

well, i did it - i finally saw Dave Matthews Band in concert. perhaps not many people knew that that was one of the things on my ever-growing list of "Things to do before I die", but it was... and i did it!!!!!! my amazingly wonderful friend MEGAAAAAAAANNNN made the 3 hr trek up here to share the experience with me and we had a BLAST!!!! this one on the right is a picture from my phone (with 8x zoom). dave is the man in black in the middle. sooooo cooooool. the one on the left is how far we "actually" were away. still good seats though i think. :o) well worth it. charles bought me the ticket for my birthday.. not cheap. about $80 when all was said and done, more expensive than metallica! but again, worth it. i've been to a LOT of concerts, and dave matthews band was BY FAR the very BEST one as far as musicianship goes. each one of the band members play like a machine! they played for 3 solid hours and the styles of each song varied from rock to samba, and every one of those guys hung in there like a champ till the very end and STILL played some pretty kick ass solos at 11:30 at night... not to mention the fact that dave was singing his heart out the whole time and never faltered once. pretty amazing. by far, the best live band i've seen. my only regret is that i didn't know about 95% of the songs that they played, but that's ok. i appreciated them for their musical qualities and the effects they held upon the crowd just the same.
and now, i have nothing left to do but go out and purchase some dave matthews band cds. i used to own one from back in the "columbia house mania days"when they first came out, but it was lost in the first round of cd theft a couple years ago. but thats ok, i'm off to nebraska furniture mart tomorrow and i'm hoping for some really cheap cds there. maybe i can find a live album! that would be cool if it wasnt $40! so we'll see. if all else fails, i'll have charles do some online digging and load up my ipod. much cheaper....