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CONCERT SURVEY:

What was your first concert?
Britney Spears at Summerfest (first outdoor fest)
Jesse McCartney at Gurnee Mills (first mall/small show)
The Killers and Tegan & Sara at The Eagles Ballroom (first real show)

What was the last concert you attended?
Steel Train with Empires, Forgive Durden, and Dear and the Headlights

Who was the best band to see live?
Steel Train is actually INCREDIBLE, Say Anything was spectacular, and Envy on the Coast is always fun :)

What was your LIFE CHANGING concert you attended?
Envy on the Coast - March 27 @ Mojoes
And Motion City Soundtrack with Ok Go my freshman year

Have you ever gotten something from the band?
a drumstick from Calls For Comfert or Brighten or something, and one from Armor For Sleep, a pick from Frank Iero, and autographs and such from like, everyone.

What genre is the best to see live?
Whatever kind you like most!

Who was the worst band to see live?
Mae was....unbelievably horrible, also Tiny Leaders of Today or something like that at Summerfest...damn.

Have you met any band or band members in any concert experience?
Uhm, lots. My favorite to meet is Frank Iero, Envy on the Coast, Motion City Soundtrack and Kyle Burns :)

How long was the longest concert you've attended?
Projekt Rev was really long and not that fun

How short was the shortest concert you've attended?
The Frantic @ the House Cafe in DeKalb, or the time my mom took me to Lollapalooza, I paid for both our tickets and she made  us leave after Panic.

What is the worst thing to buy @ a concert?
alcohol, I agree Andi.

What is the best thing to buy @ a concert?
cool merch

Have you ever worn a band shirt to the same band your seeing live?
Nah, that's so lamesauce, but sometimes if I get a shirt or merch there and don't feel like holding it I'll throw it on over my other shit

What is the best venue you've ever been to?
Mojoes, The House Cafe, The Metro, The Rave, SubT in that order.

What is the worst venue you've ever been to?
I really don't like Alpine Valley

How long was the longest drive to a concert you attended?
I duno, one in Chicago

How short was the shortest drive to a concert you attended?
The one at Cornerstone Church :)

Do you like seats or the pit better?
PIT

Do you go to the front close to the band or just the pitt or in the middle?
I like to be in front

Do you go crazy at concerts?
Most of the time :D

What is the most annoying thing at a concert?
Overprotective parents, or those (mostly)girls who are like "o m g, stop pushing!" GET OVER IT

Indoor or Outdoor concerts?
indoor

Day or Night concerts?
Night, it was so weird walking out of the House Cafe and it still being relativly light out

Small shows or Big shows?
I really love small shows, they're like all I go to anymore

What is the best season for a concert?
fall is easiest to get to for some reason

Do you frame your ticket stubs?
I keep them in a box, if they're signed they go on my wall

Where do you buy your concert tickets?
sometimes the internet.
sometimes Boston Store.
sometimes the venue (but normally I only use drink tickets then)

How many concerts have you been to/list them?
Look Here

How old were you when you went to your first concert?
Britney Spears I was in like, 3rd grade
JMac was 7th grade
The Killers were May 7 in 8th grade.

How old were you when you last went to a concert?
17, it was only tuesday!

If you've met a band member, who was it?
I have met a lot, I will try to name them; The Frantic , Frank Iero, Mikey Way, Bob Bryar, Hawthorne Heights, Envy on the Coast, Motion City Soundtrack, 30 seconds to mars, Cobra Starship, Metro Station, From First to Last, Kyle Burns, Jack and Evan and Danial from Steel Train, 2 guys from DIMMN, Anthony and maybe Chris from Bayside, more

What is the closest you've been to a band?
Against the stage....wait I take that back. Kung Fu Girls came off the stage and were like ON me and Andi...it was disgusting. They're grody.

What is the farthest you've been to a band?
Linkin Park

Have you ever stage-dived?
Nope

Have you ever moshed?
yea

Have you ever crowd surfed?
Nope, almost, Evan and Jake got me up but I made em put me down.

Do you still have your ticket stubs?
almost all of em

Have you ever sneaked into a concert?
no

Have you ever stolen anything @ a concert?
no

What concert do you really want to go to?
JACKS MANNEQUIN ON THE 2ND

What concert(s) are you planning to go to?
I have like, 3 or 4 coming up

Name 4 bands that you would like to see tour together?
That would actually go well together; Secret Lives! of the Freemasons, Bayside, Say Anything, and Envy.

Oh boy, let me start out by saying that I am extremely happy I went to this show - onward!

Nikki picked me up at 5 after 7, we picked up Erica and left for The Rave. We were slightly creeped out since last night someone was shot on 23rd and the venue is on the 24th, but we managed to brush it off. I mean, worse things have happened in the area; for example the Ambassador Hotel where Jeffry Dahmer, you know, did Dahmer stuff to 'em, is right across the street and the venue itself is haunted so whatever. We didn't get shot and it's all good.

We got in for $16 and I unfortunatly didn't bring my camera in. The thing with security there is that they switch it up for every show, either they dont check it all or check oober much. They didn't check at all and it turned out to be in the bar.

Empires were already playing when we got in, we moved to like, second row. Since it was in the bar everyone was spaced out and there weren't too many people. I wouldn't say that there was ever over 100 people in the room while we were there. Empires were good, I just got their cd a few days ago so I don't know them too well but they were entertaining.

Forgive Durden came out next, which was surprising becuase for some reason I thought Dear and the Headlights would be next, but nope. Again, I just got their older cd a few days ago and they only played stuff from their new cd so I was a little lost. They were good live, one of the guitarists was really fun and into it and the keyboardest was adorable. However, the girl in the band, keyboardest, guitarist, and vocalist, I believe, was really kind of ehhh. She always looked like she was rolling her eyes and and one point just walked off stage. She also got pissy becuase the sound crew wasn't too great for any of the bands and she hadn't even done a soundcheck when everyone else had so there was really no reason for her to seem to upset. If you're going to complain about the sound, you should have probably done a sound check.

Next was Dear in the Headlights. I really like their cd but of the songs they played I only knew one or two. They were really fun and energetic, though. Their singer looked a lot like Charles Manson, I mean it could be becuase I recently read Helter Skelter or just becuase it was the huge curly hair and(ohmygod DE JA VU, sorry for that interuption) beard combo, but yeah. They were fantastical and I kind of wanted to get a shirt from them but they didn't have anything too great.

And AHHHHHHHH STEEL TRAIN they were incredible! I first heard of them when they were with Bayside on March 22nd and fell in love immediatly. I went to that show with just Erica and Nikki as well. Their cd, Trampoline somewhat inspired my current banner here on Buzznet, and really helped me get over my associate principal, Ms Bella's, death. After I listened to it for a month straight after she died, I didn't listen to them for a while, becuase although they helped me deal with it, it ended up reminding me of her. Eventually I started listening to them again when they came on but really forgot how much I loved them and how much energy they had live, which was what originally made me fall in love with them. The three of us were against the stage and Nikki and I ended up backing up and dancing the entire time.I couldn't stop smiling and I have never danced so much in my life. They played all the best songs and 2 new ones. It was so incredibly fun and whenever we were just singing along Evan would look down and see us and just start smiling so big, it was adorable. I love em, I really do.   At one point someone in the crowd, this drunk ass, start smoking and blowing the smoke right in Jack's face. Jack started coughing and choking and asked him to stop or move back, and the guy didn't, he just kept blowing some in his face, so Daniel tried blowing it away but it didn't help much. They were really funny when they talked, even though Jack thought he was going to throw up. They have the most amazing stage presence and whenever I listen to them I feel just a little bit  happier.

Afterwards Nikki and I ran to get merch. I was torn beteween a white v-neck with a cow on it and a blue one with pink letters with the name of the band. At this point I wasn't sure if I was getting another shirt or not, so I got the blue one becuase it was cheaper. I felt bad because the merch guy had to take out his own wallet to make change. We talked to him about Motion City's merch girl/guy becuase he was confused when we said merch guy because there was one at Warped. After we talked to Jack and told him he was incredible and had so much fun and he held out his arms and gave me a huge hug. It had to be one of my favorite hugs from a musican, it was nice :) While Nikki and I talked to Jack, Erica talked to Daniel I guess. We wanted to try to talk to Evan but he was out and about. Oh, and Jack went into the clearly marked Women's restroom 2 times, which was just kind of funny to see.

That was seriously the most fun I've had in a long ass time. As Nikki said "I haven't been this happy since Obama was voted President!" haha. I haven't been to a show that Nikki was at since Warped, and I hadn't actually gone with her to a show since....I actually think It must have been Bayside and Steel Train in March...which is CRAZY becuase she's who I first started going to shows with and I love her forever! Oh, we danced soo much, I feel like I'm going to throw up, I can barely talk and I should probably go to sleep right. about. now. So that's what I'm going to go do.

Peace Out Kids, sorry that was awkardly long. Well, it felt long and there were no pictures. Love you!

So you know those questions that get passed around Buzznet and other sites where you tag your friends and they can fill it out? I've been thinking about it for a while and come up with a somewhat similar idea exclusively for Buzznet! I thought it would be a cool way to learn a little bit more about eachother and how we got to be friends. Often we add eachother and comment on photos, videos, and journals so here's another chance to find out what people think about you!         I guess it's kind of lame, but what the hell, why not? Oh, and I'm not sure if it should be on a tagging basis or just fill it out if you want....so you decide!

So here's the deal; answer the following questions in my comments section, then post on your own page and have other's fill out the answers for you!

1. Why did you first add me as a friend?
2. What were your first thoughts?
3. What do you think now?
4. What is your favorite picture I've taken or blog I've written?
5. How would you describe me or what I post?
6. What reminds you of me?
7. If we were able to magically teleport to magical places together, what do you think would be awesome to do?
8. Maybe we could attempt to make an ice sculpture, what do you think we should make?
9. Do you believe in magic?
10. Hmm...one last question...Are you happy we're friends?

Okay, so you know those shows that you're like "Let's go to this!" and you never end up going either becuase you forgot or don't actually care that much, you don't have money or you don't have time? This is kind of how this show started out. We had already seen one band once, and another band three times over the summer. No big bands, no fancy venue, and it was 2 hours away at the Metro in Chicago. Somehow, we went anyway and I couldn't be happier.

Andi picked me up around 3ish and we set off to a benefit concert for Share Your Soles.  We haven't hung out a lot since the school year started so it was a fun ride there, catching up and talking and laughing and such and such. Good times. We didn't hit traffic til we were really close to the venue, and even then it wasn't too bad. We parked a few blocks away  and got in at like 6:10. It was freezing and dark out, but Andi parrallel parked for the first time since her roadtests, between to cars...and I like to think that I helped.

We got in and the Urbanites were already playing. I had never been to The Metro before but it was quite spectacular. The crowd wasn't too tight, so we moved forward and soon as they were done playing. We were secondish row. Nice.

Danger Is My Middle Name played second(I think?). I've seen them before at Summerfest and loved em. I've been meaning to the get their cd but I obviously had to wait til I saw them again becuase their music isn't in stores. They are so full of energy on stage, I just love it. William is always jumping around and standing right on the edge of the stage. The bassist constantly had his bass above his head or held out in front of him. They're all pretty silly and fun. Good show.

I think An American Taxi or something like that came out next. I don't know any of their music and they were pretty good but they were wasted. They were completly smashed and anyone could tell, it was funny. One of the guitarists made the funniest faces ever whenever he played. They had a lot of beer on stage, at one point the singer/guitarist picked up his beer and just spilled it all over his guitar and the floor and the amp. It was very "Wristcutters A Love Story" only he didn't die. Their lighting was incredibly horrible to the point where I wanted to punch them in the throat.

Punchline was next, they were good but I don't know if something was up with the mics that the vocals didn't seem very loud. Actually, I can't remember if that was for Punchline or American Taxi. They were good and fun, and yes.

The Frantic headlined! We saw them three times this summer, all in about a months time, they were the reason we came. Before coming on stage, Chris Farnesi and a lady from Share Your Souls threw out a ton of shirts and both Andi and I caught one. Both of us got a size too big, but whatever. When the band came to stage they were all dressed kinda fancier than the last times we had seen them. Silly,  but fun still. They are just so great to see, they're not a band that has a lot of deep thought, metaphors, and depressing emotions thrown into them so they're always a fun band. They will always remind me of the great summer I had and how carefree we were. That band means happiness, carefree, and just living to me. I love them. They played 2 new songs, one song that they play at ever live show that isn't on a cd, Build Me Up Buttercup, and a few songs from the cd. Oh, and a cover of The Clash. I'm really excited for their new stuff, they continue to make me happy every time I see them, talk to them, or hear or watch things about them on the interwebz. They are so full of energy, you can tell that they're just teenage boys in a band and having fun. I love it. Chris has the most kickass dance moves ever and Kyle Dee always makes the silliest faces. Brett is on drums and is always smiling, thus the nickname we have given him; Lil Smiliez :D  A bunch of their friends must have been in the crowd and ended up directly behind us. They were really rowdy and pushing a lot, so the girls in front of us left. Andi and I were barriar, Hurray!

Afterwards we went downstairs to get some merch. I bought a hoodie from The Frantic and a tshirt from Danger is My Middle Name. While Andi was waiting to buy something from The Frantic, Chris came out from behind the merch table and just kinda stood next to me. Then he turned in my general direction where everyone was just kind of hanging out and waiting in lines and was like "Can I get anything for anyone" Andi turned and looked at me and we both laughed. We were thinking dirty and silly things, we didn't say anything. After she bought her necklace we both a got a picture with him. He made a funny face in both of them. The whole time we was talking to people, people were complimenting him on his dance moves which he replied "I didn't take a single lesson, I swear"

A guy came out and told us if we weren't buying something we had to go outside. Then once we got outside we had to go past the green post. We waited until we could talk to Brett. He was asking a bunch of people for a lighter, I realized I had some matches in my purse so I let him use them. He asked if I smoked with a confused look on his face, I guess I don't look like I'm 18, or maybe I just don't look like a smoker. Either way, he's right. We explained that we had them becuase we got them free at a gas station. Afterwords we both got pictures with him too. He was moving around and making funny faces, and was like "It'll be an action shot! yea I 'm weird....sorry, haha" and yea. Andi was wearing a yellow hoodie and I was going to ask him if she looked like a bannana but I didnt...yea I duno. Haha.

Walking back to the car seemed warmer and somehow lighter. It was kind of strange. Halfway home it started to snow lightly. Yeah. We laughed so much. Somehow we came up with a rather awkard place called Ocootertown with two highschools who's mascots were Wildcats and Trojans. There would be a Vagery Facility and a Cat Clinic(where you take your pussy). Long story. Haha.    I'll be uploading my best pictures from the show here so check em out. I'm really proud of some of them becuase it's the first time I've really gotten good pictures at a show without using flash or a lot of editing. Enjoy :D