You've waited all year and it's finally here....

I'll tell you a little story about how I came to be a Richmonder. It's a simple story about Fun. The type of fun you rarely find anywhere in VA. The type of Fun that makes you feel kinship with a city. I'm talking people, about the type of fun that gives James Madison University and all the date rape house parties the big F-you. The type of fun that tells your parents I don't want your support I do what I want! The type of fun that turns a 20 year old girl into a party-mongering, beer bonging, pit encouraging, drunk off the flask in your pocket, wild child. The type of fun that makes you forget your roots and claim although PBR tastes like carbonated water it is the bourbon of beers and you'll never look back! I'm talking about a catalyst - a single event that makes you forget your roots and assimilate into a community of people that take fun as seriously as you do.
If you didn't know today marks the start of an event that changed my life. BEST FRIENDS DAY The kick off event is tonight at PLAZA BOWL (it's just over the river in the plaza that intersects Broad rock (which is Monument ave) and Hull street (which is just off of COWARDIN, which is the street that BELVIDERE turns into on the opposite side of the river). The party starts at 7pm and will be OUTRAGEOUS so make sure you get there on-time or even a little early so capacity issues don't keep you out of the party.
The list of acts is as follows:
Young Widows Loud-Powerful with underlying hardcore tendencies.
Ultra Dolphins A band that gets you as close to a basement/house show as you can get without actually being in a basement/house.
Psyched to Die 'FUN' hardcore (seems to be the theme of the post).
Future Virgins This is a get down stay down band, but Jesus man, GET UP it's BEST FRIENDS DAY!
The Measure Get ready for some male and female dueling vocals strewn atop some punk rock guitar/drums/bass.
Friendly Fire So apparently people have been comparing this Richmond band to Jawbreaker...um hell yeah...I LOVE Jawbreaker!

So come out tonight, pick up the new issue of RVA magazine, and plan your BFD weekend accordingly. I'll be there every step of the way!