guess who I saw in concert saturday night? yep.
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Haha, the first thought that flitted across your mind was the right one. I woke up Saturday morning to this message on my phone “Hey Ashley, it’s Ryan. Authority Zero is playing at Jaxx tomorrow night and since I know you’re retarded about driving long distances to see them – I thought I’d let you know.†Yep. Haha…So, in a moment of inspiration I checked to see if they were playing here before I made plans to drive back up to VA. Lucky me, they were playing that same night (Saturday, that is) in Raleigh. The line up was very strange based on the myspace links – one ska band, two hardcore bands, and AZ but, it was AZ so I was there, period.I missed the first band and got there right as the second band was setting up which gave me time to check out the environment. First thing first, I got a beer for myself and a water for my husband (he was my DD, yay!) and it only cost $5. Michael insisted I had heard the bartender wrong but 3 beers and 2 waters later my entire tab was $13. Holla! Yet another reason to love NC. In VA water is $5 and beer is $9. Life is good, yeah. JNow to the not so good stuff. The band I missed was the ska band, so hardcore band number 1 was taking the stage when we got there. Now, there’s been a standard of conduct for the pit at every punk show I’ve ever been too. It’s kosher to knock somebody flat on their ass, but you pick them. Unless you’re straight-edge, but those fuckers need the release I guess. One of the first things I noticed when I walked into this place was youngsters in No Fear t-shirts, cargo shorts, and unbent baseball caps. The ladies sported flip-flops, thick calves, mini blue jean skirts, and precisely placed blonde highlights. Oh noes I thought to myself – if a pit starts here it won’t be pretty. And indeed it wasn’t. One guy was intent on causing as much physical harm as he possibly could – which included fists at one point and elbows to the face at another. Security dragged him off the floor three times but never kicked him out.Chucky moment: this guy, after one of his expulsions, was standing in front of me – piss ass drunk and decided to go all hippy slash kung fu dance, I guess to recharge for his next violent foray into the pit. One of the lovely mini skirt clad ladies actually started laughing and pointing at him. I actually heard the words “that’s hot†pass her lips before she started cackling like a hyena. And, I thought to myself, chucky, that is a girl that is in need of a reality check and a fat lip. My whole body was on fire with the urge to say to the drunk frat boy “hey! Are you going to let her talk about you like that?†just to see what would happen. The bad part about having your husband there as your DD is that he won’t let you do stuff like that…sigh.Where was I? Oh yeah – I went to see Authority Zero Saturday! Haha…They came on after hardcore band 1 and they played a lot of stuff off their first album, which I thought was kind of strange. I guess just coming off their last tour, they were sick of the new stuff. Regardless, they were – as they always are – a fucking blast. I went down into the pit for their show and trusted that my husband would run interference. I assume that he did because I occasionally noticed violence behind me but it never touched me. I actually lost my voice at the show and I’m still froggy two days later, which I kind of think is funny. I also managed to pull every muscle in my torso –which hurts. Mostly, I’m pissed that (a) I must have been making a complete ass out of myself because I’ve never hurt this bad before and (b) I need some dance moves that involve a sore ass, because a tighter ass never hurt anyone. Heh.Here's one I don't believe I've posted before:
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