As most of you know, I was able to make it up to Sea-town for this past weekend. Boy am I glad I did. Not to throw rice in the faces of any of the non-washington-going california-monkeys here, but damn did you guys miss out. A special thanks to Monsieur d'Spidarmonkee for letting me crash at his abode. The two of us had a great time showing around Seattle newcomer Danz and almost going to jail in the process. But how cool was it to kick it stateside?! We also had a nice little J3rk styled get together complete with a l2icks0r appearance and cousins Stroh.
On to the show!...
I have never seen so much hugging in a mosh pit! Numerous times I saw people smash the shit out of each other, turn to see who it was, and then embrace in a fit of metal fueled angst filled joy.
The show was wild! Everyone was having a great time. Gracing Doc Maynard's with their presence were forum members Agent Bos, Buzzworthy, G-spot (+1), SpeedCricket (+1), SpiderMonkey, Danz and of course Neb. Other persons of interest to be spotted were Casey Sirotak, Crichton & Sophie, Amy & Jen, Teh Reckin, Ian, Jared, and you'd never guess it, but Boones. Anyway, needless to say the diggins boys gave it everything they had. They blasted through their entire celebrated collection and ended the regular set with a stirring rendition of Ravenna that had us arm-in-arm with lighters in the air. Then after what I'm sure was an emotional quick backstage break, the boys came out to slam down a medley of a few pre-Dialectic tracks. Ben spent most of the encore singing from a perch high above the audience that he climbed to in an Alive-esque moment, or floating on top of the incredibly riled up crowd.
All in all it was everything I had hoped for and more. Thanks to everyone for coming out, to Ben for the shout, and an enormous thanks to Alkai Diggins for all the great music over the years. Pics follow.
yes, that was a good night...