Thanks, Band

After a lot of job hunting, puzzle-doing and movie watching, come Thursday night Nat, Lindzy and I geared up for a night out in the big city of Brisbane. After a short while we ended up at a not-so-special bar in the Valley, where we happened to spot one of the members of Crystal Castles, a band from Lindzy's cold home country of Canada. We had known they'd be in Brisbane, but ticket prices were apparently much more than they'd be at home (much like everything else in this country) and we definitely couldn't afford it.

Me: "Lindz, that's the guy from Crystal Castles."
Lindzy: "Oh yeahhhh.....do you think if we ask they'd let us come to their show?"

...So we take a moment to gather our confidence and look as good/poor as possible, then stroll over. I believe our oh-so-subtle begging went something like this:

Lindzy: "Hey, so are you guys from Crystal Castles?"
Ethan: "Yeah."
Lindzy: "So we really want to come to your show but we're traveling and can't afford the $50...are you able to put people on the guest list?"
Ethan: "Yeah."

After that intro, we actually talked to them (being Ethan, the DJ/other instrument guy/producer and Chris, the drummer) for quite a while. They were really nice - and Ethan was wearing both a hoodie and a jacket, as though he was still in Toronto and not in a warm Australian summer - aaaand they actually did put us on the guest list! So the next night we got to go see a sweet show for free! If you're into glitchy nintendo electro, check them out.