more areola than you can shake a stick at!!

this past weekend was the long awaited Edge Fest here in dallas. The line-up included Sum 41, Billy Idol, Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, Papa Roach, The Exies, and Theory Of A Deadman amongst others. saturday night was the "pre-party" for this show and was conveniently hosted by a strip club. two of the three bands that played, rocked. The Prom Kings, and Revelation Theory kicked my ass. The last band, No Address, was one of the weakest bands i have ever seen perform, second only to the band i was in back in high school. They had zero stage presence, their music sucked, and we left halfway through their set. The upside, however, was that since it was only 60 degrees outside, there were few girls that wanted to participate in the wet t-shirt / thong contest. The simple answer to this is: get the strippers from inside, bring them outside, and pour water on them!!! fantastic audible on behalf of the edgefest crew.

sunday was the main event. whomever designed the Smirnoff Music center has their head up their ass. It's a big open-air amphitheater dug into a big hill. The speakers are set up horribly so that the destructive interfearence is rediculous. on top of that, around the outer rim of this place, they put a big 20' high concret wall. no, of course sound isn't going to bounce off it and echo around the entire place making things worse... never!! other than that, it rained, it was cold, i burned through $200 on beer, food, and two taxi's that i ended up not needing, but the music pounded!!!

most of the people there were 16 years old, some were with the parents, some weren't but i felt like an old man. when billy idol came on stage, i thought "damn, billy's been putting out music for nearly 20 years, and most of these kids don't even know who he is". I truely, for the first time in my life felt like an old man. i thought billy was burned out, and that his day was over. Never in my wildest dreams did i think that he would put on the show that he did. He F-ing rocked!! words can't describe the fantastic show he did. billy gets the "too much metal for one hand" horns from me.

sum 41 was better than i expected them to be. i was originally shocked that billy idol opened up for them, but as they went through their set, i saw why. They brought the crowd up to a new level (which was tough to do after billy's set). the 12 year olds started running into eachother in an akward attempt to form a pit. the rain stopped, the music pounded and exhausted we went on a 10 mile hike to find a taxi home. good times, GREAT oldies!!!