tbr, copyrights, and chinese telephones played here last night, i am still AMPED from the show!
first time at reggie's, and i thought it was a great venue. in a little bit of a shady part of town. only three blocks walk from the chinatown redline stop, but i rather thought they were a rough three blocks. busch tall cans were available at a reasonable price, so points plus for that. lots of space and a balcony area and the sound was phenomenal.
i was surprised that stage diving/crowd surfing was allowed there. especially since during tbr one little guy was dropped and passed out cold and taken away in an ambulance. although the bouncer at one point did come up on stage with a bullhorn and announce that throwing beer cans was not allowed. whoops!! i threw the first can. jess threw one, too, and pat got blamed and kicked out!
friends from st. louis and from carbondale were in attendance, and seeing them and talking and hanging out was a lot of fun.
i arrived during the first band and didn't really pay attention. i bought a drink and started looking for people i knew. saw wipfler standing a head over everyone else.
i was a little disappointed with the chinese telephones set. they played second, and i heard a lot of mistakes. they just seemed to be off.
the copyrights played third and delivered a solid set. little carl and i did a lot of heckling in the front and sang along to all the songs. lots of dancing. the songs sounded really good...i am very much looking forward to purchasing the new cd.
tbr played last. holy chicago! that set was probably the best set i have seen in a long time by anyone!! the crowd went absolutely nuts!! i was at the back edge of the pit singing and dancing with a boy in a red shirt. we had a nice time. the sound guy did an amazing job, and the vocals sounded so powerful but not overmodulated. the energy was high, the songs were solid, the setlist was a good mix of older stuff from total and of course the new material.
i'm glad i purchased the new cd before so i knew all the words. i can't decide what my favorite track is...nuthouse, pacemaker, on my own, social life, totally stupid. they are all great songs for different reasons. i really like kody's vocals on welcome to the nuthouse, and i like the lyrics to pacemaker and on my own. totally stupid is just a fun party song.
after the show, i went to the attached bar to continue socializing with stl/cdale. we had a few more beers and lots of peanuts.
after last call, i ended up driving back to my house with wipfler, kim, and jess, but not before we got ambushed by bums on the street. the best one was the midgit dave calls "orpheus", who was carrying around a spiral notebook and was referring to dave as "too tall." he had a funny personality and no front teeth.
a second bum followed us into the pizza parlor. he kept talking about gangbangin' and dave gave him 50 cents and old boy was like, "how about $5?"
there was also a creepy woman in a yellow hoodie that was stalking pat at the show and then the bar. as we were all trying to pile into the car to leave and snow is falling everywhere and i didn't know where the wipers or lights were on kim's car, old girl comes out of nowhere and is standing outside the car peering into the driver's side window. dave finally folded himself into the backseat and we got the fuck back to the northside.
i passed out once i got home, but the others stayed up for a bit and watched beavis and butthead vhs tapes i had purchased from timelife video a long time ago.
i was a little hungover when i woke up this morning, which surprised me b/c i had five beers, spaced out over five hours, and i had stopped over two hours before i went to sleep. jess, kim, dave, and i went to eat at clark's this morning before they headed back home. jess picked up my meal as thanks for the hospitality.
the evening was a lot of fun, and i am still excited about the music that i saw performed. even tbr said up on stage that that was probably the best show they played.
i am smiling.
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