Dirt Room Video

The new Blue October video debuted today and it's fucking sweet!

My Never

Awesome new Blue October song.

Really Big Show!

We saw Blue October last night at the Ridglea Theater last night. It was a "special" show. We didn't know what that meant until we got inside. Turns out it was a show sponsored by Camel cigarettes. Some people were getting in for free. We only paid $20 each for our tickets, which isn't much so it's no biggie.

The Ridglea used to be a movie theater, so there was some limited seating. We were fortunate enough to get a couple seats. The opening act was Pretty Baby, a 3 piece band. They were decent. We got free download codes for a couple of their songs, so I'll be checking that out.

Camel was actually giving out a bunch of free stuff. We got a couple free packs of cigs, a free beer ticket, and a 64 mb flash drive. You could go get your picture taken and put on the drive, but we didn't do that because of the line. All I wanted was the delicious cigarettes anyway!

I snuck in our camera to the show, as you can see above. Digital cameras are just not meant for concert photography. I think the effect is kinda cool, tho. I was shooting the video below when one of the venue guys told me to put it away. Apparently the guys in the band don't want us taking pictures. I don't get that, but whatever Blue October!

My only complaint has to be with the song list they chose. Justin let us know that they had filled the set list with all of their most rocking songs. I just knew that would include the song Somebody, which is my favorite it BO song, but they never played it! It hurts! It hurts on the inside where my soul should be!

Blue October FTW!

The Blue October concert last night was awesome! Unfortunately, the other bands in the line up were not equally as awesome and I will tell you why.

First, I'm pissed because The Edge came in and messed up what was supposed to be a Blue October show and turned it into the "Hulabaloo". When we bought our tickets, the only bands on the bill were Shiny Toy Guns, Yellowcard, and Blue October. Well, in the Edge's great wisdom, they decided that there needed to be 3 more bands on the bill and that the whole thing needed to start at 5 o'clock. Who can get there at 5 on a Friday?!

Granted, the bands they added weren't all bad. I like the Sick Puppies and Evans Blue. I haven't heard of Love Drug and I'm guessing there's a reason for that. Anyway, we got there as soon as we could, but still didn't get to see the Sick Puppies. Thanks, KDGE! Way to put a band on at fucking 6:45!

The first band we did get to see was Evans Blue. Now, I like their first CD a lot, but I haven't been able to listen to the new one much. Having said that, their set sucked. Either the sound was messed up or something, but it just didn't sound good at all.

Then Yellowcard came on. The whole time I'm thinking "when did turning up the volume for the sake of volume equal rocking?" I felt kinda old during their set because I stayed seated while a bunch of the people around us stood up. Anyway, if you've ever heard Yellowcard on the radio, you know they're not a metal band, but they tried to play like they were. Even the guy with the violin was running around like he was playing speed metal. Kids these days!

Then, out came Blue October. I'm guessing all the equipment was mainly set up for their stuff, because they sounded amazing. We screamed along to each song and loved every minute of it. And, they played Somebody, which is my favorite Blue October song and one of my favorite songs EVAR. Fucking rocked my face off!

Time

I'm at the end of my 53 hour work week. This doesn't mean that I will not be working this weekend, but it just means I have been working my arse off this week.

We are going to see Blue October tonight at Nokia. It's going to be pretty awesome. Sick Puppies and Evan's Blue should also be good.

I heard a really awesome song on the latest Gamers With Jobs conference call. It's called Re: Your Brains. I bought it from the site. Best dollar I ever spent!