Las Vegas
Thomas and Mack Pavillion
thursday october 6th 2005
ALL I REALLY BELIEVE IN IS YOU...
we were sitting around in our hotel room, grateful to finally have a few minutes to spare between car and show and, because theres obviously nothing else to do in las vegas, dorian was using that time to look at the green day website. lame, yes. but useful. we found out that the network was opening. so we went down to the theater way way way early.
and... the best part was... that the jailer, my very protective and tenacious d, let us get right up front.
the network was fucking rad.
they played almost all of the songs off of money money 2020 and a couple of songs that i have mysteriously never heard before. they played roshambo which is my favorite song at the moment. billie joe or, should i say, fink, did spike, and it was so fucking rad. its basically just him doing a monologue with a chorous of mike, or van gough, chanting "heroin".
it was a total awesome surprise. like finding 20 bucks in the pocket of a pair of jeans that suddenly fit again because you lost ten pounds without even trying.
i thought i would never get to see them play.
especially beacuse they arent really an actual band.
and speaking of that, aparantly it is a well kept secret.
only a few other kids there seemed to know anything about them and most of the people on the floor with us were standing around wondering who the hell the freaks in costumes were.
... which was the best.
finally, it was like they were my dirty little secret again. me and d screamed along with the band and we were the only ones.
but, even in that shiny leather suit and with a sock over his head... theres no mistaking billie joe armstrong.
those kids are all suckers. someday they will find out what they missed and they will feel like jackasses. and i will feel satisfied knowing they feel like jackasses.
why am i so competitive? maybe im not taking enough folic acid.
we had to move back a little for jimmy eat world. they were good. they havent changed much in the last five years. but its nice to know that a bunch of kids from mesa can escape. im not a huge fan of futures. i like futures, the song. i like pain, polaris and a couple of others. but overall its not their jaunty best. i long to hear something from clarity. wheres lucky denver mint? sadly, it was not to come. but, when they play in the middle everyone goes nuts and you have to like that.
when green day started we were so close. ive never been that close. i was less than ten feet away from billie joe. i could see how much eyeliner he had on. i probably got sprayed with a little bit of his sweat. mmm... sweat.
i made it through the first three songs up front and screaming, and then i found out what the limit is for a lady whose 5 months pregnant and whose been to three rock concerts in three days...
i got really dizzy. i got really hot and i couldnt breathe.
dorian had to drag me out of the crowd and we spent the rest of the show at the back of the floor trying not to faint. i never really got my breath back. as bad as i wanted to get back into the frackus i couldnt stop seeing stars. and not the pyrotechnic stars one is supposed to see... the ones that mean your brain is slowly dying. so we spent the rest of the show in the back.
but we stayed. we stayed until the end.
k.
i dont believe in the solar eclipse
i dont believe in valentines
i dont believe i asked opinions
i dont believe i stretched the truth
i am not looking for a bargain
all i really believe in is you...
thursday october 6th 2005
ALL I REALLY BELIEVE IN IS YOU...
we were sitting around in our hotel room, grateful to finally have a few minutes to spare between car and show and, because theres obviously nothing else to do in las vegas, dorian was using that time to look at the green day website. lame, yes. but useful. we found out that the network was opening. so we went down to the theater way way way early.
and... the best part was... that the jailer, my very protective and tenacious d, let us get right up front.
the network was fucking rad.
they played almost all of the songs off of money money 2020 and a couple of songs that i have mysteriously never heard before. they played roshambo which is my favorite song at the moment. billie joe or, should i say, fink, did spike, and it was so fucking rad. its basically just him doing a monologue with a chorous of mike, or van gough, chanting "heroin".
it was a total awesome surprise. like finding 20 bucks in the pocket of a pair of jeans that suddenly fit again because you lost ten pounds without even trying.
i thought i would never get to see them play.
especially beacuse they arent really an actual band.
and speaking of that, aparantly it is a well kept secret.
only a few other kids there seemed to know anything about them and most of the people on the floor with us were standing around wondering who the hell the freaks in costumes were.
... which was the best.
finally, it was like they were my dirty little secret again. me and d screamed along with the band and we were the only ones.
but, even in that shiny leather suit and with a sock over his head... theres no mistaking billie joe armstrong.
those kids are all suckers. someday they will find out what they missed and they will feel like jackasses. and i will feel satisfied knowing they feel like jackasses.
why am i so competitive? maybe im not taking enough folic acid.
we had to move back a little for jimmy eat world. they were good. they havent changed much in the last five years. but its nice to know that a bunch of kids from mesa can escape. im not a huge fan of futures. i like futures, the song. i like pain, polaris and a couple of others. but overall its not their jaunty best. i long to hear something from clarity. wheres lucky denver mint? sadly, it was not to come. but, when they play in the middle everyone goes nuts and you have to like that.
when green day started we were so close. ive never been that close. i was less than ten feet away from billie joe. i could see how much eyeliner he had on. i probably got sprayed with a little bit of his sweat. mmm... sweat.
i made it through the first three songs up front and screaming, and then i found out what the limit is for a lady whose 5 months pregnant and whose been to three rock concerts in three days...
i got really dizzy. i got really hot and i couldnt breathe.
dorian had to drag me out of the crowd and we spent the rest of the show at the back of the floor trying not to faint. i never really got my breath back. as bad as i wanted to get back into the frackus i couldnt stop seeing stars. and not the pyrotechnic stars one is supposed to see... the ones that mean your brain is slowly dying. so we spent the rest of the show in the back.
but we stayed. we stayed until the end.
k.
i dont believe in the solar eclipse
i dont believe in valentines
i dont believe i asked opinions
i dont believe i stretched the truth
i am not looking for a bargain
all i really believe in is you...
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