Red Wine Cage
03-23-2003, 06:26 PM
ryan patrick came knocking at my door at 1:30 or so. my brother's girlfriend had free long distance, so i took the opportunity to randomly call stephanie over in illinois. i took a shower, then we headed to Quiktrip so i could get a camera and gum and so he could get a snack, i think, or something. then we had to get $20 out of the ATM so i could get a shirt at the concert tonight.
we were on the road by 3 or 3:15. i drove the whole way, we listened to different radio stations and a mix tape made by someone from netphoria, www.netphoria.org/forums, which was pretty good. we stopped to eat subway and get gas. we pretty much went straight through and we still got their at maybe 6:45. we found a sweet parking spot right near the building and we only had to put 4 quarters in the meter because it stopped counting after 7pm.
so, since ryan had people he knows, he got to get almost front of the line while i was about in the middle of the line. i talked to some people next to me because they were wondering if Zwan played any Pumpkins songs. i was like, "um, no." i also told them that i trade bootlegs and that Zwan has over 200 songs in their catalogue.
so, we get in inside the venue at probably 7:20 to 7:30. the venue didn't allow cameras, so when i saw that they were patting people down, i took the camera out of my pocket and held it, hiding it with a sampler CD that was handed out outside venue. when i got actually inside i went straight to the merchandise table (zwan are merchandise whores) and got a rainbow guitar shirt. i'll try to post a picture sometime on here. then i made my way down to the general area. it was a good thing i did it then because the people that came down after me had to be turned away because it's against the fire codes to have people in the aisle. so, i was in back of alot of people, but i had a clear shot of the stage.
the opening band, The Children's Hour, I liked alot. one of the first times an opening band really caught my attention. they played about 8 or 9 songs. i didn't take any pictures of them because i didn't want to risk getting caught and not get any pictures of ZWAN. David Pajo (who is a member of ZWAN, dodo bird) played drums on a few songs for the children's hour!!! i was the only one in my section who knew that because i guess they think ZWAN is just billy corgan and jimmy chamberlin. *ROLL EYES* so, i yelled out "PAJO!!" and the guy next to me was like, "huh?" and i told him that he was a member of ZWAN, too, and then they announced it was him and everyone went crazy.*ROLL EYES*
after about a half an hour intermission, teh ZWAN came out and rocked the house. the setlist is as follows:
lyric
endless summer
el sol
for your love
honestly
yeah!
settle down
don't let me down
jesus, i / god's gonna set this world on fire
heartsong
friends as lovers, lovers as friends
ride a black swan
mary star of the sea
encore 1:
spilled milk
encore 2:
of a broken heart
it was fun to sing along to the songs that no one around me knew. i felt like such an elitist. they should have played "baby, let's rock!" instead of "heart song", but what can you do? it was a fine show indeed.
i had to stand next to a bunch of people who only came to hear "honestly", so i stood out because i was going crazy. if i have to pay $35 to see ZWAN, i'm getting the most pictures and the most anything out of it. i had to stand next to a 25-year-old guy in an Audioslave shirt, who kept yelling out "PLAY ZERO" like he was fucking original or something. after 3 times he stopped, but i wanted to tell him that the joke is old. he was just a loser who was trying to relive the past, when Chris Cornell and Billy Corgan were grunge gods. luckily, i got to move up some because i was tired of being around dead heads. but, even where i moved it wasn't very alive.
billy joked about how if pajo was president there wouldn't be any war and also that ever since he mentioned Nelly, he blew up on the charts. i took the opportunity to express my views on Nelly, which i'll probably hear on the bootleg. the last time i saw Zwan, i was able to yell "you fucking rule" and i can now hear it on my bootleg. hopefully, that is the case here.
also, billy said that "lovers as friends" is going to be "on the upcoming DVD release only Djali Zwan album"!!!!
we were on the road by 3 or 3:15. i drove the whole way, we listened to different radio stations and a mix tape made by someone from netphoria, www.netphoria.org/forums, which was pretty good. we stopped to eat subway and get gas. we pretty much went straight through and we still got their at maybe 6:45. we found a sweet parking spot right near the building and we only had to put 4 quarters in the meter because it stopped counting after 7pm.
so, since ryan had people he knows, he got to get almost front of the line while i was about in the middle of the line. i talked to some people next to me because they were wondering if Zwan played any Pumpkins songs. i was like, "um, no." i also told them that i trade bootlegs and that Zwan has over 200 songs in their catalogue.
so, we get in inside the venue at probably 7:20 to 7:30. the venue didn't allow cameras, so when i saw that they were patting people down, i took the camera out of my pocket and held it, hiding it with a sampler CD that was handed out outside venue. when i got actually inside i went straight to the merchandise table (zwan are merchandise whores) and got a rainbow guitar shirt. i'll try to post a picture sometime on here. then i made my way down to the general area. it was a good thing i did it then because the people that came down after me had to be turned away because it's against the fire codes to have people in the aisle. so, i was in back of alot of people, but i had a clear shot of the stage.
the opening band, The Children's Hour, I liked alot. one of the first times an opening band really caught my attention. they played about 8 or 9 songs. i didn't take any pictures of them because i didn't want to risk getting caught and not get any pictures of ZWAN. David Pajo (who is a member of ZWAN, dodo bird) played drums on a few songs for the children's hour!!! i was the only one in my section who knew that because i guess they think ZWAN is just billy corgan and jimmy chamberlin. *ROLL EYES* so, i yelled out "PAJO!!" and the guy next to me was like, "huh?" and i told him that he was a member of ZWAN, too, and then they announced it was him and everyone went crazy.*ROLL EYES*
after about a half an hour intermission, teh ZWAN came out and rocked the house. the setlist is as follows:
lyric
endless summer
el sol
for your love
honestly
yeah!
settle down
don't let me down
jesus, i / god's gonna set this world on fire
heartsong
friends as lovers, lovers as friends
ride a black swan
mary star of the sea
encore 1:
spilled milk
encore 2:
of a broken heart
it was fun to sing along to the songs that no one around me knew. i felt like such an elitist. they should have played "baby, let's rock!" instead of "heart song", but what can you do? it was a fine show indeed.
i had to stand next to a bunch of people who only came to hear "honestly", so i stood out because i was going crazy. if i have to pay $35 to see ZWAN, i'm getting the most pictures and the most anything out of it. i had to stand next to a 25-year-old guy in an Audioslave shirt, who kept yelling out "PLAY ZERO" like he was fucking original or something. after 3 times he stopped, but i wanted to tell him that the joke is old. he was just a loser who was trying to relive the past, when Chris Cornell and Billy Corgan were grunge gods. luckily, i got to move up some because i was tired of being around dead heads. but, even where i moved it wasn't very alive.
billy joked about how if pajo was president there wouldn't be any war and also that ever since he mentioned Nelly, he blew up on the charts. i took the opportunity to express my views on Nelly, which i'll probably hear on the bootleg. the last time i saw Zwan, i was able to yell "you fucking rule" and i can now hear it on my bootleg. hopefully, that is the case here.
also, billy said that "lovers as friends" is going to be "on the upcoming DVD release only Djali Zwan album"!!!!