311 yeah
just for my own sake....a list and brief description of every 311 show ive been to.
12/5/99 Houston, TX Numbers - My first show, with Daren and Valerie as well as Scott Youngblood and his brother and girlfriend. 1st song was Omaha Stylee with Intro. Very cold night - but after I got out of that hot club, it was fine. I wore three shirts because i bought a shirt for andrew johnston and was wearing an undershirt.....Got to meet the whole band and got another shirt signed. It was amazing.
10/25/00 Houston, TX Aerial Theatre - My Second show, with Daren, and I think Joanna and Eric Villareal. I believe Leslie Godwin and Amy were there seperately. 311 played with Zebrahead, who I was really just getting into at the time. So it was kind of a dream. I remember being really excited to leave band practice early to go to the show. It was amazing. They played Use of Time, which caused some tears to fall i think. They also played new songs from an album that wouldn't come out for another 6 months. A bit of a tease. Later this week I saw Deftones and Incubus. All four of my favorite bands at the time in one week.
7/22/01 Houston, TX Woodlands - My third show, and first and only warped tour. There show was a bit short. I remember them opening with You Get Worked, and after that i liked that song, because i had guessed they would open with it. It was weird to be there with so many people I knew. April Ng I remember being there, before her pregnancy I guess. Kool Keith was also at the festival. I remember the crowd being very very tightly packed into this one "pit" area...but it was awesome nonetheless.
10/23/01 Austin, TX Music Hall - My fourth show, and I believe my first show without Daren. I went with Amy and Brandy and Michael (amy's BF at the time), they smoked weed on the way over there. I remember seperating myself from them all to get closer. And then never seeing them til the end of the show. This was the most vicious pit I had ever seen at a 311 show. Many men, and less women than normal. At the time they were playing a lot of heavy rocking songs. Michael found some pot in the parking lot on the way out. Alien Ant Farm opened...they sucked. We talked to Chad (the drummer) after the show, briefly.
10/25/01 Houston, TX Aerial Theatre - My Fifth show, and It was two days later with all my Houston friends. I remember calling the first song again here. I remember Brandy was there somehow, and she gave me a guitar pic after the show. They played "let the cards fall" which was special to me. I think all my friends were really really into weed at the time in katy. I think afterward we went to Adams place and I huffed CO2 or whippit or whatever....it was weird. This is the last time I remember hearing "Fuck the Bullshit" as a closer, although i apparently have heard it, i just dont remember. I got really sick the day after this, and I missed my 5th show (the penetrate show) in what would have been 6 days i think. We also sat down during Alien Ant Farm and were told we had to stand up. It was funny. I think this was the show when the band stopped playing because something happened (someone fell off the balcony?) and made sure everyone was alright, either that, or they just fucked up.
3/10/02 Houston, TX International Ballroom - My 6th show. This was the first time I caravanned to a show. I think I drove and Joanna drove and Michael Comeaux drove. Very weird place the I-Ball is. This is the first time i ever talked to people on the internet and then met them at a show. I also, for the first time, saw Jared lahkani at a show. I remember Daren and Joanna dating hardcore at the time, and I also think Jared McMillan was there. I was basically alone in the pit at this show too. Hoobastank opened and sucked hard, and I booed I think...im vicious. I remember leaping into Daren's arms after the show, cause I was so happy with the setlist - which included Inner Light Spectrum, Nutsymptom, Large in the Margin, and Welcome.
8/24/03 Houston, TX 610 Arena - My 7th and favorite pre-show experience. I had everyone I knew that was going to the show come over beforehand and we had sandwiches and toasted cheap wine. I dont think i could remember everyone who was at that show. But it was like Daren, Joanna, Mike, Jared, Amy, Demetrios, Eric, Brandy, Corey, Lane, Gus and Josh...as well as that crazy kid Tracy from Austin, which was weird. Seems like ive forgotten someone...but it was amazing. Although the 610 arena is a horrible place to see a band play. The openeing band was cool, i forget their name.
8/26/03 Austin, TX The Backyard. My 8th show. I couldn't resist going to this show, even though i was broke. I went with Amy and her friend Ashley. I think Dennis Clapp was smoking pot in the parking lot which was weird. I remember attempting to crowd surf for the final time and falling to the ground, and i had long hair at the time and someone yelled "get her up"...i thought it was funny. After the show, something weird happened...there were cops or something, i dont remember what exactly. I was really broke afterward.
3/13/04 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless. My 9th show. The first one my parents went to with us. A lot of people went to this one as well. Had a blast. My sister was in the pit with me. It was a family affair. For the first time in forever, Daren was hardcore in the pit with me. We lifted my sister to her first crowd surf. Afterward I think we played pool at my house or something...or maybe everyone ditched me to go drink, i dont remember...but a great show.
This time around, whether I go to the Austin show or the Houston show will be my 10th show. It's been a grand ride.
Also - the video went well...im still recovering from being exhausted. But it was grreat.
