#postsfromthepit

March 23 | The Copyrights

April 12 | The Lawrence Arms, Banner Pilot

April 20 | The Lillingtons

May 11 | Smoking Popes, Red City Radio, The Dopamines

May 16 | Dead to Me, Elway

June 3 | The Wonder years

My first show of 2018, my first time in New York and my first post!

One thing to make clear right of the bat is that Streetlight Manifesto has been my favorite band for many, many years. When this show was announced, I KNEW I had to make it happen. And to my luck, everything fell into place perfectly; airfare was cheap, easily booked an airbnb and snagged tickets right away.

Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution is Streetlight Manifesto, you guessed it, acoustic. This show was Bandits plus a FORTY PIECE ORCHESTRA. WHAT?! Yes. Amazing. Long story short, this show KILLED ME. DEAD. We laughed, we cried, we maybe thought we were having a heart attack. (We being the entire collective crowd.) It. was. that. good. This show was honestly everything I hoped for and more.

Streetlight’s music always has a calming effect on me, but to hear their music along with violins? Wow. I never thought I’d hear anything so visceral. It hit me straight in the heart and I relive that feeling each time I watch the videos.

I am so glad I took a chance and flew to a new city to see this show. It was one of the most meaningful nights of my life and I’m so glad my partner was there to experience it with me.

Well, that’s it! Not the strongest first post in history, but I honestly was so wrapped up in the night, it was all a whirlwind. (and I forgot I wanted to do this blog...  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

I will now bid you farewell with the unexpected show stealer... PIANO GUY!

First Show: American Nightmare at the Double Door. RIP 🙏

A Memorable Show: A show that stands out... And makes me cringe from 2016 was The Copyrights at The Cobra Lounge; I was there alone for a couple hours, my ex showed up, and then my current boyfriend showed up, needless to say I got hammered and that night, except for the lingering cringeyness, was erased.

Least favorite show? The Misfits. FIGHT ME.

Did you fight someone? On the 2nd night of TLA's War on Xmas a dude grabbed my arm in some kind of hold(?) and I sprayed beer in his face until he stopped. That was weird and I don't know why it happened? But I met some cool girls this night, they had my back and I've hung with them at shows since! So fuck that guy, basically!

Did you see a band for the first time? A few actually! American Nightmare. The Sounds. Smoking Popes. The Hives. Juliette Lewis & The Licks. The Bollweevils. The Bronx.

A definitely not chronological list of shows below.