THE BLOG: Remains ::St. Louis::

I've been wanting to pop this review(one-liners) shit off since Friday. What happened? Think under my yearbook picture I was labeled 'The Procrastinator'. Eh....whatever.

Deja Vu

Another round of American dates for Dir en grey finishes tonight. Hope A. has a good time ;)

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Everything was almost put on super delay because when I went to Budget to get the car my limited credit card was declined because there was some hidden(or I didn't bother to realize) deposit of a $100 extra dollars that went over my available credit and I couldn't use my debit card because "since you live nearby, you must provide two bills in your name at the address the card was issued to" Huh?! So I had to drop my insurance I had on the rental(I had never before purchased insurance, even on my crazy 08 trip) and no fucking lie, came within $1 of my available credit on my credit card. I need to drop this baby ass credit card and get some real fucking credit. Need some real debt!!

Here's the G -Ride I was issued to fly down I-70 to The Pageant. I think we left around 5-6ish in the morning. Sun was still down when we departed.

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Got there around 9-10ish and no one was there. I mean there was about 10-15 kids but that's insignificant. Little thrown off by that.

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Decided to walk down Delmar Blvd. The not so pretty half of Delmar Blvd. to Family Dollar for an activity book to pass the time. "WELCOME TO FAMILY DOLLAR. YOU ARE BEING RECORDED FOR YOUR PROTECTION. ENJOY YOUR SHOPPING EXPERIENCE!!" Did only three sudoku puzzles the entire time.

Killer Vintage. I think this place was a record store the last time I was here. Remember they had this GG Allin poster hanging on the wall I was all excited about. Anyways I went in to see if they had any Mesa/Boogie amps. Mine needs some repairs and thought about buying another. This place's prices were ridiculously high. Opted for this fucking awesome shirt instead.

Later that day, while waiting in line, some chick was jumping up and down saying she ran into Toshiya and got a picture with him at Killer Vintage. Yay?

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My finger loves to be the center of attention.

After we saw the line situation, we said fuck it, lets go sit in the car and enjoy some AC. Maybe we'll see something amazing.

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Apocalyptica wants to hang. Denied.

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Good morning.

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The Pageant has a juice bar for the underage clientele to get in slightly earlier than the posted DOORS OPEN@TIME. Had a horrific strawberry-banana smoothie. Felt bad because it seemed to take some time for the gal to whip it up. Anyways, got to scope out my attack on the merchandise.

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There's something awesome about not having to subject myself to everyone's fucking delight while waiting in line. These adults(?) are always so HAPPY/CHILDLIKE it makes me miserable.

VIP

Just like I'd imagined. Awkward. Gave me chills when people would hand the band items.

Very grateful, it just was a little weird meeting them pre-show: Pre-sweat, pre-adrenaline.

Kyo's little handshake seemed so sincere though. Damn, it did.

Evaline

Ok, this shit was unexpected. I thought it was pretty damn good. Sue me!

Dir en grey

Setlist had been pretty much set in stone like the 10 Commandments at previous gigs so I wasn't expecting anything fancy. One thing I hate about the Pageant is the height of their stage. Good Christ, I thought Richard from Evaline would break his neck when jumping from he stage. Dir's sound was fucking lame for the first half of their set. Who was controlling that shit? They got their shit in gear towards the end. Crowd seemed asleep much of the time. Though something did happen near the finish line. I actually started to get pushed. HARD! YES! Seconds before, I thought I was alone in the front. When I see videos of the show now, it seemed pretty good. At the time though, it appeared kinda half ass'd ;(

Felt bad for both sides of this situation. FUCK!!

The Goods:

|Back Tat Dance| AMAZING

|Kyo water spit| QUENCHING