Bombs Away

Last night was a lot of fun.

We went to Bluestone at about 9:30 and Bombs Away was supposed to go on at 10:30. I honestly couldn't tell you when they went on, but it wasn't 10:30. It was really odd, though, there wasn't a big introduction or anything like that. It just went from too loud club music to live, too loud club music. It took me a little bit before I realized, "oh, this is Bombs Away." Some of my mates had been making a lot of noise about how they had VIP passes and were going to get to be on stage with Bombs. I was standing next to the stage and saw Egypt up on stage. He pointed to his red wristband, which I'm assuming was the VIP tag, and flashed me a thumbs up and gleeful smile. So, I walked up on stage. Just walked up. Security? Nope. Turns out a VIP pass wasn't all that necessary. At one point, the lead singer or whoever, jumped into the crowd and went crowd surfing and Will grabbed his hat. A nice souvenir. Not to be outdone, I went up on stage and tried to walk off with one of the microphones that wasn't being used, which didn't work out for me. One of their sound techs saw me and told me to put it back. No luck.

The music wasn't really my thing. Not at all. It was just an 808 dance beat with a lot of bass that they would yell a catchy hook over. I was painfully unimpressed and that's all I'll say about it or I'll rant forever.

We (Me, Will, and Benny) left Bluestone for a club around the corner called Haida. It was a lot smaller and had a sort of hole in the wall feel to it. The music was a lot better, too. Will and I ran into the owner and talked to him for a while and he ended up buying us drinks. Will's "Bomb Squad" hat that he had gotten from the show was a big hit and there were a lot of people trying to snag it off his head and kept asking if he was with the band.  I also ran into a guy who just loved that I was from the same town as The Simpsons. That actually happens a lot.

We got back around 3:30 and I made a bacon, onion, tomato, and cheese omelet before bed.

Tomorrow I leave for a three day basecamp which should be pretty good. April 2 I fly out to Cairns for five days, then to Sydney for three days, then to Albury to spend a few days with Will and his family before we drive back on the 14. I'm torn that I don't get to spend those last few days in Melbourne but I'm going to try to stay up there from the 25 to the 29th. It's a super long weekend for me.

Oh, and Will injured himself dancing. Classic.

Hope everything is going well with you and yours.

Stay classy
~D