ppinkham wrote:Alright, here we go.
First of all, I ran into Cody immediately after arriving and we exchanged pleasantries. While waiting in line saw Dave Young and RVP a few times going back and forth to the bus.
After the doors opened I headed to the merch booth and got a shirt and two puppets, one for my son. The opening act was The Ocean and they were a solid band, but didn't really grab me. They did have a few good riffs, though.
After the opening act Ziltoid Radio started, along with the shoop slideshow. All our favorites were up there, including this one:
I made that! Pretty stoked over that.
After the Ziltoid intro the band hit the stage. Devin came over to my side (I was standing on the left, on Beav's side), grabbed my hand and said "Good to see ya, brother!" Ok, now my level of stokedness has increased tenfold.
From there on things get a little blurry, but Devin came by a few times during the show and would say "Hey Paul!," or "How ya doin?," or something like that. Like I mentioned before however, when he pointed me out in the crowd and told them all to "say "hi" to Paul," I could have shit myself. Truly awesome to have the crowd give a big 'ol "HI PAUL!!!" lol I loved it!
My wife was switching off from snapping pics and recording the show, and managed to miss pretty much every bit of interaction I had with Dev during the show. lol The video and pics she did get were pretty good. We were having trouble with our camera's flash, so some pics didn't work out so well. This one is cool, though:
This is the set list. You can add "Kawaii" in between "Awake!" and "Heaven Send."
As you can see, Devin signed the set list for me, as well as my son's Ziltoid puppet:
It was an amazing show, even with the Devin's 3 broken strings throughout the night. lol It was my first time seeing Devin, and it was better than I had hoped. He played one of my favorite songs, "Awake!," which really put it over the top for me. I wished I could have stayed longer and talked some more, but I really had to get my family back home. We had a two hour drive ahead of us, which turned into a three hour drive because we stopped at Denny's. lol I got home at 3:00am, went to sleep at 4, and woke up at 5:30am to get ready for work. Definitely worth the lack of sleep, though.
Here's a couple of pics of me and my son with Dev:
Here's some video of "Heaven Send" my wife got. The end is cut off because the canera's battery died. Pretty epic until then, though:
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QUOTING THIS ENTIRE SHIT BECAUSE IT MAKES ME HAPPY!
Peas and love.
I saw him with COB in June, and then a month later at the Tuska Festival in Finland. This show surpassed both of those gigs. I had an amazing time, to say the absolute least.
