Megadeth, Renn Fair, Mexican Roadhouse, Historical Monuments, & Van Troubles...aka Why "Hey Baby, I'm 5 Inches" Is NOT A Good Icebreaker (636 hits)
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Submitted by RAYG (View user info) at 2007-10-03 05:14:42 EDT
Weekend started off at the "Megadeth" concert at "Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom"
For those unaware, this is a venue similar to the ones that the "MTV Unplugged" series was done where the room is the size of the average gymnasium/basketball court and anywhere you go you have a perfect view of the band/stage.
The first opening act was called "The Confession" this band is basically what would happen if "mudvayne" got together with "slipknot" and "motorhead" to make videogame music. They basically sound like an american version of "x japan."
Listen to them here http://www.myspace.com/theconfession
The song "Rise and Fall" is just comepletely awesome...starts off all "metal gear solid/devil may cry" ...then about 2 minutes in just starts stomping ass ... kinda like how metallica's "one" or "fade to black" runs that format... its there on the myspace page....
Anyways... The circle pit started about 2 songs in and my friend blake got clothslined from behind and ate floor. Fortunately, this was friendly mosh pit and they picked him right up and just commenced shoving each other about and tossing each other into the perimeter of the circle, I didn't get injured just shoved around some it was all in fun... I did give some guy a bloody nose tohugh, but he was cool about it, he simply got shoved into my elbow.
Blake decided he didn't get his ass kicked quite enough so he continued throwwing his 140lb 6'1 body into the group of the kind guys you might find at a blood for blood show. He came quite close to a dislocated shoulder not even 3 songs into he opening act.
After "The Confesion" and a brief intermission, the second band came out. "In This Moment"
...this band is INCREDIBLE!!! They are basicaly pantera with a chick vocalist (MUCH cooler than it sounds). .... came out all pretty and dolled up in a prom/wedding style dress... then started all soft and pretty like...
then BOOM!!!
... I never heard a chick growl and scream like this... she made courtney love look like sarah mclachlan... and is a lot easier on the eyes too. This band thrashed around and she even encouraged the circle pit... some badass chicks got in there too. One chick was slamming around with one of her titties hanging out, she noticed, popped it back in, then continued shoving around...it was pretty cool.
Get your hands on some of "In This Moment"'s music ASAP!!!
Listen to them here....
http://www.myspace.com/inthismoment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_This_Moment
Security pulled blake aside and gave him a warning for crowd surfing "two more warnings and your leaving!"...
...wait..."TWO more"??
The security was cool enough to let us know we had freebies to not worry about being tossed from the place....
After "in this moment" megadeth came out... they rocked har for a good hour and a half playing a lot of the new stuff from "United Abominations" but some good clasics as well ("99 ways to die", "train of consequences"). I dont know who thought dave was too ill to play... he did a good job from where I was.... The Highlight was dave stopping the concert to yell at a guy that booed the salute to the troops and dave said that recently he vowed to stop saying 2 words... "the N word cause it isnt cool"... and the "c word" but he was making an exception and said that "this asshole whos booing the troops is a CUNT" ...the guy was basically "encouraged" to leave.
They finished with "symphony of destruction" and then started a guitar solo that lead into an instrumental that led right back into symphony of destruction for a second ending... then for an encore, they came out and did a really awesome extended version of "Holy Wars"
They then finished the show with the apparently routine "you've been great, we've been megadeth" as the audience said it along with him.
Before heading to the car, I met both opening bands and they signed some cds for us and I got a signed photo of in this moment... I coulda sworn that guitarist was Jonathan Davis from korn
I concluded that the band uses too much conditioner, and mosh pits have gotten friendlier in recent times, they just pick you back up, pat you on the back and keep at it... everyone was cool just shoving each other and tossing each other into the sides.... Good times!
Afterwards we went to a local club we frequent ...since it was my birthday we played pool for free. My friend Steevo decided, after hearing the song, that "one burbon, one scotch, one beer" would be a good idea....
...after he had half a pitcher of beer and a mudslide already that is...
...without food in his stomache
This poor bastard has never had jack nor burbon before... and they gave him double shots he couldn't shoot the burbon because of how full the glass was so he kinda chugged it... we couldn't stop laughing at his expressions. Then he took the jack down a lot better.... Then he pounded the black and tan.
...it took about 30 seconds for his face to go bright red and have him need to sit down for a few.
...hes one of those shy quiet people that becomes a mega chatty honest drunk....
...too honest....
...he attempted to pick up a girl (who has a boyfriend) with the famous pick up line (no lie) "hey baby, I'm 5 inches" ...needless to say he wasn't getting any.
We had a great time laughing at him and what not... he ended up puking his brains out on the ride home...
Then Sunday morning came fast considering I got 2 hours of sleep before the crew showed at 5:30am to leave for the southern mass coast to the rennisance fair
...the weather was great I got to hold a giant hawk and get my pic taken with it, we got everyone loaded up in the car. JT, a friend of mine kept hitting on franks girlfriend... frank had to be convinced several times not to lay him out. Didn't help frank was armed to the teeth with medieval weaponry
we saw some fire eaters, saw some magicians, saw some jugglers and stuff. They had the "big cat" show where after watching a jaguar and a black panther (apparently they arent really a species, jsut black jaguar, puma, leopards, etc.) play around and need ot get dragged off stage.... they brought out the guiness book's largest cat... a 1100+lb, 10ish foot tall Liger
..yes a LIGER, these things DO exist
he was named hercules http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/liger.asp and was ginormous
After that we decided on grabbing a "yard o' beer" each, and after debating that killians was a much better beer on tap than coors (joe decided to get a coors to everyone's disgust) we figured it was time to play with weaponry...
We then got to do some ax throwing, some knife throwing, archery, that thing where you slam the giant hammer to ring the bell at the top of the pole... and of course "king of the log"...
Basically you sit indian style on a giant waxed log suspended over a pile of hay. Each person gets a pillow and has to use it to pound the other person off into the pile below.
they even gave amanda a fighting chance by not giving me a pillow (the cocksuckers) i had to grab hers from her and use it againsed her.... then they tosed her the other pillow... i grabbed that too and then double thumped her.....
...beating up a girl never felt so good
after defeating 3 of the 6 in our group, I still reign champion 4 years running having never suffered a single defeat.
...yeah "God Of The Log" doesnt sound so cool when said out loud
Afterwards, we decided to go to plymouth where there is a mega awesome mexican resturant/bar called sam diego's ... the guys noticed the mayflower (it was like a block away form the resturant) and decided that we needed to be cultural. After briefly looking at plymouth rock and being dissapointed at its size, we checked the mayflower out... it too was kinda small in what we were expecting.
Frank decided to playfully shove amanda and knock her flat on her face in the grass, knocking the wind out of her.... So we waited for her to get her bearings, while I made some "grass angels" in the nicely groomed weed-free lawn
We then went for food.... we got on the second floor where the bar and pool tables were and I had some kickass ribs, chicken and steak kabobs, and a taco of each beef, pork and chicken washed down with a frosted mug of "Dos Equis"... then they brought me some fried cheesecake with a candle in it.... my poor toilet, im glad it cant scream.
We started heading back north (only 2 of us had any money for the casinos, so we figured we would go another time and hit the strip club in salisbury instead) we got through boston ok... then just north in tewksbury in the far left lane of the 4 lanes of highway, my van decided to blow its front drivers side tire. I don't know if I hit something or what, but the whole van just dropped. And I somehow managed to pull us over without flipping the fucking thing or hitting the guard rail....
...unfortunately in doing so I took out the rear tire on the curb.
Well nobody was hurt, but there were now 6 of us on the far left of the highway just north of boston... I totally expected someone to slam into the van. And with 2 flat tires, we werent going anywhere fast...
The trooper showed up and was wondring why some of my friends were in "animal skins" (they were using the capes from the costumes to keep warm) it was a little odd but he was cool...
...my idiot friends tempted death walking along side the highway like morons even after repeated suggestions to stay on the opposite side of the guard rail while we wait for AAA... it didn't help that it was about 45°F or so (fucking new england weather.. mid 70s in the day...mid 40s at night)
3 of us had to pile into the back of the police cruiser, and the other 3 had to ride in the front of the tow truck... on each others' laps... im just glad nobody got wood.
We got towed to a local park & ride and had to wait for over 3 hours to get a ride... well franks girlfriend and steevo got a ride out about an hour in because amanda's dad came to get the 2 of them... the rest of us, because we werent on the way (the extra 15 minutes it woulda taken to get us to frank's place was apparently too much for the jerkoff...) we had to wait the extra 2+ hours for my soon-to-be father-in-law to come and get us in his jeep cherokee (five 200+lb guys do not fit in a grand cherokee so well) which showed up close to 4am... it was a good 2 hour drive back to my house... after we got home herealised he coulda used his conversion van.... gee thanks alot...
Well I only got about 3 hours of sleep before having to find some steel rims to fit the van and replacement tires... then get a ride for the 2 hours back to the van to change them out...
It took about 3 and a half hours to get it home because it had severe alignment issues and what might be some issue in the gearbox making me not want to take it over 50 in fear the gearbox would blow....
I got home just in time to eat some dinner before my 11pm-7am shift....
All in all, the weekend kicked ass and the van hassle was worth it.
User Reviews
Submitted by Flack (user info) at 2007-10-03 22:46:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
auto +2 Megadeth
Submitted by St_Jimmy (user info) at 2007-10-03 21:56:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
"I had some kickass ribs, chicken and steak kabobs, and a taco of each beef, pork and chicken washed down with a frosted mug of "Dos Equis"... then they brought me some fried cheesecake with a candle in it"
Fuck man, it's called portion control! Shit!
Besides, you have a kid now. You're supposed to worry about your cholesterol, blood pressure, BMI, etc.
Don't want to be kickin' off before the first day of kindergarten, do you?
Submitted by Saeki (user info) at 2007-10-03 19:00:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Those bands sound okay, but I think In Flames (used to) play this style of melodic metal best.
Submitted by Dexter-Brown (user info) at 2007-10-03 18:34:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Mustaine puts on a good metal show for an old man pushing 50. Come to think of it, he is going to need to develop a strong case of Parkinsons soon to keep up with those riffs he wrote in his twenties. That I will pay to see.
Submitted by ConorJS (user info) at 2007-10-03 13:04:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Hate to be that asshole, but you wouldn't find Blood for Blood fans at a Megadeth show. Fact. But +1 for mention of the HB Casino Ballroom... good memories from that place
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-10-03 12:48:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I can't take this seriously. I keep imagining MTV unplugged having a pit, but it seemed hilarious. I'd take this kind of thing to a blog where it belongs. Not that it was awful, but we all know.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-10-03 12:41:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
wtf im not reading all that
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-10-03 12:41:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
well ok
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2007-10-03 11:57:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I don't mean to "be a dick" but you don't have to put quotes around all "proper names".
Submitted by ChaosJester (user info) at 2007-10-03 11:49:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Fuck the Uniter.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-10-03 11:49:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
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Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-10-03 11:49:10 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Method (user info) at 2007-10-03 10:36:29 EDT (#)
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didn't you just have a kid? Grow the fuck up
Submitted by DirtyHarry (user info) at 2007-10-03 10:26:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-10-03 10:24:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
"Fried cheesecake?"
BLAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Submitted by YELLOW-MAN (user info) at 2007-10-03 10:07:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Auto Megadeth +2 They never come to my state on any tours, they did last year but only because Dio forced them. I still didn't get to see them though cause there's a fuck load of Dio fans in my city and all the good tickets were gone within the first 6 hours they went on sale. I can't stand nosebleeds even if it's my favorite band. Oh well, least I get to see GWAR on Saturday :) Pit guaranteed, I love General Admission.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-10-03 09:57:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
WTFINRAT
Still, I saw the words "Megadeth, Mexican, Titties, Pantera" and that's really all I need.
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2007-10-03 09:36:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
She's got a really pretty tattoo.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2007-10-03 09:26:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Megadeath to a renn faire?
What an exciting adventure for a middle school kid.
Don't get me wrong, that shit may still be fun, but absolutely nothing amazing or funny (at least the way you described it) happened here.
Submitted by ShapeShifter (user info) at 2007-10-03 07:45:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
WTFINRAT
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-10-03 07:21:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Yo, I didn't think that Mustaine was 'too ill to play', I just heard that he'd fucked his arm up to the point where he wouldn't be able to play guitar any more.
Sounds like a kick ass weekend man.
Submitted by 8track (user info) at 2007-10-03 06:39:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
frank the bear rules! stomp JT!
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-10-03 06:19:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Is it ok that I dont like Megadeth and other music that to me sounds like really angry people getting their rocks off.
Submitted by BoogieFevuh (user info) at 2007-10-03 06:07:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
+2 for Megadeth, Renn Faires, and working 11-7 too!
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-10-03 05:54:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Oh i have alcohol in my eyes :(
Submitted by kuroneko_sama (user info) at 2007-10-03 05:33:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by ChaosJester (user info) at 2007-10-03 05:21:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Now I want a liger, dammit.
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according to them, he outweighs his mother and fahter COMBINED!
Submitted by pshuu (user info) at 2007-10-03 05:23:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Sounds like an interesting night and the chick in the picture with the duct-tape boots is not half-bad looking.
Submitted by ChaosJester (user info) at 2007-10-03 05:21:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Now I want a liger, dammit.
Submitted by kuroneko_sama (user info) at 2007-10-03 05:16:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
fucking internet lag when submitting......