Be Loud, Let Your Colors Show

This weekend, three-fourths of TT.TKO was in Washington, DC to see The Avett Brothers. For Christmas, Virginia got me tickets to see them, one of my favorite bands of the past few years. Mikey and one of our best friends, Megan, came up to see them with us.

The whole weekend was awesome, even as I got sick, and the concert in particular was amazing. This was only my second time seeing them; the first time was at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, so it was a little weird seeing them play in such a big venue-- the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall. Virginia had seen them a handful of times before they really hit it big, so it was pretty disconcerting for her, much more so than for me. Mikey and Megan had never seen them live, and I can report to you that the Avetts did not disappoint.

Their shows are still just as high-energy now as they ever have been. They are very good showmen. A significant number of favorite songs were played:

Murder in the City
Salina
Distraction #74
Head Full of Doubt
Paranoia in Bb Major
Will You Return?
Colorshow
Bella Donna
Talk on Indolence

There's a line in Head Full of Doubt that goes, "And your life doesn't change by the man that's elected." Of course, we're in DC, so the whole crowd just erupted, and something about that moment was really amazing to me. But there were a lot of moments like that. I hate going to concerts where the crowd doesn't really seem interested in the band they paid to see; that was not the case at all here. The crowd was really, really into it the whole time, and that made the whole experience more intense somehow. Something Virginia pointed out afterward is that... they weren't really performing. It was more like they were just having fun playing songs they like, and we all just happened to be there with them. It really felt that way.

We left Amy in her cage, so she wasn't able to attend.

Here are a couple of videos. Try not to get lost in Scott Avett's eyes, ladies.



This one is longer, but worth it:



Apropos of nothing, here's this: