On July 2, 2005, Julianne and I went down to Kansas City to see the last Get Up Kids concert (they were breaking up). It was a great show - very crowded, but a lot of fun.
Now, over 4 years later, the band announced a short reunion tour and were making a stop in Omaha. We got tickets and went on Friday night (Oct. 2). It was at The Slowdown - a new venue in Omaha opened by Saddle Creek Records. I had heard good things, but hadn't been to a show there yet, so we were excited to see the place. The venue was AWESOME! And, it has seriously convinced Julianne to go to more shows. She doesn't like people crowding her personal space, and the venue has a great layout where you can see great, be close to the band, but not be down in the pit shoulder-to-shoulder with the sweaty masses.
The concert itself was awesome. The Get Up Kids sounded as good as they ever have. It was nice not being squished in the pit, and there was no Japanese girl standing right behind us singing all of the (mispronounced) words at top of her lungs the entire show (like back in 2005).
Here's us outside. It was windy and chilly and we couldn't get the angle right to have the sign in the background. By the time we did, Juls was shivering.
Here's us back in 2005. Good times. We were so young . . .
BIG Thanks to Brad and Emily for watching Emzilla. She had her first sleepover with Mya.
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