Resistance

"Love is our resistance."

-Resistance, the title track from their album.

It's about 1984, because they are just that awesome.

One time junior year in high school I said to my friend Andrew, "If Muse ever comes to the Midwest, we're going." Three years later, my friends, this happened. Last night was that night.

The concert was BRILLIANT. Passion Pit opened, whom I also love, and they were great too. I love that about going to big name concerts... they're openers are actually famous too. I had goosebumps for like the first four songs Muse played. They are FANTASTIC at the between song suspension. They just keep playing random chords until they strike the first chord of the next song bigger than ever. But these "random chords" are epic in and of themselves.

Also, the lighting and staging was PHENOMENAL. If I was into lighting and sound design, I would want. this. tour. job. The drummer was probably my favorite. He smiled like it was his first time playing in front of a giant arena. The two songs they brought out the grand piano for were my FAVORITE. That piano was beautiful, and they have lights synchronized to notes on the piano. Memorizing stuff here. They also played some oldie crown pleasers, which I was fully okay with. :]

Oh, also? They never even LOOKED at our tickets. Apparently this wasn't the case for everyone? We could have just WALKED IN. Baha.

After that, Andrew wanted to stop in at his friend's dubstep rave for a bit. It was $15, but don't worry... I was on the VIP list and got in free. This makes me laugh a little. I had to show my I.D. to a bouncer and everything. That was interesting.

In other news, I saw/heard:

I see what you're saying, but this definitely isn't the most effective advertisement of the day:

A poster for the Special Olympics with a picture of a participant next to bold letters that say, "She was born with a serious ABILITY."

Sketchy road sign of the day:

A sign stuck in the ground with an arrow next to the highway that says, "Daycare" with messy letters and the paint half peeled off.

Not what you want to hear while you're waiting on guys fixing your car of the day:

"You can't get it to work?"

Insult of the Day:

"Allyson, you look like a used McDonald's bag."

Currently:

Reading: Interpreter of Maladies

Listening: Moth's Wings by Passion Pit, Dominos by The Big Pink

Drinking: New coffee from the World Market. Allegro Coffee - Columbia blend. The bag is biodegradable, like the Sun Chip ones. Meaning, I cannot open it without waking up the entire hall.

xx