at 6:30, it went around the block.
when we got inside the theater, i started hyperventilating and alex told me to calm down and breathe.
relax, chris.
there was one small asian guy between me and the stage.
his head was up to my chest.
vermillion lies were amazing.
their song "organ donor's march" just makes me smile.
so does "planet porn."
there was something more amazing than that, though...
veronica and i were in the crowd and there were balconies everywhere.
in the corner, there was one that just stood out.
i figured it was amanda's dressing room.
soon enough, we both looked up and amanda fucking palmer was standing there, watching vermillion lies open.
it was her, oh it was her. her hair was a beautiful, chaotic mess, her neck long.
except we couldn't see her face. she was in the shadows.
me and veronica and caitlin watched her pretty much the whole time vermillion lies were performing.
of course we were freaking out and alex was telling us to do that when she actually came out on stage.
did we do what she said? NO :)
all of the sudden, paul, the magician who had been on stage, was up there with amanda.
they're holding onto each other's arms and they JERK towards one another and a FLASH goes off from a camera!
they were taking pictures, and in that flash, i saw amanda's bright pearly teeth.
just the movement gave everything away. this is what makes amanda amanda.
colorful and energetic.
she's an ARTIST.
when they came out on stage, oh my god. they both walked out in black, shiny plasticky overcoats with red trimming.
wearing hats similar to the one i wore on halloween, and masquerade masks covering their eyes.
they opened with girl anachronism. amanda is SO, SO, SO amazing to watch on the piano.
she plays like a wildebeast. she was beaming while she did this. her legs jolted everywhere from behind her bench
to the sustain pedal. she was wearing cherry red lipstick.
then they had taken off their overcoats and whatnot and kept performing.
multiple times, amanda looked my direction.
i thought that maybe it was just me that she was looking me in the eyes,
but i looked at veronica and she said "DID SHE JUST LOOK AT YOU?!!?!"
it wasn't just for a second though. amanda would look down at her piano for her hands placement,
and then look back up at me for moments at a time.
the best part of the concert was when amanda stood RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME on stage, maybe two feet away.
she was performing the gardener. she was holding a flower, and she walked behind a speaker and threw the flower.
it hit veronica right in the face, and she gave it to me.
that's what best friends are :)
"where is amanda? is she walking through the crowd?"
that's what everyone was thinking.
i said "no, she likes to perform Gardener on the balconies."
soon enough, there were spotlights searching and amanda was found up above leaning over the rail and singing to us.
she would switch balconies, because there were probably about ten around the room.
on every single guitar song, amanda would spend her time on our side of the stage.
brian touched my hand... :)
anyways, they spent close to three hours on stage.
and came out for not one encore, but two.
i put the flower in my dresden dolls companion so it can dry up and flatten out.
here's the memorabilia:
i took these videos and these pictures.
in this video, amanda's holding the flower i have.
i want A, i want A. made me laugh because they pause like that everytime they play it live.
especially when it goes, "never let him go, and i'll never be alone--go, and i'll never be alone--go and i'll never be alone"
like a skipping record on the song. but live they repeated it over ten times.
she also jerks her head when she plays that part.
look. she's pointing at me.
the fillmore felt like home.
not like the tegan and sara concerts with a bunch of college kids who looked like they were thinking
"i don't want to be here but you don't DESERVE to be here even though you WANT to be here and i DONT."
to tell the truth... the dresden dolls concert was 458763876 times better than the tegan and sara ones.
the fillmore smelled like weed and alcohol and the people were all energy. happiness everywhere.
speaking of davis, we met that guy who entered the american idol songwriting competition telling us to vote for him.
his name was ryan gilmore and he gave us a flyer. last night i was eating dinner and heard david archuleta from
the TV singing "in this moment" the song that ryan gilmore wrote. COOL :)
this week has just been amazing.
the coin operated boy walking down the line at the fillmore was cool, too.
especially when i came home and looked at the shores of california gallery and he was in it.
pixie was on stage and taking pictures and i was in a lot, i think. i mean...how could i not be.
so hopefully there will be some very nice professional pictures of amanda on stage and me screaming for her
put up after the small west coast tour.
i get sadder and sadder about joey every day.
he's fucking adorable.
:/
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