| ⏪︎ REWIND ⏪︎ APRIL 27TH 2001; |
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"won't you join me now / baby's looking torn and frayed
join the masquerade / join the masquerade"
—"days before you came", placebo |
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| i believe that's all it took and that's when it clicked. infatuated is one way to put it. once i went on the edmonton trip approx 2 weeks later still couldn't get my mind off of everything. enough so that i'd take off to NYC for the first time in my life later in may. that's right: traveling over 400 miles for a hot guy in eyeliner not even really knowing where i'd be sleeping after the show. cheers to a girl's early 20's. |
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| WEDNESDAY 26TH; |
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| here we are—22 years later almost to the very day. stuck with an awful pre-menstrual cyst right in the middle of my chin since the beginning of the week, nevermind that my skin had been flawless for weeks. bad omen? *shrug* go figure. |
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| had the day off which technically wasn't really off cuz my boss couldn't approve any time this week (mehhhhh) so i traded it for working the next saturday. but at least that meant i could leave earlier in the day. took the bus and then.....guess what? rain. rain!!! of course. light rain, but rain nevertheless. and here i should probably mention that i didn't bring any f*cking umbrella since the weather was OK when i left my house. great. once in montreal i opted to stop at pharmaprix to buy a goddamn umbrella that i knew i wouldn't need ever again, and here's when good & bad lucks collide: they do have umbrellas in stock, but it's only umbrellas for kids. not dollar store priced umbrellas either. but f*ck it, i wasn't gonna be waiting outside in the rain. i did buy one of the kiddies umbrella. but i must say, when the rain eventually started POURING down once i got to queuing, i thought; "best $20 i might've ever spent!". |
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| by the way... you know you haven't made any mistake whatsoever about the venue/time/band playing when you find yourself queuing behind a short guy wearing overalls with bees on them and looking like a young brian molko with purple lipstick. ha!! there was also another brian look-alike further up in line but this one with the latest ugly mustache look. |
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| not gonna show his face, obviously. cuz.....privacy. |
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| eventually the rain stopped. OH YEAAAAH. approx 1 hour to go then the doors finally opened. since i had a fairly good spot in line i was in the first batch of peoeple to enter the venue. they kinda held us hostage at the bar for a while hoping we'd purchase drinks and make more money off of us. not working with me, cuz i'm cheap as all hell. 😂 |
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| once we were finallyyyy allowed inside the main room, everybody ran towards the front of the stage as all i wanted was THAT SEAT: |
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for my lazy old ass. HAHA!
best i could get since front balconies are now $50 extra, wtf. |
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| also quite enjoyed chatting with the french people sitting beside me before the show started. i know i usually dislike people but those two were super nice. plus they could keep my spot when i went looking for merch: |
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| let's go, showtime: |
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| k. let's cut down to the chase right away. if i would've had a crystal ball back when i wrote my "AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" blog entry last november regarding the upcoming tickets sale, i probably would've gone; "woah girl, calm down. and/or set the bar low. ...just a bit lower. yeaaa. that's it." aka, when stef's pink shoes + guitar just might one of the few highlights of the evening. |
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| the no photos policy/plea. mind you i was already aware of how brian had gotten particularly irritated with this issue over the years, still kinda rubs me the wrong way. if you don't like being photographed and/or recorded, clearly you're in the wrong working field. point-blank. i know maynard is even meaner towards this issue, but maynard is scarier therefore i'm afraid to get mad at him. hahahhahah. |
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| the setlist. oh, the setlist. *shakes head* ok. don't get me wrong. the latest album is a damn good album. yet when you're a band that's been around for what, 27 years-ish, i think it's safe to say i'm not coming/paying to see you play live as you shamelessly discard ALL of your prior biggest hits over these new songs. the arrogance of not playing "pure morning" and "every you every me". i'm aware they can do whatever the hell they want as a band, but damn! no more stefan dancing to "taste in men" during the long intros like in the good old days, i guess. |
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if i compare this with the setlist from irving plaza back in 2001:
haemoglobin / days before you came / allergic (to thoughts of mother earth) / scared of girls / 36 degrees / passive aggressive / leni / little mo / every you every me / without you i'm nothing / slave to the wage / special K / taste in men / my sweet prince / commercial for levi / peeping tom / black-eyed / pure morning
i honestly kinda want to cry a little..... |
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| brian is +20 years older: so long to cigarettes/beer + natural hair/teeth (but it'll all still live in my memories, goddammit). i've said it before and yes i'll say it again right now. brian’s newest look is nothing short of HIDEOUS to me. we are humans, we all judge. hush! sorry not sorry. |
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| although i'm sounding bitchy here but i must say i still enjoyed my evening. haha. got a few goosebumps over "slave to the wage" which kinda brought me back. live shows are so addicting when music runs through your veins. but it's most likely my last time seeing them live. yeah. pretty much done and would rather hang on the memories at this point. thank you thank you thank you. |
