Kiss me, I'm Shitfaced. I'm soaked, I'm soiled and brown.

So friends I am pretty excited right now. That is why I'm posting a blog at 1:00am on a Thursday morning.

I went to see the Dropkick Murphys tonight. It was pretty much the most amazing thing in the world. I'll start at the beginning so hang in there. It gets more exciting.

So I was going to go with Jenny but that kinda fell through so I went with Tiffany from work. We got there and waited in the car until they opened (so we thought) the doors. We got out and went up there but they hadn't opened the doors yet. We were standing out there and it was only 30 degrees. It was so cold. I was shaking in areas I didn't know I could shake. Finally they opened the door. Much to my surprise I didn't get felt up by anyone upon entering. We got in and scoped out the best spot to watch the show. The opening band came on. They were called Everybody Out. They were actually very enjoyable. I would think about aquiring some of their music. After that band we decided to go to the other side of the stage. We were up front against the baracade but off the the side in the "safe zone". I'm too old for that moshing business. The 2nd band came on, Angel City Outcasts. I could do without them. They were dressed with some snazz and pazazz. Finally it was time for Dropkick Murphys to come on.

The crowd was chanting "LETS GO MURPHYS (clap clap clapclapclap)" over and over. They had their opening music and finally they came out. The show was amazing. Al Barr was looking the best I've ever seen him look. YUM! and I've never really thought that before. They obviously sang a lot of their new stuff. I prefer their old stuff but they had a good mix. The sang a song about the celebrities in Boston basically saying your star will fade.

THEN....THEN....THEN...THE BEST PART......Tiffany and I were standing there against the baracade and Ken Casey was talking about how "This next song is for the ladies" when I feel someone tapping my arm. I look and its the security guard. He was pointing at the stage. I was like "WHAT???". He pointed at me and pointed at the stage and mouthed "WANNA GO?" UMMMM HELL TO THE YES I WANNA GO ON STAGE WITH THE DROPKICK FREAKIN MURPHYS. So Tiffany and I go around the baracade and shimmy our way up onstage. Tiffany had a little problem getting up there because the stage was really high and we're not. We got up there and we were singing. Tiffany didn't know the song and she said "This would be so much more awesome if I knew the song" but I was on it. I knew the song. I sang my heart out. I jumped my butt off. I owned that stage for the whole 4 minutes. It's amazing how hard it is to hear the song when you are up there. Now I understand why they have those little earbuds. It's not very often that I am invited up on stage to sing with on of my favorite bands. Ok so I'm never invited to go on stage with my favorite bands. I got a little thrown off during the verses because it was so loud and we were all jumping but you know I screamed "KISS ME I'M SHITFACED. I'M SOAKED I'M SOILED AND BROWN IN THE TROUSERS SHE KISSED ME AND I ONLY BOUGHT HER ONE ROUND" and I definitely screamed the "...IN THE TROUSERS IT WAS TINY" part. Ken Casey was over by us for that part. It was awesome. No stage fright here. I didn't even think twice about getting up there. I was rockin out by the new guitarist in the band. As I was jumping I kept jumping on his foot. Poor guy. I kept telling him I was sorry but I don't think he could hear me. I was also right by the other guitarist James. Ken Casey and Al Barr came over and sang by us. It was amazing. Just because of that I have to say it was the most amazing concert I've been to. As much as I love my Social Distortion and Rancid, they have never invited me onstage. Although at Warped when I met Tim Armstrong from Rancid he asked me what song I wanted him to sing. When they came on stage it was the first song they sang. I like to think it was for me. Don't burst my bubble party poopers. I'm going to believe it was for me and there is nothing you can say to change my mind. Back to tonight. So the song was over and they ushered us all off stage on the opposite side of where we jumped up at so we made a beeline back over to our spot and I was shocked. Nobody else had taken it. It was still open and it was a prime spot. We stood there for the rest of the show. For the last few songs of their set they always let people up on stage to sing and mosh with them. I wanted to get back up there but the security guard wouldn't let us back around the baracade. We would have had to push our way through the moshpit and hop over the baracade and then up on stage. That would have been a lot of work so we just kicked it in our VIP spot. I will definitely see DKM again. Hopefully they make their way back this way again soon so I won't have to travel to see them.

All of that made me think that I should have been a rockstar. When I was little I always thought I would be a rockstar. It's too bad the Skittish Pixies never took off. That was the band Jenny and I formed. Jenny played guitar and I played bass. We never had a formal drummer which was a problem and neither one of us were all that great at our instruments but practice makes perfect. Since I wasn't enjoying the music of the 2nd band all that much I was really watching the bassist. He was very good. I think it's kinda fun now that I know how to play (kinda) to watch other professional musicians do their work and I'm always in aww of what they can do. By far, hands down, without a doubt, Matt Freeman from Rancid is my bass player hero. That man has mad skills. All I can do is watch him and know that I'm not worthy.

I guess that's it. I need to go to sleep because it's going on 1:30 am and I am going to work in a few hours. I just wanted to get all of my excitement out tonight. It might make me fall asleep faster. Lord knows I won't hear anything for a few days. Someone could break into my house and take things from my nightstand and I wouldn't know it.