taking back sunday, 26.05.2009

LINE-UP: Envy on the Coast, Anberlin, Taking Back Sunday @ The Boulder Theater

As much as I love Envy on the Coast, twenty-five dollars for four people for one band is a little damaging to my sister's wallet, so ultimately, we decided not to go into the show, =(. It ended up selling out anyway, but we do decide to hang out around the venue before and after the show. For a very long time. We do, however, see Matt from TBS outside their bus, talking on his phone. Nora gets super excited, but we don't approach him. It's more fun to just admire from afar.

Eventually the doors open and everyone goes inside. We stand directly outside of the venue's doors as Envy starts performing, and we can actually hear them play, which is a nice treat seeing as how we couldn't get in at all. They play two new songs, I think, and they seemed pretty good from what I could hear. After their set, Jeremy comes into view right inside the venue's doors because that's where their merch is set up. My mom hopes that if we just stand there, he'll see us and come out and say hi. Nope. But he does see my mom and waves at her.

We round the outside of the venue afterward and see the rest of the guys taking their gear out from the venue to put it into their van which is across the street. The security guard there is getting suspicious of us, for some reason, so we just walk away instead of forcing our way into the alley and getting yelled at by some asshole.

We wait around by the front of the venue for a little while until we decide to cross the street to where Envy's van is to see if they're there. They are, so we walk towards them. I get all ansy, thinking this is awkward, but I'm forced forward. It's really dark by their van, but somehow, Sal sees us, says hi, and asks us how we are. It's a very sweet gesture since we were never sure if he knew who we were. Ryan sees us, too, and says hi. He finishes loading up the van and comes over to talk to us. He asks us how we are about two times, I'm pretty sure, and gives everyone a hug. Well, a half hug; Nora is the only one who gets a full one. ;) We do a little small talk, we ask how the tour's been going, and he tells us that touring with Taking Back Sunday is the greatest and that it's weird touring without them. When they had a day off, Ryan tells us, they felt so lost, so both bands were texting each other, all, "I miss you guys, man!" It's funny.

During the midst of this all Adam Lazzara (ADAM LAZZARA, OH MY GOD!) comes over and hands Ryan a guitar he had left behind, and I start freaking out. Adam Lazzara is standing practically two feet from me, but he leaves, and I calm down. Ryan then asks us if we liked the new songs, and Nora (stupid little Nora) says she hasn't heard them. "We played them tonight," Ryan clarifies. Duh Nora. "We... weren't in there," she says. None of us could lie to them if our lives depended on it. We weren't in there?! Oh no! "It sold out..." Nora adds, trying to ease her guilt. Did we not think it was going to sell out?" Ryan asks. We say that we weren't sure. We didn't know what TBS's fan base was like here, so we decided to just wait it out, and lo and behold, it sold out. Oh well. That's okay, at least we came afterward, he says. He tells us that he's gotta go and get food, so he gives us all hugs and says he'll see us next time. Love him.

Conveniently as we round the corner to the front of the venue, Jeremy is outside! He's talking with a girl holding a camera and smoking. Yay. He sees us and says hi very enthusiastically. He asks us how we are and such, and we talk for a good long while. He asks Daniel and I what grades we're going into, and if my brother still won't talk. Nope, he won't. My mom mentions how long his hair has gotten, and he likes it, still, and points out that Daniel used to have longer, so he would know what it's like. My mom wasn't sure if he had been waving to from inside earlier, but he was, and he hadn't thought anything of it until we tell him that we actually weren't in the show. He's super bummed out about this, but still thinks it's awesome of my mom to bring us down her to hang out anyway. My mom rules!

It suddenly hits Jeremy that he's been talking the entire time without introducing us to his lady friend. Her name is Emily, and she's Envy's photographer. She goes around the circle and introduces herself as we offer our hands and do the same. She, too, joins the conversation. She is very nice, and Nora tells her she wishes she had her job. (My sister loves photography.) Emily, however, doesn't think the touring photographer life is so fabulous, but if she wants it...

(Okay, so this happened so fucking long ago, so I've nearly forgotten everything that's happened. I feel like a failure!) I do remember, however, that Envy's new drummer, whom I do not know the name of (failure x2), comes out to talk to Jeremy, and Jeremy introduce us to him. It's so sweet! We go around, shakes hands, and tell him our names, except Daniel, ha ha, and he calls my mom and Nora "Nora Squared", so it wouldn't be too hard to remember.It's really funny, and actually quite clever! I've never heard that one before. The end of the conversation rolls around, and by this time, we've gotten a couple of people into the circle, i.e. Eddie from TBS. (Holy shit!) So Jeremy goes around and gives us all hugs.

"She gives the best hugs," he says about me as he walks off. "You should take lessons." Fuck yeah.