over too soon (now, with pictures!)
i hate moshers. i really do.
the day full of anberlin seemed too short, though we did manage to meet the band and gush to stephen at the little library cafe (we were really blessed). we even managed to get some pictures with my poster! :D
HAPPY!!
i'd say the library meet and greet (up close and personal! woohoo!) was the best...
it's time for one of their best covers - Creep, by Radiohead. thanks to rock band, i could sing along! (well, i could only sing the chorus before rock band came into existence.)
... followed by the acoustic session where only half the crowd knew the songs (it was not like the home club experience man)...
the one we labelled 'naked guy'.
deon just suddenly bounded onto the stage and snapped a picture of the audience... stephen seemed amused. :)
... and then there was the full blown concert at the closing of baybeats.
damn moshers. -_-
anberlin were absolutely sweet people and electrifying performers man. just that the crowd was... not that great. sigh. it will be good if the concert is not free the next time around.
hehe, sieve out the non-fans and children.
well, first it was the meet and greet. alvin and i arrived at the esplanade library WAYYYY ahead of time, only to realize there's a bunch of ang mohs... sitting at the cafe... !! isn't that anberlin??!?!
WAIT.
STEPHEN IS THERE SITTING AWAY FROM THE REST. ON HIS LAPTOP.
there's a bit of a conundrum when you're 26 years old and trying to maintain composure while wanting to get all gushy fan-ish. i settled with jiggling on the spot and smacking alvin's arm, 'stephen's there! there!! let's go say hi!'
and so we did. i don't think he remembered the kiss on stage, but later when i took out my poster, Deon (the bassist) remembered! we spoke to stephen for abit, told him we got engaged, largely thanks to alvin and i bonding over their music in the start of the relationship. he also mentioned he just got married, and was working on his book.
a huge bout of shyness then overcame me and i really didn't want to impose, so we left shortly after.
i am so glad we managed to get photos. so glad. although the minder said there would be a photo opportunity after the acoustic show, there was NONE! we only managed to get the last two albums signed, and i squeezed in a, 'we're using inevitable for our wedding video!'. i think stephen was quite pleased with that!
the fans i met were great. the lone girl at the meet and greet who shared a table with us. the malay bunch that we shared personal space with because it was so damn crowded at the mosh pit. we also sang A Day Late at the top of our lungs with them while waiting for anberlin to appear, it was really entertaining. :D
oh, and seth was there too - we both got so excited our hairs were standing and we kept grinning like cheshire cats.
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by the way seth, when i went to the wake me up booth to get The Fire Fight's album, the person at the cashier was like, 'oh you're getting this? you want to get it signed? coz like, josh is here.' and he pointed at this guy standing next to me.
i looked up at the same time as josh and i was like WHAT! SO COINCIDENTAL! so he signed it, and wrote a little note, then i er, kinda mentioned i knew you and i think...
i made you out to sound like a rabid fan.
i am really sorry!! i think i said, 'yar seth talks about you guys all the time.' i dunno man. i thought u should know. i'm sorry! O_O
but he did mention you and the band were quite close, which was cool. thought you should know that too. and i also mentioned you were really pleased with their LP. :D
and then we saw 'fake josh' right after 'real josh' appeared. you know who we mean. alvin and i had quite a good laugh. hehe.
---
well, the mosh pit.
ok firstly there were girls in hairbands and high heels and short skirts there. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING??!?! a whole bunch of them got really hurt coz their feet were trampled on, we saw them at the first aid counter. sigh.
somehow alvin and i managed to squeeze up to a mere 4 rows in front of the barricade, thanks to the ambassadors calling for some moshing. but it was okay still... the anberlin one was worse. a lot worse.
well alvin was there to pull the bodysurfers down before they kicked me in the head, so that was great. actually, the guys surrounding me were tight, and they all had girlfriends so they were all doing the same. but being right in the centre front of the stage will, of course, be where the attacks are the worst, so i was prepared to leave once my air supply was cut off.
when anberlin appeared the crowd went nuts. it's like being stuck in the waves of a storm. i was surviving, but i was really too short and so i only breathed moist carbon dioxide 5 minutes into the concert. i really couldn't enjoy myself anymore (and had enough of having my face pressed onto some guy's shoulder/back) so we went to the back.
GAH. IT WAS AWFUL. THOSE MOSHERS AREN'T EVEN ENJOYING THE MUSIC! :(
kids behaving badly. tsk.
sigh, i miss the band already.
---
aaaaaaaaand here's Band In A Box:
the day full of anberlin seemed too short, though we did manage to meet the band and gush to stephen at the little library cafe (we were really blessed). we even managed to get some pictures with my poster! :D
HAPPY!!
i'd say the library meet and greet (up close and personal! woohoo!) was the best...
it's time for one of their best covers - Creep, by Radiohead. thanks to rock band, i could sing along! (well, i could only sing the chorus before rock band came into existence.)
... followed by the acoustic session where only half the crowd knew the songs (it was not like the home club experience man)...
the one we labelled 'naked guy'.
deon just suddenly bounded onto the stage and snapped a picture of the audience... stephen seemed amused. :)
... and then there was the full blown concert at the closing of baybeats.
damn moshers. -_-
anberlin were absolutely sweet people and electrifying performers man. just that the crowd was... not that great. sigh. it will be good if the concert is not free the next time around.
hehe, sieve out the non-fans and children.
well, first it was the meet and greet. alvin and i arrived at the esplanade library WAYYYY ahead of time, only to realize there's a bunch of ang mohs... sitting at the cafe... !! isn't that anberlin??!?!
WAIT.
STEPHEN IS THERE SITTING AWAY FROM THE REST. ON HIS LAPTOP.
there's a bit of a conundrum when you're 26 years old and trying to maintain composure while wanting to get all gushy fan-ish. i settled with jiggling on the spot and smacking alvin's arm, 'stephen's there! there!! let's go say hi!'
and so we did. i don't think he remembered the kiss on stage, but later when i took out my poster, Deon (the bassist) remembered! we spoke to stephen for abit, told him we got engaged, largely thanks to alvin and i bonding over their music in the start of the relationship. he also mentioned he just got married, and was working on his book.
a huge bout of shyness then overcame me and i really didn't want to impose, so we left shortly after.
i am so glad we managed to get photos. so glad. although the minder said there would be a photo opportunity after the acoustic show, there was NONE! we only managed to get the last two albums signed, and i squeezed in a, 'we're using inevitable for our wedding video!'. i think stephen was quite pleased with that!
the fans i met were great. the lone girl at the meet and greet who shared a table with us. the malay bunch that we shared personal space with because it was so damn crowded at the mosh pit. we also sang A Day Late at the top of our lungs with them while waiting for anberlin to appear, it was really entertaining. :D
oh, and seth was there too - we both got so excited our hairs were standing and we kept grinning like cheshire cats.
---
by the way seth, when i went to the wake me up booth to get The Fire Fight's album, the person at the cashier was like, 'oh you're getting this? you want to get it signed? coz like, josh is here.' and he pointed at this guy standing next to me.
i looked up at the same time as josh and i was like WHAT! SO COINCIDENTAL! so he signed it, and wrote a little note, then i er, kinda mentioned i knew you and i think...
i made you out to sound like a rabid fan.
i am really sorry!! i think i said, 'yar seth talks about you guys all the time.' i dunno man. i thought u should know. i'm sorry! O_O
but he did mention you and the band were quite close, which was cool. thought you should know that too. and i also mentioned you were really pleased with their LP. :D
and then we saw 'fake josh' right after 'real josh' appeared. you know who we mean. alvin and i had quite a good laugh. hehe.
---
well, the mosh pit.
ok firstly there were girls in hairbands and high heels and short skirts there. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING??!?! a whole bunch of them got really hurt coz their feet were trampled on, we saw them at the first aid counter. sigh.
somehow alvin and i managed to squeeze up to a mere 4 rows in front of the barricade, thanks to the ambassadors calling for some moshing. but it was okay still... the anberlin one was worse. a lot worse.
well alvin was there to pull the bodysurfers down before they kicked me in the head, so that was great. actually, the guys surrounding me were tight, and they all had girlfriends so they were all doing the same. but being right in the centre front of the stage will, of course, be where the attacks are the worst, so i was prepared to leave once my air supply was cut off.
when anberlin appeared the crowd went nuts. it's like being stuck in the waves of a storm. i was surviving, but i was really too short and so i only breathed moist carbon dioxide 5 minutes into the concert. i really couldn't enjoy myself anymore (and had enough of having my face pressed onto some guy's shoulder/back) so we went to the back.
GAH. IT WAS AWFUL. THOSE MOSHERS AREN'T EVEN ENJOYING THE MUSIC! :(
kids behaving badly. tsk.
sigh, i miss the band already.
---
aaaaaaaaand here's Band In A Box:
posted by feline @ 9:24 AM
