CasketCrew: TON - World Coming Down Tour - 99 @ The Palace, Hollywood - CA

Fake Tears With Vodka & Orange Juice in 99'




**WARNING: some of this might seemed jumbled...read slowly and you might understand it...hahahahah**

 My god it's been almost 24 hours since the concert and I am still sitting here smiling and thinking of all the songs they played...if you read my other concert story then you knew I had a cold (October Rust tour in 97') and it was the same for me this year. I was guzzling decongestant pills and cough syrup like it was going out of style. As me and my friends Deanna, and Athena went up the 5 freeway towards Hollywood, California....October 15th! Sometime during the car ride I actually remembered that I was holding the tickets and maybe I should set them in my purse just to be safe. I must have been holding them for hours. I laughed at myself and put them away. Us three were all crushed into a GMC truck..barley able to fit us comfortable cause it was a stick shift! (One of my many reasons for hating stick-shift's) All through the trip we kept talking about this and that about the band and how excited we were and what road we should get off of...and how many fucking cigarette's we smoked in fucking rush hour traffic @ 6 p.m.!!

Yes sitting in L.A./Hollywood traffic on the 5 is SHITTY! And we still had to find some place to sleep. So we went to one of the less shitty looking places called "French Cottage Motel" And paid for a room, Deanna took a shower and me and Athena put on make-up and jabber-jawed about this and that. I bought the tickets for Deanna and Athena...Deanna for picking us up...(THANKS! I OWE YOU A BIG ONE GIRLY! *smoochies* heheh) and Athena cause it was her early birthday gift from me and she was still a virgin of Type O. So I wanted her to see them live. Since she missed the last time they had came to town!

After getting all the make-up applied and reapplied...of course I only wear mascara and lipstick to a concert! The other shit is useless and melts off. What's the use? I wouldn't be able to have fun. I'd have to stand there like all the other "ohh I am so pretty I better not mess up my eyeliner goth biotch" FUCK THAT! Type O Negative is meant to be enjoyed. And I enjoy it by dancing around like a little fiarie and just plain ass getting into the music. Some of you know what I mean. If you can't get into it...then get the fuck away from me. I was a sick, drunk, waving head of blonde hair freak that night! Athena and Deanna had to help me down the stairs a few times. Of course I had my goofy "I am drunk as all hell" face on just ohh so perfect. (To tell you all I am a cheap date 3 shots and I am gone!) I had one shot Jaggermeister (spelling??), Screwdriver (mostly vodka and barley any orange juice...ohh and Absolut is the BEST vodka I have had.....BEST heheh so far) and one shot of my all time favorite Cuervo Gold 1800 (Tequila). AHAHAH After all that I was like buzzin' around the place.

After the opening bands played (and for the life of me I cannot fucking remember their names worth shit...if anyone wants to they can e-mail me at the address below and let me know..thanks) we went down from the upper-level bar of The Palace...and into the crowd we pushed well politely. And got about 7 rows of people from the front. Not too bad since everyone was packed in there like sardines. Peter came out then the rest of the guys. (After making us wait a long ass time...well I thought it was a long time. I was fucking drunk damn you!) My heart started beating hard in my chest. I started hollering with everyone in the crowd and howling. I cannot tell you what songs they played and in what order it was in. I didn't care about that. All I cared about was if me and my friends were having fun....and that Type O was right here in front of my fucking eye's. Of course I grabbed Athena by the arms when Pete first came out. Then we all started dancing and bopping around when the music started. Of course there was some tall ass dude in front of me who kept blocking my view of the whole band! So I started jumping up and down around the guy to get a good look at the boys. I could see Peter...but I always like watching Johnny, Josh and especially Kenny play. Since I can see Kenny more clearly then Josh or Johnny anyway! *shrugs* hehehhee :-).

Anyway I started to sober up and also started to feel a bit crushed as the crowd started moving in on us. Me and Athena both wanted to be away from the crowd and Deanna had went off to go do something and would meet us back where we were if she could. If not we would find her...so we decided to go up to the smoking section and found her. We missed like one or two songs. *pouts* that is okay though. Too many people being bitchy and pushy...fucking crack & eyeliner addict motherfuckers. So we had our fill of lung cancer and went to the upper level instead. And you know what it sounded BETTER in the back then when we were on the main floor. The sound was clearer & nicer to the ears! And I was happier to be up there then down below again. I didn't give a shit if we were in the first row being crushed by hoochie mamma bitches that worried more if they looked good then if anyone else could see behind them. I just won't deal with those people. And I could see just fine from the upper-level!! Some people need to learn concert etiquette. (spelling...shit yeah right. I am too excited still hahahahah) So I enjoyed the rest of the show from my view point above sitting on the stairs...and barely watching the band. I had gotten back into the music. When they played "Black No.1" though (That is the only song I can remember from the show) I fucking went nuts. That is the first song I EVER heard from Type O....and on MTV of all places. *L* That was like a century ago though! Anyway so I was going crazy sitting there on the stairs. I think I accidentally kicked a dude. (Hey dude..whoever you are..uhhh sorry *L*) And then they did one more song and Pete the almighty ripped his strings off and I screamed.... I looove it when musicians do that. It's like the final ending. And what a kick ass show they put on!!! No snow machine....okay lights, and the place didn't have bad acoustics from my point of view...others might argue!

After the show I wandered down the stairs with Athena and Deanna. We ran into my friend Mike, his girlfriend ((Hey you two *winks* you guys are soo cute!! *L* heheheh)) And they said..."Hey you wanna go find the bus?" and I knew it was the tour bus and I told my friends and they of course came along. When we went around the corner and saw the big purple bus and I was like..wow..what if it is their bus...what the hell am I supposed to do? I have never met the band before. So I was a virgin to that at least. So I stood in line with all the others. But it wasn't really a line. Kenny and Peter kept popping in and out of the bus saying a few things to the fans, cracking jokes back and forth and signing shit...shaking hands and being cool. I sat there just looking inside the bus..from the FRONT of it...and they left a door open that lets you look into the interior. I saw a bunch of black jean clad people sitting on either side of the bus...and then I saw Josh. I knew it was him. He had all his hair in many little hair ties down his back. Keeping it all at bay! Hehheehhe :-) He was walking around on the inside of the bus... and the people inside noticed they were being watched...so a woman looked out at me and then Josh bent over and blew his nose right in front of me. I fucking cracked up...and was like "AHAHHAHA He blew his fucking nose....how funny..." I kept staring. It seemed like he looked right at me when he did it. Like it was on purpose. I was dying with laughter and kept saying.."He fucking blew his nose" over and over...and I KNEW Pete was like less then 5 feet away from me...but I was laughing too hard to get his attention and he was a little on the other side of the bus. Plus others wouldn't allow the people in the back to get anything signed or whatever. So I was getting pissy. Fucking greedy little bastard fans. *shakes head* I should have kicked one or two of them in the head. But no, I have massive patience and knew I would at least say something to Pete soon. So I stood there looking at Pete with all these fans standing around me. I listened to him joke around. He even told us that he would bring us out some beer...I don't know if he brought some out or not. I ended up going around the other side of the bus where I got a better look at him. And damn he took my breath away. He is awesome to be soo close to. And everyone around me started to almost crush him to the bus. He ended up going back in...and then leaving the bus entirely I patted him on the back as he walked out and said "Later...". Then I saw Athena she was soo happy she got to hug Peter...she had poked him in the arm And they way she described it..she felt tiny compared to him. She poked him in the arm and motioned for his ear. He looked around the crowd and made a shhhh sound/face and bent over to hear her. She said "Can I get a birthday hug?" and he (as I was told) said "Of course" and hugged her. Athena was too happy. Then the rest of the guys came out one by one..first was Kenny and I got him to sign my ticket. He signed the middle of the back of the ticket. Taking all the space up. I smiled and said.."Thanks..." as he was hounded for more signin's and what-not. Of course Athena got another hug....heheh lucky girl eh? And he too left the bus. Then almighty Josh came out of the bus his hair was poofy and he smiled and talked to a few signed some things. And I stopped him. "Hey Josh can ya sign my ticket...please." I was a little nervous. Cause I think he kicks ass. *L* He looked at me and asked.."How ya doin'" and I stumbled for words but finally choked out..."Uhhh I am okay" and tried my hardest not to cough on him. (I would feel really bad if I heard he got sick...hahahah) I then got more nerve up and felt more comfortable and said... "You might wanna try and find room on that ticket to sign...Kenny was an asshole and took the whole thing for himself." I laughed and he looked up again and said something like. "I have to agree with you Kenny is an asshole." He smiled big and finished with my ticket handed it back. I was like..ohh wow...and then he was caught by some other fans as I stood there right next to him for the next minute or two. Shoulder to shoulder with Josh. And it was fucking cool! I was like wow. I am right here standing in a crowd with Josh....I smiled and told people to let him through...he's tired...I was pretending to be a fucking body guard! It was funnier then hell. Josh left and I said good bye and watched him leave. And then Johnny came out of the bus cigarette about to be lit...as he announced that he was the last band member to be had in the bus. And that he too had to be leaving soon so he didn't have long to sign and chat but he would try to get to everyone....and he needed a beer or something like that. I pushed through the crowd and Athena got a hug from him too. And then I asked him to sign my ticket. He talked to some people. One kid came up and said something like. "Hey Johnny you gonna do any chicks tonight?" and he replied with. "Nah I don't think my wife would appreciate that." I laughed and smiled at Johnny. Then someone asked about the European tour...and he was trying to describe to us how shitty the tour buses in Europe are. We all laughed and he talked to us for awhile answering questions. He was soo fucking cool! I fell in love with him and Josh....wow...all of them are great. And yes when I called Kenny an asshole it was a joke!

Then Johnny left and me, Athena and Deanna all got back together and walked away from The Palace. We went to a nasty 24 hour pizzeria....and had some crappy pizza...talking about the guys...and how excited we all were. I was like..."Man I have to go see them again." & "Hollywood sucks, I wish they would have made it to San Diego....at least we have good 24 hour mexican food shops..." and Athena kept repeating like a mad woman..."I hugged all the guys....I hugged all the guys...I hugged Peter and he had hard nipples!!" we all died laughing when we heard it the first time. After that we got a taxi to the Motel and fell asleep. Later on that night there was a earthquake (a 7.0 is what they said on the news around 2:4- something a.m.) I woke to it...but went back to dream about me hanging out with the guys.....and you know what dreams do come true. Having talked to Josh and Johnny was like a dream come true. So it can happen. I hope I can see them again. They are nice guys (a.k.a. the greatest assholes you'll ever meet hahahahahha)!!!! And I would looove to talk to them all one day again. Maybe. *shrugs* Now I am just waiting for them to come back around. And when they do I am gonna be there.....HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHA :-)!!

Ohhh and just cause Deanna gave me shit....yes when I was standing close to Josh I touched his ass. YAY!!!! *giggles* I am happy. For as some of you know i have a strange love for the mans arse.....hahahhahaha and my hand touched it. And now I am never gonna wash it again (YEAH RIGHT!!!!!!) hahahhahaha

 Athena wanted to add: And Deanna wasn't wearing undies at the show!!!!!!! HAHAHHAHA

Did you happen to be @ the same concert as me??? Wanna post you're story or just send me you're comments on the show go right ahead. Click on my name below and e-mail away! I love to hear from you guys...take care. (Scanned ticket and other stuff soon to come with this page. As soon as I figure out how to make this ancient scanner to work!)

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