bluesilverkdg | At long last..Rasputina. And more.

At one in the morning, here they are. Good grief. Some of these photos just did NOT want to cooperate.

A preview. Unfortunately, Melora's microphone was planted firmly in front of her face for almost the entire show, and the crowd (and speakers) were so that I couldn't maneuver over to get any better ones. But, I was within a couple of feet of Zoe, so I have some primo pictures of her. But first....all three:

Pre-game festivities:

Dexter and me in the backyard. Directly behind me is the mud that I slipped in the night I was trying to figure out what my neighbors were up to.

Now, off to Asheville. Every time I visit this town, I could totally see myself living there, and I realize how much I've always loved it. *sigh* One day. One day, I'll move there.

These were taken at the Laughing Seed, where we had dinner. Here's Elise after polishing off her shitake corn cake:

Cheryl and her fabulous square plate:

And we three (this just happened to be taken by the ultra-cute, super-friendly waiter that Cheryl wants to marry. I only asked him to take the photo so we'd have an excuse to talk to him. ;-P I think the guy behind us is playing charades:

We had our pictures made with this fine lady:

And in case you missed it the first time, yes I did indeed wear fishnet thigh-hi's.

Outside the venue! Sqeeeeee!!!!

The opening band was Tarantula AD . I had heard of them before, but other than knowing that they also had a cellist, I didn't know much about them. As I described them before, they are definitely "interesting." I've heard several comparisons, including the Mars Volta. That's *possibly* a little accurate, as they do definitely use a lot of classical elements, but with a much harder sound. But they are just sort of hard to pin down. I did like much of their set, especially when they were really rocking. The quieter stuff, not so much. But anyway...here ya go They were quite swarthy:

Thank you, tall guy in front of me, for moving RIGHT in as I took this shot. It's not like I'm SHORT or anything:

He totally shredded his bow on this one:

Finally, 11:40ish, Rasputina came on. There was a band playing downstairs "in the basement", which was somewhat disruptive. And Zoe kept getting TERRIBLE feedback. But they were quite good-natured about it, and eventually it became a joke. Even with all the setbacks, it was still an amazingly good show and the audience was so very, very appreciative and happy:

During one of Melora's "stories":

Jonathan actually sang on one of the new songs:

Post show:

Jonathan was quite friendly.

This is when Melora said in a very amused tone "wow, you're even shorter than me." I don't even remember if I talked to Zoe, I was so beside myself at that point. I think the only thing I was thinking was, Melora's fake hair felt like Easter basket grass.

All righty. Whew! That's that. And now I'm going to bed. Hope you enjoyed the show!

At long last..Rasputina. And more.

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