"You know what makes you smart? Eating healthy food."
Tonight provided the culmination of my October concert-spree. The Decemberists performed at the Wiltern LG. Lavender Diamond was the opening band. They probably weren't the worst opening band i have ever heard, but definitely the opening band that understood their role the least. Lavender's lead singer came out high on 'shrooms or some other illegal substance and immediately thought the audience was her friend. Her voice was airy, a little high pitched, and had an irish/minnesotan accent. Weird combination i know, but it's the truth
"LA is great. We love you all. But what we love more is world peace. And we love you because you love peace. You are all great people. And well-dressed, but i can't see you."
Is this happening? Is she really not singing yet? Does she think we care?
Yes. Yes. And yes. Oh no, she started singing. Please start talking again. At least that was funny. Finally.
"Thank you all very much. I love LA because you are all such smart people."
Wow. Men in Black, go look up the quote. end of story.
"Why are you smart? Is it because you go to school and eat healthy food? i think its probably the healthy food. Why are you all laughing? Are you prehistoric or something? Wait...that didn't make sense."
Okay now this is all just a big joke, and thankfully even the Decemberists realized that and poker fun at her during their performance, calling us all smart and well-dressed, oh people.
On the way back from the concert, Anson and i were quite parched due to the body heat of 3000 people rising towards the balcony where we were sitting. Slurpees at Seven Eleven sounded just right. I hadn't had a slurpee in quite sometime. Anson was afraid we might get shot in the 7-11 parking lot.
"People always get shot in the parking lots of sketchy LA convenience stores."
"Anson, if i go out with a 40 oz cherry Coke slurpee in my hand, then so be it. But before the guy shoots me i want him to say, 'Big gulps eh? Welp, see ya later' **BANG**"
We made it back to campus with slurpees and overpriced concert merchandise in hand.
posted by Pureblood Prince @ 1:34 AM
6 Comments:
Sounds like something else was rising from those 3000 people...and it gave you the munchies.
How many different instruments did the different band members play during the concert?
umm i think a few played 3 and one played 4. One guy played cello, double bass, and bass guitar. one girl played violin, xylophone, and guitar and one girl played accordion, organ, and regular keyboard, and a flutish thing.
There were six people on stage. good times.
Thomas, how I've missed this blog and the way it makes me laugh :-D I'm kind of worried though by the rampant drug use/reference from your two newest posts... Is there a good rehab program at Pepperdine?
It's weird reading about a guy named Anson. I've never had to deal with other people with the same (essentially the same) name as myself. I'm not sure I can handle it.
Wow, I hope my decemberists experience could be half as eventful as that one. Although I think I will feel safer at my Dallas convenience store.
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