GRAND RAPIDS, MI - 30 OCTOBER 2008

[frodolover36]

i hate clowns!!! aw man. i leave for nicoles tomorrow! then its off to good ol' michigan!!! i cant wait!

[dressedupaslife]

..............Post party photo LMAO




decided on my favorite clown to be for the party lol.....Pennywise....from Stephen King's "IT"

[Kemmy]

[Lori]

Well, I'm officially leaving on my road trip for this concert in approximately 10 hours from now. And just my luck, it has started to snow..lol! But I am so pumped for this event, nothing will stop me! So to whoever is going, see you all there. Can't wait!!!

[Donna]

Brian - the afterparty pictures are too funny ! And ...ummmmm...I have to go with Kemmy in saying that Pennywise is definitely creepy Can't wait to see all the pictures of you guys dressed up!

[Stephanie]

Leaving my house right nowww.

See you all there!

[Chaps]

To all that is driving to this concert... PLEASE drive safe and watch your speed cause i know the officers in blue or going to be out in full force for the next couple of days. Cant wait to see and meet everyone there!

[frodolover36]

its today!!!! i cant wait to see everyone!!! we're going to hit up a store this morning to get some last minute things like batteries and such. and also to comtinue the great shoe search lol. im hoping to find somehting there so i dont have to settle on flip flops

[Crystal]

IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!

[Donna]

Sure, leave us hanging....

[Becky]

[Samsung]

Wow Crystal.

Thank you for all of the details
Just kidding

[Crystal]

LOL! Sorry guys. My laptop was repaired SUPER quickly (sent it out on Monday, got it back yesterday right before we left!!!) I popped on my laptop right after the show quick before I had to head back out again for dinner. Now that we're done for the night, I have some time to spare to fill you in on the MOST AMAZING SHOW I'VE EVER SEEN! Luckily, it should be detailed as the memories are still so fresh! Those of you that were at Chicago... Chicago rocked but this show just left me breathless!

Let's start with the "meh" stuff:

The freak shows were ok. We only saw three acts, one of a girl that was pretty darn good with a whip, one of guy that enjoys pain and had girls from the audience stand on him on a board of nails (yea, not so much) and the last was a fire-breathing act. The girl was amazing but after seeing her do the same thing for, like, 20 minutes, we were ready to see the Pups!!! Which brings us to our main event...

The show KICKED ASS! It started with a single spotlight that Mark so graciously walked into with a Batman T-shirt and a half-face Batman mask. Then it went dark and Shim came out as the most STRIKINGLY similar joker costume on I've ever seen. Seriously, he could have been the joker. The show itself was amazing... Pretty long set too. The set list is pretty foggy in our head's but here's me and Stephanie's compilation (in no particular order):

Nothing Really Matters
Something Different
My World
Pitiful
Cancer
Deliverance
All The Same
Too Many Words
Howard's Tale
Anywhere But Here
Asshole Father

So after the last song, a battle ensued between Batman and Joker. It was HILARIOUS! All the while Emma played background ON THE DRUMS!!! In the ends, Joker prevailed and James dragged Batman's body offstage.

They played AMAZINGLY tonight... There was so much energy from Shim, Emma, and Mark and they seemed so happy to be there and they totally rocked it tonight. Unfortunately, the venue was INCREDIBLY strict about cameras. I tried to get a picture of Shim on my phone just to be able to show his wonderful joker getup but it wouldn't turn out. All in all... AMAZING!!!

[Matthew]

BEST SICK PUPPIES SHOW EVER!!!!!

[Becky]

Oh man. That's awesome!! Sucks about the cameras, though. I'd love to see what they all looked like!

[Donna]

Crystal, that sounds amazing!!!!! I am so glad you guys had such an awesome time .... Shim as the Joker and Mark as Batman -- love it
The camera policy is crappy ... would have loved to have seen the costumes !

[Kemmy]

Crystal, that sounds amazing! Sucks about the cameras but there's not much you can do when they're really strict.

Thanks for the recap!

[Regan]

Thanks Crystal! Sounds like it was absofrickenlutely amazing. Poor Mark, getting killed by Shim.

[angelbear425]

OMG!! Definitely the BEST Sick Puppies show I've ever seen!! Seeing Mark and Shim dressed like Batman and the Joker was great!! Pictures would have been fantastic, but like Crystal said the camera policy was crappy.

All I have to say is:

"Why sooo serious???"

[Sheila]

Emma on drums!!! I wish I could have seen that.

The epic battle between Mark and Shim sounded awesome. Boo to no cameras.

Thank you for the update!!