SR XXIII: Careful With That Axe, Varg

It was very lulzy but what was that??

Henry you monster!

JJLehto wrote: Henry killed shred

Not really. He's just in tinychat.

OK, I guess I can get to the part of the weekend you actually want to hear about now. 

8:00 got close, so we all started to queue nicely (read: form a mob) around the entrance to the auditorium Magma was due to play in.  They opened the doors a bit before 8, and we all rushed in.  We got seats three rows back, on the right side of the stage.  I could see everyone on stage, though Vander's head was usually hidden by a cymbal.  We got to play the waiting game for a bit; the band didn't end up getting on stage until almost 8:30. 

The first two pieces were the new pieces (I assume the ones James says are boring) which we all thought were pretty incredible.  The first one was generally in line with their darker stuff, while I like to think of the second one as almost a Kobaïan lullaby since it has some very dreamy parts to it (though be assured, still thundering parts as well).  They were both at least half an hour long, I'm sure.  After those two, we got Emehntehtt-Re.  It's at least as good live as it is studio, probably much better (since you're sitting there watching them play and it's at least as epic as the studio version.  Everyone was playing at the top of their game last night - by the way, James Mac Gaw wasn't there, and the guitarist who was with them has only been playing with them for three days.  Even after such a short amount of time, he pulled off everything very well.  My only (nearly non-existent) complaint about the whole show is that I think Bubu was mixed just a bit low - could have used some more monster bass.  After they powered their way through E-Re, we the crowd gave epic applause for several minutes after the band left the stage, so they came back and played a very rock/blues version of Kobaïa.  After rocking it out like crazy, they were finally done playing for the night.

The adventure is not over yet, though!   Next was the post-concert reception.  I was under two main impressions about it - 1) the hors d'oevours wouldn't be very filling, and 2) the wine would be "pay by the glass".  Both were wrong.  The "hors d'oevours" turned out to be chicken marsala, some sort of salmon steaks, and various side dishes, so I was able to actually have some dinner.  The bigger surprise is that the wine was free.  I ended up with three glasses over the course of the reception.  Speaking of the wine, one of the two female bartenders came over to where I was sitting (as far away from the bar as was possible, actually) to ask me how I enjoyed the concert.  I think I was the only person she came out to talk to, and I would have enjoyed talking to her more than I got to.  Attractive blonde with French accent=.

Isabelle was the first of the members of the band to show up.  She didn't talk to very many people, but it was nice to see her there nonetheless.  After another 10 or so minutes, Stella showed up, then a bit later Christian.  The fanboy line started to mass up while he was eating, so I was nice and waited until he was done to ask him to sign an album for me (I got Retrospektiw III signed, because it had a red cover instead of black, so I can actually see his signature).  After getting the signature and thanking him for an amazing show, we left after a little while...it was already after midnight. 

By the time we got back to Micky and Raff's place, it was about 2am, and I passed out pretty quickly.  Then, after some hours of sleep, today happened.  We listened to some more music and talked some more about the show, etc., then left to get me to the bus station "early" for my bus.  Turns out I thought the bus left half an hour later than it actually did, so I got there about...2 minutes before it left.    I got on that bus, later switched to another bus, then finally ended up back here at school.

fin

OK, the full story is up over in the live music reviews thread I made. 

I dunno if any of you guys have ever had a long term relationship () but telling someone off is at the same time relieving, weight lifting, disheartening and depressing

King By-Tor wrote: I dunno if any of you guys have ever had a long term relationship () but telling someone off is at the same time relieving, weight lifting, disheartening and depressing

Long term? Definition? 9 months count as long term?    EDIT: Ninjad by Jon!
And I didnt even get the satisfaction of telling them off...


Edited by JJLehto - September 19 2010 at 22:02

King By-Tor wrote: 5 and a half years for us.... come on people!

Had to check your age...and you're 22!?
That is indeed very long.

JJLehto wrote: King By-Tor wrote: 5 and a half years for us.... come on people! Had to check your age...and you're 22!? That is indeed very long.

Psh, 5.5 years is nothing compared to 5 months.

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King By-Tor wrote: I dunno if any of you guys have ever had a long term relationship () but telling someone off is at the same time relieving, weight lifting, disheartening and depressing

Um, everything is long term in comparison to me.