beauty in everything.: we don't need our heads 'cause our bodies are young.

Roughly a week and a half ago, I got to see my favorites, Motion City Soundtrack, along with Say Anything, Saves the Day, and A Great Big Pile of Leaves. The show was awesome, per usual. It was AGBPOL's first night on the tour. We were a bit late getting there and missed part of their set, but what I heard was amazing.

Ok, so I've never been the type of fan to stay for the meet 'n great with the band. First and foremost I come for the music. There have been occasions where I have even gone to a band's show for the first time and didn't even know what the guys looked like (way different from my NSYNC days haha). Plus, I am a completely shy and awkward human being when it comes to starting conversation with anyone I do not know. Alisha apparently is not that way and as we were listening to the STD set, we noticed the AGBPOL guys hanging at their merch station behind us. She insisted we go ask for a picture and practically had to drag me over to them. Again, being the shy person I am, we took the picture and I abruptly returned to our table, not saying a word to Pete (lead singer of AGBPOL and gentleman featured above). No, "hey you guys sounded amazing...I'm glad Jesse raved about you guys nonstop"... nothing. Proud moment. Needless to say, this is probably the first and last picture I will ever take with any member of a band whom I've gone to see live.

Surprisingly, I never really listened to STD prior to this show. I got some of their music a few weeks before seeing them live, and I definitely think I would have dug them more during my first years of college based on where I was at in life. You know how there is some music you only listen to when you're feeling a certain way? Well, that's how I feel STD is, and would have had a bigger impact on me 4-5 years ago. But still good stuff, regardless. Say Anything and MCS really haven't made music that completely gets me on a personal level, but it's always fun and interesting; so much talent and creativity. And even when they sing about something dark, it's usually always an upbeat tune. I cannot wait to hear what either of these bands will do next.

John and I being total clowns.

Emil. Me. Alisha.

Even as a fan of SA, I wish they weren't the last band at the Cincy stop of this tour because I would have much rather seen a MCS encore. But all in all, the show was a blast. I drug along with my friend, Alisha, and her husband, Emil, who were new to all of this music (my friend John also attended, but he was already hip). The week before, I made Alisha a few MCS/STD/SA mixes so she would be familiar with it. I was surprised to see her singing along during the MCS set, so apparently she did her homework.