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What an exhausting weekend...we have soon realized that it is not a good idea to wake me up at 5am, I am moody the rest of the day, anyway, i'll start from the beginning
we left on Friday afternoon to Houston, we saw my parents and brother and went to El Palenque with them and my aunt and cousins saturday then we headed off to Dallas.
We got to the hotel and chilled out for a little while
Then we decided to drive around looking for a restaurant to eat dinner, once we finally decided on a place to eat, we thought was a steak house but ended up being some crappy loud place, i mean it wasn't bad but it wasn't very good either.
So sunday, we wake up at 8:30 and I was wide awake, we got ready and took off.
When we first got there,
Not many people there when we first got there, and we got a set list and planned our day:
No one good was playing the main stage...practically all day, so we spent most of our time at the second/third stages we found some nice shaded seats and just watched a few bands
The Ataris - 11:30
some third stage band
Finger 11 - 12:30
some third stage band, we walked around a bit. We bought some Placebo merch, we decided to get two things so we could both get wristbands for the Placebo signing, we bought the Once More With Feelings DVD and another version of Meds with Running Up That Hill, UNEEDMEMORETHANINEEDU, and Lazarus which were not on the previous release, so that was good. Each purchase came with the wristband and a poster. Then,
Say Anything - 1:30
They only played a few songs,
Alive With the Glory of Love
Belt
Woe
Every Man Has A Molly
Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too
We were sitting kind of far away, just enjoying the show and all the dumb kids crowd surfing and falling, so I was talking to these guys afterwards who were up front and they said Say Anything was kicked off stage for too many people crowd surfing...so instead of the assholes asking say anything to tell the crowd to chill out, they decide to just kick them off. These guys I was talking to, they brought it up and I was saying, I was wondering why it was so short, I was sad that they didn't play The Futile, and they were like oh yeah! then I said I was upset about not hearing Admit It too and they tried to play it off like they knew what I was talking about but really, they had no clue, so they said oh its ok, we can just go and watch some My Chemical Romance and Papa Roach, and Saoisin, and all will be well...about that time is when the conversation ended :-P. *music snob*
We watched another third stage band then it was time for Placebo. I originally wanted to stay where we were sitting on the metal stands because I knew I was going to be able to see good, so Leroy was going to go up close and take some pictures then come back to see the rest of the concert with me but I decided that was a dumb idea, I need to suck it up, so I went up with him and we were pretty damn close, it was kind of hard for me to see but I made due :-) It was a fucking amazing show..but all the 2nd/3rd stage band only got 30 minutes and that was it, I decided I have mixed feelings about that, on the good side it was a very intimate show, we were up close and there was a decent crowd, everyone who was there in the crowd was there for Placebo, as opposed to them playing the Main stage and having maybe 1/4th of the crowd paying attention to them. So that was good, but the downside was..only 30 minutes, when they ended everyone started shouting "one more song one more song" but of course, nope. the crappy third stage band started playing as soon as Placebo was over. Assholes. Its just so sad to watch the DVDs I have, like Soulmates Never Die, fucking huge crowd in Paris, everyone just dying to see them, huge venue, and then come to fucking dallas and play for a crowd of maybe 300. I just find it fascinating how they can go from that, just huge fanbases in other countries including Mexico and then then them not being nearly as big in the US.
Infra Red
Drag
Because I Want You
Song to Say Goodbye
Every You Every Me
Bitter End
Running Up That Hill
After they went on we made our way through the crowd to our seats for the main stage, we watched part of Papa Roach's performance at 3 then we went back to the 2nd/3rd stages for the signing, Placebo was set to autograph at 4:30, I'm glad we got there early, we were one of the first people in line, so we got our merch out and were so amazingly giddy, Leroy got a poster signed and I got the Meds cover signed, it was so amazing being so close to them, to be able to fucking talk to them, it was amazing :-D
We got a picture before the dumb lady told everyone no pictures
After that we went back to the seats I watched Blue October and Leroy went to get something to drink for us, by this time in the day the main stage was running about 45 minutes behind schedule, Muse and Sparta were supposed to play at the same time 5:30, so after realizing how behind the main stage was we decided to go back to the third stage and see Sparta play, well somehow, which I can't understand they were an hour behind schedule, they were doing so well, one band would end and another would go on, so I can't figure out how they got so far behind, so Leroy stayed there and I went back to the seats to see Muse, they go on and were amazing, a good amount of the crowd knew the songs so that was good, I didn't get any pictures because Leroy had the camera so just sat back and watched the show, the barricades started to break in the middle of their show, so they had to stop the show and fix them, and of course, they didn't get to make up for that time. and no Space Dementia :-( the only song they played from Origin of Symmetry was New Born, I was going to call Adam during Space Dementia because I know how much he loves that song but that didn't happen. During Muse Leroy came back from Sparta and said it wasn't that good, they didn't play Without A Sound or Lines In Sand, so I was ok with missing them.
After that we were pretty much done for the day, the sun was so fucking hot, it was right on us for pretty much the entire time we were sitting down. I had a beer which was absolutly not a good idea because I was probably dehydrated and then all my body had to run on was the alcohol which was probably the equivalent to me having 4...so I will be wiser next time. Sparta was the last band to play on the 2nd stage so after them it was just the main bands for the rest of the night, we watched AFI at 7:30 or so,
They were good, then we went to find something to eat, we wanted Pizza, so we stood in line and apparently they ran out of pizza, it was at pizza hut, in pizza hut park and they ran out..so we settled for another hot dog, it was good but somehow I managed to spill mustard all over me.
When we got back to our seats My Chemical Romance was playing, now I don't know if the sound was really bad for them or what, but it sounded awful, neither of us like them in the first place so we were pretty much bored and decided to leave, The Killers were last to play, and while I do like them, neither of us really listened to their new cd and were pretty much just apathetic about seeing them, so we figured just go now and beat the traffic. It worked out well.
and one more as we were leaving,
Like I said..the sun was on us for more than half of the day :-P
This morning Leroy woke up at 5 and was just restless, he was worrying about getting home too late, we figured it was going to be a 10 hour drive, so we decided to get up and take off, we left around 5:30 and got to Edinburg around 2:30, we got to his house and I just passed out, I so irritable and just a bitch for most of the day, and I feel so awful for that, I was just tired and very very moody.
We got a frame for our signed poster and cd cover,
When Leroy was waiting for Sparta to go on some brit guy came up to him, as it turns out it was Stef from Placebo's roadie, the guy talked to Leroy, gave him some of Stef's pics and his business card, he told Leroy that since he doesn't really know many people in the states the guestlists always have openings and to email him next time Placebo comes back to the states and he'll hook us up with tickets and backstages passes and such, so that was fucking amazing, He said that they'll be on tour with fucking My Chemical Romance and Linkin Park...which we can not figure out for the life of us why the fuck they would want to do that...I just wish they would fucking do a headlining tour, I know there are so many bands that would be more than willing to open up for them, yet they are doing this tour...they will most likely be the opening act and get no respect, it will suck, but its a concert none the less. and I think I have formed an even bigger love/infatuation/admiration for Brian Molko..he's so pretty, even in person, it was amazing :-D
I'm watching the new placebo dvd now and Stef is telling a story about how when they met the Smashing Pumpkins, he was saying they were talking and he decided to ask Billy "has your song writing changed since you shaved your head?" then Billy just stood up and walked away, hah poor guys..so if you've ever wondered why Placebo has never played with the pumpkins you now know :-P
There are so many funny stories theyre telling..i love it.
I'm so damn tired...I was debating on whether or not to go to english class tomorrow, I think I am, just to see whats going on, there is a 12 page paper due in like 10 days and I barely have the introduction done...so I think I need to go to class, but there is no history so I'm not going to go to philosophy, I'll get the notes from my friend and I'll be all set. Besides, my check came in and I get $500 to go shopping with...so I think I will do just that tomorrow. Well, deposit the check at least.
So sorry for the long post! and thanks if anyone got this far :-D