One-Eyed Doll

My name is Justin. I am 25 years old, and I love rock and roll, but have been fairly jaded the last few years due to the rise of very "emo" music. I am sure you know what I mean. One of the greatest examples is "I hate my life" by Theory of a Deadman. This kind of music makes me want to retch and then burn the world in cleansing fire. So for the last two years, my radio has almost exclusively set to country. Anyways, here's my Doll story and how my "One Eye" got opened.

I live in Atlanta, Ga and I bought my 4 day pass to DragonCon. Honestly, it's a big gathering of dorks, dweebs, and geeks, and I am proud to call myself one of them. Fast-forward to me looking at the various musical acts. I notice Voltaire will be playing, and also a band I had heard a small mention about, named ArcAttack. They play music using 2 Tesla Coils. Well, I lost my flyer, and so I came back to the ad/merch booth to find out when and where ArcAttack was playing. The table was scattered with various items from two bands. ArcAttack, and some band that I'd never heard of named One Eyed Doll. Behind said table, sat this unassuming, beautiful long haired brunette who spoke with a child's innocence and smiled with her whole heart. I asked her kindly to let me know when AA was playing, and she was almost giddy while writing down the info. I'll never forget this next part. She hands me the information, and says, "Well, the Mad Scientist's Ball starts at 10, and my band will be opening up for only like 20 minutes, before Attack comes on."

Now mind you, this wasn't a plug. This woman just told how her band will be playing, but it was nothing. I ended up talking to her about her band, and getting a poster from her. She let me and another convention participant sit with her, and talk like normal people. Once it hit a certain time, her lovely face was creased with worry. "Where, are my guys at? I need to get all this stuff to the showroom." She wondered.

She then looked at me and Muppet, and asked if we would mind helping her carry the merch and other items to the show. We both were gentleman and acquiesced with a smile. She thanked us by giving us awesome OED work shirts. Even with injured feet, I carried a 75 pound box up 3 flights of stairs and across a busy Atlanta road to get to where the show was. Honestly, I would do it again and again. Kimberly is just so sweet and genuine, that you want to make her smile.

Fast-forward again to the show. Kim gets her makeup done at the very last minute due to timing, Number 3 doesn't have the time. They are introduced, and since they opened for AA, there was a half-circle of chairs in front of the stage blocking us fans from being too close to the Coils. First song Kim played, she dedicated to all the convention crazies. :) It was called Committed. This was the first time, I have experienced such incredible joy and admiration for someone who screams for a living. She was having fun, and you could tell. She did backbends, axe-kicks, and played while standing on the ring of chairs, supported by the crowd. On her way back tot he stage, she must have kicked a light over, and of course the chairs were in a disarray.

In her cute little baby-girl voice she says "Oops! I broke the barrier between you all and me...what ever shall we do? I want you to take one giant step forward, and sit down, grab a blanket, because it's story time." She uses this as an opener for Monster, and again she blows my mind. Unfortunately she only got to play 4 songs. I spent the next few hours lingering by her merch booth, helping out, and trying to drum up an encore performance for her. She made me her Atlanta Street Team. Interacting with her and Number 3 was more fulfilling than watching the electricity sing. I had fallen head over heels. I probably spent like 460-$80 on merch from OED. Finally at 2am, my efforts prove true, and the crowd (who had cycled due to capacity limits) was treated to the Face-melting orchestra of OED one more time. And I loved every minute of it. I even got spit on, and like dollparts, got to wear one of the amazing hats.

Thank you Kimberly, for being such a wonderful person. I wish you lived closer, so I could go to more of your shows. You have a fan for life.

~~~Justin