Update because I don't like not updating.

[uberreiniger]

Pretty much everything in the last three weeks comes down to I'm working all the time and I am tired a lot. It's a good kind of tired because I like being productive, not a soul-crushing despair-laden tired. I have basically worked three jobs in 48 hours. Wednesday I spent all day finishing a freelance project. This morning I had to go to KU Med Center for a standardized patient meeting, then I went to my day job for an eight hour shift. I feel tired but not as tired as I probably should.

I didn't really get to talk much about it but the Children of Bodom/Eluveitie show a few weeks ago was awesome. It actually gave me a new appreciation for Children of Bodom. I bought their cd Follow The Reaper many years ago when I was making a conscious effort to get into newer metal bands, listened to it a few times, decided I couldn't get into it, and rarely listened to it after that. I went to the concert mostly to see Eluveitie. CoB were the headliners and wow, they really do put on a great show! It's made me go back and re-evaluate their music and I'm finding that I really like it.

There was an opening band before Eluveitie though, called Revocation. Wow, that was one terrible band. They had a huge, spiky death metal logo, stage banners depicting dragons and demons, and pointy, evil-looking guitars. I should have loved everything about them but there was nothing to love about them. When you have to spend two minutes explaining how an instrumental song is supposed to make you imagine storming a castle and conjuring demons and drinking from magical chalices... maybe you should just go ahead and write lyrics that say that? Musically they were boring as hell and I wasn't the only one who thought so. I have never seen a metal crowd react with more indifference to a band. It would have been better for them had the crowd hated them. At least hate is a strong emotional reaction. But indifference to your music? That's the worst thing that can happen to a musician. In other words, I was never more ready for Eluveitie and Children of Bodom when they took the stage that night.

This Sunday night is Iced Earth. I can't help but wonder if my ex-bandmates will be there since they are both obsessed with Iced Earth. Even if they are it's unlikely I'll see them, but still I wonder.

Back to work...

Comments

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you saw a great show overall!

I hope I end up saying the same thing Sunday.

And now I'm reminded that I need to buy earplugs before Saturday night.

[whiskeychick.livejournal.com]

Working is a good thing. I, too, feel like I'm working all the time. Oh right, I am. Because parenting is the hardest fucking job of all. I miss going to concerts. I appreciate that you comment about them, gives me that vicarious living thing and all that.

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend earplugs for your first metal show. Really helps you ease into the experience.

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

One of my friends I go with has a son about the age of yours and he'll be coming with her to the show this Sunday. I think that's pretty cool.

[whiskeychick.livejournal.com]

I would take my son with me to shows, too; if I had the resources -- which right now, I do not. But hopefully it's only temporary.

[redstar826.livejournal.com]

At least hate is a strong emotional reaction.

Plus, sometimes it's hilarious when the crowd hates the band. I even can't remember who I was there to see, but I was at some punk show years ago and one of the opening acts was some crappy emo band. It ended up this big shouting match between the band and the audience and the lead singer absolutely flipped his shit because they were getting booed.

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

I saw Soul Asylum back in '95 and despite it being the height of their popularity the audience was weirdly hostile toward them. Dave Priner, the lead singer, got really snarky toward them. Never lost his temper but kept a sense of humor despite being visibly annoyed. It's interesting the different range of reactions audiences will have to a touch crowd.