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i know i'm overusing this phrase to the point where it's starting to lose all meaning, but, c'mon! best weekend ever! black rebel motorcycle club rocked my fucking world so hard that it actually hurt to sit down afterwards. that was such an amazing show, with vue opening for them. i had heard lots of good things about vue and was really excited to see what all the fuss was about...they are definitely something to behold. they've got the look, they've got the tunes and they've got the live act. man, did they put on a performance. b.r.m.c and vue practically oozed rock n' roll sweat from the stage. vue's singer has the most amazing head of hair...he just looks so fucking cool. and it was so refreshing to see a singer who actually gets into his performance. he was so into the music, twisting his body and flailing his arms and bouncing all over. so cool. vue's guitarist also plays a mean harmonica (ever notice how there isn't enough harmonica in rock these days?)...i've never seen anyone get so much mileage out of such a small instrument. vue's set got me totally primed and ready for b.r.m.c. and they didn't disappoint. i thought they played an amazing set...but i seemed to have been the only one in our group that thought so. maybe they just weren't as familiar with the music as i was. they played all the songs i wanted to hear, and the new ones they played were really good, too. it'd been a really long time since i rocked out so thoroughly...i even fell backwards into a bunch of people at one point (just my youthful exuberance getting the best of me, again.) man, the strokes ain't got nothing on b.r.m.c. i don't think any other band can play a song called 'whatever happened to my rock n' roll' with such conviction and believability. if i was going to start a rock n' roll version of pop-stars, i'd model them after vue and b.r.m.c. as much as a pop fan as i am, sometimes you need something hard and jagged and not polished to a glossy shine. sometimes you want/need to scream at the top of your lungs and jump up and down and dance around like a moron. yeah, good times. and yesterday was christmas shopping day. i got up early to beat the crowds and i was lucky i did. if this is a recessionary year, i'd hate to see the malls when everyone has tons of money to spend. i started the day with the noblest of intentions, but i kept losing my focus and buying gifts for me instead of the people on my list. fortunately, i summoned some will-power and by the end of the day, i was only left with 3 or 4 more people to buy for. but i already know what i'm getting them, so it's just a matter of going to get it. i am broker than broke right now...it looks like a week of white rice for me. no time to relax, it's back to work. oh, and *this* weekend is going to be the weekend to end all weekends. if i can remember anything that happens after thursday night, i'll be disappointed. heh. |
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excited.
bouncy.