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We got down to Milwaukee & parked where we normally park, @ T-Bell. Well we were warned that our cars would be ticketed (This has never happened before.). We decided to pay the $20 ticket if it came until someone spotted that it would actually be a $40 ticket per car. Chris & J decided to park else where. After parking we made our way into The Rave, checked out the merch table, & then moseyed our way into the bar.
There were 2 groups of us. Rory, Chris, Derek, & Cole hung back in the crowd & Jaren, Eric, Elaina & I were about 5 rows from the front. The concert started with Veda & featured this nasty ass lead singer. The band was good, her voice nearly made my ears bleed. It was not pretty. The whole time they were on stage this guy kept on screaming, “Your hot! Your Hot!” Not quite. Let me break this down. There are car wrecks, there are train wrecks, & then there’s the reason they banned bullet trains, carnage the imagination cannot fathom. This chick was the last option. Lets be serious here, it is slim freaking pickings at rock shows. There are a ton of fat chicks, a ton of nasty chicks, even more goth chicks (Mostly crossbred with nasty too), & there are the couple sluts that are inevitably with a boyfriend that could crush your skull with his bare hands. This show featured everything but the couple hot slutty chicks. Pretty much guys at rocks shows are the guys that give chicks the pulse test before dating. They are the guys prostitutes make a killing off of. They simply will date any woman with a pulse. Hey guys, maybe if you, I don’t know, wore something other than black & didn't whined about your pathetic excuse for a life, getting a chick might not be a problem. These guys are as bad as 'washed up high school wrestler' that shoved these guys in gym lockers after gym class.
Wow, I got off the subject there.
The mood soon changed as mewithoutYou hit the stage (That is not misspelled.) These guys were fucking nuts. If you are ever interested in what your band would sound like laced out on LSD & heroin, check these guys out. The lead singer half rapped & half talked while freaking out on stage. I mean he freaked the fuck out. The 1st song he pulled out a fucking pot to keep beat on, the next an accordion, & so on & so on. He told us numerous times to “never lose hope” & to “find a higher power.” It was way funny. When not being goofy, he would simply bust a move or just sit behind the rest of the band. The drummer looked like he was going to vomit the whole how. I almost felt bad for him. His facial expression teetered between constipation, orgasm, & about to boot the whole show. Between the lead singer & drummer, they must have left the stage 5-10 times during a half hour set, simply walked off stage. The band somehow was able to keep the crowd behind them & the momentum up. Jaren & I exchanged dumbfounded looks numerous times during the set.
Finally dredg hit the stage! By this time we were set to move up. They opened with Ode To The Sun & it perfectly set the mood for the whole show. Outside of a couple tech difficulties, dredg rocked. I love these guys. By the end of the show, J, Eric & I were about a foot off the stage. They closed with Yatahaze (my favorite rock song) & I got to shake hands with the lead singer Gavon. The end of the show was pretty unique. Slowly the band disassembled leaving the drummer, Dino, alone. Then the stage crew began taking his drum set away one piece at a time leaving him eventually with 1 drum & his keyboard. Soon the keyboard was the only thing left as he played & tapped a mean beat. When that was taken away he just got up & walked off stage.
We waited around after the show & I snagged the song playlist the drummer uses. I think it is a cool piece of memorabilia.
The ride home featured some fun. J’s ride took 43 back home & Chris took 41. not a ig deal at all as both take about the same amount of time. Well, when you are in Chris’ car, it is a crap shoot. The car decided to shit out 40 miles south of
Awesome trip, just kind of expensive fro one of us. I think the Indy Blog is next.
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El Cielo
by dredg
"It Only Took a Day"
