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 May 08, 2002 - 12:20 AM | chris
It is storming out, so

It is storming out, so I will make this quick.

Last night I had the privilege of attending a concert performance featuring the fine musicians in Jimmy Eat World and Green Day, and the sophomoric hijinks and occasional guitar playing of Blink 182. It was quite a lineup, and Jimmy Eat World opened with a run-through of most of their newest album (originally called "Bleed American", renamed after 9/11 by some random idiots "Jimmy Eat World") which was reasonably well received by the crowd, consisting mostly of high schoolers.

Green Day followed, which was a considerable surprise since they are by far the oldest and most established of the three bands. I can't say enough about their set, which blew me away. Green Day was the first "punk" that I ever listened to, back when I was a misguided 8th grader listening to Bon Jovi and Tom "Life is a Highway" Cochrane because I didn't know any better. They've had their shares of ups and downs since their breakout album Dookie, but this show was a blistering set of their hits that seemed to make everybody happy.

Closing out the night was Blink 182, who most of the crowd seemed to be there to see. I say this because there were an inordinate number of teenage girls with "Blink 182" written on their bodies in magic marker and undersexed boys hitting on said girls. During a particularly slow moment of Jimmy Eat World, two of these guys who were standing behind us starting screaming "hey hot girl" to a girl standing next to me. When she did not respond (presumably because her name is not actually "hot girl"), the guys took matters into their own hands and came down to harass her more closely. They introduced themselves, and she seemed rather underwhelmed at meeting these two smooth-talkers. I say this because she turned around and basically ignored them for the rest of the show. But back to Blink, who don't really deserve much more coverage than this. Their antics got old very quickly, and it seemed like they played much more of their stupid half-minute profanity-laden jingles than their real songs. The crowd didn't seem to mind, though, as they were moshing throughout the whole thing, even during Adam's Song which is a slower number about the teen suicide problem. If that isn't a mosh-worthy topic I don't know what is.

Despite this, a good time was had by all. My friends are starting to disperse for the summer so it's getting less and less populous on campus. My parents are also in town to help me move, so it's been a hectic and chaotic couple of days. The apartment is starting to shape up nicely though.