Tamborines, Confetti, Treadmills

Part 2: OK GO at Chop Suey
Second concert of the day (March 28). After Brand New/Jesse & Vinnie I went up a few blocks to Chop Suey to see OK Go. It seems almost too perfect that Brand New scheduled a show the same day I was already going to one. Not only that, but it was early enough in the day that I was able to go to both shows.
There was a slight hitch in what I thought was my perfect plan. I thought doors for OK Go opened at 7 and I got up there after Brand New at 7. I thought I would be able to go right in, but as it turns out, doors didn't open until 8 (well more like 8:15) so I froze in the cold for an hour. But the wait was worth it because I got right up front between Damien's mike and Andy's mike (I've never been on Andy's side of the stage). Chop Suey is so tiny--I was surprised the boys were playing there.
The first opening band, IO Echo was alright. The singer was a little spastic but her voice seemed decent. The second band was dreadful. Jaguar Love--I'd never heard of them. But I was not impressed. They sold themselves as dance rockish but it was just noise. The band got the crowd pretty worked up...why I'm not really sure. They ended their set by leaping into the crowd which dissolved into chaos real quick, I almost got hit in the head with a guitar as the guitar player got pushed back onto the stage and fell. Sadly I think Damien likes them...poor boy has bad taste in music...I caught him watching the final shit show from the stage wings and he seemed to be enjoying it.
Finally the band everyone came to see took the stage. They were looking dashing, as usual, in their suits--which is a slight change--usually Damien just wears a paisley button-up with dress pants and a tie. I was sad to see they retired the Million Ways dance. But when they played Here It Goes Again, the screen behind them displayed paisley with little spinning treadmills. They probably killed a small forest to provide all the confetti throughout the show. It was so cool, it rained confetti multiple times throughout the show. It seemed like this time there were more "hardcore" fans. I put it in quotes, because the last time I saw them it didn't feel the same. But nonetheless the put on a great show. Damien is a sarcastic asshole (self admitted). They played some new songs that will be on the album and they sound great. Can't wait for the album. They played an entire song with just handbells (the hardcore kind churches use....Damien gave us a nice story about the church as a segway). There were cameras placed throughout the stage focused on the band....Damien had one on his mic...which was sort of creepy. As all concerts do, this one ended too soon! I didn't wait around to say hi, which I sort of wish I had, but I was exhausted and I'm met them all before. I hope the album is released soon and they come back to make us all dance and throw confetti!