Faces In The Halls

Wooohoooo!

-Ouch.

The Incubus Gig has been the highlight of my gig adventures and so far, so good for my string of this year's gigs. A good start in that retrospect. And I loved every minute of March 7th, 2008.

Anyways, the gig adventure started off with me cutting the extra class because I've been skipping classes anyway but aside from my problems, I managed to be in the queue by 11.30pm with lunch in hand and I have to say, base on the response by the queue, the people are not very hyped up for it, but it doesn't matter because I was on a spot where I was pretty confident that I would be right at the barrier.

And look, no offense to Saosin lovers out there, but in my opinion, I find it ridiculous that we have Saosin fans right at the front of a queue where Incubus is the main show. I don't think you would pay a good $100++ just to see the opening band play. Funny thing I noticed that I was the only one wearing a freaking Incubus shirt. Like, what the hell right? But no matter. We had Incubus fans at heart just to see their incredible music.

So I have to say I was like around 10-12 people away from people in front. I was later joined by Flint, the guitarist from Bismuth and we joined forces for we knew that we had friends joining us later in the queue while queuing from 11.30am till like around 6.40pm. As we waited, our friends slowly emerged from the abyss of Singapore, like an ant finding home somewhere out there whilst its lost and trying to find its Incubus home back in Fort Canning. (this excludes every single Saosin Fan). In due process whilst waiting, Ain burned a know away from my hair, soon Flint's friend HQ and his girlfriend Inch (sorry if I get the names wrong if you're reading this), joined us and we played Cluedo and the furthest we reached was just setting up the game. Then we played Boggle and then we played Taiti and we gamble and I lost. So I owe Ain money but I managed to burn the boredom away.

At around 5-6, we became a gateway to all our friends friends who wanted to be in front. I have to say, I was disappointed that some people cut the queue just to get in front cause there's a lot of hard work and there should be some courtesy in certain aspects you know? But what the hell... I got to around about 2nd Row on the metal piece of the barrier and I was able to anchor myself around that barrier. I met the other twins (not my cousins) and they recognized me and I recognized them and they touch my hair and I had to anchor to anchor myself behind the darker twin (the one wearing the black shirt) and I was like holding on to the barrier to like stop the crowd from sandwiching me tightly on to the barrier with the darker twin between me and the barrier. I solely apologize if I hurt ya in someway or another but its a gig and things happened. Like people squeezing like as if they think they can go through people and situate themselves in the front.

Saosin was the opening band and I know that Thanesh, my dear buddy, would go through heaven and hell to come to Singapore and watch them and I recognized only one of their songs, so not entirely a fan (okay, not a fan at all, just an avid listener), and I have to honestly say that the opening was quite disappointing. The music was what Saosin would sound like but I could hardly hear the vocals and me, who wants to watch Incubus, is just dying to watch them play so hearing them was like "A Vacant Affair" (pardon the pun but I just can't help it)

And then came Incubus, and it was an epic entrance with Quicksand and watching the whole band play was like breathing on an ecstasy and you can just imagine yourself getting lost in their music and just flying. That opening act was a drug and I absolutely emulate myself in their performance and I would just love to jam like them one of these days. Seeing Brandon do his thing and the field of pedals from Mike. Mike is my new guitar hero. Seeing him work those pedals was like "You can do that Magic?". And seeing DJ Kilmore just over ambitions me to want to play the turntable. Incubus is just like Linkin Park but much better because at least we know that the DJ participates. Ahahaha... You know I love you Linkin Park for you guys are my passport to the world of rock where I left behind my boyband and Aqua days.

And I salute the security for being the best ever! You guys were the nicest and toughest and the best ever and I wish Singaporean Security would stop acting like bouncers because if you want to be bouncers, join a club. Anyway, the security were great in pulling out the shitty people I end up with. I don't understand why I always find myself with tweeny concert virgins who think that just because their younger and probably richer and think that there's such a thing about courtesy in a gig. They were the greatest bunch of security guys ever. They all look like wrestlers by the way. Woohoo!

My back hurts today and I feel like an elephant stepped on my back and did the macarena. So cheers. And let me heal my back.

He emulates Incubus as he got lost in their ecstasy. And then he threw a shoe at an social escort because they were too close to the emulation.