feb

taken 3/2/10, 10:56pm

this was big night out 2010. saosin (erm...), rise against (wish i started listening to them earlier) and muse (wow).

prior to the event, i heard of people who were going there ONLY to watch saosin, which i thought was rather giggle-worthy. i went there to watch muse and also partly because i didn't have anything better to do.

we were at pen b, which was cheaper and further back, separated from the front crowd by a fence and a large expanse of empty space which made me feel pretty stupid. it just didn't feel right to be so far away from the action.

and then saosin come out... and my opinion of them remained unchanged. i got bored and started some random moshing but their songs weren't really good for that. in fact, i don't know what are their songs good for.

rise against next, i hadn't really listened to them much and so couldn't really get full enjoyment, but they were good enough. did more random moshing to pass the time, only this time it worked.

after that we waited an eternity before the fancy-ass stage lights and background turned on. we knew what was coming next... MUSE. it was great, even the annoying (but cool, admittedly) lasers were great, perhaps the only downside was that the giant confetti-filled balls didn't make it past the wide expanse of open space to us at the back.

i really don't know how they manage to be so awesome so consistently, but no one was complaining and the crowd probably out-sung the band most of the time. it was a great night, but at the end i still felt stupid for being so far away.