Petra Over Blackpools

Tonight I saw the Decemberists and Okkervill River. 6 things I learned at this concert:

1. I should have listened to myself when Almost Positive was younger and should have used the Mandolin/ Banjo/ and whatever the heck other instruments I wanted to too. It's that much better.

2. Songs must have more than the Verse and the Chorus. Ideally: Instrumental intro/ Verse/ Chorus/ Verse/ Instrumental/ Middle/ Chorus/ Verse/ Chorus/ Instrumental outro.

3. You can never be too old to rock out with fresh stuff.

4. Always leave enough money after buying CDs so that you have enough to pay for parking and you don't have to scrounge the car for five minutes collecting pennies.

5. The best lyrics come to you in concert- but you can never write it down.

6. The hottest girls have short dark hair, play violin rock, and can sing.

Vocabulary word of the day: "Blackpools" - a group of three or more short, fat, goth girls with bad haircuts who can't dance and bump into tall boys trying to flirt with them (or at least bump their butts into them).
-pro: you can see over them just fine
-con: you're standing next to them and you're a tall boy.



Thanks, Rachel, for the tip.