Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in Ryan "Tricky" McHale's LiveJournal:

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Tuesday, April 8th, 2003
8:15 pm	Word! This past Saturday night, my friend and I traveled down to Fairfield University in CT. to see Howie Day in concert. It was amazing. He is incredibly talented. After the show, I was able to meet him. I got his autograph(for the second time..first being the release party for his cd) and a picture and we talked about the show and about some other awesome artists such as Matt Nathanson and Pat McGee.He was wicked nice and talked to a bunch of us outside. Anywhoo, just had to say that was the highlight of my weekend! Current Mood: high Current Music: Howie Day and Jason Mraz (Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 26th, 2003
7:18 pm	THANK YOU WAREHOUSE FAN CLUB! Dave Matthews Band Aug 27 2003 Saratoga Performing Arts Center Best Available 2 x $56.50 = $113.00 Confirmed Dave Matthews Band Aug 28 2003 Saratoga Performing Arts Center Lawn 2 x $39.00 = $78.00 Confirmed Dave Matthews Band Aug 30 2003 ctnow.com Meadows Music Centre Lawn 2 x $39.50 = $79.00 Confirmed Dave Matthews Band Aug 31 2003 ctnow.com Meadows Music Centre Best Available 2 x $57.00 = $114.00 Confirmed Dave Matthews Band Sep 8 2003 Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts Best Available 2 x $56.00 = $112.00 Confirmed Current Mood: high Current Music: New Allman Brothers CD (Comment on this)
Sunday, March 23rd, 2003
6:51 pm	Best...Concert...EVER I was lucky enough to be able to go to the Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds acoustic concert at the University of Rhode Island last Thursday. It was definately one of the best times I can remember. The show was amazing. Three and a half hours of great music and great stories told by Dave. Below is the Set List: March 20, 2003 Ryan Center Kingston, RI On Stage Time 7:48 P.M Off Stage Time 11:07 P.M Bartender So Much To Say Fool To Think --> Where Are You Going? Recently Grey Street Pay for What You Get (Norewegian Wood) Gravedigger When The World Ends (Extended Outro) Satellite {Too Much}--> Drive in Drive Out Lie In Our Graves Big Eyed Fish Tim Solo Typical Situation Crush Everyday (#36) Seek Up Grace Is Gone Tim Solo The Stone (Wise Man Outro) Dancing Nancies _____________ Cry Freedom Don't Drink the Water (This Land is Your Land) Ants Marching Anyway, I've decided that I am going to be writing in this journal more often. Its been hard keeping in touch with everyone and I think this is a great way to get things back on track. In terms of school, I love living on campus. I am much more relaxed and find it easier to get my work done. These last few weeks of classes are going to be pretty tough though. Lots of work to be done. I have an exam on Tuesday and a paper due Wednesday that I'll be working on the next couple of days. My roomates are great as well. Both are really cool and we all respect each other's need to have time to study. Work is good as well. I'm loving my job at Jordan's Furniture. I actually never mind waking up and thinking, "I've got to work today." Everyone I work with is great. Most of the kids are my age or 1-2 years younger for the most part. We all get along and hang out after work all the time. Its awesome. Well, so ends my first real journal entry in a long time. But have no fears, I will be writing often. In closing, although I have been pretty vocal in saying that I am against the war with Iraq, now that we are officially at war, I am puting those feelings aside and praying for the troops overseas and hope they make it home safe and sound. They are brave men and women! God Bless America! Current Mood: high Current Music: The Allman Brothers Band (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, March 20th, 2003
11:04 am	WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I'M GOING TO SEE DAVE MATTHEWS AND TIM REYNOLDS TONIGHT AT URI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 25th, 2003
11:35 pm	AWWWWWWWW YEA Who's going to see Phish tomorrow night at the Worcester Centrum? Oh, thats right..I AM!!! WOOOO HOOOOO Current Mood: high Current Music: PHISH ALL THE WAY (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, January 2nd, 2003
12:53 am	Phish Is Back!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Phish 12/31/02 Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Set 1: Piper, Guyute > NICU, Horn, Wilson, Mound, Squirming Coil, David Bowie Set 2: Waves -> Divided Sky, Lawn Boy, Carini, Rift, Harry Hood, Character Zero Set 3: Sample in a Jar, Seven Below -> Auld Lang Syne > Runaway Jim -> Time Loves a Hero, Taste, Strange Design, Walls of the Cave Encore: Wading in the Velvet Sea (Comment on this)
Friday, December 20th, 2002
11:17 am	Woo Hoo Headline: "Kid voted Quietest In High School Class gets A In Public Speaking Course" Go Figure! (Comment on this)
Sunday, November 17th, 2002
6:50 pm	Hey ya'll Well I have not done a great job at updating my journal since the beginning of the school year so I thought I'd write a little something while I'm waiting for the Patriots-Raiders game tonight(Go Pats)...School is going very well right now. I'm doing so well that I'm hoping to transfer after this year. My number one choice is BU because thats where i've wanted to go for a long time..I'm also going to apply to UNH and Maine..This weekend I spent Friday and Saturday at BU. I went to the two hockey games vs BC and Maine..Bu lost both games unfortunately..Even though I dont go to BU(yet) I have been a season ticket holder for 5 years now so I still have loyalty to the hockey team. As always I'm planning on going to many concerts. Because thats what I do! I just got tix for Bon Jovi/Goo Goo Dolls, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Guster and im getting tix to see Phish when they go on sale!....I finally got a job again. I start working at Jordan's Furniture in Natick at the IMAX theater there. Its looks like a very fun job and there are a lot of kids that work there..Anywho so thats a breif summary of my life as of now..I'll update some time soon..Take care everyone (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, August 30th, 2002
12:23 am	MTV awards I just finished watching this years Video Music Awards..Here are my thoughts: 1) Jimmy Fallon is a funny man 2) Eminem is an asshole! Moby is the man! 3) Dashboard Confessional rules! Congrats for winning the MTV2 award 4) Christina Aquilera is a dirty whore 5) DMB should have won for best group video 6) Note to Michelle Branch: when you win the Viewers Choice Awards, you are supposed to thank the viewers! 7) Note to Pink and Nelly: Promoting drinking on a show watched by millions of kids is not cool. 8) Guns and Roses suck and should not have closed the show. That should have been done by Bruce Springsteen. 9) Britney Spears looked mighty fine this evening. 10) Avril Lavigne could be wicked hot if she didnt dress so punk-like. Her music is very good. 11) Who invited Michael Jackson? 12) Rudy Guilani is the man. 13) Justin Timberlake lip synched his whole performance 14) Those guys from Jackass need lives and finally........ 15) A prediction for next year: The MTV2 award will go to Howie Day. You heard it hear first. P.S. Watch American Idol: the Finals next week and vote for Kelly. She is cute and has an awesome voice. Current Mood: amused Current Music: "Morning After" by Howie Day (Comment on this)
Friday, August 16th, 2002
1:47 pm	Strike 3 for Baseball Its official: The Major League Baseball Players' Association has announced that they will go on strike effective August 30th. Greedy bastards. www.mlbfanstrike.com Current Mood: angry Current Music: jack johnson (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 30th, 2002
11:22 pm	what a week!!!!!!!! I just got home from my road trip to Hartford CT. and Saratoga NY. to see the Dave Matthews Band for 4 straight shows(5 including the Great Woods show). All i can say is that im more obsessed with this band than before i left. i know that you guys probably dont think i could be any more obsessed than i was before but i am. Last night's show in saratoga was the best concert ive seen out of the 13. ill post the set later in this post. anywhoo. i left thursday with my friend for hartford. we got to the hotel in just enough time to throw our stuff in the room and head over to the Meadows for the show. good first show with an awesome version of Cry Freedom which dave did solo for the first encore song. Night 2 of the Meadows was great with Pig opening the set and an unbelievable Jimi Thing. Saturday we just hung out in Hartford cuz we werent leaving for Saratoga until sunday. On sunday, we headed out on the 3 hour journey to ny. we got to the hotel got ready and headed out to SPAC(saratoga performing arts center). I must say that SPAC is the best place ive ever seen a show. It is in the middle of a state park. It was incredibly nice. anywhoo the first show at Spac was good with Song that Jane Likes, What Would You Say, Crush, etc etc thrown in the mix. But the best concert was the last of my trip. Night 2 of SPAC was incredible. The crowd was so loud and the band responded with the best set of the year. It was also the best encore i'd ever seen. Dave came out and played a full version of Dancing Nancies solo.(first nancies since 1999). and then they were starting to play Everyday to finish out the show but the crowd was chanting "TWO STEP" "TWO STEP". it was so loud! dave then turned to the band and sure enough he stoped playing Everyday and went right into Two Step. It was a 22 minute version and ended a great concert and a great trip. Here is the complete set from night 2 at SPAC: 1. Pig 2. Warehouse 3. Grey Street 4. Proudest Monkey 5. Satellite 6. Don't Drink the Water 7. One Sweet World 8. If I Had It All 9. Kit Kat Jam 10. #41 11. I Did It 12. Raven 13. Loving Wings 14. Where Are You Going 15. So Right 16. Ants Marching Encore: 17. Dancing Nancies 18. Two Step After 5 shows in one week, i am still ready for more shows but i'll just have to wait for the next tour. but it was a great time and im good to be home. only a few more weeks of summer left....excitement now building for college. woo hoo Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: DMB! DMB! DMB! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 24th, 2002
7:24 pm	My Dave Matthews Review (7/23 Great Woods) This was one of the very best shows i've ever seen. Two Words sums it up: PROUDEST MONKEY! yup proudest monkey was played for the first time in 3 years last night. It was incredible. And it went right into Satellite like the Red Rocks cd. What You Are closed out the set with a brand new outro which is intense. The first line of the outro is "get on your knees motherfu**er". If only I had taken a picture of the two 13 year olds and their parents faces when dave said that line. It was priceless. Anyway, heres how the set went down: onstage 8:13pm Cry Freedom (tease)( I couldnt hear this tease at all) Grey Street * (nice start, crowd was still coming in at the time) Captain * (great song, needs a little work) #41 (Everyday outro) * (Awesome as always) Proudest Monkey * --> (holy shit) Satellite * (woo hoo) Don’t Drink the Water *( i love the intensity of this song) You Never Know * (better and better every time i hear it) Big Eyed Fish --> ("monkey should know stay up in your fuckin tree" haha) Bartender * (best song off the new cd) I Did It * (blah blah blah) The Space Between * (again..blah blah blah) Kit Kat Jam (with lyrics) * (this song will be awesome when they start to play it more) Jimi Thing * (woo hoo!! I think this is their best jam song) Digging a Ditch * (slow song, killed the crowd) When The World Ends * (very good live) What You Are *(great closer with the outro) offstage 10:22pm Encore onstage 10:31pm Loving Wings * --> (new song, very slow) Where Are You Going * (starting to grow on me) Cry Freedom (tease) -->(again, didnt hear this from my seat) Tripping Billies * (wow boyd went nuts, great way to end a great show) offstage 10:51pm Overall, this show beat out the two fleetcenter shows and maybe even the Providence show. Great Woods is absolutely an awful place to see a show though. The traffic was miserable getting there and even worse getting out. We ended up chillin with some kids till about 130am to let the traffic die down. But good times all around. Well im off to Hartford and Saratoga for some more DMB action. Ya'll take care! Bye Ryan (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 10th, 2002
3:37 pm	i'm baaaaaaaaaaaack well i dont know why but i havent written in livejournal for a while now. i guess its just my laziness. But anywhoo ive had a pretty boring summer so far. not much to do here in ashland. but thinks are about to pick up. one week from today is the John Mayer concert. cant wait for that. Who else is going? We should all meet up. the week after that is DMB Week! Woo Hoo. July 23 is the tweeter center show. I have one ticket is sec 13 if anyone is interested. Following that show its off to hartford and saratoga for 4 more shows. Finally the montreal trip is a go! Aug 2-4(fri-sun). it will be a very nice weekend.there is an open invitation to anyone interested so just let me know. It about 150 per person for round trip bus and hotel room....... I cant wait for college to start in september. Its going to be a good time. I am very glad that I decided to stay in Boston. Its an incredible city with so much to do. I am looking forward to starting fresh too. As I look back at the time I had at AC i just wished i was more open with everyone and talked more. Its the one thing i'll regret the most. But its a new day and I get to start over...... Anyway this is probably one of my longer posts so im gonna head out now. I hope that everyone is having a great summer and I hope to see you all soon. Take care Ryan Current Mood: happy Current Music: DMB of course (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 16th, 2002
11:39 am	Woo Hoo Friday I found out that I couldnt go to the July 18 John Mayer show. I was pretty pissed. So I went to a ticket place and asked if I could trade in my ticket for the 18th show for the 17th show that is sold out. She said she would do the trade for me and she gave me a 18th row center ticket to the sold out July 17th show! Woo Hoo! anywhoo norah jones show tuesday night. should be a good one! (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 12th, 2002
9:13 pm	ATTN: Jimmy Eat World Fans Jimmy Eat World Worcester Palladium July 23, 2002 7pm Tix: $17 each(General Admission) Tickets on sale this Saturday at 10am Looks like a good show. If you can't make it to dmb at great woods that night, jimmy eat world is a pretty good act. There ya go! Later ya'll (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 11th, 2002
10:22 pm	Whoaness Howie Day is the man!! I waited in line for 2 hours, met a ton of cool kids and got a front row spot for the howie day concert at Virgin Records on Newbury Street. The place was packed. He played 5 songs about 45 min concert. He played, "Sorry so Sorry", "She Says", "Ghost", "Morning After" and "Magrigals". He was incredible. He plays the guitar and uses pedals on the ground to make percussion and guitar sounds. He doesn't use a band behind him at all. After the show, he signed a copy of his cd for everyone. I got to talk to him for a minute or so. He's a cool guy for sure. anywhoo that was my day. take care ya'll Current Mood: excited Current Music: Howie Day CD "Australia" (1 Comment |Comment on this)
2:10 pm	hey everyone whats up! im pretty bored right now. im sitting in the allston library bored as anything. its all good though. im going into town in a couple hours. Howie Day is giving a free acoustic concert and an autograph session at the Virgin Megastore on Newbury Street at 6pm. That will be very cool. Anywhooo just made reservations for hotels during my dmb road trip next month. woo hoo only 6 weeks away!!! hope everyone is having a great vacation so far. We all need to hang out real soon. Talk to ya'll later. Byee (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, June 10th, 2002
8:19 pm	Hey everyone! I was just listening to a copy of a new dmb song called "You Never Know" from the April 7th Fleetcenter show. Its such an awesome song. ***New Dave Matthews Band CD "Busted Stuff in stores July 16*** Just a little promo lol...Anywhoo here are the lyrics. "You Never Know" by DMB sitting still as stone watching we walk by them and i wonder yeah no one ever stops to talk of things they'd rather do they ever did what if God shuffled by one day we might say go angry not afraid like breathing just to breathe that we might find some reason but it's rushing around that's what's wrong with the world don't lose the dreams inside your head they're only there until you're dead dream lying on the roof counting the stars that fill the sky wondering why someone out there little angels looking back down on me you never know so much space to believe only when you're small the moon follows the car there's no one but you see hey there the moon is chasing me and i worried if i looked away she'd be gone don't lose the dreams inside your head they're only there until you're dead dream oh oh oh la la la one day fill the world with no cares in the world the mellow tunes come to play she's all mine just for a day and there's no time to waste in the play of this game don't lose the dreams inside your head they're only there until you're dead dream oh fall down it won't be so long now out of the darkness comes light like a flash you think you can you think you can sometimes that is the problem dream little darling dream spinning on the wind and he fell from the limb and every day should be a good day to die oh oh fall down it won't be so long now i built the high love i find it hard to explain how i got here i think i can i think i can but then again i will falter dream i think i can i think i can i think i can i think i can oh dream little darling dream spinning on the wind and we fell from the limb Current Music: a lil dmb (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 4th, 2002
10:24 am	Do not adjust your computer screens! It is true, i am writing my second journal entry in as many days. whoa! anywho, everyone should set the vcr up tonight. At 11pm Vh1 is reairing the Storytellers acoustic show with Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds. Its an awesome acousitc concert with some great songs. and to everyone wanting to go to the dmb show july 23 first, the tickets are not together. i dont even know where the 2nd seat is but it is in the pavillion not the lawn so it will be good. i dunno who'll get the seat. alot of random people must have saw my post cuz 3 people i dont even know emailed me asking if id sell it to them. dont know what thats all about but i told them no. in other news,bad news that is, norah jones show is sold out :( damn it! but i did grab a ticket to the 2nd john mayer show on the 18th. so yesterday i visited some friends back in allston. it was a good day. i guess theres a little party at some kids house there saturday night. hmmmm sounds like a plan to me! when i left allston i was pretty upset. i had so many friends and whatnot that i didnt really want to leave. however yesterday, even though i saw some friends, i realized that allston....sucks. its really boring. theres nothing to do. i mean you can go down to the watertown mall or harvard sq but if you think about it, there not even in allston. allston has nothing and i think im starting to like ashland even more :). that is all Current Mood: energetic Current Music: John Mayer (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, June 3rd, 2002
10:01 pm	Ahhhhh Summer Rules Well its officially summer time! Woo Hoo. I have decided that i'm gonna start writing in livejournal more often so yea.....today i started planning out what i want to do this summer. #1 on the lists is concerts. yup i love live music so im going to as many shows as possible. Heres the list so far; DMB 5 times, John Mayer, Norah Jones, Bela Fleck, Santana, Allman Brothers,Dispatch woo hoo thats some good shows right there. I even got another ticket to the dmb show at great woods today so now i have 2 instead of 1. #2 on the list is the trip to Montreal June 28-30. gonna be good times. anyone who wants to go has to give me a 25 dollar deposit asap. #3 find a damn job!! i need more money to do all these things. i think im gonna apply to newbury comics, sam goody, and any other music store that will hire me. i can tell its gonna be a great summer. it better be!...anyway i believe that june 15th will be the bbq at my new casa. all are welcome if the plans hold up. so yea thats all for now. ill be back soooooooooon Current Mood: bouncy Current Music: Norah Jones (5 Comments |Comment on this)