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diff --git a/docs/music/clancy-tour.md b/docs/music/clancy-tour.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dd9d675 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/music/clancy-tour.md @@ -0,0 +1,283 @@ +# Clancy Tour + +2024-10-10 + +This is my wallpaper right now: + + + +I've had twenty one pilots-inspired wallpapers in the past, but this one +is different — I took it myself. + +Last Sunday, on 2024-09-29, I went to Detroit to see the boys on Clancy +Tour. It was a magical night for sure. I've been waiting for this night +since April — no, since 2021. + +Let's first begin with the D2A2 bus. + +## Blake Transit Center + +I arrived at the bus station at 16:00. Laura has been waiting there. I met +her weeks ago, and we made plans how to get there, what to do in Detroit, +and how to come back. We had planned to visit a museum, but all museums +close on Sunday evenings, so we opted for the Concrete Pyramid instead. + +At least a quarter of the bus wore some form of merch or tape. I am not +a merch person, because I would rather spend the money on more music. Just +as I was wondering if I could connect with a few more frens, someone +tapped my shoulder. She is Marisa, whose Scaled And Icy shirt gave away +her identity. "Are you going to the show?" she asked. I removed my jacket +to reveal the red tape on my shoulders and replied, "what do you think?" + +Laura and I invited her to tour Detroit with us. + +## Detroit + +As we set foot on Detroit, we opened the map to look for the Pyramid, but +first, a bathroom break at a Dunkin Donuts, and a meal at Potbelly. Marisa +showed us her crocheted balaclava and disposable film camera, and I shared +my "EAST IS UP" stickers. + + + +Canada was on the other side of Detroit River. As we walked along the +bank, we joked how the General Motors towers looked like those in Dema, +and that the new record is essentially about Clancy escaping to Canada. + +The Concrete Pyramid is Not Impressive™. It's just a spiral that converges +at the center, which is no taller than three meters. Nevertheless, we +walked up like children would, because it is not about the pyramid, it's +about the time spent together. + +We grew bored of the pyramid very soon, and it's time to go to Little +Caesars Arena (LCA). We walked to the QLINE station, and boarded the tram +free of charge. From a distance we recognized the boys on the LED +billboard across the road. + +The ticket person guided me to the wristband table. I promised to take +photos to send Laura and Marisa, before I entered the pit. + +However, the lady wouldn't let me in with my spool of red tape, so I left +it at the sink in the men's bathroom: + + + +By the time I came back again, it was gone, but since I bought it +specifically for the show at a negligible cost, it has served its purpose. + +## In the pit + + + +A person was wearing a badge that says "it's my birthday!", so I said +"happy birthday". + +I arrived just in time for Balu Brigada to start playing. They're the +opening band for the night, and they nailed it. They thank us, they leave. +The crew came and removed their set. + +Suddenly at some point, the crowd began doing a wave. It goes clockwise in +a circle, until a robotic voice came on the PA: "What's your ETA?" + +"Two minutes!" yelled the crowd in unison. + +Two minutes pass, and — + +Piano chords. Synth. Diese kleine unheimliche Insel hat mich zu einer +Waffe gemacht. Wir glauben beide — + +Then French, then Spanish, then Josh, as the curtain drops to the floor. + +## Show begins + +The show kicks off with _Clancy_'s opening track, "Overcompensate". That's +when I took the wallpaper photo. + + +Notable events during each track (Link to [setlist on +setlist.fm](https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/twenty-one-pilots/2024/little-caesars-arena-detroit-mi-7babaaac.html)): + +### Main stage + +- HOTY: after six years I finally saw Josh's backflip in person + + + +- Vignette: Tyler's synth noodling +- Car Radio: magic track where Tyler gets "transported" to the mezzanine +- Judge: fan video +- Craving: big sad i cried +- TIMH: not much +- Backslide: Tyler sitting on a chair Shinji-style + + + +- Shy Away: Josh playing drumpads +- Heathens: Josh's drum solo +- Next Semester: not much +- Routines: Tyler literally yoinked a chair from backstage and decided to + sit ~2m next to me + + + +### B stage + +- Addict/Migraine/Forest/Fall Away: old fans rejoice! Tyler still + remembers RaB! +- Mulberry Street: we took turns shining our flashlight in the chorus. + Also, Josh walked past me as well + + + +### Back to main stage + +- Navigating: not much +- NATN: The Dema towers at the back of the stage +- Heavydirtysoul: I could literally feel the pyro heating my face + + + +- My Blood: not much +- Oldies: Tyler's last line was improvised to shoutout his daughter: + "She's in the crowd… and I love her. I love you Rosie!" and I cried + again +- Fake: Tyler played keytar +- Guns: not much +- Lavish: Tyler & Josh had a "mock wedding" where they walked arm in arm, + and Josh threw his jersey like a bouquet to a lucky person in the crowd +- Ride: they invited a girl named Evelyn up on the stage to sing the + chorus. By the time the song stops, everyone was chanting "E-VE-LYN" +- Paladin: Josh playing the keyboard _and_ singing + +### Encore + +After the one-minute bird chirping and Nico jumpscare, the final part of +the show began. + +- Jumpsuit: pyro and confetti (I caught some in a plastic Kroger bag) +- Midwest: everyone yelling at the top of their lungs "2 MINUTES!!" +- Stressed Out: completely reworked backing track, much cooler +- Trees: HELLOOOO(HEY)OWO (HEY) HELLOOO(HEY)OOOO (HEY) HELLOOOOOO(HEY)OWO + (HEY) HELLOOOO(HEY)OOOOOO (HEY) (more confetti) + + + +"We are twenty øne piløts and so are you. We'll see you next time, +please." + +The moment I checked the timestamps, I realized the crew timed the show to +the precision of one second: the last image I took was exactly 23:00:00. + +## After the show + +I had a small amount of confetti, but that's not enough. As I was exiting +the pit, I grabbed a handful on the floor, which is hopefully enough to +share with Laura and Marisa. I stash some in a ziploc (I came _prepared_). + +A man in a green shirt with the Blurryface-era logo saw my Michigan Pride +shirt, said "Go Blue", and then gave me a hug. It was the first hug +I received since I said goodbye to my parents at the airport. + +I walked up the stairs to ground level, filled up my water bottle and +started drinking. Laura found me and I gave her the ziploc of confetti. It +is now time to head home. + +We carpooled with an acquaintance of mine and his dad, hurtling down the +highways onto the brightly lit Ann Arbor streets. After dropping Laura +off, I let out a sigh of relief, as it is finally over. The driver turned +back to send me home — just like he did on 2024-09-04, when he drove me +back from Green Day. I paid him $50, which I split with Laura, and then he +gave me another bottle of water. + +## Total cost + +- Ticket: 187.1 (service fee & tax included) +- D2A2: 6 +- Potbelly: 10.59 +- Carpool: 25 +- Total: 228.69 + +## Comments on the show + +The boys did a great job as always — there was never a dull moment. They +held themselves to such high standards only they can reach. _The_ major +breakthrough compared to all previous tours, I would argue, is Josh's new +roles. He used to only do two things, drumming and backflips. Now he plays +the keyboard and sings, skills he's been gaining since MTV Unplugged. Josh +once said that, out of the 21 pilots he'd be 5 and Tyler would be 16, but +I believe now he's at least 8. Call that personal growth. I'm really glad +that the band is growing increasingly versatile as a whole. + +Only complaint I have is the lack of At The Risk Of Feeling Dumb. Even if +it's played from tape at the end of the show. Like come on. + +It feels surreal to me that what was once a dream is now a reality; the +person who I used to see through a strand of fiber optic cable now stands +before my very eyes. + +## Comments on the crowd + +The whole arena was extremely enthusiastic. You can just tell from the +crowd wave. The pit was not too crowded, and generally well-behaved. + +However, some people tried to touch (pet?) Tyler and Josh without consent, +which is generally frowned upon. I raised my palm in an attempt to get +a high five. That did not happen, which is bummer, but at least I did not +cross anyone's boundaries. I also noticed plastic cups littered on the +floor during the transition from main stage to B stage. Probably +unintentional. + +At 21:16, around 30 minutes into the show, some dude on my right yelled +"Tyler have my baby". No comment. + +## Comments on myself + +A professor once said their life philosophy was to behave in a way that +you would be proud of yourself afterwards. I am proud to announce that +this describes me that night. + +I am pretty confident that I have obtained the Good Concert Goer's +License. + +## Monday + +I woke up at 09:30 with a slight feeling of hangover. Still can't believe +I checked off one of the most important items on my wishlist. + +I walked into a classroom and had the following conversation with my +professor: + +> Me: Sorry I'm a bit tired. Got home at 1. + +> Prof: Oh I got home 12:30. Was at a show. + +> Me: Which show? + +> Prof: twenty one pilots. + +> Me: Fuck me I was there too! + +It turns out my professor was at the show per her kids' request, as +a birthday present. They were seated in the center front seats, and her +elder kid has been a clikkie since the Vessel era. We then spent ~20 +minutes discussing the show (she knew as much lore as I do), and I gave +her two of my EAST IS UP stickers for her kids. + +## Wednesday + +After the German class, I sneaked into Laura Okkema's (my German professor +last year, not the Laura I went to the show with) office and shared with +her the videos I took with a visible grin of achievement. We had a long +chat. It's always a good day when I chat with her. + +At 10:30 I met Marisa at the MLB and gave her a bag of confetti. And thus +my mission is complete. |