We're Going to the Anthem Show Tonight

Okay, so we really went last night...but that's a lyric to one of their songs, and I'm a dork....I couldn't resist.

I don't know what was up with me yesterday...but I will relive the events with all the happiness I wanted to feel at those moments.

To start things off I woke up at 8:30 in the morning and couldn't seem to fall back asleep. I was like "What the hell is up with this?!?! It's saturday!!" So I got up, ate a cupcake, then went back into my room and got into bed and made myself go back to sleep. The next time I woke up it was 2:40 and I was like, "That's more like it." I lazed about for a while, because we weren't gonna leave for the show for a while. When I finally started to get ready, I just couldn't seem to get as cute as I wanted. My hair simply refused to work with me, which kinda pissed me off. But I figured, "Fuck that! I have a super cool knitted hat that I can wear, and still look so cool." Around 5 Melissa and Nick came over and we went to Melissa's house. She dyed her hair and I sat about trying to find little things to amuse myself. We didn't leave for the actual show until like around 8 or so. So we're ready to go...we all get into the car...and then Nick's like, "So how do we get there?" So we all get out of the car and go back inside to get directions. We didn't get lost...but we had a hell of a time getting there. And we had a hell of a time finding parking.

So finally, we arive at the 9 Lives Saloon. Just so happens that this place is 21 and over. I'm 19 and Melissa is 18. We got in anyway, but they had to mark us...so everyone would know that we couldn't drink. Oh well, I had no intentions of drinking in the first place. That's not the part that kinda ticked me off. Melissa and I had to pay a cover charge of 10 bucks each, and of course I'm the only one with any cash. I was kinda pissed...but not amazingly pissed. So we're there, in this bar, and there is no sign of Brent whatsoever. We figured what the hell, it's only 8:30, and they don't go on until 11, so we got some food. Nick payed for me since I paid for everyone to get into the fucking bar in the first place. The food wasn't too good. I honestly can't say what was wrong with me last night. I went through so many mood swings; half the time I just sat there looking off into space. While trying my best to enjoy my Philly Cheese Steak, somebody comes up behind me and grabs me. I'm thinking, "Okay, either we've found Brent, or some fucking drunk guy is about to get it right in the balls." Of course, it was just Brent. The first thing that Melissa said was, "Did you know we had to pay a cover charge to get in here??" I was like, "Wait a minute...we? I was the only one with any cash!" Brent asked how much and Melissa said still in her very pissed off tone, "10 bucks each!!" Brent, being the good guy he is, pulls out a 20 and give it to me. We chatted a bit. He seemed so amazingly excited that we showed. I tried my best to seem really interested in what everyone was saying, but it was hard. I seemed like we had to wait forever for Anthem to go on.

Finally we merged into the room where the bands played. We sat up front, because Brent said we had to. The show was fucking amazing. Their stage presence absolutly blew me away. I can honestly say, this is the best show I've ever been to (note: for the interest of the reader, Bekie has been to a total of 5 concerts in her life, including this one...2 of those were concerts that Bekie was forced to attend my her mother as a child.) The thing is everyone thought I had a shitty time because I was just sitting there...but really...it fucking rocked. That's all I can sum up into words...because it's just like too much to say. I just rocked...yeah..it was awsome. There were some great quotes that I got during the show. At one part Melissa yelled to me, "I've never seen a straight man dance like that before!" I think my absolute favortie part was when Brent pulls this guy (he knew him) out of the crowd to sing this song with him. In the middle of the song Brent just leaves to go and get a gin and tonic and leaves the guy up there singing. So here's this guy, on stage, with a beer in his hand, just singing away. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. There were some times when things somewhat when wrong...like the bass guitar and the mics got unplugged several times throughout the show, but the way they handeled it was so awsome. It was like being up there was the most natural thing in the world. As a musician myself, I absolutly love that. We even got free little CDs.

So...Bekie's review of the Anthem show:

It rocked. If you're ever in Atlanta and they're playing, definatly go and see them...even if you do have to pay 10 bucks.

Not only does Anthem kick ass live, they also bring families together.

Today my daddy had to take me back to Carrollton. As I have before mentioned, we're going through a kinda ruff time. When he asked me where I went last night...I just flat out told him the truth. He seemed pretty cool with it. When he asked how the show was, I told him it was awsome, and then I decided to let him listen to the CD. The first thing we listened to was a cover of "Never Been to Spain." My dad loved it. So all the way back to Carrollton my dad and I sang along to Anthem. It was awsome.

So in conculsion, I love Brent and his band, because they made me and my daddy have an awsome afternoon.

Ohh, go to their website too!

http://anthemrock.cjb.net

You can't make me talk!