BUFFALOOOOO!

[Xteenuh]

Well, I don't really know if anyone besides me and Victoria are really gonna post in this thread (there weren't many people there! any other secret Wolfboarders who were there lurking here??) but I'm gonna give you all a full account of this event 'cause it was my first Patrick show and I'm happy as pie dammit.


So first of all, LOOK ITS ME AND VICTORIA!!!



YAAAAYY!! Victoria is loverlyyy!! It was great to meet you and chat before the show!!

Victoria got a shout out from Patrick by the way, and I was like YEAHH VICTORIA!


Now about the show itself - well first off my friend got a big loogie spat on her by the guy from Jaguar Love, so that was pretty good times. Then when Plastiscines played my friend Noemie's mom got all excited because she's from France and she jumped out of her seat at the tables in the back and started screaming things at the band in French, so that was pretty good times too. And THEN while Living Things played (who I thought were the best of the opening three) the lead singer pointed at my wolf shirt and gave the thumbs up, but some of my friends got confused and thought he was actually approving my boobs. So now I'm pretending that he was approving the combination of my boobs AND wolf shirt.


And then when Patrick's band started setting up I was basically flipping out with excitement 'cause I couldn't even stand without my legs shaking so I had to sit down and wait. I was all "OMFGZ PATTY'S GEETAR! PATTY'S UKULELE! OMFG PATTY'S KEYBOARD!! IT'S LIEK A F00T IN FR0NT OF M3333 OMGZZ" and stuff like that.

And then finally his tall self kinda stumbled out from behind the curtain and it was so weird, I had like a "omg... Patrick is REAL" moment for a second. And he sat at the piano, and opened with The Messenger! Then I think he played Oblivion, then went back to the piano and treated us to a sort of medley of Bluebells and Enchanted! He also played The Bachelor, Hard Times, Who Will?, Blackdown, Battle (which was so awesome live, he bent over and got about 2 inches in front of my face while singing "VIIICTOOOOORYYYYYY"), Paris (OMGG), Pigeon Song (unexpected! But SO great!), The Libertine, Tristan, Wind in the Wires, and The Magic Position! And for the encore - WOLF SONG!!! Which was amazing because my friend Tati and I were speculating earlier what the possibilities of him playing that would be, we lucked out!! Also, I swear to god that during a lot of songs where he was playing piano he kept staring into my eyes for a really long time (and then smiling - SQUEELZZZ) and I'm surprised that I didn't have a conniption or any other sort of medical problem resulting from this.

Anyway, Patrick was really in great form last night - he was so into it and it started off kind of mellow, but those performances were really emotional and beautiful, and then he got really crazy for songs like Battle and Tristan and Hard Times. Every song was just faaantastical. And when he spoke a few times between songs it was just adorable. The whole time I was like *STARES IN AWE*. I hope he wasn't creeped out by that. BUT IT WAS LIKE BEING IN A MAGICAL MYTHICAL FAIRY FUN TIME WORLD OF BEAUTY. I think that's the best possible way to describe it, really.


Jesus, I'm sorry this is incredibly long-winded, but I warned you in the beginning - well now it's time to ENJOY SOME PICTURES!!







I like this one 'cause he's like "WHAT BITCH??"




















so punk rawkk

[papilioulysses]

here's the beautiful wolf song encore:

[newslang]

Yay! It was great to meet you too, Christina! It's too bad we ended up on the opposite side of the stage, but I could see you! I was very excited for you, and the show was really special! Also, I would like to point out that you are crouching in that photo, which is nice because if you weren't I'd be up to somewhere around your shoulder haha

Jaguar Love were again awesome, and Melba and I tried to start a little mosh pit when I yelled "let's mosh!" and guitarist jumped in with us but it sort of failed? haha, anyway, it was fun! We're totally going to see them again if they come back to Toronto but this time we'll wear proper moshing gear (not flats, dresses, and glitter ... well, maybe the glitter).

Plasticines were slightly better yesterday but not my thing, and Living Things were again way too loud, but it was alright.

Patrick (and band!) put on such a great, great show! OH MY GOD PARIS! He played Paris! It was incredible! And Pigeon Song, and Wolf Song, and Wind in the Wires... gah! My friend has quite a few videos so when they're up I'll let y'all know.

Jun 20, 2009 20:09:51 GMT Xteenuh said:

Victoria got a shout out from Patrick by the way, and I was like YEAHH VICTORIA!

Did you see me give a little wave like a loser? I didn't know what to do with myself!


Some photos:







And I forgot! They took away our special effects! Those bastards! We did bring them, really!

And my video for Pigeon Song:

[andic]

Looks like papilioulysses already beat me to posting my video of wolf song! Unfortunately that's the only footage I got of last night's show. The rest of the time I was too busy being captivated by the performance to even think of pulling out my camera.
Honestly though, I think that was the most virtuosic Patrick show I've ever been to. All the songs were just dead on!

Also, was anyone else slightly heatbroken that he never played the appalacian dulcimer? When I saw them setting it up onstage I got so excited!

ps. I was the girl in the dress that looked like it had paint splatters with the ridiculous bronze glitter above my eyes. I'm pretty sure I saw you, Victoria, when we were out talking to Marcello by the bus before the show. Never got a chance to say hi though, so... hello! And congrats on wolf song being dedicated to you

[elias]

As far as I've recounted (by writing it on my arm of course!), this was the setlist he played in order:

1. The Messenger
2. Oblivion
3. Bluebells
4. Enchanted
5. Damaris
6. Pigeon Song
7. The Bachelor
8. Paris
9. Blackdown
10. Wind in the Wires
11. The Libertine
12. Tristan
13. Battle
14. Who Will?
15. Hard Times
16. The Magic Position
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17. Wolf Song

[Xteenuh]

Jun 20, 2009 22:18:15 GMT andic said:

The rest of the time I was too busy being captivated by the performance to even think of pulling out my camera.

Same here, it was just so amazing that I didn't want to be distracted by taking pictures and videos the whole time. Great video of Wolf Song! That crazy screaming in the beginning is definitely me and my friends, haha.


And Victoria - I did a loser wave as well at Patrick when he waved goodbye at the end of the show, I probably looked weird but oh well. Also I wanted to go join that small almost-mosh pit during Jaguar Love but my friends wouldn't come with me haha.

p.s. elias thanks for the setlist - how'd I forget about Damaris?! It sounded brilliant.

[newslang]

Jun 20, 2009 22:18:15 GMT andic said:

Also, was anyone else slightly heatbroken that he never played the appalacian dulcimer? When I saw them setting it up onstage I got so excited!

Somewhat! But the show was so brilliant I forgot all about it

Jun 20, 2009 22:18:15 GMT andic said:

ps. I was the girl in the dress that looked like it had paint splatters with the ridiculous bronze glitter above my eyes. I'm pretty sure I saw you, Victoria, when we were out talking to Marcello by the bus before the show. Never got a chance to say hi though, so... hello! And congrats on wolf song the magic position being dedicated to you

Ah yes, I remember that dress, you should have said hello ... well, Hello to you too!
And edited your last sentence...hope you don't mind. I was so surprised...he caught me totally off guard! I was very touched.


There were quite a few Toronto fans at the Buffalo show... about half the crowd in the beginning! It was definitely well worth the travel.

[andic]

whoa. yes. the magic position! What a brain slip.

[Xteenuh]

Here's a link to the video I took of Bluebells: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1WnWFmHZnc

You can watch it in FANCY SCHMANCY HD QUALITY! Which is a bit of a lie, though, because while the picture is big and sharp it's also very reddish, and apparently HD means it picks up sound like shit. THANK YOU, KODAK!

[mimicry]

Jun 20, 2009 20:09:51 GMT Xteenuh said:

And then finally his tall self kinda stumbled out from behind the curtain and it was so weird, I had like a "omg... Patrick is REAL" moment for a second.

I vividly remember this moment of mine from my first Patrick show. Because you know in your head he's real (and tall) but then you see him and he's SO real (and SO tall)! Fond memories.

Looks like it was tons of fun! Thanks for sharing the pictures and videos, everyone!

[newslang]

My friend has started uploading his videos from Buffalo and Toronto, it'll probably be slow-going, so check back to his youtube account. For now here's two:





The second one makes me smile like crazy! Me and my "Canadian Crew" say thank you x a million!

[Xteenuh]

HAHA you can see my friend Marissa dancing so much in that second video. thanks for sharing and thanks to your friend for uploading

[bluecat]

Jun 20, 2009 20:09:51 GMT Xteenuh said:

Hehe is he doing a jerking off motion there?

If so, lovely.

[Xteenuh]

HAHAHA oh wow it really does look like it. For some reason my flash only decided to work SOMEtimes, and I got some really weird blurs... like in the one 2 pictures above that one, what in the HELL is that?! Why's his right arm melting away into a red blob?! Dammit guys, don't buy from Kodak. Seriously.