Well last night was the Anberlin, Bayside, Meg & Dia, and Jonezetta concert. Overall it was an amazing evening. We left here around 3:00 and headed to Dallas. We went a bit early [doors opened at 7] to hit up the Apple Store over at the North Park mall. I am so in love with the MacBook Pro. Simply put… it is pure elegance. With a $2,500 price tag… it might be a while but I am totally convinced to switch to a Mac. Microsoft has done too much copying of Apple… minus well just go to the source I say.
Well the concert was at The Door Dallas… a club in downtown Dallas. From the looks of their website they are a Christian-ish club that doesn’t serve alcohol or support risque[?] behaviors. They are geared for the modern crowd that wants to have fun without being submersed into the trash that our world has become. The room was actually kinda small but had a great atmosphere. Probably held around 400 people… all standing. If I ever go again I will definitely go earlier and hit up the second floor balcony… would be much more comfortable up there and a way better view.
Jonezetta opened the show and they were quite good. I had listened to all of the bands before the show and was quite impressed with them all. I actually liked Jonezetta more than Bayside based on the quality of the albums. Jonezetta did a great job opening up and I will definitely be keeping an eye on them because they have some great tallent.
Meg & Dia was up next and like Jonezetta, I liked them a lot. Now realize this, I am not a fan for music where ladies are the lead singers. For some reason it just bugs me. I think it is that usually the voices are too high pitched. But Meg & Dia are outside of the norm. They had great vocals that were great and incredible music. I probably would have gotten their CD but they weren’t up with all the other bands merch stuff… I think they were on the other side of the room… and I kinda forgot to go hit them up.
Bayside was absolutely incredible. Definitely way better live… the CD doesn’t have that great of a mix and the mastering could have been a bit better as well. I met up with Brandon Opiela [for those of you who don't know him... good buddy who used to be the Junior High Pastor back in Seattle/Bremerton] between Meg & Dia and Bayside. It was a bit hard to talk since it was quite noisy and our hearing was suffering a bit from the volume. It was good seeing him since the last time I saw him was when I drove down to Texas this past summer with my Dad. Opi told me that Bayside rocked so I decided that I would give them an open mind and boy am I glad I did. It was hard to understand the vocals but the music was absolutely majestical. I wish that they could put out a live recording… that would be great. They will definitely go far in the future.
And last but definitely not least was Anberlin. All I can say is wow. They started off a bit rough as Stephen’s vocals were a bit weird but by the second or third song, he had hit is spot and was absolutely incredible. If you have never heard his voice be sure to check out their new album ‘Cities’. Stephen’s voice is so pure and unique… absolutely amazing. Anberlin definitely put on a good show. They too need to put out a live album because they do it so well.
Overall, again, it was an incredible night. My only problem was that it was a bit loud for my tastes. I had to be around 110-120db if not more. And to make it all the more louder… there were a few people around me that were singing way too loud. You know that when your ears start to hurt that something isn’t right. But hey, I am not really complaining because the overall experience was astonishing.
On the way home the Audi started to make loud humming noises. Mostly between the speeds of 55-80. Considering the speed limit was 65… this wasn’t all that great. I ended up doing about 85 all the way back to avoid the noise as much as possible. Luckily there wasn’t that much traffic out at 1AM on the 20. I just got back inside from taking a look at the car and it turns out that the connection in the pipe after the catalytic converter lost two of the three bolts and the metal washer had come about 1/2 way out, pivoting on that single bolt. I just got the washer back in place and took some measurements for the bolts. After church tonight I will hit up Lowes and get some new shiny bolts for it.
Well it is time for church now so peace out. -E