look at my facial hair! oh man, hot damn, it's everywhere!

woohoo! so we ended up snagging some tickets for the lily allen/npsh show at roseland for $12 less than they were supposed to be, which is flippin great even though tickets still ended up being $50 each. holy crapola! really?!
we went from seeing lily for free at a baby venue to paying $50 to see her at basically the largest GA venue in new york.
does that make any sense.
anyways, we got there about 45 minutes before doors. it was freezing cold and raining and we were pretty much miserable.
doors opened promptly at 7, and by the time we got in, the the entire front row was taken, and we had to settle for the second row ... tears.
we could already tell that everyone in the crowd was especially obnoxious and we'd probably be super annoyed after about 10 minutes of standing there.
we were absolutely correct.
the girls behind us kept complaining that we were stealing their spot, when they were CLEARLY behind us. we certainly did not want to be where they were standing, our spots were just fine.
we listened to the crowd around us saying how all they wanted to see was lily, and they all had no idea who the first band was ... tsk tsk, how dare they not know natalie portman's shaved head!

NPSH ended up coming on about 20 minutes late, hence the reason their set was rushed.
i was wondering why i was dancing so hard, then i realized maybe it was because every song was twice the speed.
but they were super enjoyable ... it had been WAYYYYY too long since the last time i saw them. i was suffering NPSH withdrawal, and now i'm suffering again until they come back for a headlining tour ... whenever that is.
i pretty much thought we were the only fools who knew every single word to every one of their songs, but then i glanced over only to see these two gay boys (probably form staten island) singing along ... word!











no pictures of claire :( they all came out so weird and saturated. i HATE the lighting there so much!

after their set, we scrambled to get out to use the restroom. yes, we gave up our nearly perfect spots, but we know we'd just be horribly annoyed if we stayed there.

we ran by NPSH's merch booth. they weren't there.
only one pair of sunglasses, no totebags and shirts were $20. are you flippin kidding me?!

after we were done with the bathroom, we ran back upstairs just in time for lily allen. we found an ok spot on the side.
she was super enjoyable. i didn't expect any less from her.
of course, she did her cover of womanizer, and basically everything from the new album, with some old lily classics put in.
i just wish the venue wasn't so gigantic and that it wasn't so HOT in there.









it was a good good show.
maybe not as fantastic as the last time we saw her, but that's probably just because this time it was at one of my least favorite venues.

i'm not even sure what my next show is.
i need something soooooooon!

oh p.s.
i think this was taken during "beard lust"

i want to know what's going on in that pretty little head of yours...

last night was part two (of three) of my epic weekend ... chiodos, silverstein and escape the fate at roseland.
again, as i've stated before ... i don't generally listen to this "genre" of music, but chiodos is completely different.
they're genuinely talented musicians, their live shows are beyond incredible, and craig owens just has a voice to die for ... not to mention, he's oh so charming ... and attractive ... and amazing.



right, so anyways, we got there beastly late. the crowd in there was HUGE, and we had already missed the first band, a skylit drive. whatevz.

so, first up for us were alesana. i had seen them once before, almost a year and a half ago, and they were bad. i think they were worse than the first time, though their drummer jeremy is a cutieeeee fo'sho.

after them, it was time for escape the fate. this was our first time seeing them with new lead singer craig mabbitt (former lead singer of bless the fall). they opened with "the flood" ... whatever. then they followed that with "reverse this curse" ... it was horrible, depressing, and just ... bleghh. it's just not the same. they then played "still not good enough", and closed with "situations." i kid you not, their set was approximately 14 minutes long. 4 songs. it was terrible. i never want to see them with craig ever again. it's not just that the lead singer is different and the songs just aren't the same, they like lost everything that was FUN about their live show. i'll miss you max green.

next were silverstein. we decided to move up for them ... it was like my childhood being replayed before my eyes. this was probably like 435687256478th time seeing them for me, but it just brought me back to the first time i saw them 3 years ago.
it was actually quite nice.
oh, and bill hamilton's mustache was looking GREAT as usual.
i attempted to take a few pictures of them, but of course, roseland has this shitty ass lighting and smoke machines that make the pictures really bad ... and obvz, this is the old camera that is temporarily replacing my broken point and shoot.
(don't worry, i have good quality pictures to take tonight)







last were the highly anticipated chiodos.
i had only seen them twice before ... once at bamboozle 2006, and at hoodwink this year.
both times in which they were under their alias "fluff my boner" ... which btw, is the best name ever.
but anyways, they were incredible. it was just totally epic and wonderful.
you can't help but be taken under craig owens' spell and just die inside a little bit.
we were miraculously in the second row for them, and as nasty and sweaty as it was, it was just all too wonderful to comprehend. oh my gosh. really, if you've never seen them before, you must.
oh, and of course jason's hale's legs are a special special bonus :P

almost the shittiest pictures ever.








i tried to get a photo of sexy legs .. but he was across the room, it was too hard.














lolz ... i hate roseland, but anything for chiodos, right?