I had really been looking forward to this concert because I've been trying to get to a Soul Coughing concert for a couple years, and could never make it. When we got there, there were only a few people waiting in line outside with us, so when we got inside, there was practiaclly no one up around the front of the stage, so I went and bought a t-shirt and checked out the view from the balcony, which would have been a great view...it was practically right over the stage...not back very far, but real high. However, nothing compares to seeing a concert from right up against the stage. So I headed up front, but my friend I came with was a puss and "didn't want to stand that long." So I went up there and got a spot one person back from the stage.

The opening band was a funk band from Venezuela called Los Amigos Invisibles. I wasn't really expecting to like them, but I was pleasantly surprised. They sounded like a combination of 70's funk, disco, and porn music. They were very entertaining also...getting the crowd involved and shit. This was one of the few opening bands that I wish would have played longer. I've been looking for their cd since this concert but still haven't found it.

Wheee...Soul Coughing. The crowd went fucking crazy when they started coming on stage. There's nothing like a couple thousand crazed Soul Coughing fans. Doughty, the lead singer is just so fucking cool....all night he was talking to the crowd, getting them involved in the songs, and telling jokes and shit. He reminds me of the next Henry Rollins. He should do a spoken word tour or album. Anyway, I was still one person back from the stage, and I kept trying to get my way into the front row, but no one would budge. Then about an hour into the show, a couple of drunk assholes come right up in front by me and start shoving people around and just being all around assholes....I dunno if they were trying to start a mosh put or what, but they were getting really irritating. However, it turned out to be a good thing...cause the people right in front of me got pissed and left...so for the rest of the show, I was right up against the stage, just to the left of Doughty. I could've reached out and touched his foot a couple of times. I was in pure fucking heaven. They ended up playing for about 2 and a half hours...which is how long every headlining band should play for if you ask me....then they came out and did an encore, including Super Bon Bon and Mr. Bitterness...the two songs I had been waiting to hear all night. After the show, the roadies started taking the shit down, and one of them gets Doughty's setlist, and looks towards me, walks over...and hands it to the chick right to the left of me. FUCK! Then another one gets Mark's setlist, walks over towards me, is about to put it in my hand....then sees a chick exactly to the right of me, and gives it to her. FUCK ME! Women suck. Oh well, it was a great show that put Soul Coughing into my top 5 favorite bands. Rating: 10.