Another day, another show!!
Per what appears to be the norm for us, we got up, got ready and drove off to yet another city in yet another state. On the way to Chicago I saw a sign, and it was heaven sent:
And then he said, let there be lunch!!
OMG!!! *drooools* That was oh so omnomnommy!! Jo on the other hand appears to not be enjoying it as much as I did :( but I guess that her payback for me not loving Taco Johns the way she does.
And then…we hit Chicago traffic!! And this is some serious traffic, not a tractor decided to take his time on the highway shit that I’m used to. We EVENTUALLY got to our hotel and the moment I walked in I almost walked out. Ok, imagine opening a bag of Ramen Noodles and sniffing it, this place does not smell that good!! We appear to be cutting it close for most of this trip. We had enough time to unload and head straight back out to the show.
Unfortunately I was not able to get pre-sale tickets to for this show, so we had to wait in line and get seats with the rest of the common folk. The good thing about this venue is the awesome view of the Chicago skyline. This show was only Street Sweeper Social Club and Nine Inch Nails, no Jane's Addiction to make it extra entertaining. Street Sweeper was fantabulous again. Boots Riley is ridiculously entertaining plus Tom Morelo plays the guitar like no one else. I think they’ve managed to get pretty up there in my favorite band list.
The NIN performance was FANTASTIC again. This time they played “We’re Afraid of Americans” (YAY!!). Trent decided to re-write the lyrics to “Terrible Lie” (fyi). Seeing them perform makes me a little sad in knowing that this is their goodbye tour. Trent Reznor was very into this show, he decided to do a bit of crowd surfing, which makes for a great performance.
After Jo and I left the concert and were discussing the plans for tomorrows show we got hit with the realization of what exactly we are doing. We are following a band around. WE. ARE. FOLLOWING. A. BAND. AROUND.!!!!! This is something that I have wanted to do since I discovered concerts. It’s amazing to me that I am actually doing this. I still can’t believe it. Even as I sit in this stinky hotel room and discuss the show far from the comforts of my rural life. This is one of those major events that can be crossed off of my “bucket” list. The best part of this whole trip is that I have someone that is just the right amount of crazy willing to go along with it.
Well, tomorrow is another day and another concert. Off to sleep now, it is currently waaaay past my bad time. Nighty night!!