me: i like your [SF] Giants hat him: thanks, i just got it last week, it's actually really cool *shows me how the logo on the hat is attached with velcro and you can take it off and replace it with the logo in a variety
of different colors*
me: whoa, that's really cool. you know, they actually won these past two games
him: really? cool, i dont really know much about baseball, i just like the giants logo (LOL)
me: well they're aren't any teams in Vegas, so that makes sense. as long as you don't like the Dodgers or anything
him: no, i hate the Dodgers, i usually root for the Giants, or sometimes the A's
me: i'll root for the A's if it's for american league, but A's fans tend to be more smug
him: really?
me: yeah, cuz the Giants kinda suck and then there was the whole Bonds thing, so they're all like *our* players don't take steroids (why am i still talking to him about baseball?)
him: i like the Blue Jays too (he didnt say this so abruptly but i cant remember where it fit in) i like Toronto, i like the city
me: well Canada's just awesome in general
and thats when i asked for a picture and then i went back to my spot in line...skipping...cuz im a dork
so we waited in line some more, got to eat some lemon cake that other people couldn't finish, and got stamped for being under 21. the doors finally opened and we went in. me and this one girl i was with went straight for the bathroom, then we met the two other girls we were with in front of the stage. we were respectably close, like 5 or 6 people in front of us. there was this screen thing in front of the stage, and they were playing good music
The Morning Light came on, they were good, b nothing special. except for their keyboardist/ sometimes singer. he is beautiful. t was funny seeing everyone's cameras in the air and 95% of the time they were focused on him. Oh and at one point Johnson was playing some extra drums on stage with them Steel Train took forever to set up, but really so did everyone else. there seemed to be a lot of technical issues, when the Cab was setting up there was a lot of loud sqeakingness. anyway, so Steel Train was also pretty good, but not much special. the people i was with also thought their keyboardist was hot, but i didnt see it myself. i was pleasantly surprised to recognize one of their songs, it was on this Drive-Thru records sample cd i have. highlights of their set: all the band gathered around the mic for one song and sang with the singer while he played guitar. it was cute. then they talked about how they like to see movies, and one of their favorites this summer was The Dark Knight. everyone screamed really loud and the singer joked, "their not even playing tonight! next up, The Dark Knight!" then he went on to say the worst movie they've seen so far was Mamma Mia (they're guys, its understandable) but then they started playing the music to Mamma Mia, and everyone sang it for a bit. they also had the singer from The Morning Light sing a song with him.The Cab finally came on after a long time setting up (like everyone else) but while we were waiting i heard these Cab teenies talking about how The Cab should be headlining and how The Hush Sound isn't even that good, and i was annoyed. cuz thats bull. anyways, while they were setting up, Alex D starting singing Bye Bye Bye from behind the screen. but he didnt even get to the chorus, which was kinda lame. When they finally started playing, it was really awesome, the crowd had so much energy, people were jumping around, but it never got too moshy (prolly cuz there's a big sign in the venue saying it's not allowed) Singer's dad came on when they sang That 70s song. The mentioned Rock Band Live tour. Marshall is pretty. He played guitar at one point. Cash and Ian took off their shirts, and at the end of he set Cash threw his shirt into the crowd, but towards the back. some people were shouting from an encore from the Cab, but they are an opening band after all, so obvs it didnt happen.After the Cab a few people left to go (i assume) towards the merch stands to try to meet them. I considered it, especially because there was always so much time in between sets, but with people leaving everyone got really squished up trying to get closer, but i actually ended up way closer, which was good because somehow throughout the show i had gotten pushed back and im not even sure how it happened. but i had started out centered, but ended up way on the right side, but with about 4 people in front of me. not long after The Cab left a group of people started singing We Intertwined, and everyone joined in, it was a really cool moment. at that point people were getting hot and thirsty so roadies starting throwing us water bottles. at first they only threw like 2 on our side, so everyone was sharing...and joking about how tomorrow we'll all wake up with herpes. after a while though they gave us a bunch more water bottles ad i ended up catching one, drank about 3/4 of it and gave the rest away. and i was actually quenched, not just teased, which was nice. one of the roadies looked really confused about how excited we were about the water. Greta came on by herself first and played introduction, then everyone else came on and went into Love You Much Better. The set list is like what has been posted already, except they didn't play Break The Sky. some of my favorite moments were when Bob played Momentum acoustically, although later Chris came on wth this shaker thingy and did background vocals. but it was just this really chill ad intimate thing with the crowd singing quietly along. When they played The Artist Greta played guitar, which was cool, and she took over on drums when Darren sang You Really Got A Hold On Me. he is such a cutie, and he did a really good job. ian from The Cab came on to play during Wine Red. there were THS being tossed among the crowd and one ended up onstage and Bob bit it until it popped. a couple times he would lean over the crowd and people would tussle his hair. after the first time he was like "you guys messed up my hair...in a good way" Greta: "he likes it" oh, you'll see this from the pictures, but Bob and Chris have facial hair now. The came back onstage for the encore pretty quickly. Bob was like, we'll play one more song for you guys. or two, do you want two? so obviously everyone screamed and was holding two fingers in the air. and some people were holding up 10 fingers. then one girl was like "a million!" Bob: "a million?" ok, here's our million song outro" and they started playing Crawling Towards The Sun, and he was very smiley throughout. Actually, he was smiling like all through their set, it was cute.
After the show i went to The Hush Sounds merch section, and then i realized Darren was right next to it, so i got a picture and an autograph, said i liked his singing and that i was at the HCT on his birthday. then i got back in line and got a hoodie, t shirt, and poster.Then i went to the opening acts merch stand to get a Cab shirt, and right after i bought it, i turned around i saw Ian was right there, so i asked for a picture, my change still in hand. if you look past the crazy hair he's actually really cute.
Then I found Greta hanging by the stage so i went over there. this girl in front of me, im not sure how old she is, but pretty young, gave Greta this bunny doll thing she made, it was cute. then i got her to sign my ticket and i got a picture. she was really nice, actually, they all were. oh damnit! i just remembered i was gonna tell Greta i voted for her for sexiest vegetarian *sigh* oh well...
After Greta I found Chris in the middle and waited around to get him to sign my ticket and take a picture. i told him that THS was the first band i've seen twice and he was all "really?" and i was just like "yeah" *awkwardly poses for picture* then i told him i saw them at HCT and he was like "wicked". after looking around a bit i saw Bob at the back of the room. while i was waiting, he was signing this girls Beatles shirt, telling her it was an awesome shirt. she was like "well i put you guys and The Beatles in the same category of amazingness so..." and he's like "that's amazingly ludicrous" and everyone around giggled and i told him i really liked their cover. then i got him to wish Steph (Sweet Symphony) a happy 18th birthday because it was on the 3rd while i recorded it on my phone.
him: "Happy 18th birthday Bar Mitzvah"
me: "say who you are"
him: I'm...I'm Bob" -cue giggling from everyone around-
then i set of to find Marshall and Cash, since i got everyone else from The Cab. I didn't see them inside, so i stepped outside thinking they might be by their van, but it was just Alex D and Johnson again. i went to go inside again but the door guy wouldnt let me because im under 21. i had actually noticed that rule before, but i forgot. all the girls around were trying to find Marshall, but no one could. one girl, after talking with Johnson for a while, asked if he knew where Marshall was, but he didnt. i talked to him a bit again, but then girls wanted pictures, so of course i let them through since i already had a picture with him and stuff. then he closed the van doors (he had been in te van the whole time). when the people i was with came outside (since i couldnt go back inside to meet them, we left.
of different colors*
me: whoa, that's really cool. you know, they actually won these past two games
him: really? cool, i dont really know much about baseball, i just like the giants logo (LOL)
me: well they're aren't any teams in Vegas, so that makes sense. as long as you don't like the Dodgers or anything
him: no, i hate the Dodgers, i usually root for the Giants, or sometimes the A's
me: i'll root for the A's if it's for american league, but A's fans tend to be more smug
him: really?
me: yeah, cuz the Giants kinda suck and then there was the whole Bonds thing, so they're all like *our* players don't take steroids (why am i still talking to him about baseball?)
him: i like the Blue Jays too (he didnt say this so abruptly but i cant remember where it fit in) i like Toronto, i like the city
me: well Canada's just awesome in general
and thats when i asked for a picture and then i went back to my spot in line...skipping...cuz im a dork
so we waited in line some more, got to eat some lemon cake that other people couldn't finish, and got stamped for being under 21. the doors finally opened and we went in. me and this one girl i was with went straight for the bathroom, then we met the two other girls we were with in front of the stage. we were respectably close, like 5 or 6 people in front of us. there was this screen thing in front of the stage, and they were playing good music
The Morning Light came on, they were good, b nothing special. except for their keyboardist/ sometimes singer. he is beautiful. t was funny seeing everyone's cameras in the air and 95% of the time they were focused on him. Oh and at one point Johnson was playing some extra drums on stage with them Steel Train took forever to set up, but really so did everyone else. there seemed to be a lot of technical issues, when the Cab was setting up there was a lot of loud sqeakingness. anyway, so Steel Train was also pretty good, but not much special. the people i was with also thought their keyboardist was hot, but i didnt see it myself. i was pleasantly surprised to recognize one of their songs, it was on this Drive-Thru records sample cd i have. highlights of their set: all the band gathered around the mic for one song and sang with the singer while he played guitar. it was cute. then they talked about how they like to see movies, and one of their favorites this summer was The Dark Knight. everyone screamed really loud and the singer joked, "their not even playing tonight! next up, The Dark Knight!" then he went on to say the worst movie they've seen so far was Mamma Mia (they're guys, its understandable) but then they started playing the music to Mamma Mia, and everyone sang it for a bit. they also had the singer from The Morning Light sing a song with him.The Cab finally came on after a long time setting up (like everyone else) but while we were waiting i heard these Cab teenies talking about how The Cab should be headlining and how The Hush Sound isn't even that good, and i was annoyed. cuz thats bull. anyways, while they were setting up, Alex D starting singing Bye Bye Bye from behind the screen. but he didnt even get to the chorus, which was kinda lame. When they finally started playing, it was really awesome, the crowd had so much energy, people were jumping around, but it never got too moshy (prolly cuz there's a big sign in the venue saying it's not allowed) Singer's dad came on when they sang That 70s song. The mentioned Rock Band Live tour. Marshall is pretty. He played guitar at one point. Cash and Ian took off their shirts, and at the end of he set Cash threw his shirt into the crowd, but towards the back. some people were shouting from an encore from the Cab, but they are an opening band after all, so obvs it didnt happen.After the Cab a few people left to go (i assume) towards the merch stands to try to meet them. I considered it, especially because there was always so much time in between sets, but with people leaving everyone got really squished up trying to get closer, but i actually ended up way closer, which was good because somehow throughout the show i had gotten pushed back and im not even sure how it happened. but i had started out centered, but ended up way on the right side, but with about 4 people in front of me. not long after The Cab left a group of people started singing We Intertwined, and everyone joined in, it was a really cool moment. at that point people were getting hot and thirsty so roadies starting throwing us water bottles. at first they only threw like 2 on our side, so everyone was sharing...and joking about how tomorrow we'll all wake up with herpes. after a while though they gave us a bunch more water bottles ad i ended up catching one, drank about 3/4 of it and gave the rest away. and i was actually quenched, not just teased, which was nice. one of the roadies looked really confused about how excited we were about the water. Greta came on by herself first and played introduction, then everyone else came on and went into Love You Much Better. The set list is like what has been posted already, except they didn't play Break The Sky. some of my favorite moments were when Bob played Momentum acoustically, although later Chris came on wth this shaker thingy and did background vocals. but it was just this really chill ad intimate thing with the crowd singing quietly along. When they played The Artist Greta played guitar, which was cool, and she took over on drums when Darren sang You Really Got A Hold On Me. he is such a cutie, and he did a really good job. ian from The Cab came on to play during Wine Red. there were THS being tossed among the crowd and one ended up onstage and Bob bit it until it popped. a couple times he would lean over the crowd and people would tussle his hair. after the first time he was like "you guys messed up my hair...in a good way" Greta: "he likes it" oh, you'll see this from the pictures, but Bob and Chris have facial hair now. The came back onstage for the encore pretty quickly. Bob was like, we'll play one more song for you guys. or two, do you want two? so obviously everyone screamed and was holding two fingers in the air. and some people were holding up 10 fingers. then one girl was like "a million!" Bob: "a million?" ok, here's our million song outro" and they started playing Crawling Towards The Sun, and he was very smiley throughout. Actually, he was smiling like all through their set, it was cute.
After the show i went to The Hush Sounds merch section, and then i realized Darren was right next to it, so i got a picture and an autograph, said i liked his singing and that i was at the HCT on his birthday. then i got back in line and got a hoodie, t shirt, and poster.Then i went to the opening acts merch stand to get a Cab shirt, and right after i bought it, i turned around i saw Ian was right there, so i asked for a picture, my change still in hand. if you look past the crazy hair he's actually really cute.
Then I found Greta hanging by the stage so i went over there. this girl in front of me, im not sure how old she is, but pretty young, gave Greta this bunny doll thing she made, it was cute. then i got her to sign my ticket and i got a picture. she was really nice, actually, they all were. oh damnit! i just remembered i was gonna tell Greta i voted for her for sexiest vegetarian *sigh* oh well...
After Greta I found Chris in the middle and waited around to get him to sign my ticket and take a picture. i told him that THS was the first band i've seen twice and he was all "really?" and i was just like "yeah" *awkwardly poses for picture* then i told him i saw them at HCT and he was like "wicked". after looking around a bit i saw Bob at the back of the room. while i was waiting, he was signing this girls Beatles shirt, telling her it was an awesome shirt. she was like "well i put you guys and The Beatles in the same category of amazingness so..." and he's like "that's amazingly ludicrous" and everyone around giggled and i told him i really liked their cover. then i got him to wish Steph (Sweet Symphony) a happy 18th birthday because it was on the 3rd while i recorded it on my phone.
him: "Happy 18th birthday Bar Mitzvah"
me: "say who you are"
him: I'm...I'm Bob" -cue giggling from everyone around-
then i set of to find Marshall and Cash, since i got everyone else from The Cab. I didn't see them inside, so i stepped outside thinking they might be by their van, but it was just Alex D and Johnson again. i went to go inside again but the door guy wouldnt let me because im under 21. i had actually noticed that rule before, but i forgot. all the girls around were trying to find Marshall, but no one could. one girl, after talking with Johnson for a while, asked if he knew where Marshall was, but he didnt. i talked to him a bit again, but then girls wanted pictures, so of course i let them through since i already had a picture with him and stuff. then he closed the van doors (he had been in te van the whole time). when the people i was with came outside (since i couldnt go back inside to meet them, we left.
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