place: CULTURE ROOM

year: 2008

shirt worn: darkest hour

type of show: official

bands:

darkest hour

CEPHALIC CARNAGE

EMMURE

WHITECHAPEL

went with: Brian Hession

show was: rad

entry:

OK. So, it was 2/5/2008. Woke up. Went to the bank. Went back home. Finished my report on epic poetry for my creative writing class. Went to Sean's house to spend time with him before he goes to Cleveland for brain surgery. then I went to Brian's house. It's been a really long time since I've actually hung out with him. Hopefully we'll be god friends again. He showed me the new TRIBES game. We got into his blue del sol. We drove to Ft. Lauderdale and talked about all kinds of things. Hit up Checkers before the show. Shit was soooo gooood. Made it to the CULTURE ROOM. Waiting in line we met these guys visiting from Detroit. They claim to be friends with TheBlacK DahLiaMurdeR. Made it inside. Nothing but deathcore kids....for as far as the eye can see......which is weird.....because now all the scenes have blended together so much....that any kind of trendy fashion is present......but you can tell who likes deathcore. It's just weird. Now, the hardcore kids in the gym shorts crooked hats and the fashion kids with the white belts and tight belts apparently love all hardcore, metalcore, grindcore, and deathcore bands. I don't know if unity has finally prevailed or if they're all a bunch of posers. Oh, wait, unity hasn't prevailed, because if I don't dance at shows like this cause I know that if I did, I would get beat up for having long hair. So, WHITECHAPEL got on. The place got tore up with dancing out the ass. Ran into Nick Guido, Addi's brother, & the one kid from drowned out. The breakdowns were sick. Went back to the lobby area afterwards. Hung out with all those guys plus Drew (Robby's friend) & Mitch, the second signer for Guido's new band.  EMMURE got on and I actually liked them more than WHITECHAPEL. I wasn't expecting that. Once again they danced that shit up. It was nuts. Drew beat up a kid and everyone else continued the process. Went back to the lobby area afterwards. Sherrice said hi to me. CEPHALIC CARNAGE got on. They were my main reason for coming since I've seen darkest hour three times prior. They were sick as fuck but a lot of people didn't know what to do. Should I dance? Wait here's a weird interlude, guess not. They were the most technical band there. The singer dedicated practically every song to stoners. The best part by far though was during their next to last song. They all put on masks that made it look like they had corpse paint on and they were completely making fun of black metal and it was soooooooooooo fucking hilarious. They finished. We went back to the lobby area again. We ran into Dan Asfor & Tyler. Then everyone we know leaves. darkest hour was bad ass though. They played the same songs they always do but it was cool and fun as fuck. Then we went home. The end.