Barenaked Crockpot

Before the show, there was a get together at the Applebee's. We met a bunch of people. There was Shannon and Jamie from Orlando. At first it was just the four of us, but then other people trickled in. I met Norma (BnnormaL) and this girl Aubrey who's been to 30 shows. She was showing everybody pictures from recent shows. I also finally got to meet Elise and her family. They were all nice. Her dad was pretty fucking funny. It was pretty damn cool finally meeting Elise. After we were done eating, Elise and I went to compare our two halves of the poster we had worked on. I needed to put glitter on mine still. So once I got to the venue, Vicky, Shannon, and Jamie watched as I sat there and glittered my poster on the hood of my truck. So we get up there and get our tix. 4th row, woo hoo. This time, closer to Steve's side. We get in line and they're like, "you can't have posters!" WTF? What am I going to do, hit them over the head with it? Fine. So I go put my newly glittered poster back in my truck. Elise was majorly pissed because she had made four posters, I think. We go to our seats and find out we're right in front of Norma and 1 row behind Elise. And Tommy and Chad were almost directly two rows in front of us. So we were surrounded by familiar people.

It starts pouring down rain during Sarah Harmer's set. I mean, the friggin' sky fell through. Thank gord we weren't on the lawn. Ed came out and sang a song with Sarah. Once she finished her set, Ed came back out and started a conga line to Action Figure Party. The rain had stopped by then. Ok, these guys were great! I really enjoyed their music. Ed played a song or so with them, then stood off to the side with his family. His kids looked so cute. It kind of pissed me off when I saw people taking pictures of him and his family. Oh well. Once AFP was done, we bought their CD and then went back to our seats.

Vertical Horizon kicked booty once again. It was hilarious when BNL came out and flashed VH. Vicky said that Tyler removed his towel a little too soon. Steve kept looking at the audience like he was thinking about flashing us all. Matt, the lead singer/guitarist, said he the all needed to go into group therapy after that. He just couldn't get the mental picture of Ed. He said Ed was just right there, and his thing is just flailing back and forth in the air. Then he shuddered. A few people got a look at Steve. I didn't get a pic, because I wasn't hidden from security and I didn't want my camera taken away that early in the show.

BNL: Kevin comes out and does his piano intro. While he's playing they do the whole "you cannot use/have..." stuff. The setlist was all changed up from last night, which is awesome. Kev wasn't lying. The show was very energetic and fun.

**I can't remember everything about the first rap. Steve went on about something about him rapping and waiting for Ed's turn. Then, he started rapping about Tyler to show everyone his bum. So Tyler was drumming behind his back. Steve told him to drum with his d*ck. It was insane. Then, after running out of ideas, Steve starting singing some Piña Colada song. So then Ed started in. He sang about Jimmy Buffet and pronounced it different ways. Can't remember all of that rap.

**Ed started talking about the humidity. Then he began talking about the rain. He made sure everyone was ok out there on the lawn. Then he was imitating what happened. "Looks like it's gonna be a nic----BOOM! (Lightning strike)" He said, "It was like someone called and said 'there's this really big storm coming your way'. 'Yeah, thanks man, it's already here!'" Then he said it was so bad that people were actually bathing in the waterfall that was the water running off the edge of the roof. It was funny.

**They played I Live With it Everyday! EEEK!!!

**Ed apologized for wearing his "pajamas". He had on some pajama like pants. But he said, that he was among friends anyway, right? So Steve said they were all having a big sleepover. They were going to lock the doors and we were all going to sleepover and watch "Children of the Corn." Then they started talking about this girl's hat that she had been wearing for a few nights. They were picking at her consistency of the angling of the letters. They said it looked like "H <3 BNV" instead of "I <3 BNL". So Steve said it stood for "Hotlanta Loves BareNaked Vaccinations". Ed asked her name, which was Darci. So Ed said she ought to just put her name on the back of the hat next time. Steve said, "Yeah, so we can spend all night trying to figure out what THAT says..." Then Tyler mentioned the poster Darci had a few nights ago. It said, "Who do I have to screw to get backstage passes?" Then, Steve starts singing this hilarious song about the answer being him. She had to sleep with him. Steve was like, "It is a sleepover, isn't it?" Then Ed and Steve were talking about how backstage was so overrated. And she'd get back there and realize it sucks. Then they were saying something about them kidnapping her and locking her backstage where she'd miss all the fun and the sleepover. They said it'd be better to stay among friends (the audience) where she had support. It was funny.

**Next they played the Wizard of Magicland which was rockin' live. Steve looked at me and smiled a couple of times I assume because I knew the words. Or it could have been one of those nervous smiles where he's smiling on the outside, but he's thinking, "oh great! There's the waffle house stalker. And she's staring right at me." ;-)

**For Some Fantastic they took the BNL sign down again. The first two verses Steve was sitting on the "L". I love that song.

**After One Week, they did the Chicken dance again. Too funny.

**During If I Had $1,000,000 VH came back on stage with ratings for the guys' wangs. They gave Kev a "?" because he hadn't came out earlier. They said they were pretty sure there was something somewhere though. Tyler got a six and Jim a four. Steve got a three but it had an inch sign after it ("). Steve goes, "The sad part is I had a hard on the whole time." Then they went on to Ed. They had started out w/ a 0 but they said they had to put a one in front of it. So Ed got a 10. So when they sang the monkey line, Elise throws up a monkey. Steve puts it down his pants so only the tail is sticking out. Then he picks up the 3 rating, looks at the tail, back at the rating, back at the tail, shrugs, then throws the rating on the ground and stomps it. It was Hilarious!!

**Then, during another break, they start talking to these two kids. They told them to drop out of school as soon as possible and join a rock band.

**At one point, I can't remember when, but Ed was talking about how he was watching an educational show earlier. So he goes, "Does anyone know what land mammal has the largest eye?" This one lady yelled out "whale." He was like, "yea, land mammal!" More various guesses. Then Ed said it was a horse. Tyler shouts out, "Yea, they have the biggest cocks too!" So Ed says now no one can leave saying they didn't learn anything at the Barenaked Ladies concert.

**We caught up with Jackie, Meredith, and a few others after the show. We were going to wait for BNL to come out, but we were kicked off the premises. They threatened to arrest us. So we had to walk down this really dark, creepy dirt road to get back to our cars. Once again, another fun show.