I hadn't seen or spoken to Ziggz in a little more than a year,but thankfully she was kind enough to be my date to this Company dinner at Wokano. My co-worker Roxy & her lady Bebz picked us up, it was the start of an exciting week! i had nooooo clue wtf was going to happen. The highlight of the night,this drink called Wicked Lady,we all got two drink tickets.We were left feeling sober,just high on life....
M O N D A Y
B2 picked me up a little past noon, I made sure i didn't forget the tickets,i made sure the fur children had enough food for the next two days. I must've packed at least four -five different shirts,and three Pj pants.I've gone on road trips before why was this one so different? It felt like this was the first one i was going on alone. No partner no worrying about that extra person.We recorded about 40 minutes of podcast material,we chimmed in how we met in High school ( talking about a time when we were so young,all we were missing was cat shaped glasses,tea cups and cigarettes) Agnes & Lucy & our poor fashion choices,why AFI? out of all these millions of other bands. Why after ALL these years? we'd put on a song and the same love & comfort for their music was still there.Because AFI is like the seasons forever changing forever growing and evolving and i don't think they've ever been at a low point in their career.Growing up with Davey's voice & screams & isolated lyrics,and the forever changing sound that Jade,Hunter & Adam created. The sound still felt so new,so catchy & so beautiful.Beautiful enough to still be considered my favorite band.
We checked in at our hotel & got ready,by 5:30 we were in line at the venue,that long walk that you have to make till the end of the line never gets old.Everyone is so intimidating but i forget that they are just normal people living day to day lives just trying to find a distraction from their crappy jobs,or life crisis,i don't know? I suppose we are all going through something. B2 & I made small talk in line,at this point we were anxious to be INSIDE THE VENUE ...like c'maaaaaannn open the door i came here to cry not sleep! We knocked down two security guards and punched a third one in the face ...just kidding. When they finally let us in,we had a small dilemma ...who's side do you want to stand on? HUNTER? OR JADE? OMG....HUNTER? OR JADE? .....UMH...JADE.
we waited watched the first band cold showers,think Joy Division meets? Gary Newman. They sounded so good.Although it didn't pump you up for what was about to happen,it didnt in a sense it made me a bit sleepy.I was sober for this show I wanted to take in the entire experience.Then again who needs to drink at an afi show? If you've never attended one please do.
So rewind more to maybe two days before I had told B2 "dude its a dream of mine if they could open up the show with Miseria Cantare or even strength through wounding I had watched videos of them playing those two intros and it would blow my mind.
The lights dimmed,and turned blood red.The beginning sounded like Miseria cantare and i was loosing my shit almost about to punch my friend from the excitement OMG IT IS ISN'T IT?
As Hunter and Jade took their spots followed by Adam and then Adam began playing and it was Strength through wounding.As we all began to shout "Through OUR BLEEDING WE ARE ONE THROUGH OUR BLEEDING WE ARE ONE " Feeling the pit open up and everyone's arms go up,beginning to feel squished as Davey made his appearance and conducted the black sea of audience like he was a damn Captain.I shouted over to my friend " if you need to get out get out now!" every man for himself dammit" But it was too late There they were so majestic and with such class,such legendary punk rock stars. I have the video,but a bit too embarrassed by my screams to post it. They dived in to favorites like 17 crimes,Silver and cold,Girls not grey.And the world premier of " " ,followed by new hits like trash bat, & get dark.They surprised us with "sacrifice theory" and "endlessly she said" and I sang along like if i was hoping that special person could hear me miles away but no luck!. Insert tears here....My favorite part was when they played "but home is nowhere,& Morningstar also i will admit towards the middle of "feed from the floor" i lost my voice due to a knot in my throat and watery eyes there goes the mascara i underestimated how powerful that song is live. That was the crying song of the night.There was moments where Davey would come to our side and tease us,the whole band was glowing you could tell they were all in such a great mood,The energy in that venue was indescribable.Except for the girl that kept wrapping her foot around my leg,* rolls eyes* Till i shouted at her HEY! but for some odd reason she avoided eye contact with me. I come to notice later she was trying to get away from her boyfriend,* face palm* I know that damn feeling so well.
During Totalimmortal Davey did his famous crowd walk and proceeded to just throw himself and everyone was screaming,crying and singing.It was a night i'll never forget,I call it my therapy session because i feel like i'm on a natural high like a new beginning and i feel in such a good mood for the next weeks or so,I feel happy.
We walked B2'S FRIENDS to their car and for some odd reason i was up for another cup of Joe cause why the hell nawt? I'm not going to sleep i had so much adrenaline! Starbucks was closed,but the night was young and their was something in the air,a force that was pulling us guiding us,or maybe calling to us to go explore the back of the venue to be exact the parking lot where the tour bus was. There we found a group of 30-35 people hanging out waiting to see if they could meet their heroes.We decided to wait,but I've been to these things long enough to realize maybe we'd be met with disappointment but boy was I really wrong.Not even 10 minutes of standing there & Jade walks out. unfortunately he only signed a few autographs before jumping into his car where his lovely wife waited.Darn I thought oh well let the wait continue "we'll glow till morning comes". Everyone stood there shivering in 52 degree weather,holding on to posters,tickets,a set list & CDS to get signed. Others like myself just wanted a photo with any of the guise.
Another 15-20 minutes must've passed when Mr.Adam Carson was seen making his way towards us. "OMG ADAM I thought !! It's friggin Adam! " Not enough room to fan girl must keep cool but this was my first time meeting Adam so it was a big deal to me.
Another 15-20 minutes must've passed when Mr.Adam Carson was seen making his way towards us. "OMG ADAM I thought !! It's friggin Adam! " Not enough room to fan girl must keep cool but this was my first time meeting Adam so it was a big deal to me.
