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Concert Reflections, vol. 2

Second night: better than the first. Fewer asinine guys in irono-mullets, more rock. It was all-ages, which I think improved the energy basically because the people on the floor were less fucking drunk. Akimbo was good, A Storm of Light was good, Converge was good, but Neurosis was less a band than a force of nature.



At the end of the first show, Scott Kelly, after screaming the last line of "The Doorway" headbanged into the mic three, four times, and on the final hit the microphone broke off and flew into the crowd and blood was streaming down his face and it mingled with sweat and dripped onto the guitar and he crouched above it and ripped its strings off as a huge dissonant primeval interval of feedback rose to a profound roar.

A Storm of Light, Converge, & Neurosis concert reflections, vol. 1

A few things:
1. Fuck, i hate hardcore kids.
2. The lead singer of Converge had his balls directly in my face about five times.
3. Neurosis fucking crushes everything.
4. A Storm of Light was also badass.
5. Steve Von Till is my guru.
6. Apparently the thing to do if you're a hardcore kid at a show is to throw both your arms up and alternate between clenching your fists and semi-hugging the person in front of you, while violently thrusting your pelvis in sync with the music.
7. I'm not joking, this happened to me all goddamn night.
8. I hate being covered in sweat when very little of it is actually my own
9. The fact that you're wearing a polo shirt and tight pants and have tattoo sleeves and a pseudo-mullet does not mean that you are cool. It means that you look like a retard.
10. Fuck, i hate hardcore kids.

More on this subject later.