Futures x10 x2
On November 2nd we went to see the closing show of the Jimmy Eat World's Futures x10 tour at Club Nokia in Los Angeles. This is the same venue we saw them play Clarity x10, though for that show we had seats in the balcony. This time, we were committed to GA floor - and it was awesome.We saw the opening show of the Futures x10 tour exactly one month before - if you remember, this is when I saw the band on the street and almost threw up from panic. It was really great to see them play the opening and closing shows of the same tour, especially since this involved the first 13 songs of the set list being the same. I could tell they'd gotten into a groove over the month-long tour. The songs, the time in between songs and the whole band just hummed.This show, we were in Joshua Tree the day before and the morning of, so I knew we didn't have the energy to do anything but stand and watch the set. Even in my exhausted state, knowing I had to travel to Boston the next day, I still loved every minute.During the sound-check, the tech came out with a gorgeous blue bass on. "The bass player's bass is so blue," I said to H. "Yeah, that's the one he always plays," H said. "Oh - I never noticed before," I replied.It got me thinking - I've seen this band live almost 10 times, they're my favorite, hands down, and I've never really watched the BAND play. I'm so fixated on Jim Adkins that the rest of the band blurs into the background.Whoops.A few weeks ago, my friend Joanna got to meet Jim Adkins after the show in Virginia. She made sure to take a selfie with him to send me. She said he is the nicest guy ever and that they really do just hang around the venue after the show, getting dinner and talking to fans.Again, with the Jtree trip and the flight to Boston the next day, I knew we couldn't hang around to meet them - but I feel like we're getting closer. One day we'll hit up a show and make time and get to meet them. For sure. In the meantime, I'll wait patiently for their next album and tour.Bonus - the band takes a pic of the audience each night and we made the cut. You can see H's hands as the highest ones on the bottom left side of the pic below - he's wearing a black t-shirt. I'm somewhere to the right of him and our friend is also standing there with us.So it was a low key concert for us but totally worth the experience. Seeing the band 2x in one month did nothing but turn up the volume on my love for them. :sigh:Check out the set list from the show. I was thrilled they played Dizzy (my other favorite besides Polaris and 23) and Jim talked a bunch during this show. He said he appreciates people still coming out to see their shows. It's the "hugest compliment".I'm lucky I live in LA - a city they play in often. Their songs have impacted so much of the past 10 years of my life. Thank you to them for keeping on.