Valencia 8/3/11 on Flickr.
dude with the beard. you are ruining my valencia vibe. it’s just not the same without jd and his muscular thighs squeezed into skinny jeans.
I actually thought shows without JD were going to be super awkward.JD is one of my favorite people to grace this earth but surprisingly Trevor is a great fill in for the time being. He needs to learn Spinning Out, Pieces and old jams but the kids alright. If you have yet to see this new Valencia line up I suggest you get to it. Yeah he’s not JD but they’re still the same Valencia and I really didn’t notice much of a difference. ~gayforvalencia~
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Today we are extremely stoked to be exclusively premiering Valencia’s brand new music video for “Losing Sleep.” The track was released off of the band’s fantastic record, Dancing With A Ghost, which was released in 2010 via the kind people at I Surrender Records. Check out and enjoy the music video below by clicking “Read More!”
The video is also available oniTunes!
ugggggggggggggggh this video. i love this video almost as much as i love this band. ijustwanttoseethemrightthissecondihatemylife.
Wednesday will mark 5 years that this band has been in my life. It’s honestly something that is hitting me pretty hard. A band is a band; they make music-they play shows, you like their music-you go to their shows. It’s an ongoing thing for people who are passionate about music. I’m not going to sit here and plea for everyone to agree with me that this situation is different. I’m no better than anyone else that goes to a show, I love the music just as much as someone who only gets to go to one show every tour or so. But I have been blessed with amazing friends that love this band as much as I do. Friends that have let this band take over their life and control their bank accounts.
It’s funny, the first time I saw them I really didn’t care too much about them. Actually, that first show I went to I was in a terrible mood because of a girl we went with so it led me to have an attitude with George who kept trying to sell me a cd that night. Somehow that weekend started my love. It’s really funny. The first 2 nights I wasn’t really feeling it, mostly because George kept spitting in my eye and harassing us. But somehow things turned around and they became a band that Chrissy and I wanted to see every chance we got. There’s a lot of things I could say about that first year of us seeing them, but I’m not here to “~sweetbrag~” because I know that’s how people would take it.
I guess all I really want to say is that April 2006 feels like just last year. It’s unreal that within the last 5 years I have see Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina and New Jersey because of them. I have met Madison, Allison, Kris, Lenny, Rianna, Kristina, Colleen, Diane, Heather and others because of this band. I have so much to thank this band for. I have so many of the best memories made because of this band. But most importantly, I have so many nights that can never be taken away from me.
I get upset because this band isn’t selling out arenas or at the top of the charts. I know they deserve it, they’re one of the hardest working group of people that I know. I’m starting to become okay with it though. They know how much their fans respect them and how much they mean to all of us. The best feeling in the world is knowing that a band cares as much about their fanbase as the fans care about them. Without this band my life would be dull. Without this last 5 years I wouldn’t have had the experiences I did, the memories I still laugh at and the tears that I remember all too well. Without this band I wouldn’t be me. I have punchline to thank for giving me this band that has had such a huge impact on my life. I seriously don’t know what I’d do without each person that band as brought me or the songs that have gotten me through days where I hated the world.
I really never thought it would turn out like this. Spending countless hours in a car just for these kids. I never thought I’d get this attached. I wish I could go back and warn my 14 year old self that “there’s going to be times that this band does shows that you need to be at so you need to save your money”. I just thought they’d be some band I saw every time they came to Cleveland, not every time they came within a 6+ hour radius of me. I never thought I’d meet people that understood my feelings without them being spoken. I never thought I’d have so many feelings for them. I never thought we’d be spending our 5 year anniversary together, either. But that just worked out perfectly. ;)
Here’s to more memories, laughs, tears and friendships.
