Went to see Death Cab For Cutie Last Night. It was amazing, at first we thought it was going to be bad because the sound quality for the first, ( yes First), opening band was awful, the only thing you could hear clearly was the violin, the singer was only audible when he talked in between songs, and the guitar was not turned up loud enough for anyone but a dog to hear. The second opening band had slightly better sound but still kinda sucked, they had two guitars that always seemed to be competing not complementing and the lead singer kinda sucked, his voice being whiny and a bit awful. One song the second opening band played was just the chorus of "Theres something wrong with me" repeated over and over again. When Death Cab for Cutie Finally got on stage it didnt look good but, sure enough, they were beyond fantastic. The sound and lights were phenomenal, and they played basically none stop with smooth transitions between songs, switching guitars between every song, from 10:00 to 11:30. It really didnt feel like that long, mostly because they were just so good. Now to talk about the rest of the Night. First of all theres the Cab drvier, Luckily it wasn't a Death Cab. We had taken the advice of the concierge and after walking to the bank, taken a cab to the University. The Cab driver on his own could be enough to write an entire blog about. AS soon as he heard we were from Canada, we being Paul, Shane, and I, he proceeded to tell us about all the best clubs to go to, only after telling us about the worst clubs, " Where the women are all just too horny, and are always trying to rip your clothes off." Now Before I continue quoting him, I should describe him, he was an older man, with white hair, in a style that seems to be taken by many old men in the states who haven't lost all their hair, a sort of mullet combed back but not too long, he also wore sunglasses had a rather large beer gut, and seemed to possess one of those southern accents thats almost texan but with a bit of northerner in him. Now with that description out of the way, you can see why we almost started laughing at him right there and then. Then with the cab ride over we proceeded into the concert. The concert, being at a university, you would expect to be wild, but it really wasn't. There was no drinking or smoking at the concert. And only after hearing of Mom and Joops experience at the free classical concert at the Fox, put on by the same university as the Death Cab concert. At the free concert there were over 30 nuns all in classic nun attire and 50% of them under 30. Now that explains why the movie crowd was so concervative. And Why the concert was so mild audience wise. After the Concert we were imersed into the crowds of thousands leaving the stadium. When we turned the corner to walk the 8 blocks back to the hotel, suddenly they were gone. Us having been the only ones who didnt drive to the function. It was almost scary, being surrounded on all sides by people, then, suddenly, no one.
Anyways, thats basically the entire concert experience summed up, hope it was easy enough to read, and if you havent already checked out Death Cab For Cutie, do so Immediately.
This is Cliffer, signing out, for now.
