In Walla Walla? Seriously?!

When I woke up on Wednesday morn, I never imagined my day would end at midnight after a trip out of town to a concert. Me, Chloe, my boss Heath and his nephew, Nolan went to Whitman College and saw Death Cab For Cutie for $10 bucks!!!

It all happened so fast that it still seems unreal. At 11:40 we found out about the show and by 12:15 we had a plan to go. Heath offered to drive and it was a go. It seems that the school gave out free tickets to students, faculty and staff who wanted to attend. The extras went on sale at 5:30, first come first serve. We got there at 5:45, just as they sold out. We decided to stay in line to see if more would become available.

One hour later, the first student turned in a ticket they weren't using, so they sold it to us, as we were at the front of the line. Five minutes later we had a second. Chloe and I were set, so we went to get food while a student working the event went to try and find more tix. At the school library she got 2 more for Heath and Nolan. O lucky day!

After dinner we went into the auditorium and waited. The opening band is from Australia and are called Youth Group. Don't let the lame name fool you though. They fucking rocked !!! I'm very impressed to say the least. Hopefully foolhardy Heath will purchase their cd and I can get a free copy. He's like that you see. He bought a Death Cab cd that I don't have there. I'll get a copy by Tuesday. Sweet.

On to the main event. Death Cab didn't start until 9:35 (a little late, but what the hell). From the first notes of the first song (Marching Bands Of Manhattan) ,to the last encore song (I believe it was We Looked Like Giants), and everything in between, Holy Shit they were AWESOME!!!! They sound sooooo good live! They played a pretty large variety off their last 3 albums, and a few early ones too. Killer! They finished up at 11:15. What a show. What a day. Did I mention how amazing they were?

Anyway that's about it for now. That's all my big news for they week. By the way, if you're interested, Franz Ferdinand's new album is also really good. Do yourself a favor and check out both of these great bands. You'll be glad you did!