April 27th, 2011 will be a hard day for me. two of my favorite bands are playing gigs locally. since both will be headlining, and the shows aren't really that close, there is no way to catch both bands. I've been through the logistics and its just not possible. this means i had to do the hardest thing I've had to do in a long time...i had to choose between Brand New and Alkaline Trio.
i had actually been mulling this over for a while, and was still really unsure what to do. both bands put out shitty last albums. I've seen both bands before, and both put on really good live shows. i love both bands. I've seen brand new 31 times (it might be 32. i have lost track.) while I've only seen alkaline trio 3 or 4, but its likely that ill be able to see the alk3 again, while brand new is so freaking flaky as a band who knows what their next move will be.
i had a few things playing in my mind that had me leaning towards deciding on brand new, but i was still up in the air. last Saturday i went to see plain white t's with some friends, and one of them there wanted to know what decision i was making. (yes, for those keeping track, its possible that i did know about the bn show before it was announced. a little birdie might have chirped in my ear to let me know about it before i bought alk3 tickets because that little birdie might have known id be interested...) my friend asked me to go to the bn show with her and i was more or less settled on it by that point but was still kind of not sure if i had made the right decision. i mean, i love brand new, but i have been wearing my alkaline trio hoodie daily for nearly a year while i haven't touched my brand new hoodie in a while. this might seem trivial, but its kind of a big deal.
i didn't get out of bed today til nearly 2pm. i didn't feel well, am kind of depressed and had nowhere to be. its likely i would have stayed in bed all damn day, but my brother called and wanted me to go with him to take monkey to chuck e. cheese's so i needed to get up and take a shower. this is important because it means that I'm sitting in front of the computer doing a whole lot of nothing now, at nearly 2am. i wrote tonight's 365 blog, and referenced a studio session that they did, so i watched the video and then just decided to listen live to the radio station because it was so quiet down here.
i was just minding my own business and playing zuma blitz and all of the sudden a few very recognizable to me notes rang through my computer speakers and i froze up. once i realized that i was indeed hearing what i thought i was hearing, i yelped loudly enough that i probably woke up my parents and the rest of the neighborhood. THEY WERE PLAYING BRAND NEW ON THE RADIO. i listened to the song and was so happy about it that i did the geekiest thing possible and posted on the radio station's wall on facebook.
and then i realized something.
i wouldn't have been that excited about an alkaline trio song on the radio. i would have been happy. i would have sung along. but i wouldn't have woke the entire neighborhood up. i wouldn't have posted about it on the radio station's facebook wall. i surely wouldn't have blogged about it.
i can rest easy tonight knowing i made the right decision. i will be seeing brand new on April 27th. I'm sorry, alkaline trio. ill catch you guys next time around.
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