I saw them last night...it was the best night of my life! I went to the Cornell University show, with Matt Nathanson opening. I'd never heard Matt's music before, but he's really really good and very funny. Think John Mayer and Howie Day.
Anyway, I got there around 5:30 and there was already a pretty long line (doors didn't open until 7). I saw some people i know from school in the front, and they were kind enough to let us cut with them :-P As soon as they let people in I booked it to the front and got a pretty good spot in front of the speakers on the right side. I had a clear shot of Stephan, and when he would come over to our side I was about 5 feet away from him!
He was so charismatic and funny on stage - the faces he made for Narcolepsy were priceless :-P They played a mixture of old and new songs. Summertown was one of them, and he also played one that he dedicated to his "friend Gwen" because he wrote a song about his sister - obviously Vanessa. It was a really good song from what i could understand, but i could really pick up what he was saying except for the chorus which went something like "let the water hold you under" or pull you under or take you under or something under :-P.
For their encore they played Motorcycle Driveby, God Of Wine, Slow Motion, and another one but i can't remember what it was. During Semi Charmed Kind of Life there were mad crowd surfers. I almost got kicked in the face by one, but thankfully my roomate caught his foot in time.
the new guitarist Tony is AMAZING. The crowd absolutely loved him. he took a pretty big solo during one of the songs, and at the end of the show came out and shook everyones hands.
so that's basically it. Stephan said that they're making a new cd, but he's been procrastinating on it.
so anyways, even though i did not get to meet Stephan (which i didn't expect to, but hey, a girl can dream :-P) I can now die happy. it really was the best concert i've ever been to!
