How we survive is what makes us who we are....

I just want to start off saying that I'm writting a book. About all things overrated. And why they are. It's title? The Scene is Overrated. That's all I'm going to share about this. You know, top secret project.

Hah.

I can tell you one thing that isn't overrated, though. Motion fucking City Soundtrack! That's right, kids. If you get the chance, go check them out. Live. Do it. Warped. Go.

Okay.... Show started after about an hour delay. With a band called The Matches. The type of band that you can't sit still through. You have to dance to. And this band was so full of energy. There was not one dull moment. They were all over the stage. They were a great first band. They got the energy going. I really enjoyed them.  They did slow it down with one song that was complete with humming. About halfway through their set they mentioned writting a song with Tim Armstrong and quite honestly.... If I didn't like them before I heard that, they would have gotten my approval just for that. I mean, Tim Armstrong is like a god to me....And if he thinks they are good enough to work with.... But anyway.... Back to the music, baby.... I bought their cd. And I was kind of dissapointed. Because they had so much energy and it was such instant smile music, live..... On CD.... It's good, don't get more wrong, but I guess it's hard to capture all that on CD. Go see this band live.


Next, was Men, Women, and Children. It was hard for me to get a feel for this band, because they only played two songs. We learn here that the delay was due to this band being pulled over by the cops on the way to campus. They were also full of energy. But a little odd. And from the two songs, I was unable to decide if it was good weird or bad weird.

The Format came up next to slow things down a bit. The singer reminded me a lot of Adam Lazzara. Until he sings. They were really good, though. They got people dancing. And singing along. They had an acoustic guitar player. This made me smile a lot. What can I say? I'm a total sucker for a band with an acoustic guitar. But they weren't all Dashboardish. They threw in the acoustic with the electric. There were moments where everyone was dancing and other moments where it was totally calm. And they did it well. I really, really enjoyed this band as well.


Now onto Motion City Soundtrack. At once point between The Format and Motion City kids broke into a mosh pit without music. Ha. They open with "Attractive Today." Which is one of my favorites, so instant total rock out mode. There whole set was amazing. It's hard to pick out one moment, one song that was the best. Everything just rocked. There was never a dull moment. Truly. Justin kept the crowd fully entertained every moment. In between songs, he talked about whatever randomly popped into his head. At one point he fired the kid taking pictures. Quote of the night: "I think inside we are all just fat, white kids with dred locks." They played "Make Out Kids" and "Time Turned Fragile" together. So, the night was complete with a total sad moment, when I thought about him and how those two songs remind me of him..... But like I said earlier.... Back to the music, baby.... Of course they played "My Favorite Accident" and "Everything is Alright" and the whole place completely broke out. Kids all jumping at once. "Modern Chemistry" was great as well. I'm really happy that they played this song, because.... In the movie of my life, this song would play at the credits. They "ended" with "Hold Me Down." One of the only slow songs they played. The other being "Autographs and Apologies." Then they came back out with "Together We'll Ring In The New Year" and "The Future Freaks Me Out." I was happy to hear them come back out with "The Future Freaks Me Out" because for a moment I was a dissapointed. I was dissapointed that they didn't play "Hangman," though. But hey, if I had it my way.... They would have played every single song on the CDs. And I honestly wouldn't have minded one bit.

I wonder how Justin keeps his hair standing up like that. And Jesse fucking rocks the fuck out on the keyboards. This kid was crazy. He was all over the place with his keyboards. It seriously was a good time to watch him. Oh, and uhm.... Random moment... I noticed he's got a green star on one of his arms. And that's like plus 5 cool points, because I've got 4 green stars on my wrist.

Expect pictures sometime later on. After I get my camera developed. Yes, developed. Sorry, but I'm far too paranoid about dropping my digital and it getting stepped on to ever take my digital to a show.

Oh, note to any girl who goes to shows.... If you can, fucking put your hair up. Only annoying moment of the night.... The two girls in front of me with their hair down.... No one likes a mouth full of sweaty hair, kids.