CYNIC touring this summer performing 'Focus' in its entirety, support from INTRONAUT/DYSRHYTHMIA
[views:34943][posts:144]Harpers Ferry (Allston, MA) - [cynic][dysrhythmia][intronaut]
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[Aug 6,2010 1:39am - the_reverend ""]
WOW THAT WAS SO FUCKING GOOD. blue's right about stage volume, but all you have to do is step back 2 rows and you get the PA.
I didn't smell anything from behind me, I don't think.
[Aug 6,2010 1:54am - ArrowHeadNLI ""]
I figured out who was farting:
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[Aug 6,2010 1:55am - arilliusbm ""]
Awesome show.
Arrowhead, sorry.
[Aug 6,2010 1:59am - arilliusbm ""]
arilliusbm said:I have a slight feeling that I'm going to be dissapointed tonight.
yea this was false.
[Aug 6,2010 2:01am - ArrowHeadNLI ""]
Why are you sorry? Are you the guy that yelled "YO-GAH"?
[Aug 6,2010 2:04am - arilliusbm ""]
No. I may have been the man passing gas. But I smelled some foreign smells as well..
Nah, I yelled "pooorttal" before they played it. I cant believe he fucking played portal
[Aug 6,2010 2:05am - ArrowHeadNLI ""]
I was the guy that exclaimed "NO!" when he pulled out the acoustic. I thought he was gonna do an aeon spoke set.
[Aug 6,2010 2:10am - arilliusbm ""]
What's wrong with aeon spoke? You don't like greys anatomy make out music?
[Aug 6,2010 2:36am - arilliusbm ""]
boblovesmusic said:I'm having dinner sorta with aril
awesome dinner. don't forget about star war...er, I mean trek
[Aug 6,2010 7:09am - MetalThursday ""]
the_reverend said:WOW THAT WAS SO FUCKING GOOD.
Aril, Wren, Dana, Greg, good seeing you guys. Picked up Re-Traced, the 4 for $3 Cynic sticker package & the latest Intronaut CD. Think the bassist from Intronaut is just a little bit of a Sean Malone fan maybe?
[Aug 6,2010 7:34am - blue ""]
Pete, they use Fractal AxeFX preamps straight. That's what they used on Traced in Air too.
[Aug 6,2010 7:44am - arilliusbm ""]
Good seeing you too man.
Awesome show- perhaps I shoulda moved a little back to hear everything. Regardless, it was great to hear all that stuff.
[Aug 6,2010 7:47am - MetalThursday ""]
Yeah the sound was fantastic from the back. First show in probably 2 years where I haven't worn earplugs yet have zero ringing in the ears the next day.
[Aug 6,2010 9:27am - The_Rooster ""]
Only guitars with headstocks are real.
[Aug 6,2010 9:31am - Alx_Casket ""]
Yeah, the sound was great. I didn't last long with earplugs in, they weren't needed.
[Aug 6,2010 9:33am - substitutecreature ""]
This show was amazing. I was up front on masvidal's side and all through the night all i could smell were rank fahts. Also, some girl to my right brought lyric sheets. wtf?
[Aug 6,2010 9:53am - the_reverend ""]
I saw blue, aril, and arrowhead (with his douchephone)
[Aug 6,2010 10:10am - aaron_michael ""]
Ef, Ay, Are, Tee, Ess
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[Aug 6,2010 10:16am - arilliusbm ""]
I accidentally poured some of my beer on one of Mass Concerts promoters. My bad
[Aug 6,2010 10:24am - boblovesmusic ""]
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[Aug 6,2010 10:29am - arilliusbm ""]
there's something quite eerie about the similarities:
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Especially since they had the Donnie Darko voice in between the Focus songs
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[Aug 6,2010 10:29am - FuckIsMySignature ""]
arilliusbm said:I accidentally poured some of my beer on one of Mass Concerts promoters. My bad
should have accidently punched him in the cockles instead
[Aug 6,2010 10:41am - DONNIE DARKO ""]
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[Aug 6,2010 10:42am - goatcatalyst ""]
substitutecreature said:Also, some girl to my right brought lyric sheets. wtf?
You punched her, right?
[Aug 6,2010 10:43am - aaron_michael ""]
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[Aug 6,2010 10:43am - cookies erased =( ""]
substitutecreature said:This show was amazing. I was up front on masvidal's side and all through the night all i could smell were rank fahts. Also, some girl to my right brought lyric sheets. wtf?
lol@lyric sheets
[Aug 6,2010 10:44am - arilliusbm ""]
hahahaha @ zach galifianakis
[Aug 6,2010 11:03am - substitutecreature ""]
goatcatalyst said:
substitutecreature said:Also, some girl to my right brought lyric sheets. wtf?
You punched her, right?
Sadly she was just out of reach. [img] It was that bitch bottom right next to the dude in white with glasses.
[Aug 6,2010 11:24am - ValkyrieScreams ""]
Way to beat me to it...!
arilliusbm said:they had the Donnie Darko voice in between the Focus songs
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Fraaaaaaank!
[Aug 6,2010 11:27am - arilliusbm ""]
you can take all the credit for pointing it out haha
[Aug 6,2010 11:32am - ValkyrieScreams ""]
I'm just glad someone agreed with me. I couldn't shake the thought once I got it into my head.
[Aug 6,2010 11:38am - arilliusbm ""]
i'm still mad that the right side didn't have a fog machine, but the left side did
[Aug 6,2010 11:45am - FuckIsMySignature ""]
arilliusbm said:i'm still mad that the right side didn't have a prog machine, but the left side did
was progmetal drummer in attendance?
[Aug 6,2010 11:46am - MetalThursday ""]
Well it sounds like both sides had farting...
[Aug 6,2010 11:46am - DreadKill ""]
FuckIsMySignature said:
arilliusbm said:i'm still mad that the right side didn't have a prog machine, but the left side did
was progmetal drummer in attendance?
he was there and he taught reinert a thing or two.
[Aug 6,2010 11:50am - FuckIsMySignature ""]
i hope he told him to stop doing blast beats
[Aug 6,2010 11:51am - arilliusbm ""]
haha, i don't think so... although there were a few Dream Theater shirt kids that looked like him. Who knows.
oh yeah, nick/nash - nice seeing you again, your japanese friend was awesome
[Aug 6,2010 12:05pm - gregbaliset ""]
This show was amazing.
Going into it I had high hopes but also I will freely admit that I had not given enough chances to Cynic in my life and as many times as I tried to listen to Focus, I still didn't really "get it."
But boy oh boy i "got it" last night. that was incredible and now i realize what everyone is crazy about.
i will also admit that i was more of an Aeon Spoke fan beforehand and the acoustic version of Integral Birth was a big highlight for me. I like his non-processed vocals a lot.
Also, I was excited because my girlfriend, who is a huge Cynic fan, got to be a fan girl and I was happy to use my connections with Dysrhythmia to introduce her to Paul Masvidal and see her get all nervous.
I laughed and then i met him and immediate became a socially awkward starstruck idiot.
Which proves that you should never take me anywhere near musicians I like.
It was awesome seeing Chris and the wife out a night off from being awesome parents, seeing Wren, Dana, Mike and i am sure there were a ton of other RTTP people there who i have never met but it was a great crowd!
my favorite part of the night would be tied between Metal Yoga and when Paul said "We just released an EP" and the kid near me screamed back "YEAH YOU DID!"
[Aug 6,2010 12:24pm - arktouros ""]
Fuck. I should have went. Looks like it was a great show. I've STILL never listened to Focus.
[Aug 6,2010 7:05pm - s.axl.beckett ""]
That comment about not being metal on the title page hurts. I wanted to see them, but I has a show the same night.
[Aug 6,2010 8:41pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""]
blue said:Pete, they use Fractal AxeFX preamps straight. That's what they used on Traced in Air too.
I want one of those so bad, but I fear A) the learning curve and B) the pricetag
Another great moment, courtesey of the the smelly fucking foreign guys behind me: When the band started coming out onstage they were babbling to each other in german/euro/spanish/whateverthefuck. As the bald, midget, foreign bassist guy (who looks absolutely NOTHING like sean malone, nor does his instrument even look similar) they started getting all giddy, and the little guy kept yelling "look! Look! It's Sean Malone. SEAN MALONE!". After Veil of Maya, the guy yelled it at the top of his lungs "SEAAAAN MALOOOONE!". I felt sooooo bad for the bassist. I forget his name, I think it's "Not-Sean-Malone"
[Aug 6,2010 8:46pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""]
the_reverend said:I saw blue, aril, and arrowhead (with his douchephone)
douchphone got some AWFUL video of a couple tunes. The video looked great, but the audio is complete mush.
You were right near me, but blessedly far away from smelly euro dudes behind me. Lucky man. I hope you weren't the guy farting. I think maybe it was the little dude in front of me, because it was strong enough to cancel out the smell of euro guys behind me.
I've become so mellow and quiet lately, It's funny how many times I'll go to a show a bunch of people from here are at, and no one even notices me there.
[Aug 6,2010 9:17pm - arilliusbm ""]
yea man.. I was on the opposite side of you guys.. near Paul. I was looking for a Helloween hat but could not see one.
The was a multitude of different aromas throughout the night.
I was quite disappointed that no one joined in with my encore chant of Cy-niic.
[Aug 6,2010 9:31pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""]
As soon as I saw the bassist switch off his amp, I knew there wouldn't be an encore and I split. I had to work an opening shift today. I'm beat.