Cage and Yak Ballz show New Orleans 7/26/09

I have been extremely excited about this show ever since the tour dates were released about 2 months ago.The drive from Pensacola ,FL to New Orleans, LA was only supposed to be a 2 and 1/2 hr. drive which turned in to 3+ hr. drive becuase of rain and the traffic in th tunnel in Mobile, Al.
Once arrived we got in to our hotel the St. Louis, we freashened up and i try to regain my wits.Ran out for some Subway in the French Quarter,grabbed a beer at he Irish Pub next to the House of Blues on Decatur St. We went up to the box office to buy our tickets for the show, and there was a guy with his GF standing at the front door of the Parish, which is the venue for the Cage show, he was wearing a Weathermen t-shirt. So, I approached him shook his hand and we talked about how much love we have for Cage and the rest of the fellas.The doors opened at 8p.m., me and Chris were the first ones in so we grabbed one out of the 4 tables in the room.Also, I met the bartender, who tells me its a non-smoking show becuase the artists requested it. Which bewildered me at first ,cuz I know they all chain smoke cigs.Then I remembred Yak Ballz has been ill for the past week or so, so that must had been why.

After a while of writing in my journal and drinking a few High Life's, I see Timmy Wiggins setting up the merch table. I go over buy the D.F.M. album, and we head outside for a smoke. Conversing about how I've driven so far to see the show,the fact there are only 20 people in the crowd and 3 females, the other two besides my self are occompanied by their BF's. Also about the fact that the energy may not be as hype as it could be, cuz, quite honestly the crowd sucked we would later realize.
I hear Yak's voice and run back upstairs grab a spot , front and center of the stage. He's killin it right off the bat. Chauncey behind him on the boards grinning the entire time.I do realize that I'm the only one in the crowd that knows his lyrics word for word.After he makes eye contact with me several times, i'm sure he has realized it as well.His energy is great jumping and stomping his feet onstage.He ends with my favorite new track of his, Trust is a aTimebomb. He kills! Quickly exits the stage.

I go grab some more beers and head back outside to smoke and run into Wiggins again, have a chat in the sprinkling rain.Which was refreashing becuase it was so damn hot and muggy there.And there was a nice breeze flowing through the alley ways as well.
I head back in, snatch up another High life, just as I spy Sean Martin and Chauncey Johnson hopping onstage. I quickly grab my front and center spot , right as Cage's beautiful self walks up.
I take a few pics from there on.During his performance you can feel and see the emotion and sincerity of each of his words.Cage has this move he does throughout the set, where he's basicly on his knees staring blankly into my eyes, so close his sweat is dripping on my face.Sean Martin and Chauncey are killin it as well. I make sure to get pic 's of them rockin out.Mid sesh, Cage asks everyone to throw up thier CC's, none except for myself and the guy I told you about earlier with the Weathermen shirt knows what he's talking about, so we proceed to throw up some CC's! I then spy photographer Todd Westphal getting some snaps of me and the crowd.
Later, on Cage' asks the audience if it's anyones birthday today. No one responds. So , I shout,"Well you released, I never knew you on my birthday."He goes,"I cant hear you so, what ever the fuck you just said.' I laughed.He ends the show with ,I never knew you. Finally, the crowd is singing back, like I have been the whole show.He departs from the stage and heads over to the merch table. Most of the kids exit the building. I hop on stage to hang with Sean for a moment, he gives me a great big sweaty hug!.We chat for few, I am very thankful as is he.He signs my journal and my D.F.M. album.Sean is a nice guy, dont let anyone tell you otherwise.

I then head over to talk to Cage and Wiggins and Yak.
As im talking with Chris Palko, I start to thank him for helping me throughout my life, i start to tear up. He then says, "No, Memorie, don't..don't.. do that." He reaches out and gives me a well needed long hug.I'm wispering how proud of him I am .He and Yak and Wiggins then proceed to sign my journal and and album as well as my ticket stub. About this time, Wiggins has my camera and we get a couple shots together in.Then as we are talking again im never taking my eyes from his, he says "It's okay, you can hug me." So yes we hug again, might i add i really needed that.Cage thanks me once again for driving so far to see them and exits. Just as I'm about to walk out the door, up walks Chauncey's adorable self. We hug and and do the whole signing thing again. I wish them all a safe travel for the last leg of the tour. Now, I exit step out into the rain, feeling half-complete.


Thank you guys, I love all of you very much!

Memorie

This past week and 1/2

First off i woke up last week with horrific pain in my lower jaw. I saw that I had a wisdom tooth coming in.After a couple of painful days,and enough Loratabs and Ibuprofen to make my stomach reach out of my abdomen with a Colt .45,point it to my head and with a demanding voice,say,"If you don't stop this I most certainly will take care of it!" I hurriedly scheduled an appointment with my dentist. He tells me after the X-Rays were taken , that my wisdom tooth was not the problem.Turns out I had 2 major cavities in my lower right molars."Oh fucking wonderful!"

So we go through the process of me crying my eyes out him tugging and pulling until 2 teeth had been removed.He filled me yet another script of Tabs. A couple days later I awake with even more intense pain then i had to begin with the whole ordeal.It was Sunday, so i had to give my dentist a call at home. He called in antibiotics and another script for tabs. At this point Ill tell you my stomach is old school and serious.We negotiated him not blowing my head off.I was on the meds for 5 days and yet no pain ceasing .So this morning I called in yet again.This time my Dentist and i are thinking we are about to remove the wisdom tooth.Then as he is removing my stitches from the 2 teeth he had pulled last week, he loudly exclaims,"Damnit Memorie, you've got a dry socket!This whole time your mandible has been exposed and developing bacteria!"

This slightly scares me. So him and his assistant clean out my mouth. Which by the way was killing me!!!! He stuffs in some weird gawd awfull tasting thing in my holes in my mouth. And tells me I'll feel like a million in 30 minutes.
"That easy huh, after over a week of crying ,punching walls,staying in bed and plotting my death.Oh, yea and being completely sober of alcohol . All you had to so was remove some frikin stitches and suck out some bacteria?"I thought to myself. "Jesus fucking H Christ!Holy fucking shit balls!" So now i'm home and whatever is in these little gum/jaw patches is better than any drug i've ever done in my life. But also has the effect of vodka,example.(running into every piece of furniture and wall in the house) I'm just hoping when whatever it is , when it wears off the pian will not return. And this story will be over!


Pieces of Later,
mem