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Well, I actually got home at 12:30, and it's a few minutes after that.

Going up to Philly to see Carbon Leaf was *so* totally worth it.

For one thing, I got to meet up with

libralite and have, an albeit quick, dinner with her. I haven't seen her in months, so it was really good to see her and do a quick catch-up. And I got to give her her Christmas present. :-D

The opening act for Carbon Leaf was The Alternate Routes. I'd never heard of them before, but they were good. And their lead guitarist, Eric, made me think of Paul McCartney (both in looks and the fact that he's a really good guitarist). I had to laugh when I realized that

libralite and I had seen their bassist outside on our way in. (It's hard to miss the mop of red hair.)

Carbon Leaf was *amazing*. They played a lot of stuff off of Indian Summer and Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat - which is good, since those were the two I had. Yes, were. I bought the newest one, plus the older ones they had for sale afterwards. :-P (I'm sure

semijocund will be proud of me.) And I loved that Jon brough his upright bass with him (especially since it's taller than he is). And as good a guitarist as Eric of Alternate Routes was, I think Carter was better. And Barry's voice is amazing too (it sends shivers down my spine at times and does things to me).

Okay, I'm stopping now because I can feel myself moving dangerously close to babble territory.

I am thisclose (maybe even closer) to going to see them in Dewey on Friday. But a few factors are going to have to be taken into account. One being that I have to work on Saturday and they're going on later on Friday (but don't have to be in until 10). Also, it's graduation weekend for UD. *And* it's going to be a NASCAR race weekend in Dover. We'll see.

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Yay! I'm so glad you had a good time. Next week for me, I'm SO excited.

I may have a tiny itty bitty crush on Eric from The Alternate Routes. But, really, Carter is amazing too. *sigh* I do love me some guitar playing boys.

I think Eric and Carter jamming together on The Rock Boat was on of the highlights of the shows on TRB for me. Pure Sex! If you haven't seen it, check out this video someone took of them, especially from 3:20 on.

Speaking of, you should TOTALLY go on The Rock Boat, I think you'd love it.

I was squeeing internally for most of today. My dad's reality check for Friday really put a damper on things. :-( But they had an awesome show, so I know you're going to have a *great* time. :-)

I started to develop a bit of a crush on Eric, then Carbon Leaf came on and Carter started playing and I'm like, "Eric who?" :-P (Guitarits who also play the mandolin score extra points.)

They did jam a bit last night too. :-D And it was quite cool. Though, I also had fun watching Carter and Terry jam together the one or two times they did. And what vid did you want me to see?

And I don't know if the acoustic number is a normal thing with them, but they did a song completely acoustic - Terry, Jon, Barry, and Carter in front of the mikes. Terry and Carter were unplugged, Jon was on the upright bass, and Barry sang without a mike and it was awesome. I believe the song was "Block of Wood" (if it wasn't, it was one of the songs from Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat).

The Rock Boat definitely sounds cool. I don't think this year will be a go because I don't have the money together, but maybe next year? Would you go with me, if I did?

LOL, I guess I should have included the video. Duh!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amjf1qPh4o8

I've seen them do an acoustic song every once and a while. It's always awesome to see though.

TRB leaves in January, so the next one is scheduled for 2010. I'm already booked, it's basically sold out. This will be my fifth one and I don't think I'll be stopping anytime soon :) But, if you decide you ever want to go, just let me know and I can find a spot for you. It always sells out quickly, but since I know a fair number of people that go, one of them usually has a spot open.

They did that song with Eric and Tim on Tuesday. :-D

Argh. January usually isn't a good time for me to get off work. :-( It sounds really cool, though. And if anything ever changes, I'll let you know.

Alternate Routes are EXCELLENT. Get their albums. :-) *removes pimp hat*

LOL. I might, at some point. :-D I spent a little too much money buying most of Carbon Leaf's cds last night. I think I surprised the girls at the table when I said, "I want all of them except X and Y."

They were good, though. :-D I'm definitely going to have to look into them some more.