#lets trip music

[bobawitch]

Let's Trip 🎶

cw: alcohol use

wc: 1307

Chapter One

7:30 pm the venue is packed and the openers have started to get set up. Though many people were there for the main act, you were there for the openers. You had a friend that knew the band and you always liked their sound, though you suppose it helped that they were opening for a band you liked. You found yourself sitting at the bar, cider in hand as you watched the stage. Soon enough the three boys and your friend walked on the stage, yelling erupted though most people made noise to be polite. Your eyes locked onto the lead singer, Matthew, he had always piqued your interest and Madi knew this little fact. Your eyes traced his tattoos as he tuned his guitar before moving to the mic, “Whatsup LA, how y’all doing tonight?” The crowd erupts with fangirls and you find yourself smiling. Matt introduces the band which gets a small smile and wave from Nick and a very enthusiastic fist from Chris behind the drums. Madi smiles, waving and looking at the back where you’re sitting. Madi introduces herself since she isn’t full time with the band but she is in a few of their songs. Once the introduction has been made the music begins. You nod your head to their indie rock sound, humming as he sang. Song after song you could feel Madi looking at you but on their song about a girl back home you felt a new pair of eyes on you. You looked to the stage and saw Matt looking in your direction. You nearly choke on your cider before seeing Madi with a devilish grin, singing her solo on the song while Matt plays. He’ll occasionally look up but his focus mainly stays on his guitar, it’s sparkly black marble shining in the stage lights. Your heart speeds up as you watch him in his element.

Eventually their set ends, many people are yelling and clapping, in a genuine way this time. They're walking off stage when you swivel in your chair and cover your face. Your heart hadn’t calmed down since you felt Matt’s eyes on you and you knew your entire face was red. After about 15 minutes you feel a tap on your shoulder and are met with Madi’s small figure. You smile, hopping off your chair and hugging her, picking her up for a second before putting her back down. “You did amazing!!” Madi giggles and shrugs. “Thanks! I had so much fun up there.” Then Madi’s sweet smile turns mischievous. You look over her head to see the triplets walking towards you. Nick gets to the two of you first, laying his arm around Madi’s shoulder and smiling at you. “Hey, you must be Y/N, Madi has told us ALL about you.” He offers a hand for you to shake and you take it, your other hand sitting in your leather jacket. “Oh wow I’m flattered, it’s really good to meet y’all. Don’t mean to sound like a total fangirl but I’ve been into y’alls music since debut.” Matt and Chris have now made it to you and Matt smirks. “Told you Chris, we do have fans from the beginning.” Chris rolls his eyes before moving closer to you, offering his hand. “Chris, nice to meet you.” You nod, shaking his hand with a smile. “Back at’ya.” Then you meet Matt’s eyes which had been burning into your skull since he walked up. You smiled at him and held out your hand, “Y/N, big fan.” He smiled and shook your hand. “Thanks for coming out tonight.” You nodded before shrugging. “Madi got me in for free and I like the music anyways.” You made eye contact with Madi who was eating up the awkward tension between you and Matt. You gave her a cautionary glare before looking back at Matt. “So LA down, where next?” Nick had already sat down to order a water and a coke, Chris next to him with his trusty Pepsi.

Matt ordered a cider and a water before sitting down next to you. “I think Chicago, then we go to New York. Chris is excited for that one.” Chris smiles as he downs his pepsi, scrolling through tik tok. “I hear Chicago is beautiful in late September, that should be a fun show.” Matt nodded, drinking his water. You followed suit, sipping on your cider as you looked to the stage. From your peripheral you could see Matt glancing at you before he turned in his chair, looking at the stage with you. “Is Tame Impala cool in person?” You asked, trying to break the slightly awkward silence by bringing up the band they opened for. “Yeah, they’re super chill. Kevin is really funny too.” Then there was silence again, at least until Tame Impala took the stage, screams erupted and you clapped loudly, standing to yell so you didn’t overwhelm the triplets and Madi. Soon, though, Madi joined you where you stood. Kevin took the mic and waved at the entire crowd. “What’s up LA, how's it going?” Madi screamed at that and you laughed, looking at how excited she was. Then she turned to you, looking you deep in your eyes and leaned to your ear so you could hear her. “Matt seems to like you!” Your cheeks warmed and you shrugged. “I’m just a sociable person.” Madi rolled her eyes before taking your hand and pulling you closer to the crowd. The beginning of Borderline begins to play and Madi cheers, you follow with your own cheering before the beat really kicks in. Madi starts to jump and dance and you smile, deciding to let loose and dance some too. It wasn’t like either of you were being advanced with moves but you still felt like you were doing some good moves. Back at the bar, Chris had moved to sit by Matt, Nick talking to the bartender happily about music and such. Matt was staring at you, cider in hand, Chris soon noticed his gaze and turned off his phone. “You like her.” Matt’s attention gets pulled to his brother and he laughs with a scoff. “I just met her.” Chris shrugs. “You still like her. Maybe Madi will bring her on tour.” Matt smiled at that idea before shaking his head. “Nah, she’d get sick of our music.” Chris shrugged again before pulling his phone out and filming the stage. Matt thought about what Chris said and sipped his cider again. Maybe you weren’t going on tour but he could get your number. 

Once the concert was over Madi offered you to come back to their “get ready” trailer behind the venue. While y’all were walking back Matt caught up to you, Madi quickly running to Nick. “So uh, Madi said you’re in school here in LA.” You nodded, “Yeah I’m in my last year at LA film school.” Matt’s eyes widened. “You want to go into film?” You nodded once more. “Yeah, I love movies and I think it’d be really cool to film for famous directors.” Matt nodded along to your words, smiling at how sincere they were. “That’s really cool. Hey, maybe you could film some music videos for us?” You looked up at him and smiled. “I’d love to. That sounds really fun.” Matt nodded, trying to act cool and calm. “So uh, maybe I could get your number? We can talk about filming videos or whatever.” He shrugged, his cheeks getting rosey. You felt your face warm and you nodded. “I’d like that.” You both exchanged numbers before you got back to the trailer. Upon getting home many hours later you felt a buzz, you grabbed your phone to see a text from Matt. 

“Thanks for coming tonight, hope to see you soon. Goodnight”

[backpackingspace]

Okay yes odysseus absolutely fumbled first meeting with penelope. He was an absolute goof. Tripping over himself, blushing, loosing games because penelope waved at him, getting caught mid lie ect ect

But have we considered penelope was equally a mess?

[wassupmygays]

absolutely wild cover board tonight!!!!!!

trevi pony, daryl johnny, renni two-bit, maggie marcia, ryo paul, dre steve, cameron trip, jpc booth debut & jordan in the booth, and milena somewhere in ensemble!!

[made-my-peace-with-all-the-bad]

begging you to elaborate because now i’m thinking about cherry originally being raised with cleaning out his room but breaking down as soon as she goes in there so the other socs have to come help

(alternatively i’m thinking about his parents not wanting to change anything about his room because that was their baby who could do no wrong and they don’t want cherry or anybody going in his room and changing things around without his permission)

Ok so in my mind, his parents just don’t care enough to bother cleaning it out. And I’m thinking about Cherry going to do it, or alternatively, her not wanting to because she’s grieving too much to, so Paul drags Trip, Chet, and Brill to do it.

And in that latter case scenario, I think it wouldn’t really hit them until they’re cleaning it out that Bob really is gone. Because in his room, they found so many things, big and small, that make it hurtfully clear that he’s gone. Because one of his drawers, they find a collection of photos taken over the years. And as the years go one, the photos grow from being just him and Paul, to later including Trip, then Brill, then Chet, then Bev, then Cherry and Marcia. And there are some photos that were clearly taken without someone noticing. There’s one picture of Chet staring with a super concentrated look at a statue, trying to figure out what it is. There’s another of Bev and Brill laughing while holding onto each other. There’s one of Bob kissing Cherry’s forehead, the two clearly in their own little world. There were piles of papers from his childhood. Everything from unsigned tests and permission slips, to doodles Paul had given him when they were little. Tiny, unnecessary things that were shoved into piles in the corner. Things that most people probably would’ve trashed, but Bob, for whatever reason, had kept.

But there’s bigger things too. Harsh reminders that Bob will never get to grow up. Like the letter they find, open on his desk. An offer for him to play football at a big university. The same one Paul currently played for. Something he’d always been looking forward to. Something that is now impossible. It was Bob’s ticket out, and now he’s going to be buried and stuck in Tulsa forever. Then, when they’re sorting through his clothes, Brill finds a small box tucked in the corner of his bottom drawer. And it takes everything in him to hold himself together when he opens it. Because inside of it was a ring. And under the ring was a note for Cherry. And that made Paul‘a vision go blurry with burning hot tears that he couldn’t let fall. Bob had a future planned out. He had wanted more than this town had to offer. He wanted to get away, go play football at college, take Cherry with him, and then they’d settle down and have a family. And now none of that will happen. Now Paul, Chet, Trip, and Brill need to face the harsh reality. Their friend is gone. He doesn’t get to dream of a life beyond Tulsa anymore. And he was so god damn close to it. He was less than a year away from getting out for good. Because if there’s anything Paul knew, it’s that Bob wouldn’t make his mistakes. If Bob got out, no way in hell was he ever coming back. But in an almost laughably ironic way, Bob, despite his money and status, was also damned from the beginning. Defined by his weaknesses and struggles, Bob was never going to get another barbecue or get even one graduation day.

And it’s not really until they need to clean out the room he spent seventeen years in, that the truth of their situation sets in for the soc boys. Bob is gone. Truly dead and gone.

[popularisland]

PAUL MENTION!! *the crowd goes wild*

[sondheim-girly]

bobs jealousy being the catalyst for everything that happened in the story… He wouldn’t have gone off and gotten super drunk if he wasn’t jealous of cherry dancing with chet, then cherry wouldn’t have talked to ponyboy and he wouldn’t have come back and seen them together, and she wouldn’t have broken up with him and he wouldn’t be heartbroken and drunk and angry and searching for a fight and for someone to hurt and blame. He would never have jumped pony and Johnny and he wouldn’t have died…

[walmartbrandwhatever]

Thinking about Mathew Trip and how in love Marcia and Trip were when I saw the show...

[very-super-silly]

melvin was the last soc to run away during the rumble.

trip didn’t want his kid brother going to the rumble, so, naturally, when melvin caught whiff of it and insisted he go, trip immediately shut that down. They fought (thanks to melvin and his stubbornness) so trip yelled at him and told him to stay home. that just made melvin angrier and more determined to go. he thought trip didn’t want him going because he didn’t recognize him as a real soc because of who his mom is and where he’s from (he's trips step brother), so he pulled up to the rumble and fought to prove himself as a soc. He fought for himself and his dignity, for his brother and the respect he’d earn, and for the right to be known as a soc. He was the last soc to leave the lot, dripping wet and covered in blood, he stood and looked at the unconscious bodies and staggering figures in the shadowy field before he realized he was the last soc. He glared with vile anger and pride at the sight, grimacing at the stinging feeling of losing, but something about his brother, probably injured and pacing back at home, worrying his ass off about where his kid brother was, tugged him back away from the violence and shoved him in the direction of his home again.

[ohio-thestate]

I got an ask from your ask game. 18

@raleigh-nc-official-totally-real

ask game post here

BUCKEYE CANDY! ALWAYS BUCKEYE CANDY!

and maybe I found out I also like eating crab with a lot of old bay on it.......

[prismpuffle]

Current concept living rent free in my head is an AU where the Kitakami siblings went to Naranja/Uva Academy instead of Blueberry, and Kieran gets recruited as a Team Star Boss and has the time of his life! He's hesitant and a little intimidated by the idea at first, but in their pitch the other bosses explain how they also feel like socially awkward outcasts and formed this team to stick together. They proceed to give him a tailor-made costume, a Grass Crew base to defend (that he'll add plenty of Ogerpon imagery to ofc), and his own living battle car with built-in boss music to ride on top of while he challenges people, and by the tenth 'Wowzers' they've got him completely hooked.

[fluffypotatey]

I'm thinking about an AU where like...Ody picks up a feral kid from an island who stows away on the ship. It'd be good to get some whimsy on that ship and maybe things go better. Hope Penelope doesn't mind an extra kid + Telemachus having a wild child of a little sibling now. Very overly enthusiastic, half the crew is terrified, other half is like "yeah the kid has good survival technique ideas." Ody is like, "please stop gleefully mopping the bloodied castle" after kid decides to be helpful. Proceeds to kick a suitors head out of the hallway so OdyPen can walk around together peacefully.

excuse you, that child is helping!!! Ody, Telemachus, and Penelope are reuniting and tired and this child, out of the goodness of their heart is cleaning the palace (with aid of course) 😤

they don’t need to bc by that point their an official ward of the palace, but it the thought that counts (they totally loot the suitor’s stuff in the process)

[wr1t3w1tm3]

Question: why can't Broadway musicals tape their performance and put it up on a platform for rental while the shows still on Broadway?

Obviously you charge a fair price for the rental, make it like 48 hours and cost maybe whatever their general admission ticket costs. Then, after the musical comes off Broadway, you make that original cast recording avaliable to buy permanently (like including downloads) for that general admission ticket price and knock down the rental price.

Now you'd have to either come up with a streaming service or license it out to one which is not ideal, but it would vastly improve the availability of musical theater especially to people who live outside of New England or people who don't have thousands of dollars to drop just to go see a musical. Not to mention it could help make newer musicals more accessible and easily spread, and don't get me started on accessibility especially when it comes to physical disabilities that would disallow travel or actually seeing a musical in person. This would also allow people to see the musical and then maybe go watch it in person, which increases revenue.

It also allows a continuous revenue stream for the creative team and possibly actors (depending on how contracts are structured), particularly in cases of musicals with specific historical or literary settings that could be used in classrooms (think Hamilton, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, the upcoming The Outsiders, or like every Shakespear play ever). Or even if a musical is really popular and gets a cult following like 30 years later, it would be available in a watchable format and not just as a soundtrack. Plus it'd get rid of people going to musicals for the sole purpose of uploading a slime tutorial.

[boxwinebaddie]

oh freckle, freckle⠁.. what makes you so s p e c i a l?

[lynchianightmare]

I finally found the real duality of a man:

I will, with verses like:

“Who knows how long I've loved you,

You know I love you still

Will I wait a lonely lifetime

If you want me to, I will”

Or “Love you forever and forever

Love you with all my heart

Love you whenever we're together

Love you when we're apart”

And then we have “Why don’t we do it in the road?”

“Why don't we d-do it in the road?

Why don't we do it in the road?

Why don't we do it in the road? Hmm

Why don't we do it in the road?

No one will be watching us

Why don't we do it in the road?”

PS: Maybe he wanted to do it in the road and then profess his love with “I will”.

[made-my-peace-with-all-the-bad]

Thinking about Marbit with a dog again…

[aeolianblues]

the real fiction in a lot of band AU fics is the amount of time bands seem to have on the evening of a show!