Sarah Stayed Home: Beer

On Saturday Josh and I decided we needed to get out and have some kid free time on Saturday. It had been awhile. Actually it had been so long we couldn't remember the last time we had a "date night" or what we even did. We weren't sure what to do though. We had all just had a late lunch at Chili's so dinner was out of the question. We thought about going out on the bike, going to the movies, and a bunch of other random not so exciting stuff. Then I remembered that Korn was playing at the Uptown Theatre! Hello, awesome! I have seen them play several times but Josh hadn't seen them ever. With the Uptown being such a small venue we were super stoked to go. There were still tickets available so we snatched some up and took the kiddos to grandma's.

Neither one of us had ever been to the Uptown. Man is it cool! It was opened in 1928 so it is close to 100 years old and the ornate beauty of that era shines through still to this day with it's brightly painted, elaborately ornamental columns, balconies and archways. When we entered the theater the show had already began so it was pretty dark in there but you could still see how beautiful it was. Josh said it was the perfect venue for Korn to play since it felt like a medieval castle. The first opening act Red Line Chemistry was on stage and they were great. They had a lot of energy and songs I knew. They did a cover of Running Down a Dream by Tom Petty and I have to say it was better than the original.

After they were done there were 2 more acts before Korn: J Devil, which is Jonathan Davis the lead singer of Korn's alter ego who apparently is a DJ but we missed that whole act and another DJ named Sluggo. We caught the very end of his act but both decided that he wasn't anything special. While we were busy missing both of these acts we were outside in the smoker's corral as I lovingly call it. Man was there some good people watching out there! We met some really interesting folks out there. Even got invited out to someone's car to drink some Natty Lights! We did actually meet a cool couple Clint and Sara from Topeka that we ended up hanging out with most of the night. Some of the members of Red Line Chemistry came out and hung out and talked and took pictures and signed autographs. That was kick ass! They are from KC and are very cool and down to earth. They have definitely found a new fan in me!

When it was time for Korn to come on we shuffled inside to find a place as close as we could to the stage. We soon found we weren't getting as close as we liked since the place was packed. It was seriously asses to elbows on the floor in front of the stage. We found a place probably about 80 feet from the stage (pretty close really). They came on and did not disappoint! They played a bunch of their new stuff but also played a lot of their old favorites of mine like Freak On a Leash, Falling Away From Me, Got the Life, Blind and even did their cover of Another Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd and a small part of One by Metallica. We were about 3 rows behind what became a huge mosh pit. It was so freaking hot in there though! We were all drenched in sweat. Guys without shirts were walking by with their sweaty ass arms/back/chest rubbing on you as they passed. So gross! I really didn't mind the crowd, the heat or the sweatiness too much since I had a few of their $10 beers in me. Yes I said $10!!! Seriously folks. Ridiculousness. Didn't slow us down though! :) We had the BEST time and got to see a kick ass show by a band that has been around for a long ass time and still brings down the house.