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the wiltern show was pretty amazing. we got our spots on the right side of the rail, just as katie promised and now i owe her a steak dinner. with a baked potato. my favorite youtube guy ended up right behind me and got some amazing footage. so yay for that. i don't really have a lot to say about the show itself. i will say that i can't remember a nin show that was better performed. every band member was his usual self... on crack. loved every minute of it (except for maybe the dillinger escape plan shitfest and mike garson's undersea adventure solo).

yesterday i was too tired to really be depressed. i got three hours of sleep after having to drive home right after the show (SO BUMMED not to have a post-show @ denny's discussion), stumbled around work, and then basically slept the rest of the day and went through some footage. (btw, i have no idea how to deal with the hd footage i have. i haven't even tried yet, but i have a feeling it's going to piss off my old mac. i need to use someone's fancy new computer to edit this shit). but today... man. today i was sad. i don't actually believe that trent's never going to tour again. that's stupid. but i do believe it's going to be a long while before it ever happens. i'm going to be like, 30. :( and it'll be different. this 4 year run has been incredible. we did what we promised ourselves we'd do back in 2000 when we were like, 13. we went to as many shows as possible and we loved it. it has cost me lots of time and money, but i wouldn't change a thing. those shows are some of the best times i've ever had.

i also feel very satisfied that i got to go to the last show. when trent said this was it, i was like OMG I HAVE TO BE THERE AT THE END!!! and then "the end" ended up being taiwan. =/ and then "the end" was echoplex. =/ i'm so, SO glad "the end" was the wiltern and i'm SO GLAD my wonderful bff is a nutcase and made everything happen the way it did. i'm also SO GLAD the trashy girls and twins failed at life.

...but now that it's done, it's sad.

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after work i decided to distract myself. went to get some remastered beatles music. wound up with abbey road, sgt. pepper and the white album. also finally bought horehound. ...and while all of it is great, i still needed distractions.

but horehound reminded me of jack white's existence, and the fact that if anyone has ever come close to providing a concert experience as satisfying as a nin show then it was jack white. so i went to see it might get loud. which wasn't really a good movie, but was still very entertaining. the edge is laaaaaame though. it was cool learning a little about his style, but the guy is boring! jack white seems like a very disgruntled man. and i was so amused by the love in his eyes for jimmy page. there was one point where jimmy started playing the riff for whole lotta love and i swear, hearts were just bursting out of jack's eyes. he also seemed to really dislike the edge, which was entertaining. jack spent a lot of time talking about how basically technology is ruining music and making people less creative (and i think in a lot of cases i agree with him) and the edge (what's this guy's real name?) thinks technology is the best thing in the universe. jack does not approve. whatever though, in the end it was just cool to watch three really great guitarists sit around and play. swap the edge with robin and then it would have been perfect ;)

and dude, the kung ob woon sen from taste of thai is pretty much one of the most delicious things ever.

tomorrow i'm going to figure out the hd footage situation. that's my goal. that, and laundry.