Emo & Earplugs

I had the opportunity to play bass with "A Place Tomorrow" again last night, along with four other hardcore/punk bands, and this time I'm not deaf because I remembered my earplugs. I've always called APT a "hardcore" band, but they tell me that they prefer calling their music "Emo" -- short for (I think...) Emotionally Intense. Which their music definitely is -- very expressive, very intense, crank-your-speakers-to-maximum, and mosh/headbang/worship. I love these guys, and as long as they don't mind having a guy twice their age playing for them, it's an honour to join them onstage. And the smoke machine that kept blowing out of the floor vents onstage, right at my feet, was pretty cool too -- robbymac playing in a fog (somewhat symbolic, I'm sure).

Most of our youth/college group showed up to party with us, and we had a blast. People were very gracious with the old guy (me) in a sea of teenagers & twenty-somethings -- time will tell how many of them will continue to rock when they're my age! It was TONS of fun.

By the way, I've added links to YWAM's University of the Nations in Hawaii, and also to their main international site. Viewing their websites brings back a lot of memories from the Performing Arts YWAM base we were connected to back when most of "A Place Tomorrow" was in pre-school...