really it was. The cold I'd been fighting off is now back in full force but it's clearing up again. And I think I'll have my voice back by tomorrow or Wednesday at the latest. Good times guys, good times.
....And now the landlord has turned off the alarm. I feel better already.
This transmission logged byErisSaid on 10:31 AM
[web-design by may]
|
Links |
A Plague of Lists |
:// BLOGS I READ
:// SOMTHING IMPORTANT TO ME
Legalize the Irish.org
It's important to realize that people from South America aren't the only ones who suffer from misguided immigration policies
HSUS MySpace Page | Stop Puppy Mills Website
:// ANGER IS HEALTHY
:// WEBCOMICS ARE FUN
Ctrl+Alt+Del
Diesel Sweeties
8-bit Theater
VG Cats
PvP
Penny Arcade
Theater Hopper
Filibuster
The Adventures of Doctor McNinja
Something Positive
Questionable Content
Scary Go Round
Overcompensating
White Ninja
MegaTokyo
Van Von Hunter
Count Your Sheep
Mac Hall
Sluggy Freelance
Patches
:// THINGS THAT ARE FUN
"Hey, Stupid! I brought you this stuff!"
The End of the World
You Knit What??
The Onion
OMG PUPPIES!!1
:// MUSIC IS HAPPY AS WELL
Reel Big Fish
Bis
Garbage
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Dropkick Murphys
The Foo Fighters
Jimmy Eat World
Cake
Forces of Evil
Shonen Knife
Weezer
Littlest Man Band
Tenacious D
:// BACK ISSUES
08/01/2003 - 09/01/200309/01/2003 - 10/01/200310/01/2003 - 11/01/200311/01/2003 - 12/01/200312/01/2003 - 01/01/200401/01/2004 - 02/01/200402/01/2004 - 03/01/200403/01/2004 - 04/01/200404/01/2004 - 05/01/200405/01/2004 - 06/01/200406/01/2004 - 07/01/200407/01/2004 - 08/01/200408/01/2004 - 09/01/200409/01/2004 - 10/01/200410/01/2004 - 11/01/200411/01/2004 - 12/01/200406/01/2006 - 07/01/200607/01/2006 - 08/01/200608/01/2006 - 09/01/200609/01/2006 - 10/01/200610/01/2006 - 11/01/200611/01/2006 - 12/01/200612/01/2006 - 01/01/200701/01/2007 - 02/01/200702/01/2007 - 03/01/200703/01/2007 - 04/01/200704/01/2007 - 05/01/200705/01/2007 - 06/01/200706/01/2007 - 07/01/200707/01/2007 - 08/01/200708/01/2007 - 09/01/200709/01/2007 - 10/01/200710/01/2007 - 11/01/200711/01/2007 - 12/01/200712/01/2007 - 01/01/200807/01/2008 - 08/01/2008
:// BLOGRINGS
<
?
NJ Bloggers
#
>
«
?
gamer logs
#
»
|
Current Events |
Video Game: World of Warcraft
Knitting Projects: Toy, bag thingy that I'm coming up with on my own
Book List:
Europe Central - William T. Vollmann
Not Quite Dead Enough - Rex Stout
Haroun and the Sea of Stories - Salman Rushdie
Wild Ginger - Anchee Min
The Fuck Up- Arthur Nersesian
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
Paddy Clarke Ha, Ha, Ha - Roddy Doyle
A Star Called Henry - Roddy Doyle
Oh, Play That Thing - Roddy Doyle
The Barrytown Trilogy - Roddy Doyle
The Woman Who Walked In To Doors - Roddy Doyle
Ada, or Ardor - Vladimir Nabokov
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
Stupid and Contagious - Caprice Crane
Sex, Drugs, and CocoaPuffs - Chuck Klosterman
The Slaughter-House Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
The Club Dumas - Arturo Perez-Reverte
Ulysses - James Joyce (Damn right, I'm gonna try it!)
Big Project: Maintaining sanity waiting for the last law school responses to come in.
Goal of the week: Make it to the gym at least twice
The Ever Changing Favorites |
Color: Green
Video Game: Shadow Hearts: Covenant
Smell: Cake batter
Animal: Penguin
Type of Chocolate: Dark chocolate vanilla cremes
Movie: Amelie, Shaun of the Dead
Flower: White roses
TV Show: The various Law & Order shows, but especially SVU. And the first Season of Lost
Drink: Tea
Wall Decoration: Black and white view of NYC from the Empire State Building
Sport: Not a rabid fan of anything, but I enjoy watching Hockey and soccer is fun too
City: London, Paris, Santiago de Compostella
Quote: "Imagination abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters: united with her, she is the mother of the arts and the source of their wonders." ~ Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
|
| | |