Wiseguys or a long ass post rambling about past shows.

I still have to do day five and six so there's going to be a lot of blog post today. So, I read Tarah's entry about shows and Wiseguys and was just going to comment, but my comment was starting to get really long so here's a post.

I went to the show last night which was free so that's a plus because I never really have enough money to pay for both Cody and me. I would of loved to of went to every show and kept the music scene going by just being there and giving $10, but I couldn't afford it and at times didn't want to just listen to metal. Not that there wasn't good bands, there is, but not as many as there used to be. I think one time a few of us complained that it's always the same bands (this was like two years ago) but now I wish there was more of the same bands along with some of the newer bands, because I don't really like many of the newer bands. I don't hate them but after a while I get tired of just listening to growling and screaming, but at least the instruments are always good.

I went to my first show when I was in 8th grade, I saw The Fallen playing a Halloween show at Ferguson school. I didn't go to another one until 10th grade, but after that I went to almost every show. I'm pretty sure I went to almost every Colour Out of Space show, I saw the Fallen play almost every time, same with AKB and Witness the Reckoning. I even went to the acoustic We are Pompeii show. I've been to almost every venue they've opened recently and all the closing shows. I started going less around 12th grade because everyone else did too. There usually wasn't anyone else to talk to there except for a bunch of 13 year olds that smoke pot which is just the group I don't want to talk to. I mean I had Cody and we would go to shows alone sometimes and just talk to each other and sometimes we'd see a few people like Tarah, Jesse and Billy, but for the last year or so there was hardly anyone there. Not that the music wasn't important too, it was. But Colour Out of Space quit, so did AKB and the Fallen. Messes of Men still played so I went for them sometimes and I believe Witness the Reckoning did too, so that was another reason to go to shows. The Corsairs are good and so was the Punk Rock Prom, but other than those bands there was just new random bands that had been formed. I listened to some of them and none of them were horrible, but it just wasn't the same. There wasn't as many bands that we knew playing and there really was no one going that we knew.

I don't think just one person is to blame. There should of been more genres, I mean we had like a billion metal bands, overall like 3 punk bands, whatever Messes of Men is and then the Colour Out of Space. I can enjoy metal when it's Witness the Reckoning or a few other bands, but not when every band is metal. We should of kept going, everyone of us, because maybe then they could of brought more bands in from out of state, maybe more bands would of kept playing and maybe there still would be that community feeling. I don't really see how the bands are at blame other than they stopped playing, those few bands were mainly the reason most people came. The Colour Out of Space had a good following, so did The Fallen and AKB. But you can't really blame them if no one was coming out or maybe they just had too much going on to stay in a band.

And while some of the bands may be blaming some, I doubt many of them are really putting all the blame on us or holding any grudges. At the last show, every band said thank you to those who came out for the shows, yeah they did mention that we should of came more but they still seemed appreciative of those who came out. Brandon said he liked all of us who came out for other shows, Mark said thanks to everyone and there was a moment of mass hugs, Nathan thanked everyone too for keeping it open this long and the singer of Witness the Reckoning (I seriously don't know his name :( ) thanked everyone for coming too. So while they might blame some, they all really did seem appreciative of those who had been to past shows and that Wiseguys had been able to stay open as long as it did

I mean think of every other venue, everyone went to Brandywine, but that didn't last very long either and then another one came along. So while that might of been the last show at Wiseguys, I'm sure there will be more and we should all go if we want better bands and invite the people who used to go so we don't have to talk to 13 year olds.

Anyways, I am glad they worked to keep Wiseguys open as long as they could and that everyone was so nice. I do wish we would of went to the Friday show now because I doubt we'll get another chance to see The Fallen and I'm sure there was more people I actually talked to there, but yesterdays show was good too.If I wasn't so poor maybe I could of went to more, but you try not having a job and paying for your boyfriend along with your entry for every show,ha.

(Also, the whole time I've been going only one band covered a White Stripes song and it wasn't even a good band. It was some random country rock band. Plus there wasn't enough Clash covers at all. Though Cody did enjoy all the Against Me! covers) :)