Pretty Lights Round 2!
Written by Lade Akande
The Knollfest crew had SUCH an awesome time with Pretty Lights after their Sunday night show in Bloomington, IN that we decided to accept the invitation to see their show a couple of days later at Headliners Music Hall in Louisville Kentucky. Even though it was a Tuesday night, we just knew we couldn’t miss this particular show. The first time Knollfest saw Pretty Lights perform was at the Forecastle Festival after party on the Belle over Louisville boat on the Ohio River. After reminiscing about the boat show with Cory and Derek, it still remains to have been the HOTTEST show of the summer. If people didn’t know about Pretty Lights before that show…they sure as hell did afterwards! The show Tuesday night was quite the experience as we got to see the full production with the “pretty lights” and the LED screen that could not be supported a few days prior in Bloomington, Indiana. We raged out all night in the front row and by the end of the show, the entire crowd was covered in sweat from the raging dance party.
Pretty Lights @ Forecastle Music Festival 2009
The After Party
We had the pleasure of partying with Pretty Lights once again after their show had ended and it truly is amazing that these guys are performing almost every single night and not skipping one beat! One of my favorite characteristics about this band is their desire to interact with their fans after the show, whether it is on their tour bus, at the official after party sites or even showing up at random house parties for the after-after party! These guys are always down to clown and are definitely taking full advantage of their experience touring across the States.
It’s a Small World
There was one particular incident that took place after the show that was really encouraging to both the band and to me. We had missed our first cab after the show that was going to take us to the official after party for Pretty Lights. When the next cab pulled up we all got in and started heading to the show. The cab driver was a middle-aged lady who had her 20 year old son riding alongside her in the front seat. Her name was London (Miss London) and she immediately starting asking questions about the night’s show. After asking where the band was from, Cory responded with “Ft. Collins Colorado” and Miss London quickly replied “Well then, you must know my nephew.” Of course, none of us really believed that this could be possible, but Cory went ahead and accepted the challenge by answering “Who?” To our surprise, Miss London informed us that her nephew’s name was Brandon…who indeed used to be in the group “Listen” with Cory and Derek way back in the day. Cory absolutely could not believe what he was hearing so Miss London went ahead and pulled out a picture of her nephew Brandon and sure enough…it was him!
You hear it all the time, but it truly is a small world. I say that this experience was encouraging to me because when good people begin to meet other good people both directly and indirectly, we just continue to connect and spread good vibes wherever we go. Out of all of the cabs in Louisville, Miss London was sent to take care of all of us that night. It was truly meant to be and you couldn’t help but feel that you were exactly where you were supposed to be in that particular moment of time. Again, very encouraging!
Family
The after party was a blast as the group “Bitch Please” continued to keep the crowd dancing until 4am. As soon as the show was over, Miss London was already at the door waiting for us and making sure that we were all going to get where we needed to go safely.
A HUGE thank you to Miss London, Cory, Derek, Mikey (Thunder), and everyone else who showed Knollfest a wonderful time during their stay here in the Midwest. I hope it’s not too long before we can bring these guys to Indy and show them the same hospitality that they have shown us. Pretty Lights…you are now officially apart of the Knollfest/Indianapolis family!