[quote="Son Goshin"]sweet, can't wait tio see the vids and pics. have a setlist by cahnce?[/quote]

I'm not quite positive on the order, but this is what they played:

1. Runners High
My Foot
I Know You
Ride on Shooting Star
Little Busters
I Think I Can
The Third Eye
Kuuchuu Resistor
Terminal Heaven's Rock
One Life
Rock 'n' Roll Sinners
Hybrid Rainbow

Encore: Advice.

I'll post a report later when I have more time. Yes. It WAS awesome.

I know this is really really long. But whatever, Seattle show report. (teaser: I had a brownout)

So my friend and I met up with AWPJudy, his ex-girlfriend, and disco. It was probably the most hardcore session of pillows nerd-raving/joking/talk I've ever experienced. It felt so good.
A few minutes after we met up...we saw...Manabe stroll right out of the Cafe, wearing his awesome purple Waiting at the Busstop shirt. A GOD AMONG MEN. When he came back, I said hi (he recognized me!) and showed him my Nine Miles shirt. He seemed pretty happy about that, and told me: "Ah...after--before...ah after.. live- show. Ah, camera, we can get footage of shirt for DVD?" Awesome. Though after waiting for a while after the show and being told off by the Croc employees (who were setting up for another show), we decided to leave. The pillows were probably pretty damn tired, because...

...it was ridiculously hot in the Crocodile. The show hadn't even started and it was already pretty uncomfortable.
We got a great spot in front, right by the stage. The Stereo Future played first (of course) and they were great - I think a lot of people were surprised. Oh, and their bassist has mad skill. Seriously.
But when the pillows came out, it was insane. Everyone surged forward. Hard.

It really sucks when the only things keeping you up are:
The tiptoes of your left foot, the bodies of the people in front of you, and your fingers which are clawed onto some random person's shirt.

They started off with Runners High. That moment was probably the best feeling ever. The clap-beat in the beginning and belting out: "Escape from the sinking, do you see what I mean?! Freedom beats the kingdom, and I saw you in my dream! Iki o tomete zutto..." Shouting the lyrics out with Sawao just a few feet in front of you? Best.

Yeah, some solos were fudged (like One Life) and Manabe's guitar may have been turned down a bit too low, but even with the kinda mediocro setlist, it was definitely the most fun I've had listening to music.

UNTIL:

All the way through the show, there was this crazy bitch and her boyfriend standing in front of me. They weren't very tall, so it wasn't a problem. However...when they started to play Little Busters and Ride on Shooting Star it got way out of hand. Head thrashing around, and just being a concert-asshole. Those people who just have no conception or care of what the hell's going on around them.

So at Little Busters, it got a bit too uncomfortable. People were really surging forward, crushing limbs, etc. I tried to maintain my space, but the combination of A) Crazy bitch in front and B) Fatass behind me and C) Retarded buff guy to my left...air supply was getting low. breathing a bit too fast. Only had half an Odwalla and 3/4 of waffle the entire day. So, my vision started blurring. Until Jun just looked like a mix of black, red, and white. I started to head back to the end of the crowd, and my vision worsened the farther back I went, until I was basically blind and the only thing I could make out was the light coming from the bathroom. A Crocodile staff member saw me, led me outside, and gave me some orange juice and saltines. I guess that makes up for that women being a complete dick at the noodles show last February.

Yeah - I had a fucking brown-out during the best show ever, and spent all of Hybrid Rainbow waiting for my vision to return. Then they encore'd with Advice, which I watched from way in the back.

Then, recuperation at Coldstone.

PROS:
the pillows
awpjudy and disco
awpjudy taking amazing pictures/video
crocodile staff giving me food
merch
Runners High
Sawao talking about the seven "problems" (mosquito bites) he got when he was in New York ("hotel...velly...EXPENSIVE!")
a 30-40 year old black dude I knuckle pounded, when it was discovered that we both think that Shiroi Natsu is one of their best songs.
BDMonster's friend getting a scrap of the setlist and splitting it with me. So nice!

CONS:
losing my vision for a good 2-3 minutes.
"otaku" handing out Anime convention fliers.
Manabe not seeing me after the show. ;_;
way too unstable to take any decent pictures. At all.
Realizing that Sawao's huge guitar sticker will ONLY fit on Cyclone's and Mustangs.

Conclusion: 10/10

[quote]Realizing that Sawao's huge guitar sticker will ONLY fit on Cyclone's and Mustangs. [/quote]

It doesn't fit on Mustangs. At least not mine. I had to cut it up to make it fit...

But, honestly, that show sounds kick ass. Except for the brownout.

It was pretty much as Goldenrhino said, but I was on Manabe's side.

His guitar chord seemed to be breaking, because at certain times there would just be no sound coming from him, but it would pnly last a second or 2.

Amazing non-the-less.

That black dude sounds awesome. Has good taste at least.

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/KazenoMirai/864896206_l.jpg[/img]

Picture taken by my friend.

he will upload more soon.

Awesome, so they do let you take cameras!!, anyone know about videocameras though?

at the nyc show they didn't even check for stuff like that. I think it's alright to bring one.

the seattle show was freaking tight dude .... even though the cafe was incredibly small and insanely hot... they played some damned good music...
they are so good live aahhhhh
i pretty much just creamed my pants...

i could not have been closer. when i leaned forward i was touching BOTH of them. and i did. a lot.


[b]pros:[/b]

1) most fun ive had in my entire life.
2) sawaos guitar cutting out towards the end of hybrid rainbow, him tossing it aside, grabbing the mic with both hands, and belting out better than ive ever heard.
3) if there's any footage, from any song, thats make it to dvd, I WILL BE ON IT.

[b]cons:[/b]
1) IF ANY FOOTAGE MAKES IT TO DVD I WILL BE ON IT.



sawao managed to stay completely poker-faced when we yelled out PML-era stuff, but i swear i caught [i]just a hint[/i] of a smile when grey and i yelled "pantomine! moon gold!"

[quote="Jomei"][quote="AWPJudy"]one life[/quote]

... is awesome live.[/quote]

even though he fudges the solo.


2 or 3 times.




I DONT CARE IT WAS AMAZING.

[quote="AWPJudy"][b]cons:[/b]
1) IF ANY FOOTAGE MAKES IT TO DVD I WILL BE ON IT.[/quote]
Haha, yeah looking back I'm not too keen on my ridiculously long hair and my dopey "ZOMG TEH PIRROWZ!!1 ^____^" smile being immortalized on the Delicious Bump Tour in USA DVD.

[quote="AWPJudy"][b]pros:[/b]
2) sawaos guitar cutting out towards the end of hybrid rainbow, him tossing it aside, grabbing the mic with both hands, and belting out better than ive ever heard.[/quote]

Oh God I want to see that sooo bad!

I will shoot myself in the face if a clip of me stumbling to the back of the crowd makes it onto the DVD.

Easily the best show I've ever been to.

Pros:

See above.
I Know You is fucking amazing live.
So is the rest of their setlist.
"Seven probrem on my arm"

Cons:

Nah, except maybe the stupid bitches standing behind me saying, "Jeez, don't get so excited, it's just the pillows." WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU DOING AT THE SHOW? Seeing the Stereo Future?? ARAHOSFHASF

Amazing, Judy's and Nicole's pictures will be up in a few days.

As for the order, I remember:

Runner's High
Come Down
I Think I Can
Rock n' Roll Sinners
(no idea)
Sky Register
One Life
Terminal Heaven's Rock
I Know You

and it's all a blur after that.