crush(ed)

I nabbed this picture from here. I have a HUGE crush on Nada Surf. Seriously. I thought it was just on Daniel, but it turns out that it's on Matthew and Ira as well. (S, I'm sorry, I can't help it!)

I arrived at The Showbox at the Market just before 7:30 last night. I headed into The Green Room because it was cold outside. I should have ordered food, but the guy never came back. I chatted with the couples on either side of me. The usual stuff: have you ever been here, how many times have you seen them, what are you drinking? A cute, sandy-haired guy reached in next to me and ordered 3 Guinness. I said "hi nate" and we caught up on life since LE back in the fall. He's been to Argentina and back. I've mostly been in Seattle.

If you are in the Green Room, you get to go into the show before they open the doors to the outside. I think that's neat! Most of the people from the Green Room went into the bars inside. I walked up to the stage and asked if you really could just stand there. The 2 girls standing there said yes. THEN we introduced ourselves.

The Builders and the Butchers took the stage about 9 and played for 50 minutes. They are from Portland and were SO MUCH FUN! Their myspace says they sound like "singing and shouting with guitar, bass, mandolin, banjo, accordian, drums, xylophone, bells, and washboard." That's true! But they forgot trumpet and assorted noise makers... The 2 percussionists (Paul & Ray) were FAB.

Nada Surf didn't take the stage until 10:30. They rocked!!! I was SO close to Daniel - that was awesome. He's such a performer and so much fun to watch! They played til about 11:45, then came back for an encore that finished after midnight. The encore included Blizzard & Blonde on Blonde and ended with Blankest Year. It was fairly rowdy and there was much singing along!

No, I didn't take my camera! I knew that it was a standing GA show, so didn't want to carry too much stuff. Am I mad at myself? TOTALLY!!! I took a couple of pictures with my phone, but they didn't come out very good. :( Hopefully Beth will send me some - I used her camera a couple of times...

12:15 a.m. is really late at night for me, especially since I was at work at 4:30 Friday morning. I lost my voice and my hearing, but I chatted with The Builders for a bit before heading out into the cold night. I had to run for about a half block, but I made the bus, so I was home and almost in bed by 12:45. Crazy! But I had SO MUCH FUN even tho I went out by myself to see an opening act I had never heard of. :)

So, anyways, I'm in a bit of a quandary. If these 2 bands are my favorites and I also heart Guster, what kind of music do I like? Myspace says: The Builders are "Powerpop / 2-step / Acoustic", Nada Surf is " Rock / Indie / Pop" and Guster is: "Alternative". Am I trying too hard to fit myself into 1 genre? What am I supposed to tell people when they ask what kind of music I like? Help...



xo