you only see what i let you see

[asimplechord]

1. I need to go back to the Bronze Peacock and somehow get invited to the VIP room. Totally swank. Also, next time a band does a meet and greet there, it would be unbelievably awesome if the bar were actually, you know, OPEN.

2. Ryland Blackinton was the sweetest guy ever when I asked about This Is Ivy League doing any touring (outside the mid-Atlantic), and I was totally not expecting it when he reached out and grabbed me for a big hug when he saw that I brought their CD for him to sign.

3. Nate Novarro is a lying liar. A TINY one. This girl was like, "You're really short!" and he said, "No, I'm 5'10' and change." And uh, no. I was standing right next to him. He was no taller than I am. I was wearing flats. And I am not 5'10".

4. Meh, to Sing It Loud. Actually, the whole time they were on, I was thinking about the Ridiculous Conversation overhead by notthequiettype on the LHDC tour, and about the fact that Nate and Pat look so much alike they could be twins. Or is that just because they've been hanging out together so long they're starting to mimic mannerisms and share clothes and hairstyles like old married couples do?

5. Hit The Lights sound does not match their pastel paint-splattered set. And I mean that in a good way. Except the mullet the guitarist was sporting does not really need to be encouraged. And, okay, one thing that annoyed me? Hit The Lights, or maybe FTSK, instead of having a tip jar at their merch booth, have a jar where the money donated is being given to a charity to help dig wells and provide clean drinking water for towns in Africa. Which is fine. But the singer, when he was talking about it, said that "HIV and AIDS and malaria all spread in contaminated water" and that clean wells would prevent this.

Uh. No. Neither of those diseases are carried by water. HIV/AIDS is body-fluid only. Malaria is a parasite carried by mosquitoes, and you have to be bitten by said mosquitoes to be infected. NOT WATER-BORNE AT ALL. Cholera, dysentery, typhoid, all water-borne.

6. Forever The Sickest Kids threw down the best performance I've seen by them yet.

7. Gabe Saporta's voice is *rough*. Cobra Starship put on a very entertaining show (and the Diamond Girl medley was sweet!), but it was definitely not the best performance I've seen by them. [As an aside, when Gabe thanked TAI and GCH for making Bring It (Snakes On A Plane) and starting the whole Cobra thing, was there a reason he didn't mention the non-FBR bands who contributed, The Sounds and The All-American Rejects?]

8. I only gave one concert call and didn't take any photos because I was all the way at the barrier in front of Ryland Blackinton, and the crush was so ridiculous that I had a hard time getting my hand into my pocket to get the phone out, and I was afraid if I took the camera out, I'd never get it back and I'd have to hold it the whole show. Sorry. :(

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[blushandrecover.livejournal.com]

3. Yeah, when I met Nate he seemed around my height, 5'7"ish or so?

7. I assumed he meant on the actual song "SOAP/Bring It," that Bill and Travis actually helped him right. (But I was wanting him to thank Maja, too.)

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that sounds about right for Nate. :)

I figured that's what he meant, but Nick from AAR played guitar on it, even though he doesn't appear in the video.

[fleurdeliser.livejournal.com]

Yay! Glad you had a good time. :D

Now if only people could convince Gabe that we'd rather him have a voice and be able to sing IN THE FUTURE than finish this tour and end up losing that ability.

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY!

I saw somewhere that he was going to have surgery in January, I think? Maybe? But I thought they were originally supposed to be doing a tour in the UK then. They already postponed the swing through the UK, b/c it was supposed to be between Warped and Sassyback, so I'm not sure how people will take it if it gets canceled altogether.

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

Also? I forgot to mention it, but Gabe took Suarez's bass and played it for a bit before Bring It, and I was all excited b/c it was like Midtown!Gabe made an appearance.