Tuesday, September 25, 2007

KoRn Concert
















I entered a contest on CFOX to win a chance to meet and see KoRn at the Coliseum. They were looking for fans to mash up their own KoRn songs. Take a KoRn song and add your own twist to it. Well I made a song on my camera using the video/audio function and won. It was pretty lame and I think they felt pity and gave me tickets to the show. They played it on the radio a few times-I laughed to myself and was a bit embarrassed. The CFOX morning show with Jeff, Scotty and Charis is a blast to listen to in the morning. Best rock morning show hands down. I was very impressed on how much effort some people put into their songs. One guy spent 3 nights recording his song and it sounded so professional. There were 5 winners in all of a pair of tickets. I went with my buddy Costas. We had tickets already to the show and I just posted them on craigslist to unload them since we won new ones.

We met at the Fox van and they brought us in through a back door area into the coliseum into a special room. The 10 of us entered the room and there was KoRn !! There was 10 chairs for us and we sat and watched KoRn do an on air interview with CFOX. Then they played 2 live acoustic songs – the sound was awesome. I videoed most of both songs. Fieldy the bassist played guitar and instead of drums, there was a keyboard. They played Coming Undone from their last album and Kiss off their new one. It was such a cool experience. Afterwards, we were told to line up to get autographs. Jonathan Davis, the singer, took off quickly though so we missed out with him but Fieldy and Munky signed a couple of things and I got a picture with each of them.


click here for VIDEO COMING UNDONE and KISS I took with my camera





We had the chance to go to the front of the floor before the doors opened to the public but we decided to go out and have a few drinks. We checked out Droid which was the opening band. They were extra loud and heavy. Then HellYeah came out. The singer and guitarist from Mudvayne are in HellYeah and Vinnie Paul, the drummer for Pantera. HellYeah is a nu-metal band as well. My fav 3 songs are, You wouldn’t know, alcohaulinass and Hellyeah. Great songs. The floor was rough and squished for them, usually isn’t like that for an opening band but they have a lot of followers for one cd. We were in the front though getting smacked around. They were awesome live.

KoRn came out and played for 100 minutes. They were fantastic. The sound could have been better though I think. We had a lot of fun being pushed around. I spent most of the time in the front and center trying my hardest to keep my hands on the front railing. I tried to take more pics and video but everytime I’d get the camera out, either security told me to put it away or some crowd surfer was flying over my head or I was getting smashed into from behind. I didn’t get as many shots as I wanted to. I’m always amazed that I can get to and stay in the front despite being 20 years older than 90% of the audience.

KoRn played most of their hits and a lot of old school KoRn. I love their new tune Evolution. They had a great laser show happening as well, it was sweet. Jonathon's Mic is cool, a big metal mic stand shaped like a woman. We were so soaked and sweaty after the show, it was beyond gross. Ozzy, Rob Zombie and Kid Rock are next up. I’m passing Michael Buble.




































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Sunday, September 16, 2007

Camping Harrison
We decided since the weather was so nice that we go camping for one night at Harrison Hot Springs. We left right after work and got stuck in our wonderful Port Mann bridge traffic for half and hour and then crawled for another half hour trying to get out of the city. So what should have been a 70 minute drive took 130 minutes. Very painful. We camped right by the center of Harrison about 100 yards from the beach. We were the only tenters but the weather was fine and not too cold at night. I setup everything and made dinner and then Linda and the kids crashed early just after 9PM. I stayed up and opened up a 6 Pack of MGD just to watch it die (I love that line J) We weren’t allowed a fire so it was pretty quiet and at 11:30 I called it a night.


We had a good breakfast at the site and then packed up and hung out at the beach for 3-4 hours. We saw the sand castle contest but didn’t pay the $19 they wanted for our family so we just looked through the fence. We made our own sand art – a turtle and lizard. We checked out the Harrison Hot Springs Hotel and we really want to stay there next time. It’s a full resort with pools and spas. Very nice. Too bad it’s so expensive. We checked out Tug Boat Junction and played some mini putt afterwards. It was a short and sweet trip.
























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