music makes me HIGH!!!!

it's 1am on a tuesday (wednesday morning), and i should be sleeping by now ... but i can't. i just got back from seeing dilated peoples, little brother, and defari perform at the belly up ... and i must say, it lived up to, and surpassed, all expectations i had for the show. i've been a fan of defari since 'focused daily' (and i just have to support my fellow golden bear). you could tell not many other people in the crowd knew much of his stuff, but i was definitely feeling his performance. he got into some of his 'likwit junkie' stuff, some new tracks, and some old classic ones.

i wasn't too sure how little brother would be. i've been feeling their music since 'the listening,' even though some of my friends (*coughjaycough*) weren't. their new stuff has been just as good, if not better than that album. still, i've never heard about their performances, so i didn't know what to expect. i was much more than pleasantly surprised. they came LIVE with it ... they were on stage, HYPED, performing all their good stuff (new and old). and it probably doesn't hurt that there were three cute girls next to me, one of which was rapping along with most of the little brother lyrics. seriously ... what's hotter/more attractive/more enticing than a girl who gets down with hip hop like that (maybe the girl i sat next to at church the other day who i CANNOT get out of my head).

in the back of my mind, i was worried dilated peoples wouldn't be able to match the energy little brother was leaving out on the stage. they seriously raised the bar. but dilated went ABOVE AND BEYOND. i've seen these guys twice before (okay ... one and a half since summer jam 2000 doesn't really count as a whole show). evidence, iriscience, and babu came out with some serious energy and rocked the crowd. we'll see how well my voice is doing tomorrow from yelling, 'C-AAAA ... ALL DAAAAAY' and 'BABUUUUUU' all night. i've been following this group since their beginnings, and i couldn't have asked for more. they did a good mix of new and old stuff. the crowd went wild (me, in particular) when they broke out with 'work the angles' from back in the day. i was going nuts at this point ... to the point where i barely realized that evidence was jumping into the crowd ... RIGHT where i was standing. luckily i got my hands up in time to catch some of him. and to top the night off, the second to last song they performed was 'worst comes to worst,' which is one of my favorite dilated tracks. in the end, good damn show.

all i gotta say is at shows like this, nothing else matters. i'm fucking happy ... forget happy, actually ... i'm in fucking bliss. nothing else matters at all. there's nothing like the feeling of being in a crowd, seeing everyone in front of you move their hands up down, side to side in unison. at that moment, i probably have the biggest smile on my face, and it'll be rare to find me happier. in the words of the lost boyz, music makes me HIGH!!! that reason alone is why i'm on a quest for one concert a month in the two double oh six. i know that most likely i'll be hitting up these shows by myself, but really ... does it matter. sure, it'd be nice to have some company. but as long as i'm with HER, all is good. and that's why she is the LOVE OF MY LIFE.