She shot me, she shot me.
So. Gogol Bordello tore the roof off The Orange Peel last night. Pretty much all I can manage is a bullet point update, as every. Part. Of me. HURTS.
That was the best thing I have ever been a part of. Ever. Now to cut the rainbow yarn and bells out of my hair!
- Walking around Downtown Asheville double-fisting Pizza I got out of the trunk because I was STARVING.
- Insane drunk faeries in wedding dresses dancing around outside the Peel.
- Eugene Hutz walking past us, and Mary and I being the only ones to notice and wave o.O
- Dave and Dave being there with us <3
- The Constellations opened, and were FANTASTIC. Best opening band I've seen. Will buy their CD, will seek them out in concert again. Their cover of Red Shoes was FANTASTIC.
- Gogol Bordello. GOGOL BORDELLO.
- I've never seen a club so packed, or a crowd with so much energy.
- GOGOL BORDELLO
- I can't describe how much LOVE I felt in the room. It was amazing.
- Pouring of wine onto an audience.
- Security guard dousing the audience with water.
- Holding my own against a Gogol Bordello mosh pit. It put the ones at Rancid and Mastodon to SHAME.
- Wonderlust King, Start Wearing Purple, Pala Tute, Immigrandia (We're Coming Rougher) and Trans-Continental Hustle tore the fucking roof off.
- Lost my voice halfway through Wonderlust King. Which was the third song.
- FIVE ENCORES.
- FIVE.
- Eugene's desperation to keep playing, and accusing the tour manager of being a Nazi when they were only allowed one more song.
- Covering Dirty Old Town, and me with tears streeeeeaming down my face.
- Me never having been so proud to be an immigrant <3
- Closing with the whole crowd singing Redemption Song.
- Teary group hugs.
- Stumbling out into the blissfully cold air.
- Heading to The Lab, downing gallons of water, and SCOTCH FUCKING EGGS!
- Collapsing into bed the moment we walked through the door.
That was the best thing I have ever been a part of. Ever. Now to cut the rainbow yarn and bells out of my hair!