"Say Hello To Haggard"

What's up everybody. It's Sunday, March 11, and I'm really not feelin' this whole losing an hour thing. I guess that's partly to do with me being so beat. Friday was a tough practice, and most of the time I was at Amanda's I was lying down and like groaning, or something. Anywho, Saturday was I guess a chill practice, I don't remember too well. I'm pretty sure I can safely say that all practices are pretty tough on me, what with the whole being out of shape thing. Saturday night was grrrrrreat though. (Sorry for the whole Tony the Tiger thing.) Me and Marc went to the "Say Hello To Haggard" tour and it was one of the best shows I've been to in a while. It was at this small place here in Delaware called the Harmony Grange, and I really liked it, despite hearing not one good comment about it previously. It was small and quaint, and very chill and relaxing. A really nice place to listen to music. And I loved the fact I didn't have to drive up to Philly to see a band I liked! (It's sad but that is so exciting for me, cause I'm ALWAYS the fuckin driver.) The crowd was amazingly small, probably not even 100 people. But I loved it. It wasn't like most concerts where you sweat balls and you have no room to move. As soon as I got in I picked up a new Classic Crime shirt. I felt so dumb, cause I usually know my bands pretty well, but I didn't even realize that the guy who sold me the shirt was The Classic Crime's guitarist Justin. He was really down to Earth and cool to talk to. I just wish I'd realized it earlier, cause the whole time I was talking to him we were talking about the band and how great they are and then he's just like "oh yeah, I'm in the band by the way." And I'm like ah jeez! I feel like such an idiot now. But he was totally cool about it and we kept talking a little while longer, and after their set too! So as for the actual concert, the first band on was a local band called "Stranded on Third" and even though I get a little irritated seeing bands I really don't want to, they were pretty good, so much so I would have bought a CD only I was broke. Next on was Sullivan, the worst band of the night, mainly cause I couldn't hear what the fuck the singer was saying. Also, he reminded me of a character out of Dr. Seuss, it's hard to explain other than that, you had to have seen it. Also, the singer was just weird. Half way through the first song, he took my UD hat and wore it for the rest of the song. I was nervous I wouldn't get it back. And through the rest of the set he kept grabbing this one girl's head. Not making this up. So quietdrive was on next and they were pretty good too. Marc even bought their CD. It was sweet cause they closed with "Rise from the Ashes" and I love that song and it was pretty good live. Next was The Classic Crime. Oh...my...god!!! This was my third time seeing them and it blew the other two times right out of the water. SOOO good. And during the song "Say the Word" the lead singer Matt pointed me out as I was singing and pointing back at him and I was like OMG ME?!?!?! I get so giddy around the bands I like. Afterwards I talked to the guys and Matt was like "You were my guy out there" since I knew all the words. I'm such a loser I probably blushed. I wish I knew they were hanging out afterwards. I woulda brought my camera or my CD to get signed. But they were still cool. I talked to Matt about how cool I thought it was for the work he's done in India and he was surprised I even knew or cared. Last up was A Change of Pace, who I wasn't expecting much of but were really x 10 good. The songs "I'm Alive" and "War in your Bedroom" were especially good and their light show was sick. The singer was really talented too. He had such a wide range, he had great screaming parts, and he could also hit the soft notes. I was so mad that I couldn't buy one of their CDs but I only had a dollar on me and Marc didn't have enough so I left with just the memory of a great set by them fresh in my mind. Oh well. All in all it was a great concert and a great night. Peace.