What a day! pt 2: the show

this is when the real fun begins. this one is long so grab yourself a snack.

ok so we took I95 to 395 to downtown and bloop! it dropped us off practically at the doorstep. this place, Studio A, is right next to 2 other clubs (dance clubs) one is SPACE and the other is NOCTURNAL. boy is downtown miami spooky. its a friggin ghost town. so right away i have to say i really dig this club. its got a huge bar in the middle, then a big dance floor, and to the left and right are lifted floors with lots of ottomans for sitting and little cocktail tables. very cool. lots of places to sit. i also loved that it wasn't crowded. and that it was an 18 and over show. it was so much more chill than some of the bigger clubs in boston. i usually see the slackers at this club in Cambridge, MA called The Middle East. Love that place. this club had that same vibe which i think is crucial for a slackers show.

the show started at 8. its 8:30 when we get there. the first band hasn't played yet. great, we didn't miss anything. so the first band goes on. They're called Jacuzzi Fuzz. They're reggae with some soul or something. I dunno. Kind of like Sublime. A little boring but really nice chillen out having a drink kind of music.

the second band was this local miami band, the other band was local as well, called MUG . These guys were ska punk and they fucking BLEW ME AWAY!! they were so amazing. i mean..wow. the songs were sooo catchy and danceable. and i mean musically..they were tight. i'm talking studio quality sound. i was so impressed. i bought the cd and can't wait to listen to it in the car.

after MUG was done i finally got a chance to run to the bathroom as i've been having to pee since we got to the club. so whatever i went, then i came out and who did i bump into right in front of the mirror outside? GLEN FUCKING PINE!!!!!! AHHHH!!! *faints*.......................................................*recovers* ok Glen Pine is the trombone player/singer for the slackers. i love glen pine. i remember when he first joined the slackers. the first show i saw him in he was wearing like..a hawaiian shirt and shorts and everyone was like "who's this guy?" he's not the black guy from the cd. lol. thats what we said, because we didn't know the black guy's name! sorry! anyway. he was cool because he was a hometown boy (for us boston folks). he's from somewhere, i forget where, in MA. so everytime the slackers would come to boston they'd be really fucking cool because Glen's from there and i felt like we got a little more love from them because of that. cut to now. Glen is looking sooo fucking sharp. he's wearing this tailored suit and he's so handsome. and he looks soo slick on stage with these moves that he does. he's really improved from when he first joined. he is so cute. i love him.

anyway i see him there and i just had to tell him how amazing he is and that i just saw them in boston and i was so happy to see them here. and he was so sweet and he said thanks and asked what my name was. i was on a high as i walked out of the bathroom area and bumped right into Sharon. sharon is my friend diana's friend and roommate. she was at my wedding. i was happy to see someone i knew. i gave her a kiss and a hug and she was very sad because she says her and diana had a huge fight that day and diana kicked her out of the house. man...poor girl. i felt bad for her. i told her ed and i were off to the side if she needed some company.

then i walked back to ed and told him the amazing news about glen!! :) i was in such a great mood. then ed goes to the bathroom while i save our seats. he comes back and brings someone with him. its ralf! ----ok we have to stop here so i can explain who ralf is. about a month or so ago, i was bored and put an ad on CL asking if anyone else was into ska. i got a couple lame responses and one from this guy that was like..wow! he was into all the same bands. i was so excited and wrote back. after that we began iming each other and it was so cool to find out that he's a hialeah boy and he grew up listening to ONE STEP BEYOND on WVUM too! he used to go to all the same clubs back then and listen to the same bands. so it was like finding another me! lol. its weird that we don't know each other or know the same people. we're so similar. so we had tons in common. and he's funny, and sarcastic and witty. very fitting with my sense of humor. also he's geeky too. so he has a lot of stuff in common with ed. which is important. this way we'll all have stuff in common and will have fun hanging out. but we never exchanged pics or anything. we both knew we were going to this show and said hey maybe we'll see each other there. he did see a pic of ed, the one of him from the idea festival by the geek squad car. so i guess they ran into each other in the bathroom and he introduced himself. cut to them walking up to me.---- wow cool! so he came up to me and gave me a kiss on the cheek and we chatted a bit. he seems really nice and easy to talk to. then he went back to his friends.

then....The Slackers hit the stage. i finally stood up. i stayed standing till they were done. not only that but ed and i danced the entire time!! i'm telling you, my parents would have had a blast there. and my mom gets such a kick out of seeing ed dance. lol. i always dance like i don't care who's looking when the slackers come on. at one point during the song Married Girl Ralf came up to us and he started to twirl me around and then we all 3 danced (or "skanked" which is the term used to refer to the kind of dancing you do to ska music. to skank.)together. it was so much fun! i thought that was so cute. then he went back to where his friends were. how fun. then when they played the last song of their encore, guess who should walk in. diana!!! hello!! i've been telling diana for a month to come to this show with me. no no no no no. she finally shows up and its at the very end!! sheesh! what a kajunga head. but i was so happy to see her. i felt so awesome having 3 friends there. i felt so social. like a butterfly :). but i haven't seen diana in a few weeks or so. and she just cut her hair and it was so short and curly! so cute! she is so adorable. and her hair smelled really nice. like conditioner. we talked to her for a bit. and then she ran into sharon.

dum dum DUUUMMMMMM. they started getting into a heated argument. luckily the dj was playing some loud music so it wasn't too awkward. we just walked around and bought some merch and waited for the slackers to come out. we got to meet glen (trombone), dave (sax), and marcus (bass). we got them to sign some stuff and we got pics. they were super nice. we were waiting around for a long time for Vic(singer/keyboard) but he didn't come out on the floor. but i snapped a pic of him on stage breaking down the equipment. i love vic. he's got this new york accent and a gravely voice...ugh..its soooooo cute. *swoon*

you know whats weird? most clubs, when the show is over, will turn up the lights, turn down the music and start ushering you out to get ready for the night club people. but this club was different. the lights stayed off, the music just got louder but it turned into dance music. and bam...it was a dance club. we said bye to diana and left. when we walked out there was a huge line of people trying to get in. haha we walked OUT of the velvet rope. thats how cool we are. ;) it was about 1am and this is when the area was really bumping. there was a big crowd outside because of the 3 dance clubs right next to each other. ed and i were sooooooo exhausted. my eyes hurt. and we were very thirsty. so we were like lets find a 7eleven and get some slurpees. but they didn't have any 7elevens in coral gables. not even down US1. i haven't seen not one. so we went down bird road till we hit 90 something ave and found one. i was so tired i felt drunk. we bought slurpees and i got these!!! i love these things!!

they have a sour gel in the middle. yummm...i'm in flavor country.

i also saw these there. ewwwwwwwwww.

chocolate bubble gum? GROSS!!

then we went to sergios and got some media noches. yum yum. then we came home and had to shower because we reeked of cigarettes from the club. yuck. i hate cigarettes. all of our clothes reeked. in fact i went to wash them this morning and when i took them out of the washing machine they still stunk!!! so i had to wash them again! the 2nd time i still smelled a little cigarette funk so i put like 5 dryer sheets in there. hopefully that will do the trick.

and thats it! if you've made it this far. you're amazing. here's your prize.


ME and Glen Pine(trombone/vocals). (wish i had come out cuter but whatever)


Dave(sax) and Ed


Marcus(bass) and Ed


Vic (keyboard/vocals)



Me and Diana