So what if its been a week?
So updates on my end have been scarce, but thats ok, because I have a
huge one for ya, full of excitement and adventure. It all started
I had been planning to go to two amazing concerts that weekend for about a month. Well, it turns out at the last minute that Logan decides he is coming to the first one friday night which threw things out of whack. Originally planning for my mom to take me home and the Hartsells to drive all of us to the show in DC, we now had to make new plans as their van would not be big enough to fit all of us. So we decided to take the metro. This turned out to be a great idea except that it was raining quite a bit. One of the best parts of the trip was that our metro stop came out at a Safeway in the middle of DC. I don't know about you, but I've never actually seen a grocery store in DC. Lets just say we had a good time finding ridiculous merchandise in there.
Basically its safe to say the Safeway cereal box art is by far the best I have ever seen.
After a good 15-20 minutes of hanging out in Safeway, Logan's parents finally showed up to take us to the show. This adventure created such memorable moments as "Can someone call someone who has internet access to get us directions to the place?" ~Logan's Mom We finally found it after seeing a crowd of people outside wearing checkerboard everything. Basically the first show was dissapointing. It wasn't the show itself, merely the crowd. They were completely retarded. The one thing I love about ska shows is that people actually dance and have a good time instead of just running themselves head on into other people, or "moshing." But sadly, the atmosphere was ruined as I was near the front for Streetlight, but kept constantly getting pushed in every direction, to the point where I would be standing at a 45 degree angle. So to enjoy the show I had to move to the side, where I could listen and just watch the stupid people fall over.
Lineup
- Me Against the Machines
- Some other pretty good ska band
- Whole Wheat Bread (possibly the most amazing performance I have ever seen) A quote from their site..."People joke about us looking like NWA but sounding like Green Day"
- The almighty Streelight Manifesto
Whole Wheat Bread
Streetlight horn section
The next day was spent being sore and spending some time with my Grandma, who was in town for a few weeks. Then night came and it was time for the next show. Onwards to Towson!
This show topped the previous easily. The atmosphere was amazing, everyone was dancing and having fun. It was kind of surprising though that the Pietasters in my opinion did not put on the best performance. Yeah it was their music, but the quality didn't come close to that of the Players, which I found amazing. Close to a 10 person band, they were mostly instrumental and a lot more chill, almost reggae style.
The Players
The Pietasters
Zach approves of a night well spent, illustrated by his lack to make any expression after skanking for 3 hours
Overall I'd say it was an amazing weekend, and of course it was nice to see the family, and also to get some real food. Thats the only important stuff that happened in that past week, other than the fact that Logan and I watched Ong Bak the other night and it was simply astonishing. I've never seen someone use bo's and knees so effectively in combat. Oh yeah, my computer also tried to commit suicide, but being the genius I am, I got that situation under control. Until next time friends, take it easy.
I had been planning to go to two amazing concerts that weekend for about a month. Well, it turns out at the last minute that Logan decides he is coming to the first one friday night which threw things out of whack. Originally planning for my mom to take me home and the Hartsells to drive all of us to the show in DC, we now had to make new plans as their van would not be big enough to fit all of us. So we decided to take the metro. This turned out to be a great idea except that it was raining quite a bit. One of the best parts of the trip was that our metro stop came out at a Safeway in the middle of DC. I don't know about you, but I've never actually seen a grocery store in DC. Lets just say we had a good time finding ridiculous merchandise in there.
Basically its safe to say the Safeway cereal box art is by far the best I have ever seen.
After a good 15-20 minutes of hanging out in Safeway, Logan's parents finally showed up to take us to the show. This adventure created such memorable moments as "Can someone call someone who has internet access to get us directions to the place?" ~Logan's Mom We finally found it after seeing a crowd of people outside wearing checkerboard everything. Basically the first show was dissapointing. It wasn't the show itself, merely the crowd. They were completely retarded. The one thing I love about ska shows is that people actually dance and have a good time instead of just running themselves head on into other people, or "moshing." But sadly, the atmosphere was ruined as I was near the front for Streetlight, but kept constantly getting pushed in every direction, to the point where I would be standing at a 45 degree angle. So to enjoy the show I had to move to the side, where I could listen and just watch the stupid people fall over.
Lineup
- Me Against the Machines
- Some other pretty good ska band
- Whole Wheat Bread (possibly the most amazing performance I have ever seen) A quote from their site..."People joke about us looking like NWA but sounding like Green Day"
- The almighty Streelight Manifesto
Whole Wheat Bread
Streetlight horn section
The next day was spent being sore and spending some time with my Grandma, who was in town for a few weeks. Then night came and it was time for the next show. Onwards to Towson!
This show topped the previous easily. The atmosphere was amazing, everyone was dancing and having fun. It was kind of surprising though that the Pietasters in my opinion did not put on the best performance. Yeah it was their music, but the quality didn't come close to that of the Players, which I found amazing. Close to a 10 person band, they were mostly instrumental and a lot more chill, almost reggae style.
The Players
The Pietasters
Zach approves of a night well spent, illustrated by his lack to make any expression after skanking for 3 hours
Overall I'd say it was an amazing weekend, and of course it was nice to see the family, and also to get some real food. Thats the only important stuff that happened in that past week, other than the fact that Logan and I watched Ong Bak the other night and it was simply astonishing. I've never seen someone use bo's and knees so effectively in combat. Oh yeah, my computer also tried to commit suicide, but being the genius I am, I got that situation under control. Until next time friends, take it easy.