obliviousally | stuff and the crane wives!!!

sam and i FINALLY got to go see the crane wives after missing grabbing tickets for them when they came to cleveland LAST year!!!!

the venue, globe iron, was formerly a couple different clubs/bars/venues in the past. it's been very nicely rehabbed, big open concert space, but still small and intimate enough. also my first time, like, DOWN in the flats, as well lol. i've been to jacobs pavillion once upon a time to see taking back sunday with angie, but that was a decade and a half ago lol

but the vibes were really nice (a LOTTT of pretty queer/neurodivergent folks there), everyone was dressed cute, i got us a decent middle of the audience spot (wanted to get closer to the stage, but it wasn't happening lol, and we'd waited to check out the merch table first/during the opener (i bought a set of pins lol)). speaking of the opener - cristina vane - she was very good and i'll have to check out her discography

i reeeeeeeeeally was hoping for 'take me to war', but we DID get both 'metaphor' and 'tongues and teeth' (as the second encore)!! as well as the vast majority of songs being ones i like or, at least know the lyrics to, lol. they're SO good live, which i knew already, and i always love the vibes of singing with a crowd

setlist snagged from reddit, and a spotify playlist

scars / allies or enemies / mad dog / pretty little things / metaphor / higher ground / steady, steady / the moon will sing / river rushing / black hole fantasy / never love an anchor / arcturus beaming / curses / sleeping giants ~~ the hand that feeds / tongues and teeth

i also looked cute lol and i did NOT fuss with how i tied my shirt ALL NIGHT and i didn't end up pulling my hair all up until we were in the car driving back home lol. sam and i were also on the same wavelength (we did not get a pic together, we were hoping for, like, a sign for the venue or something but there wasn't really anything) in all black + dangly-ass earrings lol

i am lowkey kinda exhausted - so much jumping and scream-singing lol - but i was happy my voice didn't get fucky. since my thyroid surgery it can kind of crack when i sing and it's mildly annoying (i also can't hit notes as high as i could before, not that they were good, but sometimes i could pitch up better lol), but i hadn't even thought about it until, like, halfway thru the concert lol

on the drive back, we played the songs we were sad they didn't play and sang loudly in the car

yesterday was ALSO chaotic af b/c i had completely forgotten that i needed to renew my license this year and neither tony nor i remembered until i got mail about it and then i was like 'okay i'll do it on payday np!' and i went out yesterday to the weed store to get a cart for tony and got turned away b/c my id was expired gldhkflgkdfhg so THEN i was like 'well, shit, i don't know if i'll need it for tonight i don't plan on drinking but what if i need to be id'd for the venue?????' so i went and gathered my papers up to upgrade to the compliant/real id and the dmv was SO busy b/c yesterday the policies went into effect about flying and needing a compliant id so i was there for an hour, but my actual transaction only took maybe 10mins if that. my photo is bad, as they seem to have nicer cameras every year that reveal your true age, but i didn't have to pay for it. so that's fine, it's done now lol