Last weekend was crazy, especially considering that I'm no longer in the
game. Sometimes, I like to trick myself into thinking I'm still cool. And I might be a little bit cool, but mostly I don't have time for cool. I'm a mom of a kindergartener and a baby. I no longer go to
concerts any and every night of the week, followed by beers and after
parties and slices of greasy pizza at 3 a.m. No! But I remember that
girl. I do. And after a week of shows and costume parties I'll admit that
I feel a tiny bit more balanced. Weird but true. It must have been time
to break out of comfort of the mom-zone, swap out the hoodie and for a leather jacket and just ... go.
So I did. Last Saturday night, I ventured out to Wooly's with my friend
Erin to see Sleigh Bells. Oh, how I had anticipated this show – I was so excited when I found out they were making a stop here and could not wait to see them. After
blaring their albums in the car until even my
kid knew all of the
words, this was such a fun band to see live.
They hit hard with
those (infinity) guitars and heavy heavy bass. And Alexis Krauss
is, well ... she's hot. She busted out the lyrics in that sweet voice
of hers and even did some crowd surfing and I honestly loved every single minute of it. If you want to see that crowd surfing, check the Rill Rill video below.
(Just beware of the tiny f-bomb.)
The very next evening, I found myself right back at the same venue with
Bo to see Stone Sour's sold-out CD release show. They sounded super
tight and
it's always a whole lot of fun to watch Josh Rand
and Jim Root play. Corey Taylor is such a phenomenal front-man, too. I've got a lot of respect for those guys – you can tell they work hard.
Sometimes living in Des Moines has its perks and this
was one of them, because this was kind of a hometown show, just for
us. It was pretty fantastic.
Here's some video if you're interested. Gosh, it was fun.
Infinity Guitars.
Rill Rill with crowd surfing. (Might be a tiny bit of swearing.)
Through the Glass.
30/30-150.
