for those that don’t know, i’m in a rock band. the other night (aug. 25th to be exact), we got the chance to open for blessid union of souls (yeah, the “hey leonardo” guys). here’s how it went…

AMAZING. everything was totally amazing…except for blessid union of souls. but i’ll get to that in a minute. first off, i felt like a rockstar. there were roadies there moving our equipment and setting everything up. all we did was wait for our soundcheck. seriously, this was the real deal as far as sound goes…and it sounded AMAZING. also, the stage had a full lighting system (there was a lighting guy!). well, we retreated to taco bell after check and then changed clothes. (i know!) the stage had a full lighting system (there was a lighting guy!). we came on stage to the roar of lots of people. i mean lots. 1200 or so. the show went very, very, very well. i was sweating like a rockstar…or something. people were cheering (especially when we played [i]watchtower[/i] and [i]thunder rolls[/i]). so after we went off, obviously blessid was supposed to come on…well, these guys are jerks. they didn’t even come to hear us…they went back to the hotel and decided to wait there till 8:45 (originally supposed to go on at 9). they didn’t show up until like 9:15. anyway, there were some people into it…but mostly not. blessid played a LOT of covers…and WAAAAAY too long. for their “encore” (which we didn’t ask for), they played about 5 more songs. annnnd the lead singer is the gay-ist ever. seriously. so anyway, we didn’t even talk to them cause they ignored us…so that was cool. the funniest thing was, by the time they got done playing, there were like 100 people left. and when they went off this guy yelled, “play one more cover!” AAHHH…i about died laughing. and so, that was that. since then, we’ve had a LOT of people say we showed them up…so that’s pretty cool.