tuesday twofer sixer…sorta (rock n’ roll roadtrip II)

it’s not a twofer in the sense that this is not my typical “two little topics that weren’t worthy of their own entry”…

…more like “i started a ‘sixer’ only to discover it shoulda been a ‘twelver’ but due to an unhappy combo of sleep dep and stress i caught it too late, so this is the OTHER six”.

confused? you won’t be…after this episode of SOAP!

so, in addition to the six memorable road trips i mentioned on sunday there were six that WEREN’T so memorable. or, not so remembered…typically ’cause they seem more like work, occasionally for other reasons. let’s analyze them, with all six broken down into six categories, just to make this easy on me AND spike the ball on the whole “dual sixer” thang…

1. who – marilyn manson
where & when – bronco bowl, fort worth (i think), tx, december 16th, 2k
who with – some crazy redhead i met online from the metroplex. haven’t seen her since.
what rocked – after a decade of trying and missing i FINALLY saw manson, and for free!
what sucked – drummer fucked up early in encore, manson nailed him with a mic stand
why forgotten – not sure…lame date, maybe? maybe ’cause it was a decade ago? shit, at least i didn’t have to drive to dallas and back the same night.

2. who – nine inch nails / a perfect circle
where & when – starplex ampitheater, dallas, tx, may 23rd, 2k
who with – michelle…good friend from san marcos, now lives in denver…i think.
what rocked – are you kidding? NIN and a perfect circle? shit, what didn’t?
what sucked – getting sick in the confines of the “101X Party Bus” bathroom
why forgotten – copious booze consumption during trip…killed whole fifth of makers.

3. who – rob zombie
where & when – bronco bowl, march 8th, 2k2…spring break traffic outta almost killed me
who with – junior to start, my friend michelle from houston got added in somehow.
what rocked – zombie, cool junior, hot michelle, and TWO whore bits out of the night!
what sucked – driving to dallas & back same night and almost dying on the way back!
why forgotten – chalk it up to sleep dep.

4. who – linkin park
where & when – bronco bowl, once again, march 20th, 2k3
who with – it was SUPPOSED to be with ME…but ended up being iris from the office
what rocked – seeing LP in a small capacity venue when they were selling out stadiums
what sucked – office girl + fixing two ticket printers = feels like i’m at work back then
why forgotten – too much like work, “no ME” factor

5. who – pantera & soulfly
where & when – concrete street ampitheater, corpus christi, tx, march 24th, 2k1
who with – my friend amanda, her room mate (diana?), and this cool kid named “austin”
what rocked – pan-fuckin’-tera at a brand new ampitheater!
what sucked – last time i saw dimebag OR my friend amanda alive
why forgotten – again with the math…two cute strippers + road trip = fuzzy memories

NOTE: odd spiritual moment – as i finished number five “cemetary gates” from pantera came up in the iTUnes…no bullshit, and given what made that one suck, kinda spooky

6. who – pet shop boys
where & when – bronco bowl, last time, i promise!…june 1st, 2k2
who with – miss kathi! two others planned but bailed…yeah, keep reading
what rocked – seeing bret & leo while in metroplex
what sucked – when your gay friends bail free tix ’cause the crowd will be “TOO gay”…
why forgotten – the room is startin’ to spin real fast…cause of…cause of the gayness. seriously – not to belabor the point, and anybody who knows me knows i am REAL fucking far from homophobic – but we’re talking guys who look like ricky martin in jeans and lace-up-the-front style pirate shirts kinda gay. again, when your gay friends give you that warning, heed that shit. frighteningly their show in austin several years later? FAR from that gay…go figure!

another quick note – it bugged the ass out of me that while i could remember the shows, the people i took, and even details of the performances, i couldn’t even guess the fucking YEARS right on over half of these, so i googled almost all the tour dates – save for the ones i had shirts from or something. okay, it’s less than an hour from when this posts at 1:11am CDT, so goodnight everybody!