Wow…that’s all I can say, as I sit here with my ears ringing and the rest of me sore. 311 still kicks ass. Tonight at the Missouri Ampitheater…or the hill behind Farout, Reel Big Fish, Unwritten Law, Papa Roach, and 311 rocked….well, I didn’t get to see RBF (got hosed with a 30 minute set), and didn’t know much of Unwritten Law, and didn’t really want to see much of Papa Roach, but 311…the last time I saw these guys was Spring of ‘98, on their “Transistor” tour. To date this, Sugar Ray opened (and most folk didn’t know they were a thrash metal band…which I would like now), and before them, Incubus, with dreds…but 311 was fantastic. So to now. Mixed in lots of their old stuff (I’ll take anything off the self-titled) with a few new bits. Light show has gotten better, but SA’s voice is all weird. Also, in Chad’s drum solo, the rest of the band were playing long toms and cymbals, so it looked like marching band. And, it cooled off some, so I didn’t lose that much water.

Also, basically completed the move to the new place. My room is a lot smaller then the last, and I don’t think that I can get all of my stuff in here. But, the downstairs is pretty spacey….not now, and there’s boxes and shit everywhere. The girls are being sympathetic so far to our quirks…me not being home at any set time, and ROOMIE PRIME sleeping, but it’s only been about 48 hours…give’em til Sunday…sooner if the downstairs isn’t squared away….the garage, that’s a whole different bowl of soup.

Lastly, an explination of the title….at the show, there were a fair amout of police folk around…one of them was taking a feller up the hill, with a member of the event staff, when that feller to offense to being lead off, and tried to shake off the woman….well, then another man in blue grabbed this feller’s other arm….now, this feller got real upitty, and tried to shake them both off….that lead to this feller getting thrown down to the ground (violently), cuffed and taken off….this was mirrored by another feller, who when grabbed by a cop, was calmly lead away. This takes me to my point. There are times in your life when you must accept your fate. Person two did, and most likely left the premises…where the first will get the book thrown at him. Let this be a lesson to you all, young grasshoppers.

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