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Bluelighter
something beautiful happened. i was furious but it was totally fine because of the lesson.
we had a show at a venue here in jacksonville that is owned by one of the founding members of red jumpsuit apparatus. first let me put out my total disdain and the obvious complete pathetic nature of some of these so called 'musicians' that are around these days. the guy pulls up in his bmw suv with top 40 hip hop blaring, oh and if you couldnt guess it, yea, hes a total douche.
back to it, the band i am in musically isnt the most amazing thing out there but its all original and from the cockles in that beating red place. its also not without the adult subject matter which was PERFECT for such a night.
i should have originally known when i heard who owned the place what the situation was but it didnt come across what i had gotten myself into. as the night progressed we had been the oldest people in the place other than the parents of the kids we were battling against. which isnt so bad, we get to set the bar higher and drink ourselves retarded.
the last band to get on the stage starts whining yet another played out riff with another played out song about crap a 14 year old from suburban jacksonville fl would never experience. then the most disgusting thing happened. i wasnt really paying attention to the lyrics but then everyone on the dancefloor starts jumping up and down as the lead singer is belting out 'jump if you are saved'. at about that moment i realized as i stared in horror at these poor children who had been obviously brainwashed what had happened. i had opened for a fucking jesus band. my eyes also adjusted a little better to these children on stage of whom i met not a few moments before, displaying the large crosses around there necks and printed ever so cleverly on their clothing in a manner to suggest they shop somewhere mainstream like express so that the religious groups in this country can pretend like its normal and 'cool' or accepted to wear shit like that. then of course more and more parents around me started clapping and jumping and smiling wide as they sang along. i wanted to melt right then and there, instead a nice(and purposely boisterous) 'what the fuck?!' came out of my mouth as the now not so smiling parents of the more than likely little dick on stage spun around to see an incredibly unhappy musician almost lose it.
after a few more jumps for jesus it was time for them to wind down and clear out so we could have the vote. now the vote was crowd reaction to the band they came to see and we actually had a shot too let me tell you. the set was great and it was different and we really could have done it, plus we came 3rd out of 5 for ticket sales and even after knowing what was going on i was still not going to give up. our crowd had left and we only had about 8 of us still there. when the name Higher Ground was read the 8 of us were so damn loud you should have seen the faces out there it was beautiful! its like their silly notion of "God"(eww even to make a point making that a proper noun makes me want to vomit) was ringing out from the heavens to nominate this offensive, rude, and vulgar bunch of drunk, stoned half wits champions. of course after the first vote i had clapped so hard my hands had bruised and my throat was hoarse and failing and it was so close they had to bust out the decibel meter.
once again everyone voted and after the first close call the blind sheep were not about to let us waltz out the door with a second round for another battle. no no, they have to not only try to force their archaic notions of bullshit and way of life on the rest of us but damage their own children to the point of speaking their parents pathetic minds through what they think is music. and yes we got beat based on crowd noise fair and square.
and this is where the best part comes in...
as i walked out drunk and pissed i stopped to think. i actually wanted to rush back in there and grab the mic to make my point of what a beautiful thing it was for us to lose that way. the employee of the venue even used the wonderful term and the churchies cheered as he did. science. these confused assholes just defeated us through the use of proven science with a decibel meter. something they would never EVER defend as truth or fact just landed them in 1st place. oh my oh my. the knowledge i could have put into the heads of these poor kids, just question. think for yourself. question that asshole with his tax free hand out every sunday who tells you to shut up, judge, be racist and sexist and follow the leader to stupidity. question your teachers, your parents. question everything and everyone!
the upset wore off immediately and the smile came back on my face. if we reached just one person that night. turned one lost sheep around to walk against his pointless path of stupidity and closed mindedness our work there was done.
one can only hope right?
we had a show at a venue here in jacksonville that is owned by one of the founding members of red jumpsuit apparatus. first let me put out my total disdain and the obvious complete pathetic nature of some of these so called 'musicians' that are around these days. the guy pulls up in his bmw suv with top 40 hip hop blaring, oh and if you couldnt guess it, yea, hes a total douche.
back to it, the band i am in musically isnt the most amazing thing out there but its all original and from the cockles in that beating red place. its also not without the adult subject matter which was PERFECT for such a night.
i should have originally known when i heard who owned the place what the situation was but it didnt come across what i had gotten myself into. as the night progressed we had been the oldest people in the place other than the parents of the kids we were battling against. which isnt so bad, we get to set the bar higher and drink ourselves retarded.
the last band to get on the stage starts whining yet another played out riff with another played out song about crap a 14 year old from suburban jacksonville fl would never experience. then the most disgusting thing happened. i wasnt really paying attention to the lyrics but then everyone on the dancefloor starts jumping up and down as the lead singer is belting out 'jump if you are saved'. at about that moment i realized as i stared in horror at these poor children who had been obviously brainwashed what had happened. i had opened for a fucking jesus band. my eyes also adjusted a little better to these children on stage of whom i met not a few moments before, displaying the large crosses around there necks and printed ever so cleverly on their clothing in a manner to suggest they shop somewhere mainstream like express so that the religious groups in this country can pretend like its normal and 'cool' or accepted to wear shit like that. then of course more and more parents around me started clapping and jumping and smiling wide as they sang along. i wanted to melt right then and there, instead a nice(and purposely boisterous) 'what the fuck?!' came out of my mouth as the now not so smiling parents of the more than likely little dick on stage spun around to see an incredibly unhappy musician almost lose it.
after a few more jumps for jesus it was time for them to wind down and clear out so we could have the vote. now the vote was crowd reaction to the band they came to see and we actually had a shot too let me tell you. the set was great and it was different and we really could have done it, plus we came 3rd out of 5 for ticket sales and even after knowing what was going on i was still not going to give up. our crowd had left and we only had about 8 of us still there. when the name Higher Ground was read the 8 of us were so damn loud you should have seen the faces out there it was beautiful! its like their silly notion of "God"(eww even to make a point making that a proper noun makes me want to vomit) was ringing out from the heavens to nominate this offensive, rude, and vulgar bunch of drunk, stoned half wits champions. of course after the first vote i had clapped so hard my hands had bruised and my throat was hoarse and failing and it was so close they had to bust out the decibel meter.
once again everyone voted and after the first close call the blind sheep were not about to let us waltz out the door with a second round for another battle. no no, they have to not only try to force their archaic notions of bullshit and way of life on the rest of us but damage their own children to the point of speaking their parents pathetic minds through what they think is music. and yes we got beat based on crowd noise fair and square.
and this is where the best part comes in...
as i walked out drunk and pissed i stopped to think. i actually wanted to rush back in there and grab the mic to make my point of what a beautiful thing it was for us to lose that way. the employee of the venue even used the wonderful term and the churchies cheered as he did. science. these confused assholes just defeated us through the use of proven science with a decibel meter. something they would never EVER defend as truth or fact just landed them in 1st place. oh my oh my. the knowledge i could have put into the heads of these poor kids, just question. think for yourself. question that asshole with his tax free hand out every sunday who tells you to shut up, judge, be racist and sexist and follow the leader to stupidity. question your teachers, your parents. question everything and everyone!
the upset wore off immediately and the smile came back on my face. if we reached just one person that night. turned one lost sheep around to walk against his pointless path of stupidity and closed mindedness our work there was done.
one can only hope right?
