listing the greenwheel
By Eric | October 12, 2002 10:30 am
A greenwheel setlist! Signed! The rest of the show was pretty good as well, and I had a fun night afterwards hanging out with Tiffany… I’m getting dragged out the door currently, so the rest of the details will be forthcoming 🙂
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10/11/2002 Hoobastank, Blindside, Greenwheel (Rochester, NY @ RIT Clark Gym)
By Eric | October 11, 2002 11:59 pm
We got to the gym about 7, and were about 2 people deep when Greenwheel came out. Yep, this kid can still sing 🙂 They opened with Identity, and then into Shelter, and Louder Than Words… There were actually a couple people that had the album and knew the words up at the front with us, so that was cool, has to make them feel good that they have at least a couple fans 🙂 Next up were two songs that aren’t on the album, Everything and Flood, both of which sounded really good and could have been on the album… Then came Breathe, which was a bit different than the album version, slower on the slow parts, but harder on the heavy parts, it was pretty cool! Dim Halo was next, my favorite, and it didn’t disappoint. The last song was Strong, and he nailed the note at the end! They were really impressive… So their set ends, and I start yelling to one of the “security guards”, campus safety morons, if I could snag the setlist. Blank Stare. I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME JACKASS!!! Kelley swings up because she knows one of the other guards, and he’s like, we cant get the list. Sure, so I start yelling for the roadie, who rips it, and points to one of the girls in front of me…. I’m like, I was asking for that way before anyone else did!! And I got it… mission accomplished! So in-between sets we wandered over to the merch table, and we got autographs and talked to the guys in greenwheel, who were all fairly cool and friendly. Blindside was up next… I think we made it through a song and a half, and then walked outside… they were awful… the mp3’s I had downloaded were bad enough, we thought maybe they’d be better live, but no such luck. So we didn’t watch too much of them. Back inside and sitting on the bleachers for Hoobastank, and they were much better than I thought they’d be. They had a hell of a lot of energy, and the lead singer kept profusely thanking the crowd hehe. From what Rachel said, they played everything off the album and a couple off of their indie record as well. Someone had a football that made it up on stage, so the lead singer tried to pass it to his merch guy all the way at the back of the gym… the first time he made it as far as the soundboard, and the 2nd time he got it a bit further. Fun stuff! They didn’t play an encore, Crawling in the Dark was 2nd to last, and the last song they played was even more upbeat than that. For once, an RIT show worth going to, and worth the $10 for the ticket!
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Soulflying
By Eric | October 11, 2002 1:34 am
Thursday… yeah, well, the morning went a little rough, endured another totally blah needs assessment class, and then off to work…. Network Programming was worthwhile this time around (yay TCP!) and then… back to work! I got out a bit early, Jordan came and picked me up, and it was off to SOULFLY!!! There were 3 opening bands! Hometown boys Stemm were one of them…. anyway, the review will most likely be up tomorrow, but the show was awesome, Max is awesome, and getting some of that pent-up anger out was a really good thing 🙂 Came back and had a couple beers with Joe and Scott, and now I’m typing this when I should be sleeping… because work comes too early at 7:30 tomorrow…. I have no idea what Im doing during the day, but the Hoobastank/Greenwheel show is at 8, and who knows after that, the slate is clean so far… and I really should be getting to bed now eh? 🙂
current mood: a little tipsy, a little sleepy, a lot blah
song: Pearl Jam – I Am Mine
shirt: Deftones – Around The Fur
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10/10/2002 Soulfly, North Side Kings, Stemm, Mower (Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall)
By Eric | October 10, 2002 11:59 pm
Finally! After being shut out every other time Soulfly came around, I finally got to see Max and the boys, and the wait was worth it! But we had three other bands to wait through first. Mower was from San Diego, and they were a weird mix of hardcore, punk, and sorta metal… but they weren’t all that great. You know we’ve sunk to a new low when ya gotta start covering ICP. Stemm was next, the boys from Niagara Falls, and they were alright, but I wasn’t quite feeling it. Next up, The North Side Kings were sorta hardcore, but not extreme. Some of the songs were actually kinda funny, as in the one song was about “Eating Food With Your Friends”… and these guys were rather large individuals!
Then it was time for Soulfly… I actually ended up 3 deep from the front, dead center! They opened with Downstroy, and the place just went nuts… and stayed that way for pretty much the whole show. Seek N Strike was next, then the first of a couple of Sepultura songs with Roots Bloody Roots. They also played Jumpdafuckup/Bring It, Last of the Mohicans, Call To Arms (with the singer from North Side Kings), Brasil, then more Sepultura with Refuse/Resist, Arise, and Dead Embryonic Cells. Next was Fire (which had a wicked total-drum solo at the end, with all the Soulfly guys, plus the drummer and bassist from the North Side Kings), and they ended the main set with Back To The Primitive, and everyone was literally screaming for more… so back out they came, launching into No (“No more muthafuckin Hootie and the Blowfish!!”) and closing the night out with an incredible take on Eye For An Eye. I think I lost 20 pounds just sweating at this show… and it was worth it! The wait was long, and the rewards were great, what a show.
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turn the page
By Eric | October 10, 2002 9:50 am
Farewell, good-bye
God knows we tried
Our union so unsure
Could never endure
So we turn the page
say good-bye
and walk away from everything
that we worked so hard to save
Brought down by our storm
Our eden is no more
But we were so lost in love
That we never found resolve
So we turn the page
say good-bye
and walk away from everything
that we worked so hard to save
I don’t wanna start all over
and try and find another shoulder
to lean on
’cause yours made me feel safe
Now you’re moving on
this is my blessing
please stay strong
for what it’s worth I’m wishing you the best…
So we turn the page
say good-bye
and walk away from everything
that we worked so hard to save
Eden (Turn The Page) – The Mayfield Four
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wonder who’s next on the court
By Eric | October 8, 2002 11:04 pm
As predicted… I barely kept awake in Needs Assessment, and I got a 100 on my midterm in there… so all that rest is paying off 🙂 hehe. Work was cool, primarily lunch… 🙂 My Network Programming midterm went well as far as I could tell, the “writing out some code” part wasnt too bad at all… and the TFTP packet question wasnt hard once I waded through all the reading of the RFC… Was too lazy to go home, so I headed back to ETC to chill for a little bit… even did a 4 o’clock job for them out of the goodness of my heart hehehe. Came home and plopped myself in front of the computer for awhile… then mom called, the parents are actually coming up on Saturday… should be a fun and interesting time! Mom wants to see me make a fool of myself up on the karaoke stage 🙂 hehe. Karl came over, and we headed to the mall for some grub, and walked around some… it was college night. Hey Amanda, Wooster was actually there, and the guy had a yellow and black plaid tie on!
Then on to Best Buy, where we were going to purchase the new Chevelle CD, “Wonder What’s Next”, for $5.99. We would have, only they didn’t have any! As in, I asked the kid working, he said they got 25 copies, and sold them all… and I’m thinking, who in God’s name is buying Chevelle? Well, besides us of course. But I didn’t think it was going to be this popular of an album! I know “The Red” has been all over radio and MTV, but still, Best Buy sells out the first day? Incredible… so off to Target, I figured, we may as well, who knows, they might have it. Sure enough! $6.99! I’ll pay an extra dollar, no complaints… and they only had like 6 or 7 copies… so either the shipping quantities were really low, or it really is that popular…
Where were all you dipshits when Point #1 came out? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Chevelle who? mmm hmm…
ok I feel better now… so after that, it was off to play racquetball.. reserved Court 4 at 9pm…. two freshmen in there, we gave them till 9, and then politely tapped on the door… times up guys. “blah blah blah the lady told us we had till 9:15 yadda yadda” uhhh, no. So the kids close the door and start playing again! Karl was having no part of that… meanwhile, I went to the desk… “Nope, they’re done at 9.” So the manager comes down and boots em, cuz they were having no part of Karl… see ya later fuckers… likely story… I got whipped again, but I’m getting better… hehe. Actually made a couple nice shots, and had a couple nice returns… and my fair share of dumb moves too, dont get me wrong hehe. So back here now, writing this, maybe I’ll start in on the Network Programming Lab. That’d be fun. 🙂
Cheap plug: http://www.homestarrunner.com. BenMo and the other ETC crew got me hooked on this goofy flash cartoon site! “Awww, things were just about to start getting CrazyGoNuts!!!”
Current mood: still awake!
song: Chevelle – Grab Thy Hand
shirt: Fuel – Sunburn Tour
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10/05/2002 The Tragically Hip, Sam Roberts (Syracuse, NY @ Landmark Theater)
By Eric | October 5, 2002 11:59 pm
I had first row seats for this one… and it was worth it! Sam Roberts was a kinda hippie bluesy/jam-band guy, him along with the rest of his band all looked like they needed haircuts hehe. The music was pretty good, and they had tons of energy. All the Canadians started getting loud and rowdy when the set change break came, and the place was deafening when the Hip walked out to start the show… The show was one big singalong the entire night, with Gordie looking like he was having the time of his life up on the stage. The band sounded awesome, never missing a beat, and Gordie going on his trademark rants during almost each and every song. The show was simply a really good time! The setlist was: Silver Jet, Music @ Work, New Orleans is Sinking, Fully Completely, Grace Too, Are You Ready, Bobcagyeon, Nautical Disaster, Use It Up, Courage, It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken, Poets, The Dark Canuck, Hundredth Meridian, The Dire Wolf, Gift Shop, Little Bones. ENCORE: Scared, All Tore Up, Blow At High Dough. There was a nice spread over all the albums, obviously with a focus on In Violet Light. The Landmark is a great place to see a show, and it felt smaller for some reason than the first time I’d been there, to see Fuel and Saliva. Even the acoustics were great!
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the day I tried to snot
By Eric | October 4, 2002 4:23 pm
Work was work… blah blah blah… Came home, and hit DiBellas with Joe and Scott… came back and did some thrifting, and some CD’s… got a Soundgarden single for The Day I Tried to Live, and the live Snot disc…. now Im just sitting here spinning my wheels… dunno what to do with myself hehe… tonight is bowling… and I still dont know whats happening after that.. still 🙂
Current mood: bored
song: Trustcompany – Downfall
shirt: The Hip / Live Between Us
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a friendly gathering
By Eric | October 3, 2002 2:16 am
So racquetball was fun… lost the first game, and Karl kinda went easy on me the 2nd game and I actually beat him! heheh. I’m moving up in the world! Amy and Betsy came up from Geneseo, cuz they were craving Friendly’s for some reason hehe… so they rounded up me and Adam, and Karl came with us too…. did the usual idiot college students in a restaurant thing (well, me and Karl did anyway!), came back to the house and watched the end of the baseball game, some MTV and then SNL reruns…. Faith No More was on from like 1989! hehe! (and they’re keyboard player had on an OLD SCHOOL Soundgarden shirt… prolly from Ultramega… it was cool, yes Im a dork!) Time for sleepy, long day tomorrow, sounds like its ending with some sort of celebration, not sure exactly what we’re doing yet though….
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makin a run
By Eric | October 1, 2002 6:55 pm
After football I helped out Rachel with her Director project a little… I’m a bit rusty on that stuff myself, its been a whole summer! hehe. Needs Assessment was a snoozer this morning, blah… work was cool, then Network Programming was free time, as in ask questions if you have any, or just work on your labs. I’d rather work here, so I poked around on it for a half hour, got the correct start packet sending…. and called it a day after about 35 minutes. Came home, and took off for the CD/Thrift run on a tuesday…. heheh…. The Archive is doing $5 CD’s all the time now, so I can go whenever the whim strikes me… hehehe… today’s pickups were the Roadrunner re-release of Nickelback’s Curb, and I completed my Pantera collection, finally getting Cowboys From Hell. A little dinner later, and I’m about to start in on the programming lab. Fun wow!
Current mood: full from dinner
song: Blindside – Sleepwalking
shirt: OLP / Kneel Down and Obey
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