This is amazing. You rule. Flights booked! Hotel booked! Tickets bought! THIS IS REAL FOR ME NOW 1-Tequila Cowboy 2-Lurleen McQueen 3-One Belt Loop 4-LB Rod 5-Bill in CT 6-Cooleygirl 7-Uncle Rickey 8-Markalanbishop 9-John A. Arkansawyer 10-Cole Younger 11-LoneWolf & Gypsy 12-GW in IA 13-Big Tom ...

I was able to get Homecoming tickets fairly close to the date, so you SHOULD be okay if you wait a day or two.

Tickets bought! SEE YOU AT THE MOTHERFUCKIN ROCK SHOW.

I got into the band with "Birthday Boy," which someone put on a mix CD for me. I listened to that sucker for a year before buying the greatest hits. "Outfit" and "The Living Bubba" grabbed me at once, and I started downloading samples of all the albums. Weirdly enough, ...

Thanks, everyone! Writing this took a lot out of me - love seeing the nice responses. Hope you like!

This got long. If you’re not from Texas, chances are you got into Blue October in 2006, when their biggest song to date, “Hate Me,” hit the Top 40. That’s what happened with me. The song’s naked pathos did me in: “I have to block out thoughts of you so I don’t lose my head,” and “So I’ll drive so fu...

Okay, agreed. But still!

It's officially spring. Any news/rumors yet?

Happy birthday, Patterson! Thanks for a fantastic year of discovering the band and seeing a dozen shows! MORE TO COME!

I don't know. I've now been to a dozen shows, and last night lodged itself in the top 3 for me. I brought a newbie and he is fully converted. I haven't noticed any "not good" with Matt Patton, but I'm not as versed in bass playing - I thought both him and Jay were awesome last night. In my...

tinnitus photography wrote:what a fun, sexy time!

I see my hands and my Epcot phone case! GREAT shot!

Whoa. Just whoa.

Bubba - I had it at 3. Never thought I'd see "Why Henry Drinks," one of my favorites. That 3 in a row was so unexpected. I may have lost it at "Girls Who Smoke," a song I started off not liking, then saw it in Athens and re-evaluated, then became one of my absolute favorites. Lot...

My buddy Ian and I are in. It's his first Rock Show, so be gentle.

We'll try to meet up at Trinity beforehand. What time are y'all getting there? I'm coming right from work in Boston and I have to be back at work in Boston the next morning at 8:30. Hooray?

I still have never heard "Sandwiches For the Road." Maybe because it would make a great closer, and they usually use "Angels & Fuselage"?

No idea on hotels, but there are some listed on the Lupo's FAQ page. m Rail station is about a 1/2 mile walk to Lupo's Schedule here: m How would we do the tickets, what with Will Call? Would you have to be there at the venue with me? And just confirmed with my buddy - we are IN. Just let me know w...

vanark wrote:No idea on hotels, but there are some listed on the Lupo's FAQ page.

http://lupos.com/faqs/

Rail station is about a 1/2 mile walk to Lupo's

Schedule here:
http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/ ... splay+Time

How would we do the tickets, what with Will Call? Would you have to be there at the venue with me?

Vanark, I'd be glad to take them off your hands, but I'm coming from Boston and I need some info. 1. I'd be taking the Commuter Rail down - is that anywhere near the venue? 2. Are there cheap hotels in the area? 3. What time does the commuter rail run in the morning? I need to be at work in Boston e...

The other moment GW did for me was just as amazing. At Saturday show, which you know was a packed house, he got me out on the floor for the encore. I cannot describe the emotion, of standing there, holding my wife and brother, and singing "I'm scared shitless at what's coming next". Tears...

call shonna, i found him!

This is hilarious. Wow.

In 30+ years of listening to rock music and seeing so many bands and shows, I've never been a part of anything as raw, visceral, and furious as what I watched from up close on Friday and Saturday nights. On Friday night, tension and tears were in air and no one really knew what to expect from the b...

Kevidently, sounds like that was you. Ha. Good to know. You're a good dude. We passed the flask back and forth a time or two. I was the big redneck standing next to Paige with the Georgia Bulldogs hat on. I'm glad I figured this out. We'll have to make sure we talk more next time. I think I know yo...

BigTom wrote:It was good to finally meet you.

You too! I just wish I'd gotten to meet your partner, too!

Great review man. I wish had gotten to meet you. Cole, I think we met very briefly, but absolutely not long enough. After hearing how awesome you are from literally everyone, we absolutely need to meet for real! Sounds good man. You weren't by any chance the guy standing just back from Swamp on Fri...

notdaryet wrote:do you like Stephen King? because i like Stephen King too.

-justin

...wait a minute.

Cole Younger wrote:Great review man. I wish had gotten to meet you.

Cole, I think we met very briefly, but absolutely not long enough. After hearing how awesome you are from literally everyone, we absolutely need to meet for real!

Kev, I can't believe you didn't mention that reception at the Atlanta airport - the topless dancing guys, the champagne, the fireworks, your name spelled out in peaches. You're a hard guy to impress. Oh man, I glossed right over that. Especially the booze luge. It was awesome running into you, and ...

Great review Kev. I can't believe that it was five years ago that we flew to Georgia, spur the moment, for the Homecoming. Every year I promise that "next year we're going back for sure", but somehow life gets in the way. I still look back on my trip to Athens as one of the greatest highl...

Hey all, I've only been into the band a short time. Someone put "Birthday Boy" on a mix tape for me in 2010, and it took me another half year to explore a little deeper. Last year in April, I attended my first Rock Show in Atlanta ... and instantly went nuts. I started collecting Rock Show...

I've cried at concerts before, but never have I been so overwhelmed. I expected to lose it on "World of Hurt" (my favorite DBT song and the basis for my tattoo) but for some reason lost it on "Birthday Boy." It don't take smarts to learn to tune out what hurts more than helps. Me...