While we were in the neighborhood we took a trip to Bath where the old Roman baths are. Before we went to the baths we ate lunch at the Huntsman, I found this relevant. The baths were indeed old except for the statues around the top, which were made by some guy in the Nineteenth Century. I opted to not take the audio tour because I’m really not a tourist and didn’t want some guy talking into my ear. Afterward we got ice cream and listened to a man playing the guitar and singing the chorus of One Love over and over. There were a lot of attractive girls walking around. This time the baby on the bus was very vocal. He was screaming in joy and sadness the entire threeish hours from Bristol to London. It should have been two hours, but we got caught behind two accidents and a diversion. Upon going through the tube gate a man that had walked up before us, but hadn’t gone through, squeezed through behind me. Hopefully that won’t affect me at all. He got into the same car as us and walked around looking suspicious. A few stops later he got off following some other people. He had pink shoes.
Today I got some 9v battery connectors to make it easier to change the batteries. I realized afterward that in doing this I detracted from the iShit’s “hackedness” by which I mean I bought parts instead of cannibalizing some other electronics. Oh well, it still looks like shit on the outside. This alsoshowcases my new carrying case for it which makes it a dance party on the go. It has been tested and the verdict is good.
So, I’ve been listening to Daft Punk, mostly Discovery, since Friday. And they have yet to get old, I’ve listened to some other stuff so I don’t go into a coma, but I still love the music. Yesterday, Trung and I danced to it on the way to Ultimate with it blaring from the iShit (dance party to go) and on the way back Alex, Sierra (not so much), and I danced to it, really, we were walking in tune to the music; it was epic. I need to make a Daft Funk playlist of my favorite songs, i.e. “One More Time,” “Aerodynamic,” “Digital Love,” “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger,” “Da Funk,” “Robot Rock,” and “Around the World.” I really love the synth solo in Aerodynamic, EPIC.
I forgot to write about this last night. My parents and I went to see Across the Universe. It was actually really good, especially since I had no idea what to expect. It reminded me of Tommy. The one thing I found odd (other than the other odd stuff) was that they didn’t actually have “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” in the movie, it was played during the credits…uh, what the fuck? I would have thought they would put it in there, I mean, most of the other characters had the song they were named for, but when they played “All You Need is Love” I thought “Wait, ‘All You Need is Love’ is the last song, what happened to ‘LSD’?” By last song I mean that “All You Need is Love” is the last song on the Magical Mystery Tour album, which made me wonder if MMT is also their last album…the Internet does not want to give me an answer (I’m too lazy to look hard).
Went to Atlantis Fantasy World to get all four of the books in the Amory Wars (either based on the music by Coheed and Cambria or the other way around, not sure) series only to find they didn’t have them. So I decided to buy them online. Unfortunately, it seems that the second book is out of print and the few copies for sale are $10 instead of $4, so I only got 1 and 3. Guess I’ll just have to fill in the gaps with Wikipedia. Even so, they promise to be awesome.
In a word: Awesome! In two: Fucking Awesome! Yesterday, my friends Alex, Trung, and I went to see the Coheed and Cambria concert at the SF Warfield. It was my first concert and it looked to be pretty awesome. Except, it started off a little shaky because as we got to where we were going, I realized that I had to piss. Unfortunately, the doors didn’t open for another half-hour. So, I was stuck in line trying my best to stay in control. I made it. After a trip to the men’s, we got in line to buy merch, I decided to get a T-shirt with a big blue dragonfly (which we later discovered to be some sort of robot/space ship) with tour dates on the back. Alex got an awesome (though over-priced) Keywork belt buckle
Trung was going to get a hot pink shir t(I forget what was on it). So, Alex got his buckle and Trung and I got our shirts. I put mine on over my shirt, little tight, but then that’s cause I was wearing two shirts. Trung put his on and it was too small. Now, my first thought was that it looks like he got a girls shirt because not only is it hot pink, but it also looks like it’s got that curved inward at the middle shape you sometimes see…on girls. Trung insisted it was just too small, so he exchanged it for a large. This too was too small. We decided that it was in fact a girl’s shirt. So he exchanged it again for a different style. Too small, exchanged for a large. Still too small; the tag has the word “girl” on it. Then he exchanged it for a large of a different shirt. Now, it was too big. So he got a medium and finally he was satisfied…Trung fails. The opening band (Fall of Troy) was okay. The music itself was good, but the lyrics were pretty much the singer screaming shit into the mic. Also, at one point the singer hawked a giant loogy, spit it up in the air and then caught it in his mouth…definitely could have gone without seeing that; at another point he started spitting into his hand and I was afraid he was going to throw it at the audience, but instead he just threw it on stage. Unfortunately, a mosh pit opened up right next to where we were standing, so I spent most of the first set with my right arm up for protection. The second band was good as well. The members all appeared to be in their late 30′s/early 40′s and they played a southernish rock (with much better vocals). [I just spaced out for about, oh, an hour] Again, a mosh pit broke out near us, which wasn’t really that fun. Finally, after what seemed like forever, the back curtain went up to reveal a little city (Jersey maybe?). At that moment, the audience on the floor turned to a can of sardines and remained so for the rest of the show; the one good thing was that it made it harder to fall over. But man, Coheed was fucking awesome, opened with “No World for Tomorrow” and played “Welcome Home” and “The Final Cut” as an encore.
Best parts: Claudio “shooting” us with his guitar, Claudio playing behind his head, Claudio playing with his tongue (I assume hi tongue, couldn’t really see), and the 5 minute (at least) drum solo during “The Final Cut.” SO…FUCKING…AWESOME!
The Running Free
It’s finally here! Tomorrow, my friends Alex, Trung, and I are going to see Coheed and Cambria at the Warfield in SF. It’s gonna be friggin awesome! Today, Trung printed out the lyrics for every song by the band, so that he could memorize them tonight. Hopefully we won’t get our asses kicked by some hardcore rockers. Oh yeah, this is also my first concert. Apparently tomorrow we’re going to get jacked up on sugar before we leave…for no apparent reason.
