Meg & Dia once again had a great performance at the Epicentre, in San Diego, CA. This was a different crowd and environment than their previous night’s gig at Saint Rocke, but it was still all good. They played another new song, which I believe is called “Helicopter” (I need confirmation).

Anyway, quick run down of the night…

Glad to see several of the boardie “veterans” show up. Old habits never die as a certain someone was bringing the hype “USA! USA! USA!”

That reminds me, newer boardies who we’ve never met. If you recognize a boardie, introduce yourselves. I’ve met at least a couple more this time, and oddly enough one of them (Hi Joya!) I’ve seen in a Marie Digby concert I’ve also been to.

“Love Song” music video shoot was fun to watch. I did not participate this time, but seeing the four boardies try and keep a straight face while lip synching to the song was entertaining. A couple of the boardies were having some fun with Carlo while he was shooting as well.

My one main personal highlight though has got to be Carlo shouting “Pivot! Pivot!” while I was helping him move one of the tall boxes of gear. That’s a FRIENDS joke I haven’t stopped using since the episode it came from aired on TV, and hearing him use it was a very welcome surprise.

I did not get many photos at all this time, plus the lighting was not very friendly to my camera, but here they are…
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Now videos I did take! While there are other better quality videos on youtube (kobefan131), you can check out what I got here…
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=1C43A8B07E5F368D

Well, these have been two nights worth of excellent Meg & Dia memories to last me until I see them again next year. ’till then, keep the music alive.

I’m back from Hermosa Beach from seeing “Meg & Dia” at Saint Rocke, and I’d like to say just WOW! WOW WOW WOW that was a phenomenal performance by the band!

The “It’s Always Stormy In Tillamook” songs totally shined when played live, and they played ALL the songs from it (well, no “Down The Open Road” but still). It was a thrill to hear the covers, a new song from the upcoming new album next year, and Dia on guitar! Not to mention manager Mike Kaminsky actually being there in one of their gigs, after a long period of not seeing him in one.

I’m glad the rest of the Meg & Dia hardcore fans; the “boardies,” got to see the show streamed live, and although there were few of us boardies there physically, at least in internet spirit they were all there as well. I’m looking forward to more audio/video rips from the stream, so I can re-live the night. BTW, I know I’ve always produced live video footage from MaD shows, but because of the stream I opted not to. I still took the occasional photos though, which you can find here…

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* I couldn’t get a shot of Nick at all, due to my angle *

A couple of personal highlights of mine from the night…

- Former boardie Derek making an appearance after years of not going to a MaD show. Plus he kept the tradition we started years back of buying each band member drinks. He must have gotten Meg at least 3+ drinks.

- “I better not F*** up then” = Meg’s response, after I reminded her about the live stream, and how the whole world could be watching them. I found her answer so apt and humorous at the same time.

- Dia on guitar! Can’t ignore that as a highlight.

- Carlo’s impromptu singing and dancing to “Rump shaker”

- Dia talking about the Inception episode of South Park.

- The band and crew trying to put their gear back in the van was like a puzzle. “This fits here, how? Where’s Nick, he’s the one that’s good at figuring this out.”

- Just chatting and hanging out with the band, plus them actually knowing my name is always a highlight.

- Oh, and I got the band to do drawings on the EP, which you can find in this photo…

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* you can guess who drew what *

This was yet another excellent Meg & Dia experience, and only reinforces why I love this band so much.