the secret machines concert

Yes, Dave, they played "You Are Chains," and it was one of the greatest things I have ever heard. I say "one of" because this whole concert rocked the fucking house. They opened with "Sad and Lonely," went right into "Nowhere Again," then they played some stuff I've never heard before (must be new stuff, since I've heard pretty much everything they have to offer so far), kicked it up a notch with "The Road Leads Where It's Led," threw in a little "Pharoah's Daughter," and finished it off with a heart-pounding rendition of "First Wave Intact."

Needless to say, the best concert I have ever been to. But then again, I haven't been to that many concerts. But this one is gonna be tops for a long time I think. Me, Revis, and Cal drove up to Milwaukee to The Rave for The Secret Machines and Kings of Leon with The Shout Out Louds opening. All three sets were top notch. The Shout Out Louds did a great job getting the crowd warmed up.

I had bought my ticket more or less just to see the Secret Machines. So they went on, and blew my freakin' mind. They had a light show comparable to a Pink Floyd concert. No lasers, regretably, but the lights could have put anyone in an epileptic seizure. It's a good thing. One of the "new" (again, I assume it was new) songs featured a huge ass drum solo which got the crowd really excited. For the record, you could totally tell that 95% of the crowd was there to see Kings of Leon. The two songs with the highest crowd intensity for the Secret Machines were this one song with the drum solo and "First Wave Intact" which they closed with. An appropriate song to go out on, I think.

Now I had been familiar with Kings of Leon before going to this concert. I had just bought one of their albums, even. But like I said before, I was there to see Secret Machines first and foremost. But Kings of Leon really fucking surprised me. I liked them before, sure, but they fucking kicked ass. Their whole set was super-high intensity, and their bass player reminded me of Billy Idol, and their lead guitarist reminded me of Greg Klazura. Weird, huh?

After a long (and well-spent) night, I am off. Three magnificent concerts all rolled into one, and I'm wiped. Just had to tell you about it right away, because I wouldn't have made it until Sunday. And oh yeah, I got the Kings of Leon set list (the list of songs they put on stage for the band members to know what order they are playing the songs in) because me, Revis, and Cal stood around after the show as they were taking down the equipment. It has the bass player's spit on it! It's cool! Revis and Cal each got broken picks from the rhythm guitarist/lead singer. Well, not from him, but he used them. You get the idea. Amazing night, and tomorrow should be pretty damn good too. Raiders of the Lost Ark here I come. I'll explain later (still).

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Next ish: Seeing a movie in a park on Saturday, and Sunday might bring good things as well. We'll see!

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