March 15, 2008

• This past night (Friday March 14) was the second concert of three that I'm attending to see Meg & Dia, with Angels & Airwaves as the headlining act. They returned to the House Of Blues Anaheim, and it was just a slightly different experience than Wednesday night.

  With help from the people I know that worked there, I was still able to get some drinks on the house. This time around I ate enough to accomodate the alcohol and stayed pretty sober throughout the night. While I was getting my drink (black russian) and walked around the venue a bit, "Ace Enders and a Million Different People" were performing on stage. They weren't bad, and had some good songs. I did still get the VIP passes for the balcony area, but I decided to stay in the pit for "the Color Fred" and for "Meg & Dia." Both bands were really good as expected, especially considering that they are playing to a crowd that are mostly just there for the headlining act. The experience in the pit is of course different than being in the VIP area, and you do tend to "feel" the music more by being in there. The problem with being in the pit is that you have to make an effort to put up with the lack of space, and being so close with everybody around you. In between just enjoying the music, I enjoyed observing the reactions from the people who never heard of The Color Fred or Meg & Dia, although I'm still mix on whether they were mostly positive or negative reactions.

  I did stay to watch Angels & Airwaves set this time around, and me and my friends had a nice primo spot at the VIP section. Close enough that I went ahead and used my camera phone to take photos, since I still wasn't able to bring my digital camera in. Great set from AVA and despite the fact I'm not a huge fan of lead singer Tom Delonge personally (can't forgive him for breaking up Blink182), I enjoyed their performance. I also appreciated the very "blink-esque" jokes that Tom did in between some songs as well.

  At the end of the whole show, I said hi to Meg, Dia, and Jon who were meeting some fans. It started on Wednesday, but Dia once again asked me where my wife is. I have to tell her that my wife doesn't like going to concerts, being in huge crowds, and listening to loud live music much, so she lets me go by myself. I'm starting to think I'm a bad husband with Dia asking me why she isn't there. Maybe one day I'll be able to convince my wife to go with me.

  Well, good memories, and I've got just one more day of this tour to catch.

  

  - photos from my camera phone -

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