you turned friday into monday or DMB is the greatest band on earth.

its my first day back to work from my vacation. which means friday is monday for me right now. how is that possible? no now i get monday twice in four days. its a travesty.

im tired, almost exhausted but not quite. why? because the dave matthews show last night was probably the best concert i have ever been to in my life.

what made it so great? tim reynolds’ band TR3 opened. if you haven’t heard or seen tim play, he’s one of the best guitarists in the world, hands down. he’s a quiet little guy and uses the guitar talk to you and there he speaks volumes.  during the set, someone in a winnie the pooh costume came out and danced during his cover of “Get Up”. too funny. the whole set got us in the mood for dave.

the DMB hit the stage. much like counting crows, this band has been in the background for everything important in my life. maybe more than counting crows. i play guitar now because of dave matthews. i met my wife because of dave matthews. we were both 19. we were at pensecola, about to start training for our occupation in the navy. she was bragging that she had third row tickets to dave & tim reynolds acoustic. so i secretly was jealous of her for many years.

the band’s setlist was perfect. if you haven’t heard dmb live or couldn’t get tickets before, there are all sorts of places to get live shows. and if you want ill send you some. its that important.

everyone was dancing and hilarious. one girl was so sweaty next to me from the heat and her dancing that when she whipped her head i think she flicked sweat on me.

the show was so great mostly because I was with starlite, and it was like we were young again, having fun, dancing around to our favorite band. im sure all of you have magic moments that are only magic because of the person there with you. tell them today, right now, about those moments and why they are magic to you.

and I did rock the TOM’s. and i did get curious looks and a few people asked me about them. so hopefully TOM and his shoes have a few more hits on their site or a few more pairs of shoes getting shipped out. ill keep rocking them i think.

so its monday on a friday, im tired, stuck at work (duty), and I wear funny (yet breathtakingly cool) shoes.

my world looks alright to me today.

~ by adamintheocean on August 8, 2008.