Sun. 08-26-07 -- Portland, Oregon
Well now it's late the next night and I have a whole other day to recap! But first last night's concert... We got to Ground Kontrol last night at 9pm when the concert was supposed to start. The venue is actually a vintage arcade so we were able to play some games while we waited for Freezepop to start playing. It was a lot of fun being in an arcade again with my old school friends, playing games together. But after two hours had past & Freezepop still wasn't on stage, we started getting weary. We asked the doorman when they were expected to start and he said midnight which was about an hour away! We headed outside to discuss a plan of action to kill an hour. We eventually decided on McMenamin's so we walked back to the car and drove to Boar Head. After devouring a basket of fries, we headed back to Ground Kontrol.
As we were waiting in front of the stage, we noticed Liz Enthusiasm standing in the crowd so Kara & I went over to talk to her. We mentioned that we were her fans from Hawaii but she didn't seem to remember us. Shortly after, the concert started; they opened with "Boys on Film." The concert was a lot of fun, they played a bunch of cool songs and their stage presence was very playful. It'll be fun to listen to their CDs now and remember seeing them sing their songs live.
One thought I kept thinking throughout the night was "America is so great." I mean here are some regular people from Boston that made some songs, got one in a video game, and now have fans around the country! How great is it that now they get to tour around the country and play in different cities to strangers that have heard & enjoy their music? You can't even buy their CDs in stores, but they have enough fans to justify a tour! Their final song of their encore was a cover of The Final Countdown (GOB's theme song) which we were encouraged to "Duh-Duh-Duh" along with!
Today we went over to Cindy's house at noon to visit with Kara's grandparents that were in town. After a couple of hours of chatting over pizza, we headed over to Ryan & Heidi's for a BBQ. A lot of people came (the old gang) and it was fun seeing everyone again. R & H were ridiculously generous as usual and served BBQ ribs & grilled asparagus. Then we started up the fire pit and smoked cigars that Ryan provided. Kara & I were the last to leave, finally departing at 11:30pm. Now it's almost 1 am and it's time for bed!
