the two metalhead boys who were next to me did a goggle-eyed double take, and then very respectfully asked if I was meeting someone, or was I there on my own, because if I was by myself, they would make sure no one hassled me.

Bless.

I don't have anything to wear to a psychobilly concert, anyway.

Black boots, jeans, A-shirt, lots of metal-studded accessories, deathglare. No prob.

My next concert is Crowded House in May. When the DH worked for Wiilam Morris, we got free tix to EVERYTHING. Now, we try to go at least a few times a year. We tend to still dig nerdy, power-pop bands from our youth and one really doesn't have to worry about being the oldest at a They Might be Giants concert. We try to go to some world music as well--Bebel Gilberto or suchlike.

I just saw MCR on Tuesday (AIWFG!), and I'm seeing them again on the 4th, and Panic at the Disco on the 17th. I think I'm going to more concerts in a month than I'd been to in the last four years!

I'm seeing Cobra Starship three times in May.

Aesthetic question. Item A: [link] or Item B: [link] ?

WOO COBRA. Are you going into the pit? Because then I would go with Item B.

Actually, I would go with Item B anyway on a purely aesthetic level, but at concerts, white + sweat = involuntary wet T-shirt contest, in my experience.

I don't own either yet! I'm trying to decide which one to buy.

The awesome, awesome, absolutely awesome thing about the Cobra Shows is that no one knows who they are here, and they're co-headlining with All Time Low who are also relatively unknown, so the shows aren't at all sold out and they're in tiny tiny venues. Like 200, 300 kids on the outside. No crushing, no elbows, no pit, no idiocy. Well. There will probably be idiocy. But I can totally deal with things more in small venues. I will be able to talk to them. Like real people and not objects for photography. It's going to be awesome.

Oh, that is awesome! I still like Item B best, but I have a Thing for chicks with guitars, and I've been told that I own too many shirts with skulls on and that I'm intimidating enough without them.

(Oh! You know what you should do? Ask Ryland if he a) hates Guy Ripley because he's never seen in the same place as him, or b) if they're secretly having a torrid affair and overcompensating by never being seen together.)

I'm betting b!

Definitely B.

but I have a Thing for chicks with guitars

I know, right? I think I actually like the design on the other one more, but I keep getting waylad by Chick With Guitar.

Also, ha! Maybe with a couple pints in me I'll ask. ::grin::