Before you read this, you should probably go get yourself a corn dog and some lemonade. Its a long one folks.
Since we last talked, we each gained 50 lbs. and Scott Avett had a baby. Guess what else Scott Avett did? He waved at us, and blew a kiss. And so begins the story of the 2011 Concertathon Part 4. After a long and grueling day at school, Becky and I were heading out of the school, minding our own bees wax, when suddenly we see the sign that held our future: Free Pizza at 1PM. We screamed, we laughed, we cried, and then we got in line. We were very excited for our slice of free pizza but little did we know, we were not the most excited people in line. There was a maniac old woman standing in line in front of us who loved free pizza more than anyone could ever imagine. So anyway, we got free pizza our free slice of pizza, well becky took two pieces even though the scary lady in charge was watching her. She was hungry and needed that extra slice of pizza. We also got free pop. We drove back to our houses really fast in our excitement. Even faster than the time we had to drive really fast because we had chicken nuggets in the car. they smelled really good and we just couldn't stand to wait to eat them. Anywho, after we ate our pizza at home and finished loading the car, we hit the road, or the interstate toward st louis to meet emily and matt. We listened to mumford and sons karaoke and anything Avett related playlist the whole way there. We even drove through a couple tornadoes. And Becky's mom called us to tell us not to drive through any big puddles because people were getting in big wrecks. So we avoided all puddles. Emily and Matt were stuck in traffic so Becky and I went to my sisters house to await their arrival. We went ahead and took a nap in the car and sang more karaoke while we waited for slow pokes emily and matt. After they finally showed up we went to Penn Station and got extra honey mustard on our sandwiches. It was really good. But then we needed some frozen awesomness from Ted Drewes. They made us some chocolate butter and we paid them in hugs and magic beans. If you have never been to Ted Drewes, you should probably stop reading this and drive to st louis to try it. Then you will understand what we mean when we say chocolate butter. After dessert it was finally time for our first stop in the concertathon. The Decemberists were callling our name. We went to the pageant and the decemberists were very exciting. Like computers. But the opening act was even more exciting. Well sort of. It was Justin Townes Earle. He played guitar and made sounds come out of it that we didnt even know guitars could make. He was pretty cool, but we will talk about him more later(foreshadowing!). At the concert there were people wearing lots of strange things to get the bands attention. There was even a girl in the front row with a glow in the dark mohawk. It kind of looks like a chicken in all of the pictures. After the show we jumped in Matt's car, we called it the toaster, and went to the great bell of tacos. Whatever that means. We also saw a billboard for someone's lost dog. We were amazed that someone loved their dog that much. It was a long drive down to memphis and we didnt get there until around 4am. Yet once we got there we were wide awake and decided to go to Graceland Too in Holly Springs Mississippi. That was the biggest mistake we ever made. Paul pulled out a gun and then showed us scary pictures. Paul, the man from graceland too is the worlds biggest elvis fan. He eats, sleeps, and drinks elvis. Well actually he only drinks coca cola. 36 cans a day to be exact. We took pictures behind his back the whole time and than ran out of there as fast as we could. By that time we had not slept in over 24 hours and were very tired. So we went back to memphis to sleep the day away in preparation for the next concert. I bet you cant guess who was next in line. Ill give you a hint. My red hair set the arcade on fire. If you still cant guess, i will go ahead and tell you it was Arcade Fire!!! After the concert we couldnt help but dance like Regine all night. She should teach the dancey dance on Yo Gabba Gabba. Now were going to go back in time to that few hours that us girls were sleeping. During that time frame, good ol' Matt was hard at work folding some t-shirts at Urban Outfitters when who should walk through the door but our new friend Justin Townes Earle. We arent entirely sure why he was there in memphis, but Matt didnt bother asking. Matt told him that we had seen him in St louis and they talked for a wee bit about absolutely nothing important. The next morning we headed out nice and early in order to make it to the New Orleans Jazz Festival in time. When we got there the First thing we needed to do was look at the map. Which told us where all of the food and bands were. So we set off to find some beignets and po boys. They were delicious and gave us the energy we needed to fight through the ginormous crowd that was before us at the Mumford and Sons concert. We started at the very back, but with our amazing ability to squeeze through tiny spaces, made our way to the second row only to be stopped by a metal gate. While we waited for mumford to come on we drank our 5 hundred strawberry lemonades and glued some googly eyes some peoples' shoes. Most people didnt notice, but two kids did. They really liked it and asked if we had feathers too. We asked them why on earth we would have feathers and then realized we did just glue googly eyes on their shoes, so the question was legitimate. So then came mumford and sons to blow our minds. But our minds had already been blown by arcade fire, so they just awoke our souls instead. After Mumford came the final event. We could hardly wait. The crowd started to slowly shrink and we got a really good spot. Then the next and final band came out on stage and before us stood the Avett Brothers!!!!!! There are no words to describe them but we will try. Think of the coolest word you know. For us, its Gazebo. Now try to think of a cooler word. Keep doing this until you cant find another word. And that lack of a word is what the Avett Brothers were. After the show we were walking around when some girl approached us and asked us if we had seen Marcus the lead singer of Mumford because he was with her sister and they needed to leave. Obviously we wanted to help this poor girl find her sister...and Marcus Mumford, so we set out full speed to find them. But, who should we find walking around the festival instead? Justin Townes Earl!! We ran up to him and told him how we had seen him in st louis, and then our friend saw him at Urban and now we were seeing him there. I dont think he understood any of this but took a picture with us anyway and thanked us for some reason.
Ok, we have to go now. We need to go outside to get some rocks. Becky has a million dollar idea. But have no fear. Part 5 will be coming soon. Until then, dont take any wooden nickels!! and keep your eye out for justin.
