Avett Brothers show and other stuff

I could have posted this yesterday along with my Trent Gilley rant but I wanted it to be a separate post lol. Wednesday I had my interview with AT&T and I think it went really well. The manager has a few more interviews but I think he liked me and wanted to extend me an offer but couldn't. He said, "You should be hearing something next week." I take that to be a positive sign.

From the interview and talking with the manager J.R. this seems to be the solution to everything I disliked at T-mobile. They have a period of 6 months where if anyone cancels their service I lose the money I make but it doesn't put me negative for the month as far as my quota goes. That is a very big deal to me because sometimes I would have like 15 deactivations and that is 15 more phones that I have to sell to hit my quota.

I am pretty sure that I will take a position if I receive an offer. I don't really have anything else going right now. I am planning on doing a little searching today though. I would prefer to not work retail but it is not the end of the world if I do. T-mobile is the longest I held one job so there was something there that kept me motivated and going to work.

Wednesday night Melissa and I went to see the Avett Brothers at the Granada Theater and it was amazing. First, the Granada theater is really small so there really is not a bad seat in the place. I would rather pay a little bit more for a smaller venue any day, but Granada was only like $15 a piece. It is a very cool place and instantly became my new favorite venue. The drive wasn't all that bad either even though it was in Dallas.

I first saw the Avett Brothers when the performed on Conan O'brien. I would post the Youtube link but it was taken down and I cant find it again. It is definitely something that wouldn't normally interest me but for some reason these guys really seemed to put on a good show. I downloaded their newest CD Emotionalism and really liked it. Kind of a bluegrass feel but some roughness around the edges that I really liked. I saw some of their live stuff on Youtube and saw how hard they rocked at their live shows and knew that I would have to check them out.

I played their CD for Melissa and she was kind of indifferent about it. She wasn't all that excited about the show but was thinking that she might like them if she saw them live. She wasn't sure why I liked them so much and I didn't say anything about what I had seen of their live performances so it would surprise her. We got there during the opening act and watched a bit of that. His name was Ryan Butcher and very talented guy but most of his stuff sounded the same. Played an acoustic guitar and a harmonica, good stuff but it all kind of blended together. Melissa was tired and felt the same way about the guy. I knew she was bored and not having much fun.

The Avett Brothers came out and started playing, Melissa's mouth was hanging open. She was thinking it was going to be like their CD, but it is totally different. The music has a definite twang to it but they were going full blast. They are a 3 piece band with a banjo, guitar and an upright bass, there is no dedicated drummer. The banjo plays a kick drum and the guitar player has a high hat so they are rocking that while playing. On some songs either the guitar or banjo player will play drums behind an actual drum kit, Amazing stuff. The most fun I have had at a show in a long time. Melissa really liked it as well and we will be going to see them again.
Link To Avetts Brothers Site.

The next day at work I was talking about the concert and this girl Rachel asks me if I am talking about the Avett Brothers and I tell her I am. She tells me that her friend owns a bar and is going to have them play there. That is going to be awesome because the bar is in Fort Worth and I can drag some people out there with me.

I think that I might be going to see Ironman tonight. I have been waiting for this movie for quite some time and this has the potential to be the best comic book movie so far. The previews look amazing, check them out here.

I guess that is it, not much else to say.

Until later.