columbia and st. louis: the noise fm

night one - what better way to end a stressful week than with a show involving some of your favorite people [with the cutest accents ever]? nothing comes to mind. the noise fm rolled into columbia thursday night and put on a great show. most of the line-up was really great in fact, aside from the headliner. [aren't headliners supposed to be the good band of the night? ...i thought so too.] we are voices played first. i've seen them a couple times before and they're really great. finally got a chance to introduce myself too; lucas gave me a free cd and shirt which was rad. rocketboys, from somewhere in texas played next, then giant radio, the noise fm, and finally moonrunner. moonrunner was kind of a shit show but whatever. the first four bands made up for it. also really glad there was a real crowd this time; last time the noise fm played columbia i was one of maybe five people in attendance... haha. yeah progress!

i went home and did some homework while the guys worked out the money situation, and they somehow ended up at a rave in an abandoned meat packing plant... [don't ask, i haven't a clue.] well it was pretty sketch i assume and they showed up a while later and passed out in my living room. and left a sweet little note in the morning about loving my apartment but it needing some cats. good times. we said our goodbyes and i promised to see them yet again in under twelve hours. i went to class, they went to the city museum.

night two - decided last minute to pack a bag with the thought of actually staying the night in st. louis, and headed east around five. dropped by the house, snuggled my kitty, and headed down to the firebird. i was a little worried at first because the venue was pretty empty, but it was the headliner's farewell show so it filled up soon enough. first band was "eh", and the noise fm played second. they blew everyone else of the night out of the water. i feel like they've had a lot of shitty luck when it comes to st. louis shows - one thing or another seems to not work out too well - but this time there was a decent [and old] crowd and they were really receptive. lots of toes tapping and heads bobbing. i feel like they're finally making some progress which makes me happy. they're too good to go unnoticed. i left pretty soon after the show; hunger and exhaustion were pulling me home, but overall it was a great two days. i'm looking forward to their hometown show next weekend in lawrence. rumor has it some crazy chicagoans are making their way down. it should be a good time.