Getting Stoopid with 311

Last Wednesday two of my favorite bands were in town and wrapping up their summer tour at Marymoor Park in Redmond, WA. What two band you ask? Slightly Stoopid and 311! I have seen Slightly Stoopid several times but it was my first time to see 311. They were Amazing! I have several hard core 311 friends (yes, I'm talking about you Robbie, Toad, & Kim) that have seen them many many times and even been on the 311 cruise! I'm still ridiculously jealous of that but back to the point... I love music and I love to see a good show. What that means exactly to me is when the band you are seeing sounds just like or in 311's case BETTER than they do on the CD's. I can't stand the lip singing and track shows and most people just don't sound like they do on the radio but 311 is the exception to that! It was fantastic... they also had a killer light show and a crowd full of people that knew every word and danced their asses off. My kinda night.

A quick blurb about the venue: Marymoor park is HUGE and I had never been there before even though they have an off leash dog park and tons of good concerts. This may be my favorite outside venue I have been too second only to Lollapalooza in Chicago. It's pretty hard to beat Grant park but this venue was so awesome! We got to park in a field near the stage area and after a short walk we entered the gates to the stage/concession/bathroom area. It was almost like a mini fair or think Memphis in May but with only one big stage. I should have snapped pictures but I was too busy dancing. Enjoy the shots below that I did manage to get!

Slightly Stoopid:

311!!!  

Jenn & I were having toooooooo much fun!

Oh Hey Nick. I love you.

UGH Blogger is being a WHORE right now and not letting me separate my pictures and I'm about to throw my computer across the room so just enjoy the random order of the pictures below. Our friends Jason and Jenn came too that night and these two are nothing but a party in a glass!

Oh... Amber is NOT the color of my energy right now...

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Less than an hour after this post my husband read it and we got to talking about what might have been our FAVORITE part of the 311 show. That favorite is "SA" the lead rapper extraordinaire... and then Chad was all like let me show you my impersonation... and I was like all okay I'm filming it: 

 

 

I kid you not he did this one time and I was blown away and I made him do it one more time so I could show you guys on here. I'm so impressed. No REALLY... watch it!