And the first blog of 2009! All things considered, it was a great weekend. Yeah there was some drama and yeah I had to go to both shows by myself…but my sixth and seventh Nothing More shows were BY FAR the best I have seen. So to everyone who ditched me or blew me off about the show, it’s all yalls loss. You missed two amazing shows.
Jan. 3 @ Scout Bar
The drama here was that I couldn’t find anyone to go with me and Matt couldn’t go because it was 18+ only. I had people blow me off and ignore my texts, which is one of my pet peeves. I tried one last plea to my primo, who was working the Spurs game, and he said he’d try to come after the game. Of course, he didn’t. So I’m watching the Spurs game before, I leave at halftime and we’re up by about 8 which is kinda crappy considering we had been up by 21. But whatevs, I get lost on my way to Scout Bar (mapquest always screws me over) and started to panic because I think I was heading over to Bulverde. I eventually find the place and it was packed! I watch the rest of the game at the bar and then The Clarity comes on. They’re pretty good. After them was Meriweather and they were really good. And I liked the fact that the bassist had an Animal Wear tattoo and the hot guitar player was wearing an Animal Wear shirt. Anyways, NM was on after them and the set was INSANE! I was in the front, as usual, but I found myself on the wrong side of Jonny’s drums so I had a bit of an obstructed view. But it was awesome, the crowd was really into it, and they sounded amazing. Sad news was, before they covered “Vesica Piscis” (which is my favorite song at the moment) Jonny said his mom wasn’t doing well. He always dedicates that song to his mom, who has cancer, but I think this was the first time I heard him say she wasn’t doing well. So that was sad. But he sings the song so beautifully and full of emotion. Hearing/seeing him sing that song is worth the price of admission on it’s own, I promise you. Which, by the way, I didn’t have to pay the cover because the wonderful Mark put me on the guestlist. THANK YOU! So they ended with “Sixtysecondaffair” with the ”Under the Eyes of Selene” intro like they always do and then…they played an encore of…”Fat Kid”!!! Oh I was so stoaked to hear the new version live for the first time. It was awesome. So afterwards, I said a quick hi to Mark and got a hug before I took off. It was a sweet show, to say the least.
Jan. 4 @ Jack’s Patio Bar & Grill
So there was drama here too, haha. It was an all ages, early show and my brother had planned on going. So I wasn’t really concerned with being by myself. Plus, I called JJ and she was down to go too. So I was happy that there wouldn’t be any typical, pre-Nothing More show drama like there always is. Of course I was wrong! I don’t know what was up with my brother, but he didn’t want to go anymore. Then JJ got locked out of her house and said she’d meet me there. So I drove over to Jack’s and I basically lost it because I was so annoyed I’d have to be alone again. But I calmed down with the drive and with a little chat with God. Doors were at 6 and I got there just after 6. Hardly anyone was there. I paid my cover and then went back into the bar to watch the Eagles-Vikings game before the show. Now this show was gonna be a bit different. Nothing More has these two songs called the “Black Tracks”. There’s “Black Track” and “Black Track: 2″. And they were going to open the entire show, at 6:30, with them. But they did a little more than that. Nothing More plus Josh, their former guitarist, and Drake Mac, who raps on “Black Track: 2″, performed a set together as The BlackTrax. They played about 30 minutes or so and it was so sick. They played both “Black Tracks” as well as the old version of “Fat Kid” and a few other songs. They were dressed up ridiculously hilarious and just jammed and had a good time. They were supposed to play at 6:30, but since there wasn’t a lot of people at the time, they waited until a little after 7, which was fine with me. I got to see the end of the game and got a quick hug from Mark before their first set. After The BlackTrax, there was a band called The Vettes who also played the day before with NM, but I missed them since I got to Scout Bar late. Anyways, it was four brothers and a sister. They were pretty cool, there was a lot of synth, but still cool. The lead singer chick totally intimidated me though. She had these huge heels on with some tight little hot pink shirt/shorts outfit thing with a fur coat on. And her hair reminded me of like, Cindi Lauper or something. And she’d get like, right in your face and sing to you while winking and pointing. She did that to me a couple times and you know, I don’t know the words to her songs! So I just looked at her and then started laughing because it was weird. She seemed like a cool chick though. THEN Nothing More came on and played the same set as the night before, which I was more than happy about because it was an awesome set! I made sure I was on the other side of Jonny’s drums so I had a really good view. And I was in front of Mark so I FINALLY got some amazing pics of him. Anyways, for this night, Jonny explained a bit about the song “Vesica Piscis” and said it was about the dying words of Jesus. And it’s for anyone who is going through suffering right now. That was touching and I sang the song to him as loud as I could. So they were on to the last part of the set and Jonny picks up a couple of drumsticks and gives one to me and another to the dude next to me. Yay, I was excited. I’ve gotten a setlist before (thanks Sean) but never a drumstick or pick. I’m still not sure if it was Jonny’s stick or Devin’s, but either way, I was happy. After they finished up I talked to Mark for a while, got some hugs of course, and then found Jonny, said hi real quick and got a hug, and then took off. It was awesome. I can’t wait til Feb. 21 aka Dan’s 25th birthday AND their CD release show. Sweet!
