It was a wild Wednesday at Town Ballroom when Tyler, The Creator from Los Angeles based crew Odd Future came through the 716. I had a hunch that the crowd was going to be just as rowdy as when they visited in September for the Camp Flog Gnaw tour; after immediately reaching the top of the walk-way into the venue and seeing the entire floor and tiers filled with people I found my intuition was spot on once again.

Thursday morning, I woke up with sore abs, arms and legs. OF member Taco opened the show with an incredible trap song which I actually tweeted at him, hopeful he'd share. I won't hold my breath. The moment Taco went on it was like a hand reached into shallow water and hundreds of minnows suddenly gathered in a clump and darted to a rock. Tyler finally came on the stage that was adorned with statues of baby-doll heads.

For the remainder of Tyler's set, it was utter madness. People were diving over the gate, hopping on stage only to stand next to Tyler for less than 10 seconds before the strong hand of security removed them. The amount of moshing was out of control. Mind you, I am 5' 2'' and less than 115 lbs. For the entire night, I was being tossed around, hitting people like the metallic ball in a Pinball game. There's something beautifully violent about that show; everyone releases their inner-animal. Besides my light-weight and short stature, I would use all my strength to push people off of me, laughing and screaming the words along with Tyler. No wonder trying to put my coat on the past couple of days has been a struggle. My friend was moshed away from me and we didn't reunite until the very end of the show. While separated from her, I stood on the right hand side of the stage in front of the speaker when out of nowhere, a fight broke out. After the man got about four hard punches in and I had already scooted as far away from it as I could (less than a foot) so not to be dragged in, security came over and dragged them out. Serious big ups to the security and bouncers at Town Ballroom for not being dicks and keeping that place semi-contained.

I wish I could tell you more, but honestly it was so insane I was afraid that my phone would get knocked from my hands the minute I took it out so I didn't get to jot down notes as per usual. His set was fantastic. Jasper and Taco were the only other two on stage with him. At one point, Tyler jumped and stood on top of the tall speaker on the right hand side of the stage, he hovered over the crowd and everyone went ballistic.

I did manage to get a nice video for you all so if you're at home kicking yourself that you didn't go, you can abuse yourself a little more and watch this. It's a little shaky and not at the ideal height; just think of it as seeing the world through my eyes for 32 seconds.