When the reunion show was announced this past Monday night at Red 7 it sold out immediately and I did not get tickets in time. Lucky for me I'm cool and know the right people and was able to get in after all.
I AM SO GLAD I didn't miss it. It was f-ing magical! It might of been the contact high but it felt like I had taken a trip back in time over a decade to the last time I saw them outside at Emos. ATDI kicked ass like they had never broken up.
I haven't been going to shows much lately. Not sure if it's because there hasn't been any bands I like enough to deal with hipster crowds, wet smelly fat dudes bumping into me, and waiting in line for the bathroom, or at the bar forever to get a weak cocktail. Sometimes Austin being considered "the live music capital of the world" is both a curse and a blessing. I lived here for so long and been to so many great (and some disappointed) shows I think it's made me a little jaded. Or maybe I've just been a hermit. Probably all of the above
ATDI reminded me of why I USED to go to shows all the time... and it made want to start going to shows again. I had to keep moving away from blabber mouths trying to converse by yelling over the music...idiots... a serious pet peeve of mine. Thankfully their yammering gradually pushed me towards the front with the rest of the people who were actually there to see the show. It was there, standing front and center by myself where I lost myself in the music and had a sort of religious experience. I wish I could have seen ATDI the Wednesday in Marfa.
For those of you that didn't get to go, you should be very jealous. Hopefully they'll be back.
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