Short Story of the Month DEC 2007
This Month I am going to deviate from the normal short fictional story and do a "CONCERT Moments" (which I usally save for the zine/newsletter I put out to those fortunate few who I decide worthy enough to recieve such) this time around we have " SLAYER 2005 "
Downtown FT Lauderdale: Club Revelution?? The Culture Room???Who knows? The names change so much...it was probably the first and it was an up close intimate setting. Hell yeah People!! SLAAAAAAAYYYERRRRRRR!!! In your faces!!
I took the bus from Miami Beach to Ft. Lauderdale and started off by spewing a 7-up all over this lady setting beside me as I mixed a 7 and 7. I usally dont make these kinds of mistakes and I was surprised that I did and more surprised in the reaction, or should I say, "non-reaction" of the lady, because I really sprayed her good and she didnt say shit. Sorry.
I had 2 tickets for the show. One for myself and one for a "freind of a freind" who said he would drive and in return, I'd give him the ticket for his effort. But again, what these mutherfucking people here in Miami say they are going to do, and what they actually do are 2 very diffrent things. I grew up in South Carolina and I swear, I have never encountered such shit talking mutherfuckers as here in S. Fl in my life!!! If you EVER have ANY dealings with these shcmucks just assume anything and everything they say is a flat out lie. This will save yourself alot of aggrivation in the long run. So I was stuck with a ticket thanks to a "sack of fat lard" who was too lazy to go see a Slayer Show. And this is the shit that plauges the landscape for miles and miles....you DONT wanna live here TRUST ME ON THAT ONE!!!
I could have asked this chick from Switzerland who was visiting relitives at the place I was working at the time (they even suggested I ask her)BUT she didnt speak very much english and I didnt want to be bothered with it. Its call "Total Fucking Freedom" and I like it. So there I was going to the show by myself and by the time I reached the venue I was fucked up and did not want to bother with selling the extra ticket so I just ripped in up.
Outside the venue I remember it raining very hard and I was standing, I shit you NOT- knee deep in water by the Slayer tour bus slamming beers before entering the place. Once inside the crowd had to endure FEAR FACTORY before the REAL show started and when it did: WOW!!!
Same thing you hear on the cd's but LOUDER. The light show was awesome with the reds coming in on que and the cool disorienting white strobes. I was in the balcony and had a perfect veiw of the pit as well as the stage. Several times people jumped from the balcony into the pit, pretty funny watching that. Then Tom was screaming "What song do you wanna hear?" and unbeleivably above the crowd my voice was heard screaming "GEMINI!!! Master of demise, I am your souls salvation thats where my kingdom lies!" and what song do they play? You ask, you recieve. By this time I was by the speakers and was up against it "full on" with my ear right up to one of the speakers and my whole body consumed by the music. (I DEFINATLY got my moneys worth!!) Folks, you can get much closer to SLAYER than that. I mean you could probably climb on one of thier backs while they were playing but the sound wouldnt be as loud.
An Excellent show!! At one piont though some "dick" had come and wedged himself between me and the speaker to keep me off it and we had a "stare down" but no blows ever came about. After the show I decided to go to the beach and crash and ended up walking for miles and miles and still NEVER found the beach!! Finally I crashed for an hour or two in an office doorway across from the library downtown before retracing my steps back to the bus depot. I remember thinking how SLAYER was more than likely on thier tour bus on the way to their next gig in "HOTlanta" IN & OUT, and what a killer job that must be. A fine tuned business doing there own thing NOT comprimising for shit! That is one thing I definatly respect about that band = Finger to the face of the status quo. I also remember the next day how my whole entire body ached from taking elbows, po-go-ing and withstanding the wild crowd on the fringes of the massive pit. Imagine how they felt the morning after. A good time was had by all and a fucking 10 out of 10!!! If you ever get a chance to see these guys live DO IT!!! You wont regret it.
Downtown FT Lauderdale: Club Revelution?? The Culture Room???Who knows? The names change so much...it was probably the first and it was an up close intimate setting. Hell yeah People!! SLAAAAAAAYYYERRRRRRR!!! In your faces!!
I took the bus from Miami Beach to Ft. Lauderdale and started off by spewing a 7-up all over this lady setting beside me as I mixed a 7 and 7. I usally dont make these kinds of mistakes and I was surprised that I did and more surprised in the reaction, or should I say, "non-reaction" of the lady, because I really sprayed her good and she didnt say shit. Sorry.
I had 2 tickets for the show. One for myself and one for a "freind of a freind" who said he would drive and in return, I'd give him the ticket for his effort. But again, what these mutherfucking people here in Miami say they are going to do, and what they actually do are 2 very diffrent things. I grew up in South Carolina and I swear, I have never encountered such shit talking mutherfuckers as here in S. Fl in my life!!! If you EVER have ANY dealings with these shcmucks just assume anything and everything they say is a flat out lie. This will save yourself alot of aggrivation in the long run. So I was stuck with a ticket thanks to a "sack of fat lard" who was too lazy to go see a Slayer Show. And this is the shit that plauges the landscape for miles and miles....you DONT wanna live here TRUST ME ON THAT ONE!!!
I could have asked this chick from Switzerland who was visiting relitives at the place I was working at the time (they even suggested I ask her)BUT she didnt speak very much english and I didnt want to be bothered with it. Its call "Total Fucking Freedom" and I like it. So there I was going to the show by myself and by the time I reached the venue I was fucked up and did not want to bother with selling the extra ticket so I just ripped in up.
Outside the venue I remember it raining very hard and I was standing, I shit you NOT- knee deep in water by the Slayer tour bus slamming beers before entering the place. Once inside the crowd had to endure FEAR FACTORY before the REAL show started and when it did: WOW!!!
Same thing you hear on the cd's but LOUDER. The light show was awesome with the reds coming in on que and the cool disorienting white strobes. I was in the balcony and had a perfect veiw of the pit as well as the stage. Several times people jumped from the balcony into the pit, pretty funny watching that. Then Tom was screaming "What song do you wanna hear?" and unbeleivably above the crowd my voice was heard screaming "GEMINI!!! Master of demise, I am your souls salvation thats where my kingdom lies!" and what song do they play? You ask, you recieve. By this time I was by the speakers and was up against it "full on" with my ear right up to one of the speakers and my whole body consumed by the music. (I DEFINATLY got my moneys worth!!) Folks, you can get much closer to SLAYER than that. I mean you could probably climb on one of thier backs while they were playing but the sound wouldnt be as loud.
An Excellent show!! At one piont though some "dick" had come and wedged himself between me and the speaker to keep me off it and we had a "stare down" but no blows ever came about. After the show I decided to go to the beach and crash and ended up walking for miles and miles and still NEVER found the beach!! Finally I crashed for an hour or two in an office doorway across from the library downtown before retracing my steps back to the bus depot. I remember thinking how SLAYER was more than likely on thier tour bus on the way to their next gig in "HOTlanta" IN & OUT, and what a killer job that must be. A fine tuned business doing there own thing NOT comprimising for shit! That is one thing I definatly respect about that band = Finger to the face of the status quo. I also remember the next day how my whole entire body ached from taking elbows, po-go-ing and withstanding the wild crowd on the fringes of the massive pit. Imagine how they felt the morning after. A good time was had by all and a fucking 10 out of 10!!! If you ever get a chance to see these guys live DO IT!!! You wont regret it.
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