Nothing but Song

Feeling :  chipper  Listening :  PYT - Same Ol Same Ol

Honda Civic Tour was bloody fantastic.

I went with my niece, C. I was so excited, I decided we should leave early. So we hung around the Palms 3 hours before the show; saw Mike Carden, the Butcher, and Jack the Camera Guy for TAITV playing a table game. Locked eyes with Mike (so fucking cute IRL) for the briefest of moments, and I knew immediately who he was. Began fangirling as quietly as I could, since it was the middle of the casino, rofl. But I played it cool, and we didn’t approach them.

DAMN DAMN DAMN.

C wanted to take pics, but I didn’t let her because she’s not allowed by the tables (obviously). We found a bathroom so we could fangirl in private. She decided to call her friends, and she was hyperventilating as she did. Which was cute & silly, since her friends didn’t even like TAI. As we left, we walked past them again, and I went to play a quick game of DDR to get my mind off the excitement of seeing them being normal guys, rofl.

I don’t think the Palms was ready for us to show up so early, so everyone was asked to board an elevator to go upstairs and wait. They wanted all of us off the casino floor, since there was absolutely no room to wait around and most of them were underage. So I listened to music and watched videos on my iPod (not TAITV, because I was in such a rush to get down there in one piece, I wasn’t able to sync my iPod). Then we met up with her friends A & N.

Got in, was tempted to start drinking, but since I changed $10 into arcade tokens (thinking my niece would play) that I ended up carrying with me the whole night, I was short $10. Walked by the merch tables, and decided not to buy. Well, they were typical merch table prices, but I didn’t have enough money. Why is it every time I go to a show, I never have money for band merch?? *kicks self*

Stood around waiting, watching the big screen TVs playing FBR/Decaydance videos. We were practically on the barrier, and as you can see from my pictures. The pics I’ve uploaded are only half the size of the originals, because I didn’t want to waste time/space uploading over 200 MB of pictures on my personal webspace. They’re huge; big enough for a computer desktop wallpaper. But if someone DOES want one of the bigger ones, just let me know and I will accommodate accordingly. I won’t upload them all, but if someone wants to use them for whatever, do comment or contact me.

Cobra Starship came on (fantastic as usual), then Paul Wall (never saw a crowd go quieter, but his beats are hot), then The Academy Is… (YAY!!) and then Fall Out Boy (God, I don’t know where they get the energy to perform. Joe was right in front of us. They were complete madmen the whole time, running around the stage and shit). +44 couldn’t make it, because of a family emergency.

But the best part of the evening?

Ryan and Brendon from Panic! at the Disco performed during a break in the Fall Out Boy portion of the show.

I managed to record 2 of the songs they performed: “IWSNT” and they also did a “duet” with Mark of +44 at the end of their acoustic set. They did “The Only Difference,” “But It’s Better if You Do,” and “Lying” before I finally got my frickin’ camera to record, rofl.

Here are the videos in MPG format… YouTube Version of IWSNT & YouTube Version of What’s My Age Again?

I’m sure there’s more, but I have to get ready for work, rofl.

EDIT (12:25 AM): I told you there’d be more!

William Beckett from The Academy Is… & Paul Wall came out for “Snakes on a Plane” during Cobra Starship’s set.

Gabe Saporta from Cobra Starship came out for “Grand Theft Autumn/Where is Your Boy?” during Fall Out Boy’s set, for some reason, rofl.

Pete stopped the music in the middle of their cover of “Beat It” by Michael Jackson because of some unruly fans on his side of the stage. When they calmed down, they launched right back into the music.

Ryan came out during “The Take Over, the Break’s Over” for his guitar solo.

Um, again, I’m sure there’s more, but I really should go to bed now.

?: “Last concert/live show/gig you attended?“