#also i'm pretty sure i got double charged at the parking garage

[two-crabs]

highlights from the goats concert also for posterity:

full band 'minnesota' that rocked so fucking hard

again that 2 piano matt and john 'wear black' that shifted something in me

live jazz 'no children' before john was like "wait that's not the time signature for this song" and slamming into the original version

'cry for judas' probably twice as fast as the studio version, excellent for yelling

(and here i will shout out the absolutely stunning angelic individual a few folks down from me at the people fence, they were so tall and had such perfect curly blonde hair, and i kept looking over at them when i didn't know the words bc they were always singing along)

'damn these vampires' was another absolute barn-burner

followed immediately by "this is a song about when someone has their hands around your throat....and you like it" like what a fucking intro to 'choked out' which i personally believe should always be played twice

like truly "worried look on the face of the ring side nurse/at one for once with the universe" is the "cellar door" of mountain goats discography and hearing a whole venue singing it gave me goosebumps

BEST PART the openers were local-ish and were so fun and charismatic and had such a relationship with the crowd and obviously the mountain goats and when they played 'this year' as a closer they brought pool kids back on stage to sing and dance it out with them and it was so fucking fun

#:))))))) #the mountain goats #and THEN i drove home through the mountains for 2 hours in the middle of the night #cannot recommend #also i'm pretty sure i got double charged at the parking garage #but what can ya do