These Are the Days

Easter Sunday, a day for rock! The 3 Amigos rolled down to Milwaukee to catch Breaking Benjamin at the Rave. Our trip starting on an interesting note. PSA for all my readers, Easter is for coloring eggs, not for wearing shirts that resemble the eggs. Anyway…The right front brake rotor on my car is shot & screeched every time we made a stop. That became rather hilarious. Every time we rolled up next to someone, we got the WTF look.

Take my hand, we'll be off and then,
We'll come back again
To a different land, now I like this way, you can go away,
If you guess the name you cannot replace
-Breaking Benjamin-

Usually the ride to wherever we are going is the most eventful part of the entire trip. We had one notable event. I’ll be real, I have very few incidents on the road anymore, I used to look for them. We were rolling through Kiel & the road is wide enough for 2 lanes. I decided I would slide to the inside & pass. Mind you I am going 30 in a 25. Dude rolls down to block WTF? Chris & I were a little dumbfounded. I was content to sit there & let old man drive like an old man, but then dude pulls my least favorite trick. He is going 25 & hits his brakes. I wasn’t following very close but this is one of those things that gets under my skin. The oncoming lane was clear so I hammered the gas & drove by. What happens next? The dude speeds up & tailgates my ass. Here’s the deal, if you are going to drive like an asshole, flip people off, don’t use your car as a weapon. We let bygones be bygones & had a decent laugh.

Hello lonely
Now that you're gone I can move on
Goodbye sweet thing
Just know that I've been here all along
So why're you sad?
Don't you know that
It's you who holds my dreams and seems to always come back?
How do I live without you?
How could you walk away from this, just walk away from this again?
-Theory of a Deadman-

Chris has some fucking Jedi sense or something when it comes to finding the rave. I am not sure how it happens but we take a different way there every time, but get there. He is the fucking man. We roll into the Rave & decide to find the t-shirt table. I decided to lose my rock shirt virginity & made my assault. I picked up a Breaking Benjamin T & now feel as though I can chill with J. He starts wearing Lucky Jeans, I start wearing rock shirts. Who would have ever thought?

I missed the last song
I blame myself for just standing there
I miss the love, I miss the holidays
I miss my best friend, cheap cigars,
stupid kids & movie stars
-Theory of a Deadman-

The Exies began playing just as we were coming downstairs. I love their song Ugly & the show was pretty decent. As Chris pointed out, the lead singer sounded a lot like Curt Cobain. It was creepy at times. Good show.

'Cause since you've been gone
I've been begging you please
To tell me you're not alright
& you needed to come home
Since you've been gone
To tell me you're not okay
& you needed me all along
Since you've been gone
I need to hear from you

Since you've been gone
-Theory of a Deadman-

Theory of a Deadman played next. I thought they were damn good. J Hated them. I was a little disappointed that they didn’t play any of their acoustic stuff from their new album, mainly Hello Lonely & Since You've Been Gone. That didn’t dampen the mood too much as a discovered a few good songs from their 1^st album I had not really gotten into. Most notably of these was The Last Song. These guys sound exactly like Nickelback, exactly. Has I been Helen Keller, I would have 100% thought it was Chad Kroger. Anyway, their lead singer loved tossing picks into the crowd. By the end of the 1^st song he had a good 10 in the crowd. ½ way through the show, I was unsure whether he would have enough to finish the show. In was incredible. He looked like a bulimic chick trying to get rid of the food in her stomach. Simply amazing. FYI: The guitarist for Theory looks exactly like Carrie’s husband Dan, exactly. Good Show.

They've come to get me again
The cloud is over my head
My polyamorus friend
you got me in a mess of trouble again
So ...
Just when you think that you're alright
I'm crawling out from the inside
I never hurt anyone
I never listen at all
-Breaking Benjamin-

It took forever to set up the Breaking Benjamin show. It was well worth the wait, well worth it. This show was off the hook, absolutely off the hook. Polyamorous was just awesome, the closed with So Cold. The encore included Rain (Lead singer played alone only to have the band come out & rip up the last verse, fucking awesome.) & Shallow Bay. The crowd was absolutely jacked for the whole show. It was awesome. This has to be the best rock show I have seen in a few years. As good as Chevelle was, these guys were twice as good. These guys are now on my short list of band I would see again with Tantric & dredg.

You're like an infantile
I knew it all the while
You sit and try to play me
Just like you see on tv
I am an oversight
Just like a parasite
Why am I so pathetic
I know you won't forget it
Sooner or later your gonna hate it
Go ahead and throw your life away
Driving me under, leaving me out there
Go ahead and throw your life away
-Breaking Benjamin-

No detours on the way home, at least none we couldn’t fix. J drops the best line he has dropped in forever. We are giving advice to Chris on a woman situation. We are both of the opinion that he should just have sex with her, as this is obviously her goal. J drops, “What is the the worst that could happen? :pause: Well I suppose you could get her pregnant.” Hilarity ensued.

CYA when I CYA, peace!

Posted by D. Schwa on Monday, March 28, 2005 at 1:28 PM | Permalink