:: The 451 Family ::

:: Saturday, April 13, 2002 ::

Last Night:
Van and I exited Fredericksburg at about 7 and headed to *undisclosed location* to do some stalking which was semi successful, one day it will turn into the best day of my life. Anyway, we got to the Black Cat at roughly 8:30 to find out that the show was sold out, SOLD OUT? WTF...Since I had already boughten a ticket we decided just to wait and either Vanessa would hang out in the bar aread and flirt her way up or we'd sneak her in. At 9:30 they started letting people in and once I got my hand stamped I grabbed Van's hand and got some ink on her. And you know, as I think back about it, we were lucky we got it on your RIGHT hand bc that's the one they make sure to stamp, wow-we rule. I went up first to the show and Vanessa hung out with a friend she saw there and I think was lucky enough to find a ticket stub to insure her way in. I of course had headed right to the front of the pack but unfortunately couldn't get next to the stage-erg *streak broken*. That's when I saw Vanessa and I was really excited bc I didn't want her to have a bad time and not be able to get in. Ok....so the show..
The Detachment Kit sounded a lot like Thursday, they had that screamo sound but their songs were more rock sounding? I dunno. They were good and that's all that matters. The bass player was an animal and would dance up on his toes and scream at various times, not even in the microphoe, he just screamed, haha. This is the point in the nite where I learned my camera battery was dead....and then realized that when in Manual Focus mode it doesn't require as much battery juice, YES! So, I took tons of pics but we'll see if any are in focus. If not I will call them artsy.
Thursday was awesome, and rough. The crowd started pushing forward while they were setting up, ugh. Especially these two obnoxious guys behind us. Their first song was "Understanding In A Car Crash" and it was SO rough because that's the song everyone knows and all of the teeny boppers went crazy pushing and stuff. We stuck it out in the crappy moshing for a few songs but then got pushed out. I ended up staying my the speaker with a ghetto ear plaug made out of a napkin to protect my eardrum and Van went over by a pole and talked to the guy she knows. Their set was great though and I knew every song, even the ones from the first album. *so good*
Sparta was my surprise for the evening. I was really tired and my whole body hurt but I love At The Drive-In so I figured I'd like them. But whoa.....SO GOOD! The guys voice was awesome, it was always right on pitch and he had this great ability to scream-sing which I just love! And when the backup guy would sing it sounded realllllly good. I am tempted to go see them tonite in Philly but since it's probably sold out AND tonite is Mousetrap I think I will have to pass. *ack*
We did get to talk to a few of the members afterwards but there was different atmosphere than most of the shows that Anna and I go to. I think it was the age of the crowd. Thursday has their big MTV hit now so they are less likely to come talk to people which really sucks. I really wanted to talk to the singer of Sparta but he definitely disapeared, the guitar/keyboard player was super nice though. I bought the Sparta EP and got some stickers:) All in all a very successful nite.
We also managed to go by Pat's party for a few minutes. It was about 2AM so just Buck, Nick, Jenn and Pat were there. We just chatted for a bit then headed home bc I think everyone was exhausted. And some of us have recitals today...Oh yeah...
TODAY IS MY SENIOR RECITAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
XXOO,
Scarlet *better than Benny Goodman* Rose

:: Miss Scarlet 1:23 PM [+] ::
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