friday i went over and saw the avett brothers at paramount. they played an acoustic set for about 25 people. paramount served milk and cookies. i felt like i was in my living room. my living room in heaven.
after the show, i spoke to the brothers avett and asked if they remembered chris and faith [garden st. cafe] - they remembered them well, and even remembered the name of The Black Swan, where they played a show in 2005. HOW did they remember that? even I sometimes forget the name of that bar. they talked about how much they enjoyed that show and that they'll never forget it.
...clearly.
after being a grade-A nerd [that's what nerds do, right? get grade A's? ...bad joke, bad joke...reaalll bad joke. ugh i'm sorry.] and posing for a photo and getting my poster signed [what? you got a problem?] i floated back to work. i finished up the day, went home to work on matt's gift, aaaand....i think that's it? i don't remember. i bet i'm going to end up like my mom and not remember what i did 5 minutes ago.
saturday was a gorgeous day. i worked on matt's gift [which were SPEAKER STANDS. I CAN SAY IT NOW BECAUSE HIS BIRTHDAY HAS ALREADY COME] allllll day. dt and erica helped me a boatload. i thought i was going to need their help for a half hour just holding some pieces together for me while i did the assembly. boy was i wrong.
3 hours later we were finally finishing up. rather, dt was finishing up. he was kind and let me drill some of the wood together, but i fucked up. twice. ugh. seriously, everything that could have gone wrong with these things during the process, did. the wood was not cut at the measurements i wanted, the first coat of stain dried weird, a bug dried in the paint on one of the pipes, i didn't have the right size drill bit, the screws i bought were too long and kept breaking, i had tim drill the initial holes in the wrong spot, the sand paper i had was too gritty and left scratches, the store didn't have really fine sand paper...i could go on. but that's what makes them so special..right? labor of love. labor of love.
as soon as these were finished, i ran around to get ready to see THE AVETTS with danny. we trained it to hollywood & vine and got in line. we walked in and scooched in front of a group of too-cool-for-school kids sitting on the floor in front of the stage. the opening band [magnolia electric] played...boooooring. i thought i was going to like them, until i realized that their 40 minute set may as well have been one really long song. and really, guys, don't smile. no need. your performance isn't affected at all by any emotion you may see fit to portray. at this point there was just one girl between me and the barrier up front, and i didn't want to look at her curly hair anymore. i asked danny how much money he thought it would take for the tall guy next to her to let me stand in front of him. after standing there for a good 45 seconds, rocking back and forth, mouth twisted in contemplation, i thought maybe i would ask mr. red shirt what the chances were of me standing in front of him. but danny got to it first.
"hey man, i have a huge favor to ask...would you mind if she stood in front of you?"
"ohh not at all! go for it! blah blah blah"
thank yous and hugs ensued.
as did utter disbelief at my location.
first row.
dead center.
are you kidding me?
the 4 friends around us were real great, and we struck up conversation while waiting for the show to commence. they'd seen them 8 times [native north carolinians] so thankfully it was no skin off their back to let me scoot up front.
the show started and i couldn't stop smiling. in the song 'salina' they mention poughkeepsie. it's real quiet, just scott singing a line about ptown, and as soon as he said it, i yelled at the top of my lungs, "YEAH POUGHKEEPSIE!!!!!!" like a grade-A [F?] moron. they all looked down at me and laughed. seriously, who the fuck from LA is from poughkeepsie? if they hadn't recognized me before, they definitely knew i was there after that outburst. heaven. the show ended way too soon. i could've listened to them all night long. they were unbelievable. the show was life changing for danny, and i'm glad.
i would have been more than content with my location behind miss curly, but being where i was really made the night special. i was the girl that i always wish i was when i go to shows. and i caught scott's bandana at the end. matt thinks it's gross. i think it's beautiful.
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