I saw OAR last night and they were great! Basically, Monday at work I was listening to some “Crazy Game of Poker” and was like man I really wanna see OAR. So I check out their website and to my astonishment they were playing in Iowa City the next day. So after some pleading, convincing, and just asking I got Chris, Jesse, and Chelsea to buy tickets with me.
So we all leave work early Tuesday and head down to Iowa City. We get in the not very long line to get in, and hang out. At first, we were like this place is going to be dead, because there was not nearly enough people in line to fill up a concert. It was weird hanging out with crazy hyperactive college students again. Def different than the Rose crowd I’m used too. For one there was a 50/50 ratio of girls holy shit…
Anyway “Army of Me” was the opener and they sounded pretty cool. I really need to dye my hair blonde after this concert. When the guitarist from “Army of Me” came on. She had like really long blonde hair and I thought “hey a female guitarist in a punk band that’s pretty hot” I may have said something of that nature out loud too. Anyway the lights come on and I was like shit… that’s a dude. Of course Chelsea heard me and proceeded to proclaim it loudly to everyone around. Great… Anyway, there were probably at least 5k people there. I love standing in the crowds and just feeling the life of the group. I fucking hate the assholes that decide to show up an hour late and then have the uncontrollable desire to go to the front of the crowd, despite the fact that we are more pressed together than a Japanese subway car. Also it doesn’t help that every guy who needed to get in front of everyone was about a foot taller. They grow em big in Iowa.
After awhile we started getting sick of it so Chelsea and I made a human wall that wouldn’t let them through. So their absolutely most polite response… Start leaning on top of us for the next half hour. Eventually the jack ass guys give up, so they sent their bitch lady friends to push there way though. Unfortunately my will power to be a complete ass disappears when girls are around. So they somehow sneak in front and I am forced to listen to the most brain dead, mindless chatter I am sure has ever been uttered by anyone with the exception of me, of course 🙂 Eventually, one accidentally jabbed me in the eye and I responded “Oh that’s ok I don’t mind being jabbed in the eye” in my most I can’t hear anything sarcastic tone, she responds in kind, and they all dart off. I have know idea how they darted off, since I couldn’t move my own two feet. Besides that the concert was really fun! I saw two people pass out. The best was the girl checking the guy who fell over, verify he was still breathing, and then continued to jam out. The concert ended well, we escape the field house and made it back to Cedar Rapids in time for a good nights sleep before work.