I AM SO TIRED!
May. 16th, 2008 10:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
revidI'll do a full recap soon, but it's not going to be for a couple days. Here's the quicky that I wrote on GDC:
Great show. Hotter than hell in Oakland 95F, 35C. People in line were great and the venue staff were very nice. Anyone that wanted to go to the show got it. Before 5pm there were maybe 100 people in line.
The Tubbies played everything off "Stop, Drop and Roll" plus a cover of The Network's "Supermodel Robots," a cover of "Blood, Sex, and Booze," (That's how Billie introduced it: "This is a cover song."), and the encore consisted of a string of covers that included some Who, but most of which I didn't actually recognize. Billie only sang and played tambourine, he did not touch a guitar the whole show. They had another guitarist named Kevin Preston, from the band Prima Donna.
After the show, we went out back and I got a chance to talk briefly to Mike. I was wearing my Mother Mary FHT tshirt, which Mike said was his idea. Brittney was there, and no, she is not pregnant. I don't know how these bullshit rumors get started. Tré was flitting around, but as usual, he's not real big on talking to fans. Billie was a real sweetie after the show, spending quite a bit of time with everyone. He was so animated and excited describing the location of tonight's show in Crockett to Leanne. "Yeah, it's right next to my High School, and my Junior High...It almost the last exit off the freeway, Adrienne, what's the name of the exit?...Well, if you hit the bridge you've gone to far....." What a sweetie. Adrienne too, was as sweet as the last time I met her. The best way to get a pic with Billie? Give your camera to Adrienne. God bless her, she wrangled him, aside (after he was finished talking to Jello Biafra(!!)) And took a picture of me and my friend with Billie.
I'm really sad I won't be able to make tonight's show, because I think it will be even more fun.
As a summation, those guys looked like they were having a genuinely great time. Billie had a fucking ear to ear smile so often that it just was heartwarming. I think this is their way of easing back in to being a band and touring again. After the arena tours of AI, they just wanted to fuck around a little bit
and have some fun.
What a treat to be there for their first gig. For $5. Yep, I feel pretty lucky.
Great show. Hotter than hell in Oakland 95F, 35C. People in line were great and the venue staff were very nice. Anyone that wanted to go to the show got it. Before 5pm there were maybe 100 people in line.
The Tubbies played everything off "Stop, Drop and Roll" plus a cover of The Network's "Supermodel Robots," a cover of "Blood, Sex, and Booze," (That's how Billie introduced it: "This is a cover song."), and the encore consisted of a string of covers that included some Who, but most of which I didn't actually recognize. Billie only sang and played tambourine, he did not touch a guitar the whole show. They had another guitarist named Kevin Preston, from the band Prima Donna.
After the show, we went out back and I got a chance to talk briefly to Mike. I was wearing my Mother Mary FHT tshirt, which Mike said was his idea. Brittney was there, and no, she is not pregnant. I don't know how these bullshit rumors get started. Tré was flitting around, but as usual, he's not real big on talking to fans. Billie was a real sweetie after the show, spending quite a bit of time with everyone. He was so animated and excited describing the location of tonight's show in Crockett to Leanne. "Yeah, it's right next to my High School, and my Junior High...It almost the last exit off the freeway, Adrienne, what's the name of the exit?...Well, if you hit the bridge you've gone to far....." What a sweetie. Adrienne too, was as sweet as the last time I met her. The best way to get a pic with Billie? Give your camera to Adrienne. God bless her, she wrangled him, aside (after he was finished talking to Jello Biafra(!!)) And took a picture of me and my friend with Billie.
I'm really sad I won't be able to make tonight's show, because I think it will be even more fun.
As a summation, those guys looked like they were having a genuinely great time. Billie had a fucking ear to ear smile so often that it just was heartwarming. I think this is their way of easing back in to being a band and touring again. After the arena tours of AI, they just wanted to fuck around a little bit
and have some fun.
What a treat to be there for their first gig. For $5. Yep, I feel pretty lucky.
