song of the blog: anything 311
tonight is the first of 2 nights that i get to see 311. tonight will be 311 concert number 4 and tomorrow will be number 5. im very very excited about this show. ive been waiting for this show for a while now so its pretty awesome its finally here. the first time was in 2001 at warped tour. then i saw them on 311 day in 2002. and again but im not sure when in pensacola i believe it was. that show is actually kind of fuzzy, i remember going to the beach first and then going to the show. i remember standing outside the show. but the show itself...kind of fuzzy. dont know why.
this show though should be amazing. they're playing a much smaller venue this time. the past few times i saw them they played arenas. now theyre playing the little old orange peel. shit. and theyre playing 2 nights in a row. the only other band that ive seen multiple nights in a row was sts9 and i missed the last night show because i was broke. i was actually think back on that show and realized i didnt really have a good time at that show. but that oh well, its a memory ill have.
lets see...let me think of all the shows ive been too. its not that many.
okay:
july 25, 2001 - Vans Warped Tour
october 19, 2001 - 311
march 11, 2002 (03/11) - 311
August 1, 2002 - Vans Warped Tour
May 18, 2002 - Blink 182/Green Day/JImmy Eat World
February 15, 2003 - Hod Rod Circuit
March 6, 2003 - Coldplay
July 23, 2003 - Vans Warped Tour
July 28, 2004 - Vans Warped Tour
Novemeber 19, 2004 - Coheed and Cambria
October 31, 2005 - Coheed and Cambria
December 29 & 30, 2005 - STS9
March 5, 2006 - Coldplay
November 4, 2006 - Broken Social Scene, Do Make Say Think
November 16, 2006 - Imogen Heap, Levi something, and Kid Beyond
September 19, 2007 - Blonde Redhead, School of Seven Bells
Ive also seen: Jimmies Chicken Shack and Everclear, Cursive twice, Thursday, Poison the Well, I was at a P.O.S., Russian Circle show but I was a little messed up so i sat outsider and talked to some ladies. I saw the Working Title twice, Armor For Sleep......let see.......thats all i can remember at the moment. fuck now its not....i saw DEFTONES in ATL but i dont remember the date. That was an absolutly great show. they played their cover of "say it aint so" and ive got the video to prove it. I also saw Atmosphere and but dont remember the date. I actually saw them twice, once at warped tour but i dont remember which year it was. Phantom Planet was a really good show, but once again, no date. that was a really nice surprise birthday present. I got blindfolded and driven all the way to auburn, al before i knew what was up. that was a great gift. i missed the jurassic 5 show, the ratatat show and the ray lamontagne shows here. i sacrificed the last two for 311. i figured, 311 is getting at that point where you dont know if they'll do another tour around here, especially in my town, so i said screw it, im going to 311. Im going to see Coldplay again in Charlotte here in August i think. I wanted to go to bonnaroo where i could have seen: tv on the radio, band of horses, rodrigo y gabriela, galactic, coheed and cambria, animal collective, citizen cope, ted leo and the pharmacists, people under the stairs, and more. id really really really really really really like to see ALL of them. a few more than others. PUTS and Ted Leo, Animal Collective for start. Ive already seen coheed 3 times but a 4th will never hurt.
well, its time to go. ill continue this post when i return.
kudos to you 311 for putting on one of the absolute greatest shows ive been too in a long time. wow. and this is just the first night. what will tomorrow have in store for us 311 fans??? my voice is pretty sore from yelling and singing....and after tomorrow night, im probably not going to be able to speak. damn, i am still stunned at the awesomeness that i just witnessed. lets see, this group outlaw nation opened. they were pretty good. they were like...hard rock/reggae type stuff. i got a new 311 t-shirt. i miss my old 7-eleven style 311 shirt. i got it at the first warped tour i went too. it was the first time i saw 311. but it got to small and i dont remember what happened to it. so anyways. then 311 came on and they played so fucking hard. they played "visit" which i wasnt expecting. they played pretty much most of the songs i wanted to hear and i still have a whole nother show to witness. man. in fact, im just going to leave this open until then. they played "applied science" with the drum line!!! shit, i didnt think they would do that on such a small stage, but they proved that i should never ever doubt 311. oh man, i cant wait for tomorrow.
