Civil Twilight: The Vinyl District First Date (and 7″ Vinyl Giveaway!)

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Nobody told us we were going on our first date.  If we had known we might have been scared.  The winged archer showed up that night, and I could tell you the exact moment he let fly.  If anything else happened it isn't worth mentioning.

What I couldn't tell you, though, is what day that date was.  Day, date, whatever.  It was the first one.  This time round, anyway.  The end.

My worst first date was probably the time I took a girl to see Death Cab For Cutie. Not only did she hate them, half their songs are either about lost love or breaking up - not exactly the most romantic evening

My first date was going incredibly. She was charming, funny and quite beautiful. She found me to be two of the above.We were walking out of our excellent dinner, and I felt incredible. This was perhaps the best date I was ever on. I was excited, and when I get excited, I talk with my hands.
I was explaining something animately, and I swung my hand wildly and hit her directly in the face- which would have been bad enough if she wasn't wearing glasses. I glasses cut the bridge of her nose and then crashed to the pavement. Whether it was the concrete or my hand, Liz's new, $300 dollars were quite broken. The arm detached from the face of the frame, which was cracked as well. Liz also has awful vision. Just a few hours earlier, she was talking about it, claiming she could only see about a foot in front of her face. I was skeptical, but the walk back to her house showed me not to doubt her. I held her hand, and guided her back to her own house. The street that she walked daily to work was completely alien to her. It was, in a strange way, romantic. When we returned, she said she had a headache. For once, that excuse worked, given the eyestrain and blunt trauma.
We saw each other many more times. Although our romantic relationship ended, we are still great friends. I attempted to pay for the glasses, but she adamantly refused. However, I secretly paid her back by putting twenties and fifties around her apartment.

She knew from the moment they spoke there was a connection. Talking till 4 in the morning, sharing intimate information. He made her feel special like nobody had before. She had found her sole mate. Only to find out he was still hung up on an old girl friend.  Having been hurt so many times before she shed a tear and let him go.  To this day she has not found another to fill that void.  How could something be so right and so wrong all at once?  She listens to "20 years ago" and sings each word as if they were her own.  Does 20 year ever really change anything?  

My first date was with my current boyfriend at the Civil Twilight show at The Record Bar in Kansas City last summer. We've been together since, and they've continued to be my favorite band. The songs never get old, and their music really speaks and makes you feel the lyrics so deeply. I would love to meet you guys one day. You guys inspire me.

Never had a date... But I wanttt ittt. D: #cries 

I met a man.  We were both in our college band.  We were friends for a few years.  My senior year we decided to go to a concert together.  That concert was my best AND worst first date, because he's the only man I ever dated.  We've been happily married for 31 years.

We met in grade 9. He was my best friend, he was all the biggest jerk in the school. I have no clue why I liked him so much. There was something about the way he hugged me and teased me that kept me crushing on him. He asked me out probably a hundred times when we were friends. I never said yes, I never took him seriously. One day I said yes, and boy do I regret it. He took me to see a comedy movie with many awkward sexual references. Worst part? He brought his friends, his other female friends as a surprise. Oh wait, it gets better. He didn't kiss me or anything on the first date, and tried to explain to me how if I had bigger boobs, he'd love me more. Charming... I can proudly say that we are no longer friends and I broke up with him at the end of the date. Worst. date. ever. 

I love Civil Twilight and I want to say that Letters from the sky and Teardrop are my favourite songs but I love all the songs they ever did. Letters from the sky was the first civil twilight song I heard though and it is first on my "top played" playlist.  A signed copy would be AMAZING because Civil twilight is my number one favourite band. :)

My best first date was also the only fist date I've ever had. Let me explain...
 When I was 16, my friend told me to meet this awsome guy at her school. We talked a little on MySpace and then we went to the movies. We went to see "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and it was so bad! But my friend was right, he really was awsome! We talked about whatever 16 year olds talk...and we kissed. :) We're together ever since and October 8th will be our 5 years anniversary! We love Civil Twilight, especially Letters from the Sky :) Please make us that gift!

I bartend at a local brewery in here in town and I have a good friendship with my regulars. One day two of my regulars, John and Jane (obviously not their real names) come into the bar. Jane starts to quiz me on my personal life; how old I am, am I single, etc. After a few minutes of this Jane says that she would like to set me up on a date with someone she knows. Since I'm pretty straightforward with this couple I ask the simple question, "Is she easy?" not realizing that Jane is trying set me up with John's daughter from another marriage. Needless to say, we never had that date.

As a hairstylist for many years, clients tended to be flirtatious and a few braved asking me out... typically I turned down all date requests because it seemed in poor taste to date a client, however I gave in once (ok, twice-but that's another disastrous story) and accepted the invitation. 

We decided on a place for dinner where I would be picked up and dropped at home-don't ever tell customers where you live, ever!-what was I thinking?! Anyway, we'd been friendly for a while as I'd been his regular stylist for nearly a year and we'd chatted about some things that were probably inappropriate, but it seems everyone confesses their sins and life stories while sitting in my chair, it just happens... 

So we went to a nice restaurant, not cheap-but not overwhelmingly expensive-and wore our best date outfits and made small talk. He ordered me a glass of wine and then another as we waited for our meal, he started planning a vacation for us, a real vacation, a 7 day cruise and was upset to find out I'd already been on a cruise w/ my best friend-visually upset! I laughed it off (tried to) and said well it seems a bit early for planning. Then there was talk of visiting family in Virgina and how we'd be great on a vacation together-I ordered another drink! With a slight buzz I was then questioned incessantly about my ex of which I'd recently left -I mean very personal questions and every time I tried to calmly pass over a question it was repeated. Then with a firm tone in my wine induced state, I let him know that we would NOT be discussing my ex any further! After that he refrained slightly, but all I wanted was to get home and dammit, he'd have to drive me there...we pulled into my drive and I basically bolted, saying thanks. Later the next week I peeked out of a window to see his truck in the apartment complex parking lot... 

He was brave enough to return to my chair (after trying a different salon and disliking his cut) and pretended as though the date never happened-I was fine with that-and we maintained a professional only relationship after that. 

Moral of the story: You will scare the begeezus out of a girl if you plan vacations and family meet n greets on the First date!! Don't do that!