the bluetones @ shepherd's bush empire

absolutely fantastic. within the top 5 shows i've ever been to in terms of set lists. they played a lot of songs off the first album, which is great because i think that album rocks the most. it wasn't a particularly long show, but in some ways, i appreciated that.
we happened to be standing right next to the most obnoxious (and fairly large) boys who just liked to jump around and bang into people and fall over. in the very beginning, this BIG dude fell right next to me and it took about 4 people to lift him back up again. then he proceeded to stand far too near to me and sway, drunkenly. after an hour and a half of being elbowed in the face and banged into, i almost got violent with this girl who bounced in front of me and trod on my foot with her stupid stiletto heels. i just shoved her real hard. was good to get the anger out after all that.
so the advantage of going to see a band who's been around and pretty popular (at least in the UK) for 10 years is that EVERYONE knew the words to EVERY song. it was really really awesome. the energy of the place was just rad. so rad.
so i'm a little hyper now. i'm kinda still high from the concert... good times.

no snaps, sorry.