OKAY SCREAMING SO LOUD
I know this looks VERY long, but please, read this if you can, because the concert I saw yesterday was the best day of my entire life. And this, my friends, is why.
My dad and I were walking to find out if anybody would be waiting, even though it was 6 hours before the concert, and sure enough, there were… now, since we’re hardcore Ludo fans, we started waiting too, and before long, we made friends with the three people there, Andy, Jackie and Shannon, and sort of merged into one huge group to make sure we got front-row center. Yes, I am that crazy.
Now the waiting was all rather… normal until HOLY SHIIIIT- Is THAT Matt Palermo I see walking out of the venue??? OH MY GOD IT ISSSS. So I stare at him awkwardly for a moment before gaining the courage to blurt, “H- Hey Matt! Can I have a high five?” And he just said… “Sure!” and high fived me. And… I think I started trembling insanely at that point. I met… Matt Palermo.
Some time passes and suddenly I’m starstruck- ANDREW VOLPE IS WALKING BY… with the biggest backpack in history. The thing was legitimately 5 feet out from his back, and I decided to go for a theme, so I sort of squeaked, “Andrew! Can I have a high five?” and he just smile, OH MY GOD HE SMIIILED AT ME, and says, “Of course!” and he high fived me. HE HIGH FIVED MEEEE. ANDREW DID.
So my dad taps me on the shoulder and I turn around and see Tim Convy and another person walking down the street- oh my god this was my chance! But then, when the other guy is half way through the door- I realize it was Ferrell. DSFGHJK Why did he have to cut his haair? If it was still long I would have recognized him the first time. Either way, I asked Convy for a high five, and he smiled like a boss and high fived me, but then he gripped my hand, held it in the air, and yelled, “YESS! Thanks for coming!” and I almost screamed.
Then, Andy’s friend Lauren shows up, and she, unlike the other three, was also a first-time Ludo-goer. So we fangirled. A lot. And it was hilarious.
After some time, we spot the bassist, Tommy, coming out of the building, and Andy knows my phone is at 38%, and because he’s so chill with the band, he calls Tommy over and says, “Hey, my friend’s phone is at 38%, can you charge it for her?” and I was like… oh. my. fucking. god. And then Tommy takes it and says, “It’s a big responsibility, but sure.” And I was FLIPPING OUT on the inside. So Tommy goes back inside… and I really should have checked to make sure he was gone before fangirling out, because then he came back and saw me. xDD His face was priceless, and then he simply says, “You’re welcome!” and then I blurt, “O-Oh, thank you!” and he says, “Too late now!” and laughs.
At this point we’re so bored that we start playing Uno on the street. UNO. XDD Well Lauren wins, then Jackie comes in second, I come in third, and Andy leaves Shannon to be last…. we’d really started bonding after about 4.5 hours. |D
FINALLY, I actually see Ferrell, and I get a high five from him… I was so surprised how easy it was for me to be casual, and I managed to not blurt, “I like your face” to any of them.
We see Convy, offer him a Wheat Thin, and have a conversation that was mainly about PDA (the rapper that was going to open for them) and how awesome Ludo is. Andrew walks by two more times but Lauren conveniently misses it while she lectures me on never letting go of what I love… she was ALMOST completely wasted at this point.
AFTER SIX HOURS, WE FINALLY GET LET IN!!!
I’m going to skip details on the opening bands other than PDA wearing a “Cake is a lie” t-shirt. xDD Sooo, skipping all that.
THEY COULD NOT HAVE PICKED A BETTER SETLIST, THEY REALLY COULDN’T. THEY PLAYED
Lake Pontchartrain
Go-Getter Greg
Broken Bride
Rotten Town
Skeletons on Parade
Topeka
Girls on Trampolines
Save Our City
Horror of our Love
Anything For You
Whipped Cream
Good Will Hunting
Love Me Dead
Ghostbusters (YES, THEY PLAYED GHOSTBUSTERS)
AND THE STUFF ANDREW AND CONVY SAID WAS HILARIOUS. JUST- IT WAS HEAVEN, I SANG ALONG TO EVERY SINGLE SONG. And they played Love Me Dead as an acoustic out in the audience. Since I was like, first in line, I was front-row center, and Andrew was… right…. there. The entire time.
It was heaven, it just was. And then, it happened. Now Lauren REAAALLLY wanted a setlist. She SERIOUSLY REALLY wanted a setlist, but at the end of the concert, I reached for it, and ANDREW PUT. IT. RIGHT. INTO. MY. HAND.
But fuck that shit I didn’t want a setlist. Lauren ended up getting one of Andrew’s guitar picks, and since she wanted the setlist… we traded. And I now have Andrew. Volpe’s. Guitar pick. OH MY GOOOODDDD.
The band is still inside, but we end up outside, and have to fucking wait. I clutch to the pick like it’s my lifeline, and Tommy signs my ticket while Lauren unfortunately gets ahold of more alcohol…
At long last, Andrew shows up, and I get a picture with him AND get to… TALK. TO. HIM. OOOOH MY GOD… This can’t actually be happening right? At first I just say some casual stuff like, “Oh you’re nice. Oh wow, Thanks. Ehehe. Oh god. Hi…” and other stupid fangirling things, but at one point, when I said, “Andrew, I love your music so much!” Andrew looked me straight in the eyes, smiled, and said, as sincerely as anyone could ever imagine, “Thank you, so much!” and I will never forget the way he said that. Never.
Then, I told him that I got his guitar pick and he said, “Good, use it well.” And at that moment I was like… “Wait… I was going to treasure it forever and stuff- But if ANDREW wants me to USE the pick… I’ve got to use it. I have no choice.”
Time to learn guitar, bitches.
I also miiight have said, “Are you aware that your child is probably going to be the biggest demon spawn known to man?” and because Ludo is amazing, Andrew just shrugged and went, “Well… yeah, pretty much.” |D I love this band soooo much.
Of course, one of the funniest parts of the convo other than that was:
Me: You… you’re seriously a genius.
Andrew: -laughs- Okay, I think you’ve gone a little too far there.
And then, as he was about to leave, and he was talking to someone else, I sort of mutter, “Andrew? Can… I have a hug?” and he was still talking to the person, but he puts his arm around me and I’m like, “oh my gooooood” on the inside, but then when he finishes talking to her, he hugs me. And it’s not just a quick hug; that’s the scary thing. It actually was a legit, lingering hug, and the sides of our heads pressed together.
His face. yes, his face is good.
Oh my god please shut me up now.
Then I met Pmo, and I told him he was a drum god, which he denied.
Followed by Ferrell, and we talked about why he cut his hair, what he thought of touring, and how his life was going at the moment. Aaaand I did get a picture with Ferrell but it’s rather blurry so instead you get a pic of Andrew and my dad. xDD
In the end, I ended up getting all of their autographs and pictures, Tommy charged my phone, Andrew hugged me, Convy high fived me like a boss, Ferrell let me feel his hair, I called Baby Volpe a demon spawn, and all in all, it was the best day of my life.