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Last month, Josh and I went to see the Mars Volta. Seeing the Mars Volta was definitely an experience. It didn’t “require flash player” in person, but some earplugs would have been nice. This was the third loudest show I’ve ever been to in my life and while that may not seem very loud in the grand scheme of things, you have to understand that I’ve been to a lot of concerts in my time, so getting into the top ten is an accomplishment.

I’m really torn as to how to rate the concert. I constantly had two thoughts running through my head: “This is the coolest thing ever!” and “Are we at a fucking jazz club? Because there are six guys playing different songs on that stage.” Not to mention the fact that their songs were around 20 minutes long each. According to the review of the show that I read, they played 8 songs over the course of 2.5 hours. Go ahead and do the math.

But what does this have to do with Akebono?
As a concert snob, I get really annoyed with people getting in my way and doing other stupid stuff. So when an Akebon-looking guy pushed his way directly in front of me during the show and started rocking out (keeping in mind that this is a sold-out show so there isn’t a lot of space between people) I was irate. He was unbelievably into the show, singing along with every song, throwing his sweaty body all over everyone. I turned to Josh and said “don’t worry, a guy this big, he can’t possibly keep up this pace for more than fifteen minutes.” Sure enough, fifteen minutes later he was tired and on his way somewhere that wasn’t in front of me. Thank you, McDonald’s, I’m loving it.

All in all, I’d have to say if you enjoy the Mars Volta albums, you should go see them live, but make sure you listen to the newest album (Frances the mute) because it’s much different than deloused in the comatorium.