thanks to my cold delaying our flight, we were able to go to see the panic channel! they played at the key club with doheny and the tints. we got there late, while doheny was playing. i should have been home recovering, but i really wanted to go to the show. and a damn good show it was. they played a new song that they haven't at the previous two shows. i didn't take my digital camera, so i can't put up any pics just yet. i did take the trusty 35mm camera but will have to wait until morning to develop them. i will have to take it to a 1 hour photo so i can see how they turned out before i fly!

the energy was really on at the show. they were great! even though we got there late, we managed to get up to the second row. we were right in front of dave. i have dave's guitar picks from the first two shows as well as the setlists. i kept thinking how wonderful it would be to have a complete set by getting the same from the third show. as i was pondering this, dave threw his pick into the audience. i reached for it but it hit my hand and fell to the floor. my mouth fell to the floor. i did not want anyone else to get my fucking pick! so i looked very hard at the pitch black floor until my eyes adjusted and i saw a bit of white. i reached down, picked up the pick, and got up very quickly. so quickly that some people were still looking for it. too bad, it's mine.

then i was thinking, 'wow. god is great. i got it. thank you god. or whatever higher power exists. now focus on the setlist. think setlist. setlist. setlist.' at the end of the show, sure enough, we were able to get a setlist. i have a complete set. i feel so fucking lucky.

twiddle thumbs's little sister and her boyfriend where there too. but by the time they got there, the line to get in was so damn long. the staff weren't letting people in quickly. they made them wait. so they didn't get in until the show was almost over. since it was twiddle thumbs's sister's birthday, she really wanted something special. she wanted dave's guitar pick. i wouldn't give her mine though. dave fucking played with that one! it went straight for me. instead, we asked the roadies if we could get one of dave's picks off of the mic stand. they were giving them away to the other fans. twiddle thumbs's sister got the very last one. so many people were begging for setlists. i saw one of the roadies grab a couple and just leave them at the front of the stage. no one saw this??!?!!?!? i went straight for them and snatched them up. no one else approached. i gave one to each in our party. everybody went home happy.

setlist:
go on
unholy ghost
loophole
she won't last
outsider
bloody mary
half hearted
ashes
night 1