5 snacks I enjoy:
1. Doritos
2. Hot Cheetos
3. Movie Popcorn
4. Real English Butter Scones
5. Tuxedo at Java City

5 artists that I know the lyrics of most of their songs:
1. Big City Rock
2. Straylight Run
3. Rilo Kiley
4. Maroon 5
5. Eisley

5 things I’d do with $100 million:
1. Do my parents a favor and pay off my college tuition myself
2. Travel around the world
3. Take over Geffen Records doing the artists a favor
4. Give money to only my mom because I owe it to her and because I know my dad would spend it carelessly.
5. Put on a 5 to 10-city music festival tour

5 locations I’d like to run away to:
1. London
2. Edinburgh or Glasgow
3. Italy
4. Greece
5. Spain

5 things I like doing:
1. Being a pirate
2. Going to shows
3. Watching movies
4. Traveling
5. Watching Lost

5 things I would never wear:
1. Granny panties
2. Anything my grandma would wear at her age
3. Booty shorts
4.
5.

5 TV shows I like:
1. Lost
2. Laguna Beach
3. Chappelle's Show
4. Gilmore Girls
5. Nip/Tuck

5 movies I like:
1. Life As A House
2. The Chumscrubber
3. I Heart Huckabees
4. AI
5. Chocolat

5 famous people I’d like to meet:
1. Bono
2. Conor Oberst
3. Jason Schwartzman
4. Johnny Depp
5. Pete Wentz even though I already did, but actually have a full non-pointless conversation

5 favorite toys:
1. iPod
2. Mario Kart
3. Gameboards
4. Star Wars video games (from my Big Bro)
5. My tea set

5 People I want to do this
1. You

Finally... I Hope

Kate & Orlando at the Beyond The Sea Premiere

I have one comment to make about this article. I do not believe that Orlando met Kate while filming his ad for Gap because he filmed it with the other Kate, the good Kate, Kate Beckinsale. Even though I'm through with my teenybopper days and Orlando Bloom, I still don't like Kate.

From The Sun Online:

Lord of the ring

SORRY, girls, but it’s my sad duty to report that movie heart-throb ORLANDO BLOOM has been snared.

My spies spotted The Lord Of The Rings star and his glamorous actress lover KATE BOSWORTH checking out engagement rings in London’s upmarket New Bond Street on Friday.

There is little doubt he has finally popped the question.

Orlando, heroic elf Legolas in the blockbuster hobbit trilogy, and Kate spent ages in two of the most exclusive shops in the world, Bulgari and Van Cleef & Arpels.

Kate eventually set her heart on a £60,000 diamond sparkler.

My spy told me: “They were picking out engagement rings and she was trying them on.

“They popped into lots of the flash jewellers on New Bond Street. But they were in Bulgari and Van Cleef & Arpels for the longest period.

They had huge smiles on their faces and were kissing and cuddling. It looks like Kate is about to be Mrs Bloom.”

Orlando — a devout Buddhist — and American Kate met three years ago while filming an ad for Gap clothing.

But their blossoming careers have put huge stress on the relationship — and they have regularly split up and got back together.

Brit Orlando has spent long periods in the Bahamas this year shooting the two sequels to Pirates Of The Caribbean.

And Kate, who lives in LA, has been in Sydney, Australia, shooting the movie Superman Returns. She plays Lois Lane.

Orlando was snapped hanging out with SIENNA MILLER at a polo event in Windsor over the summer.

He has also been romantically linked to Spider-Man actress KIRSTEN DUNST.

But Orlando and Kate have been an item again for a few months — and made a rare joint public appearance last week at a special screening of hit movie Annie Hall in London.

Superman Returns and Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest will be summer blockbusters. But the biggest event of the year looks set to be their wedd

Thomas Sangster & Hugh Grant

... are cousins? Thomas is one of the cutest little, ok so he may not be THAT little anymore, boys ever. He's only 3 years younger than me and 4 for others ahem.

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

I feel so bad for Laguna. It's true, it will never be the same. When people think if Laguna Beach, they think of the MTV show Laguna Beach. I admit I like watching the show, but I'm not one of those people who would travel there just to take a peak at the high school or even move there to try to be on camera.

It's enough that people are having themed parties like on Laguna Beach, for instance Black and White parties. I know someone who traveled with a group of friends to Laguna Beach just because some of them were obsessed with the show and they wanted to see the high school. It's stupid and shows how people do not have any lives. Do people want their kids to be famous? Or do they want money because money equals power in this corrupted society? People can be so greedy nowadays.

From Oh No They Didn't!:

Laguna Beach residents plan to disrupt shooting, boycott show-supporting businesses

After two seasons of Laguna Beach, some residents of the community have had enough. As production on the third season begins, “[t]hey plan to boycott businesses that allow filming, petition the council to condemn the show and encourage individuals to disrupt shooting,” according to the Telegraph.

Among other things, families are reportedly moving to Laguna or renting houses in order to ensure that their kids can attend the high school and maybe appear on TV, and some teenagers are reportedly “undergoing plastic surgery to increase their chances of being cast.”

Resident Howard Hills says, “There is a groundswell of community opposition. Initially people were star struck — parents and kids. But now they are beginning to realise this is not what Laguna Beach is about. Our town and our kids are better than that.”

“That,” according to Derek Ostensen, “is exploitative, sensationalist and all about titillation” from “sexy, dizzy blondes and lascivious young men.” Ostensen, who the paper says “tries to step in front of the cameras whenever he sees crews filming,” maintains that this is not representative of the community. “Laguna has historically stood for noble principles such as art, education, the environment and community togetherness. The only principle MTV stands for is exploiting youth for profit,” he said.

OMG O-TOWN!!!

HELLL NOOOOO...

WTF? http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=42190746

I admit, I was an O-Town fan. Back when I was an NSYNC, Britney Spears fan yeah.

Don't Deny It

You have some sort of attraction to Erlend Oye of KoC.

Leaning Against The Wall (Bamboo Soul Remix)

...

Butch Walker - Promise
Eisley - The Winter Song
Goldfrapp - Train

...

Blast from the past. I have the cassette tape somewhere in my house. Ahhhh memories:

All-4-One - I Swear

Elizabeth Hurley as Bellatrix Lestrange

This will be very interesting.

From ONTD!:

http://www.supload.com/free/FullarticleLizHurley-753484.jpg/view/

Oh So Adorable

Sherri & Chad (Source: Eisley.com)

They are sooo cute together! I didn't even realize they were together at all. I heart Eisley. I regret not paying 25 bucks to see Switchfoot now.

From United Press International:

New Found Glory and Eisley to merge

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert has gotten engaged to Eisley lead singer Sherri Dupree, it was reported Tuesday.

Gilbert told MTV News he popped the question at Friday's premiere of "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.

"I did it in the lobby of the theater in front of the wardrobe," Gilbert said via e-mail. "All the employees and people around were clapping. It was super funny. I was really nervous and could barely get the words out, which made the situation even funnier."

The couple met earlier this year during New Found Glory's Back to Basics Tour, MTV said.

Gilbert said talk of a wedding date will wait until the couple finish tours to back up albums their bands have coming out next year.

...

Sherri's Blog on Eisley.com:
http://www.eisley.com/journals/sherri/

I Like Cheese

Movies, movies, movies:

Confetti
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/confetti/

Curious George
http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/curious_george/

Don't You Ever Want to Be Just Friends?

Amy Smart & Ryan Reynolds in Just Friends

Just Friends with Ryan Reynolds and Amy Smart is a pretty hilarious comedy. It's not as good as it is hyped up to be, but it has it's moments and it's a cute film, yes, cute. From the moment Ryan sings All-4-One's "I Swear" to the many slapfights he and his brother Chris has. Ryan is hilarious. How long did it take him to keep a straight face when singing "I Swear"? That was indeed the highlight of the movie. What is also great is that Chris Marquette is in the film because I loved him in The Girl Next Door as Eli. Klitz was another one of my favorite characters from TGND. I thought Ryan was adorable in a fat suit. And then he got hot.

You're My Favorite Moment

Goldfrapp's Supernature

I think I'm in love. Sometimes I wish I discovered an artist earlier and Goldfrapp is one of them. Their album Supernature was released this year. "Number 1" is my number 1 song at the moment. The vocals are dreamy and so are the songs. It's a very mature album. It's got synthetic-pop all over it. It's one of my favorite albums of the year and it's rare that I would say that about albums usually too.

Clap Hands!!!

Beck's Guerolito

Beck released a remix album today of his previous release, well, Guero. There are some remix albums that I prefer over the original, but unfortunatly this one isn't. I love Beck and his music always interests me, but I wasn't as excited when I first heard this album as when I first heard Guero. The highlight of this album for me was the track "Girl". The piano parts are perfect and so is the drumming. The album has this hip-hop feel to it, which kind of brings back memories from the past for me growing up on hip-hop. I believe the remixes could've been better.

Poor Celine

The Americas in Sacramento, CA (Photographer: David)

Since when was there a Velvet Teen member in The Americas? I thought there wasn't. Someone lied. Well, no wonder he looked familiar:

As posted on AbsolutePunk.net:

Trevor Playing With The Americas

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Below is an e-mail I received from Trevor of Number One Gun, updating you all on the band's latest happenings (or lack of). Check it out!

Here's What Trevor Is Up To

I just wanted to keep you and everyone else up to date with what we are currently doing. We still are Number One Gun, we're just not doing anything at the moment, so we have found other things to occupy our time.

I am currently playing with The Americas, who have been a two piece for years and features Casey of The Velvet Teen. All Three of us, and Chris of NOG, live together so they figured why not have Trevor play bass with us, so I am. They have some songs up at www.myspace.com/theamericas

Chris is currently writing his own songs, people can listen to them at www.myspace.com/surrogateparty, I think they're great.

Also, Ben who used to play guitar with us, Celebrate Mistakes era, has a new band who I feel are amazing, called Cabrini Green. Www.myspace.com/cabrinigreen.

Let's Get Fucked Up & Die!... Maybe Not

AbsolutePunk.net:

Dates for the Motion City Soundtrack headlining tour will be announced Monday morning on the band's website. A pre-sale will start at 5:00PM the same day. Tour starts in mid-February and runs through early April.

HELLO! GOODBYE!

So Hellogoodbye won an MTV contest. On AbsolutePunk.net:

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"Hellogoodbye has won MTV2's Dew Circuit Breakout contest. The prizes include: new Gibson gear, $10,000 cash, a week of play on MTV2, meetings with top label executives, and an opening spot on a major US tour."

I'm really happy for them. I had the chance to see them back in July for the first time and their live performance was really fun. It was getting late and I was planning on heading home after two songs during Hellogoodbye's set, but I decided to stick around because I couldn't get enough of their energy. The crowd was so into the music and everyone was dancing. It was the most fun I had at a show. They're just a really fun band.

Panic! at the Disco on Carson Daly in January. Love them live.

Where's The Library?

Fuck yeah!

Mellowdrone Tour West Coast
by Staff | 12.06.2005

In preparation for their 2006 full length debut Box on Columbia/Red Ink, LA's one-man vision (songwriter Jonathan Bates) turned three-piece band Mellowdrone will be running up and down the west coast playing with Marjorie Fair this December.

The band will be playing a hometown show to start things off at Spaceland in Silver Lake with labelmates The Lashes.

Check out all the tour info here:

Mellowdrone West Coast Tour

December
9 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland w/ The Lashes
15 - San Juan Capistrano, CA - Coach House
16 - Sacramento, CA - The Library
20 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
22 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent

Coachella : The Film

Theatres? Hm.

From Filter:

Coachella The Film Released Next Year
by Staff | 12.06.2005

All the years of sunburns, hanging out longingly by the coveted VIP tent, one too many trips to the beer garden and watching amazing live sets, we've earned it. The powers that be are releasing Coachella--a film featuring performances from the last six years of America’s most critically acclaimed music festival.

Some performance highlights include show-stoppers from The Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, The Crystal Method, Iggy & The Stooges, Morrissey, Oasis, The Pixies, The Polyphonic Spree, Radiohead and The White Stripes. The film also features appearances from Beck, Josh Homme, Mos Def and Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell. The film will debut in theatres in late January 2006 and was directed by Drew Thomas.

Apple Turnovers

From WWTTD.com:

Gwyneth Paltrow has once again taken a shot at the United States while talking about the resolve of the British people after the terrorist attack in London on July, 7. Paltrow, who lives in London, says she was amazed by the locals' courage in the face of adversity after the coordinated attacks on the London subways.

"I find the English amazing how they got over 7/7. There were no multiple memorials with people sobbing as they would have been in America. There, they are constantly scaring people but at the same time, people think nothing of going to see a therapist."

Alright, listen you condescending bitch, first of all, you're an idiot. Second of all, you're an idiot. Thirdly, you're wrong. There were plenty of memorials for the 52 people murdered on 7/7. Not as many as there were in America for the 2986 people murdered on 9/11, but there was a pretty good reason why. Can you guess what it is? I just gave you a hint! And while you're furrowing your giant brow in a clumsy effort to think, maybe you can also recall your beloved England when Princess Diana was killed. Those pictures in your head are called "memories" and they're going to reveal images of multiple memorials with people sobbing. Maybe it'll also dawn on you that you named your damn kid Apple. Sure, 'Apple' is shorter than 'Please Yank My Shorts Over My Head And Beat Me Till I Pee On Myself', but it was pretty much the same thing.

I completely agree with this article. I mean sure some of the time the negative things people say about America I agree with, but when it's something like this then it is stupid. I love Coldplay and I think their baby is adorable, but Gwyneth Paltrow needs to shut up about Americans' reaction towards 9/11 versus England's reaction towards 7/7. It's a stupid reason. There were so many lives lost in 9/11. Two giant buildings freaking collapsed and killed so many lives. I'm not saying that 7/7 was unimportant. Hey, I love London and I would love to live there one day. It was important, but it's the fact that Gwyneth would say such a thing is so hypocritical in a way. At least Johnny Depp apologized for what he said. So Gwyneth is ashamed of being an American? Except I don't even know if she still considers herself American.

All I Want For Christmas...

I just bought my Starting Line ticket through the pre-sale. It's a relief. I would've saved the shipping fee by placing it on will call, but I figured hm... what if I decide to sell it?

What I Want:

Kicking Television: Live in Chicago [LIVE] ~ Wilco

A Fever You Can't Sweat Out ~ Panic! At the Disco

Currently Playing on My iTunes:

1. Say Anything (Else) - Cartel (Chroma)
2. We Are The Sleepyheads - Belle & Sebastian
3. Swimmers - Broken Social Scene (Broken Social Scene)
4. Happy - Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins
5. Shine A Light - Wolf Parade (Apologies to the Queen Mary)
6. Number 1 - Goldfrapp (Supernature)
7. Dark Blue - Jack's Mannequin (Everything In Transit)
8. Road To Joy - Bright Eyes (Motion Sickness)
9. You Love To Sing - Copeland (In Motion)
10. Dare - Gorillaz (Demon Days)
11. Breathe In - Frou Frou (Details)

TSL

This pretty much made my day.

Friday 3/24/06

w/Copeland, Gatsbys American Dream $20 advance

... at The Boardwalk in Orangevale, CA.

X3

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/x3/

I love X-Men movies. Okay, I don't love them, but I'm excited to see it.

China vs. Japan

Comments by me are made in red.

Memoirs of a Buzz
Saturday December 03, 2005 9:00PM PT

Ziyi Zhang

An American writes a novel set in 1930s and '40s Kyoto, based on the accounts of a true-life geisha. The geisha later sues the novelist, but the book tops bestseller lists in the U.S. and even makes an appearance on The Sopranos. A bunch of bigwig Hollywood producers get interested and cast three prominent actresses in the movie version of the tale. But the actresses aren't Japanese; they're ethnically Chinese. I'm glad someone noticed that. Once I heard Zhang Ziyi was in the film, I automatically thought, isn't it obvious that her accent is a Chinese accent and not a Japanese one? Accents matter when differentiating between a Chinese and a Japanese since personally I'm Chinese. Given that things are especially touchy between Japan and China right now, that an American man composed this very womanly and quintessentially Japanese tale, and that Hollywood's never been known to stick much to historical or cultural accuracy anyway, this cross-cultural mix quickly ignites scorn from politicians and, naturally, bloggers. Well I think generally, not talking about Memoirs of a Geisha specifically, that it's good to unite China and Japan because it'll help to ease any conflicts. Sure Hollywood has never really been historically and culturally accurate, but they've never really been accurate anyways in any type of film based on a novel.

But then, as they say, there's no such thing as bad publicity. In that case, Memoirs of a Geisha, the new film directed by Rob Marshall (of Chicago fame), which stars Ziyi Zhang, Michelle Yeoh, and Gong Li, will be a smashing international hit. I think it looks like a beautiful film. I've never read the book though. From our seat overlooking the Search box, we're already impressed by the buzz. Searches on the film and its lead actresses have soared. Queries for "geisha" and "japanese geisha" have shot off the chart, and "sayuri," the main character and the film's title in its Japanese release, rose dramatically in advance of the movie's Japanese premiere.

Perhaps the Tinseltown treatment of high costs, lavish costumes, and beautiful women will charm audiences in Tokyo and Shanghai as well as Detroit. In the meantime watch for more buzz, more blog posts, and, this being an American venture after all, an extensive line of tie-in face-wash, green tea, and handbags. I like green tea.

Will! You! Go! To! Prom! With! Me!

I Heart Jason Schwartzman like Huckabees.

Shopgirl is one of the best movies this year. I love the storyline. Like it says on Yahoo! Movies, " A glimpse inside the lives of three very different people on diverse paths, but all in search of the same thing. Mirabelle is a "plain Jane"overseeing the rarely frequented glove counter at Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills. An artist struggling to keep up with even the minimumpayment on her credit card and student loans, she keeps to herself until a rich, handsome fifty-something, Ray Porter, sweeps her off her feet. Simultaneously, Mirabelle is being pursued by Jeremy, a basic bachelor who's not quite as cultured and successful as Ray. When fate steps in, the outcome won't necessarily have a storybook ending, because in the end, it is life. "
Steve Martin is a genius, but he's a bastard. The character of Jeremy is perfect for Jason Schwartzman and the role reminded me of Jason's role of Cool Ethan in Slackers. Claire Danes is personally not my favorite actress, but her acting was good in the movie. She's happy one moment and depressed the next moment and she was able to play that off.

I must be obsessed with Harry Potter now because I just watched The Goblet of Fire for the second time in about a week. It's not the first time I've seen a Harry Potter film in theaters twice. I've seen Chamber of Secrets and/or Prisoner of Azkaban twice in theaters. It's too bad Cedric Diggory is actually dead and it's good that Cho Chang's character becomes extremely annoying in the fifth book. I think I want to read that book again.

I finally bought the Lost: Season 1 DVD yesterday. I love, love, love the show. I'm trying to get my mom into the show so she won't have to pester me every Wednesday at 9pm about her wanting to watch her own shows/movies. And because it is that good. I wonder if we'll ever find out what happened to Shannon when she was in New York.

OMFG

Can it be? 3 good alt bands under one roof? I think so. And The Like and BIG CITY ROCK together? My dream has come true. They are so hot right now. I think each member of Big City Rock deserves some little treats... some big BIG treats. Although I still need to see U2 and of course Bright Eyes (again).

Giant Drag Return To US & Tour Even More
by D. Allaire | 11.18.2005

The Drag are back! Our favorite boy/girl, fiesty LA noise-rock duo are back in the states after extensive touring over in the UK promoting their fuzzed out guitar-pop debut album Hearts & Unicorns.

Now (in)famous for hilarious live sets Annie Hardy and Micah Calabrese--the raspy-voiced vocalist/guitar player and one-handed synth and drum playing make-up of Giant Drag--will be playing at these venues near you. Don't miss out!

Giant Drag Winter US Tour

November
19 - Beachland Ballroom - Cleveland, OH w/ Sound Team
20 - Piano's - New York, NY w/ The Comas
21 - Theatre of the Living Arts - Philadelphia

December
5 - Doug Fir - Portland, OR*
6 - Crocodile Cafe - Seattle, WA*
7 - Richard's - Vancouver, CAN*
9 - Fat Tuesday - Spokane, WA*
11 - Cafe du Nord - San Francisco, CA+
13 - Glasshouse - Pomona, CA+
14 - The Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA+
15 - Casbah - San Diego, CA+


* = w/ The Earlies and The Like
+ = w/ The Like and Big City Rock

I Heart Alan Rickman

I'm so stressed right now. I'm not sure if I hit a car or not. And it's only been a month since my last two car accidents and running a red light. I'm cursed or maybe I just panic too much.

Harry Potter movies are never as good as the books of course, but Robert Pattinson is actually pretty cute. I thought he was in the Vanity Fair DVD. Overall I think it was a good movie, it was really beautiful. Katie Leung as Cho Chang was okay.

Section 105 (Back Left Corner), Row M (13th Row.. not bad)
I'm disappointed at the seats I got for Coldplay, but then again there are much larger venues than Arco Arena in Sacramento. And at least the sections I'm in are leveled so there's no one blocking my view. And if it gets sold-out, which probably will as how sales are going so far, I'll be satisfied with the seats I have. Until then I'm going to cry, but it could've been worse. We should've paid by phone or the internet. Damn those Nine Inch Nails kids!

Music Currently Playing on My Ipod:

Bright Eyes - Motion Sickness
The Like - Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?

Lessons Learned

Does someone just want publicity? It's interesting how I hated Laguna Beach at first because it was like a duplicate of The O.C., but yes, I've gotten into it the 2nd season. It's addicting, but embarrassing, but hey, I'm a girl so it doesn't matter. It's funny how the cast have all reached celeb status now. I thought they were all going to college? How is that going? Talan and Kim Stewart? That is just weird, but I guess it's not unusual with all the young celebs like Paris and Nicki getting married and divorced within minutes. And Laguna Beach Season 3? It looks so stupid. You would think the first two seasons were stupid right? The third season is the worst, but I think I'm going to be a hypocrite and still watch it. Hey, I can't help it, it's my guilty pleasure.

Woody at Xmas

This has got to be THE cutest thing I've ever seen in awhile. I want it even though I have tons of stuffed animals packed and ready to be donated, but c'mon, Woodstock chirps and flaps his wings when you turn him on.

Anyways, this is my real first post. Random so far, I know. The point of this blog? It'll be random and I'll mention some songs every once in awhile that I advise to listen if you haven't heard of them already, old and new. I'll post LEGAL links to SOME of the songs too if I have time to find them because I don't want to deal with all the illegal shit.

1. Everything Is Everything (Live) - Phoenix (Live! Thirty Days Ago)
2. But It's Better If You Do - Panic! at the Disco
3. Wearing Me Out - Still Life Projector (The Dance Riot)
4. I Think Patrick Swayze Is Sexy - Kane Hodder (The Pleasure To Remain So Hear)
5. Ready - The Starting Line (Based On A True Story)
6. Power Of Love (Cover) - The Early November (Punk Goes 80's)
7. Your Ex-Lover Is Dead - Stars (Set Yourself On Fire)
8. Art Is Hard - Cursive (The Ugly Organ)
9. Nationwide - The Dead 60's (The Dead 60's)
10. I Summon You - Spoon (Gimme Fiction)
11. Number One Son - Camera Obscura (Underachievers Please Try Harder)
12. Fashionably Uninvited - Mellowdrone
13. Lover's Spit - Broken Social Scene (Beehives)
14. You Bring Me Down - The Like (Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?)

Nintendo Fusion Tour Except for the Nintendos

Fall Out Boy/The Starting Line/Boys Night Out/Panic! at the Disco/Endeverafter (Motion City Soundtrack Cancelled)

Place: CSUS Ballroom
Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2005

The big disappointment of the night was Motion City Soundtrack cancelling due to the MTVU Awards Ceremony. Was it really necessary for them to be present at the ceremony? Endeverafter is not my type of music. I didn't really enjoy them, but I'm sure at least half the people did. They were nothing compared to what Motion City Soundtrack would've presented in their performance. Panic! at the Disco were surprisingly good. I've seen them live for the first time back in September playing a small show at The Underground in Roseville opening for Acceptance and Augustana. I didn't pay attention to them much then, but after this show, they've become one of my favorite bands at the present. Boys Night Out were okay. I didn't think there were anything special about them or that caught my attention yet at least. The Starting Line were really good. Their sound was really good.



Fall Out Boy was good, but could've been better. They're actually one of my favorite bands, but I have to say they should've had an encore. It's just confusing when there isn't one especially if you just walk off the stage without announcing before that it's their last song and so on. Their stage presence was okay, there was nothing special about their performance except for all the spins Joe and Pete make when they're performing. And their sound wasn't as good as The Starting Line's.

Bright Eyes/Sons & Daughters/Willy Mason

Place: UC Davis' Freeborn Hall
Date: Thursday, October 27, 2005

I have not been to such a good show in awhile and it's hard to get me excited at shows nowadays because I'm so used to attending them. The Bright Eyes show has got to be the best show I've been to overall. All three bands were different in their own ways, but they were all exciting. It was a disappointment seeing a majority of the crowd not moving throughout the show like at least tapping their foot or bobbing their heads because how can you not? I expected it, but I personally can't stand around frozen when I listen to music even at home because music makes you want to move.

I was surprised to see Willy Mason there because I thought it was going to just be Sons & Daughters and Bright Eyes, but Willy sounded even better live than he does on his album. It's definitely good to listen to bands first before you see them live because there's this certain feeling you get when you hear them live after listening to them. There were no drums, it was just Willy on stage with his guitar and a bassist. I appreciated the songs more after his performance.

Sons & Daughters blew me away. I was on my toes throughout their performance. I've heard some say that their music sounded the same or it wasn't all that, but I thought it was amazing. I'm like that too with other bands, but if you listen to their record first then maybe opinions would be different. There was something exciting about the lead singer. I loved watching her move around the stage and during "Choked", I thought it was fitting that she wrapped the cord of the mic around her neck and then started to yank at it. It may sound scary, but to me it isn't. The guitarist reminded me of Franz Ferdinand. I just love how the band was really into the music in their own seperate ways. They all moved differently. Like Willy Mason, I appreciated their songs a lot more.

Bright Eyes is a definite favorite of mine even though he was before he is just "definite" now after finally seeing him live. As corny or teeny-bopperish it may sound, I fell in love with his music all over again and well, him. His band was a joy to watch and I have to say that Bright Eyes is the best band I've ever seen live so far because of their uniqueness. I may just have to get out more because I discovered Bright Eyes late, but it's not my fault I live in this city. I stared at Conor the whole night seeing his facial expressions like I usually don't do. It was truly moving watching Conor perform sober or not because like the rest of his band, he's unique. I've never seen a better performer than Conor because he is just so into his performances. It's rare to find musicians like him nowadays because they're usually so generic and typical. He played songs off of 'Digital Ash In A Digital Urn' to songs off of 'LIFTED' to 'Fevers And Mirrors'. The highlight of the night of course is when he destroys the stage, but otherwise my favorite song that he performed has got to be "False Advertising" because Conor was so into it. I loved watching and hearing him perform that song. I also loved "The Calendar Hung Itself" because well, it was just exciting. I wish I could've seen him years ago.