I saw Chevelle, Taproot, and 30 Seconds to Mars last night at the State Theatre in Portland. Great show. Not a huge fan of Chevelle, but they put on a good set. Lead singer has gotten better with singing since the last time I saw him (2+ yrs ago?). Taproot was just amazing. The lead singer jumped offstate during his set and started running around through the crowd, shaking hands with fans, and stuff. Pretty damn cool. I’ve never seen that before from the 25+ shows I’ve been to. He went to the upper deck in the Theatre as well. Right where I was previously sitting with my friends Shannon and Alex who I brought down with me to the show. Then the lead singer came down to the floor, threw his mic onstage, and jumped in the mosh pit. Wow, crazy guy. But I bet he owned some people in that pit. It was cool that the upperdeck was open to everyone, not just 21+. All the previous concerts, upperdeck was either closed completely, or 21+ could go drink up there. Instead, this show they handed out 21+ bracelets so those people could drink. I bet a lot of booze got in the hands of minors though. My ears are still ringing.
Tomorrow night, or tonight (depending on when I finisht his post), I’m going to see Mushroomhead, Dope, and Crossfade at Ushuaias in Orono. That should be a pretty cool concert. Then on Friday Alex and I are going to Mushroomhead at the State Theatre in Portland. This is great. I’m going to Gigatour (Megadeath, Fear Factory, and others) at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland in a couple weeks. Then a week after that, I’ll probably go to Seether and Dark New Day at the State Theatre.
Yes, I’m spending a lot of money on these tickets. Too much, but then again I don’t purchase cds, so I’m giving back to the bands. They make more money on concert tickets than cds. Fuckin record companies.
Seven days ago was my 23rd birthday. I’m pretty amazed I’ve made it this far. I’m pretty darn healthy physically and mentally for the first time in like ten years! It’s great. I’ve mellowed out in the past few years. Feel real calm and collected. Got my shit in order. Starting to put the past in the past and move the fuck on. Having better income is helping too. I wrapped up a good three week business computer consulting job in Augusta a couple weeks back. Made enough to afford business insurance (general liability now, and hopefully technology liability soon).
Well I’m fucken’ done for. Got a service call at 10am so I should get some sleep……….