(I realize I've said most of this elsewhere already, but I'm just gonna combine it all in this little blog here.)
Get to the venue for this so-called OCK meet & greet. I had met this girl Amber who was there for OCK too, they send us back to the lounge area where Bebe, Spencer and Pete were. Talked to Bebe and Spencer for a bit. Amber asked what they were doing after tour, I forget what they said they were doing next, but Spencer was all, "after that it's 'top secret.'" We had them all sign our ticket, then we end up taking a pic. Marcus took it, that dude is shorter than I expected. After that I asked Pete for a hug and then said, "nice to meet you." (Laughing at my awkwardness as I type this. Oh dear...)
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Waiting in line shenanigans. Couple spots back there were these girls, couldn't have been more than 14. Travie walks back to his bus from the venue and they scream bloody murder. Later he had to walk past them going to Black Cards bus and they pretty much attacked him with a camera then started hyperventilating at the fact that they just got a picture with him. Another girl made some stupid comment along the lines of, "he acts like a normal person." As opposed to...? So Steph, Atiya and I are standing there, (I'm gonna be politically incorrect for a moment here) a bunch of black guys walk by and for whatever reason Steph finds this odd when she's at shows. Later, a bunch of white guys walk by and I ask her, "did that balance it out?" (You probably had to be there.)
On to the show. Bad Rabbits were first, they were pretty good. In fact, I just downloaded their EP. XV was good, and that's saying a lot cos I'm barely ever a fan of rap. Almost all of his songs mentioned and/or repeated his name though. After he got done, Steph looks at me sarcastically and asks, "what's his name?"
Then, Black Cards, the whole reason I went to this show. Such an amazing performance and so much fun. Loved their chemistry, how Bebe kept giving Pete shit for drinking his Diet Coke, and how Spencer kept giving him the air horn. I don't even remember the setlist I was so into it. It gets to the point where it's like an out-of-body experience and I don't even notice anything else but the music. Like, my thigh was totally cramping up and I didn't give a shit. It was so great seeing Pete so happy on stage, jumping around and sticking his tongue out as he does. I'm so glad he has a friend like Gabe to help guide him and find that kind of happiness. He said the sweetest thing about being lost, finding someone else who's lost, making them feel found and finding yourself in the process.
Here's a shitty iPhone pic:
Then Donnis performed, I didn't even pay attention and sat down for a bit. They made us wait for Travie for about a half an hour. His set was pretty fun. He kept telling these elaborate stories as lead-ins to songs. Pete came out for "Superbad" and when the song was over Travie called him back over and says, "if it wasn't for this motherfucker Gym Class Heroes wouldn't exist." Or something along those lines. It was so cute. Bebe came out for the last chorus of "Billionaire" and when she left Travie was saying how awesome she was and made the comment, "I wanna get into her underwear so fucking bad," then proceeded to say he was kidding. Oh Travie... When the set was done everyone started chanting for an encore. He came back out with the singer from Bad Rabbits and performed "Cupid's Chokehold." It was so fucking good.
Amazing night was amazing. I always forget how good the bass drum feels beating in my chest. <3
