Van Halen Concert

November 27 marked the day of the Van Halen concert.

Fuck.

I went with my dad to watch a reunion tour of David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen at Arco Arena in Sacramento.

The concert hit you hard the moment it began and never stopped pounding your face in throughout the entire show. My dad was telling me how Roth was fired way back when cause he of his quote "LSD" [lead singer disease], but it was awesome to see that the two settle their long dispute and put on an amazing show. I dig the fact that Eddie cleaned himself from drug and alcohol issues lately in order to perform to his very best for the fans. He looks healthy and better than ever with a fresh buzz cut, and he can still kick ass on guitar like no other.

Highlights:

• Roth and Van Halen playing buddy buddy on stage by constantly acknowledging to the fans of their settled disputes.
• Drum solo was awesome, amazing drummer that is also an original member of the band.
• Wolfgang Van Halen [Eddie's 16 yr. old son] on the bass.
• The kid was real good.
• Finger tap on the bass.
• "Dualing" with his dad on stage
• The fact that he looks like a normal kid that you could see walking down the street.
• At first, I thought he looked like Andy Milanokis...lol.

• ERUPTION!!!!! [finger tap orgy!]
• Eddie constantly fucking the crowd up with his lead guitar solos.

The show ended on "Jump" as the encore.
Awesome night. Awesome concert. Awesome band.

Imma go now and spend 5 hours replicating a 1/10 of what Eddie Van Halen did...

M5 Concert

November 5, 2007 marked the day of the Maroon 5 concert

Headline: Maroon 5
Opening Acts: Phantom Planet & The Hives
Location: Arco Arena
Time: 7:30 [opening acts]

I went to the Maroon 5 concert with Jon and Erica, and since I drove last time to the JT concert at Arco, Erica took it upon herself to drive this time. We left super early and got to the arena super early. We basically chilled in the parking lot while bumping various tunes in the car for 2 hours. By the time we decided to leave the car we got inside the arena towards the end of Phantom Planet's opening act. A good act despite the fact I only knew one song: "California" [aka The OC song]. After that we stood in line to purchase some merchandise. I was hoping to find some cool t-shirt designs, however there were no creatively good and visually appealing Maroon 5 shirts. I then took the liberty of buying a $35 Hives t-shirt. Two words: bad ass.
Unfortunately I missed the whole Hives set due to standing in line, but they sounded great from what I heard.

The headliner began at 9:00 opening with "If I Never See Your Face Again" and following with "Makes Me Wonder." Impressive act with a great stage set-up and performance. Behind the 5-piece band was the huge "M" logo, complete with stunning light visual found in similar ways such as their "Makes Me Wonder" music video or Coldplay's "Speed of Sound" video, or Yellowcard's "Lights & Sounds" vid. Great musicians with great lyrical content, Princesque swagger, and a phenomenal live performance. Great lead guitar riffs were laid out constantly throughout the show. The show's encore included "Little of Your Time" followed by the smash hit "She Will Be Loved" and a parting with "Losing My Mind."

BEST PART OF PERFOMANCE: At the end of one of their songs from the latest album, they surprised the audience with a startling transition into The White Stripes' "Icky Thump" guitar riff. Fucking awesome. [The band is known for briefly covering songs at the end of their own songs]

Great show. Great band. Great night.

my bologna has a first name...

driving down the freeway after class on my way towards base....
on the opposite side heading towards solano college passed the most incredible car eva!!
today i saw the OSCAR MEYER WIENER MOBILE! chyeaaaaaa!!!