Oneside Touring Blog #2: September 11th, 2008; Portland, ME at The Big Easy

My second night of touring didn't involve buckets of rain like the previous weekend, but it was still equally as exciting! These guys are so much fun to be around, and their music is so fun and enjoyable! I love spending time with them!


Alright enough of my gushing, I'm sure you came to see my blog told mostly by pictures, so here we go!


We hit the road a little later then expected, and ran into some traffic on I-93 along the way.



The traffic didn't help, considering we were already late and crunched for time!



There's Grafton driving the van. They take turns driving it. I'm the only one who can't! I have no idea how to drive a van at all, and they say they'd never ask me to anyhow.



There's Chris in the van. He's reading a book called "This Is Your Brain On Music", which I actually read a little of during the weekend. It's really interesting, it kind of dissects the way we listen to music. It's scientific, but if you have ever played an instrument, you would totally understand the technical lingo in it. :)


Ned, Chris, and I hadn't eaten yet, so once we got to the venue and loaded in and had everything set up, we went out to dinner down the street. Ned told me he ordered a chicken sandwich every place they went, which eventually turned into us joking around about writing a review. Eventually that joke turned into a reality, and we have made it a goal of the tour for Ned to write a review of the chicken sandwiches he eats. We might even start taking pictures of them, we'll see! Later on in the blog, you will get his review of the food from that night.


They played close to where they had played last month (I believe it was) at someone's wedding, so I got to meet a lot of the people who had been at the wedding who came to see the band again. Everyone was really sweet, and they were fun when Oneside hit the stage. It was cool standing in the very back and watching every single person in there dancing. It was a good size crowd too, so it was amazing to see that everyone was into it!


Here are some of my pictures from the show:

Oneside.



My attempt at getting the people dancing from almost the very back. :P



Chris.



Jake.



Grafton.



Ned.


After the show, we hung out for a bit before packing up. The bartender offered to help us find a hotel outside of Portland, which was wicked nice of him. Yes, I used wicked in that sentence. That's my Boston accent coming out in text form. :) Once we were packed up, we waited to get the hotel booked on the phone and hung out on the empty stage.



Chris chilling on the empty stage. Don't mind the crappy quality, I took this one with my point and shoot.



Ned on the empty stage. Again, ignore the quality.


Once we had the hotel booked, it was time to load the van up with the gear. They play Tetris pretty much every night when packing the van.



Oh and Jake raises his hand when volunteering to do things!

Don't ask. Haha. :P


All of the pictures from the night can be found here:
http://s114.photobucket.com/albums/n280/musiclover224/Oneside%20Tour%202008/Sept%2011th%20Portland%20ME%20at%20The%20Big%20Easy/


And, the moment you've all been waiting for! Neds chicken sandwich review of the night, written and e-mailed to me by Ned himself!:


Sabago Brewery, Portland, ME
Big Daddy's Hot Chicken Sandwich


Not so hot. The chicken was reasonably well cooked and tender. The
bacon added some much needed crunch and smokiness. This sandwich
could have benefited from some avocado to give the texture some
fullness. No spice up front and a fairly bland finish too. Tangy but
forgettable sauce. Not unenjoyable but fairly boring.
7.2 out of 10


And here is your rating guide:
5-6 gut rot
6-7 does the job if your starving and really craving a chicken sandwich
7-8 pretty satisfying choice if nothing else on the menu looks good
8-9 worth a try even if you are not particularly in the mood for a
chicken sandwich
9-10 must haves


So, there you have it!


I leave you with a video of "The Letter" live from the show that night. :)



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