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HCT St. Louis! \o/
We were delayed by an evil gas station and didn't make it there in time to get in early through the Halo bar, so me and Jen abandoned Zoe to the pit (where she apparently wiggled her way up to 2 people from the barrier) and went and hung out at the bar where we had a lovely uncrowded, unobstructed, perfectly centered view of the stage. No lie, it was pretty nice. Totally worth being further back (I did the squished and hard-to-see but so-fucking-close thing last time, yo!) to be able to see Jon Walker's feet. Even though he wasn't playing barefoot last night. (He was playing in socks. His flip-flops were kicked off to the side of his mike. HE WAS WEARING SOCKS AND FLIP-FLOPS. I MIGHT LOVE HIM A TINY BIT LESS FOR THIS. MIGHT.)
Otherwise, \o/. Concert was awesome. The bands were all great. I definitely appreciated Phantom Planet more the second time around. And Ryan came out and helped them play "Do the Panic" which was pretty lol-some. Ryan's "Reinvent ♥ " vest killed me for the whole show. The Whole Show.
During Hush Sound's set (Greta! ♥!) they skipped "Don't Wake Me Up" where Brendon usually comes out. I'm not sure why, I think they misplaced Bden or something. But to make up for it, I guess, Ronick came out during "Wine Red" and played Greta's keyboard (at one point, they were both pounding on it and it was pretty awesome) and then Alex from Phantom Planet randomly showed up with a tambourine and rocked the fuck out with his tambourine. And then he stayed through "Honey", too. IDK. Alex, you are a strange boy, but terribly enthusiastic with a tambourine.
Also, it somehow didn't explicitly make it into this post anywhere, but Motion City Soundtrack? Kick ass. A lot. It easily would have been an incredible concert without Panic even existing. It's really weird actually, the show kind of feels like two shows to me. The three openers are like a concert unto themselves, and then you get bonus Panic when they're done! I guess what I mean is that MCS felt more like they were headlining than like an opener, and I approve of that much energy very much. \o/
Brendon and Ryan pretty much spent the whole show reminding me that there is a reason the most common pairings get that way. Especially when they were chatting in each other's ears and laughing in the MIDDLE OF A SONG. Oh boys, I just... don't even know what to do with you.
And Spencer and Jon hanging during the beginning of Northern Downpour! ♥!
And Ryan playing to Spencer a lot!
And Brendon playing to Spencer!
And Ryan having the most mellow guitar sex ever with Jon!
And, and, their entire existence. I just... ♥. Panic!
Oh, and Zoe got one of Spencer's drumsticks, which was pretty cool.
After we caught up with Zoe at the end of the concert and were heading towards the exit I almost walked into Shane Valdez. *headdesk* One day I will learn to look at where I am going instead of at who I'm talking to.
We were delayed by an evil gas station and didn't make it there in time to get in early through the Halo bar, so me and Jen abandoned Zoe to the pit (where she apparently wiggled her way up to 2 people from the barrier) and went and hung out at the bar where we had a lovely uncrowded, unobstructed, perfectly centered view of the stage. No lie, it was pretty nice. Totally worth being further back (I did the squished and hard-to-see but so-fucking-close thing last time, yo!) to be able to see Jon Walker's feet. Even though he wasn't playing barefoot last night. (He was playing in socks. His flip-flops were kicked off to the side of his mike. HE WAS WEARING SOCKS AND FLIP-FLOPS. I MIGHT LOVE HIM A TINY BIT LESS FOR THIS. MIGHT.)
Otherwise, \o/. Concert was awesome. The bands were all great. I definitely appreciated Phantom Planet more the second time around. And Ryan came out and helped them play "Do the Panic" which was pretty lol-some. Ryan's "Reinvent ♥ " vest killed me for the whole show. The Whole Show.
During Hush Sound's set (Greta! ♥!) they skipped "Don't Wake Me Up" where Brendon usually comes out. I'm not sure why, I think they misplaced Bden or something. But to make up for it, I guess, Ronick came out during "Wine Red" and played Greta's keyboard (at one point, they were both pounding on it and it was pretty awesome) and then Alex from Phantom Planet randomly showed up with a tambourine and rocked the fuck out with his tambourine. And then he stayed through "Honey", too. IDK. Alex, you are a strange boy, but terribly enthusiastic with a tambourine.
Also, it somehow didn't explicitly make it into this post anywhere, but Motion City Soundtrack? Kick ass. A lot. It easily would have been an incredible concert without Panic even existing. It's really weird actually, the show kind of feels like two shows to me. The three openers are like a concert unto themselves, and then you get bonus Panic when they're done! I guess what I mean is that MCS felt more like they were headlining than like an opener, and I approve of that much energy very much. \o/
Brendon and Ryan pretty much spent the whole show reminding me that there is a reason the most common pairings get that way. Especially when they were chatting in each other's ears and laughing in the MIDDLE OF A SONG. Oh boys, I just... don't even know what to do with you.
And Spencer and Jon hanging during the beginning of Northern Downpour! ♥!
And Ryan playing to Spencer a lot!
And Brendon playing to Spencer!
And Ryan having the most mellow guitar sex ever with Jon!
And, and, their entire existence. I just... ♥. Panic!
Oh, and Zoe got one of Spencer's drumsticks, which was pretty cool.
After we caught up with Zoe at the end of the concert and were heading towards the exit I almost walked into Shane Valdez. *headdesk* One day I will learn to look at where I am going instead of at who I'm talking to.