April 2010
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For you, this Valentine's Day →
Valentine’s Day is both the most loving and most bitter of all holidays. Please join me in enjoying these anti-love music videos. The She & Him has always been one of my favorites. For some reason, cartoon blood just doesn’t make you as queasy. Jorma Taccone is precious in the Gnarles Barkley video, and while odd the video truly tells it like it is. Last, but not least, Karen O...
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Admit it!
Last night dad and I ventured to the Masquerade for a little Daddy/Daughter time. Grandma Johnie gave me Say Anything tickets for my birthday and the day had finally come! We were running a little late and got there around 7:00, luckily they were also running a little late and Miniature Tigers started playing right as we got there. I really liked them. Kind of a Native American Modest Mouse...
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Taking Back Sunday & The All American Rejects
11/23/09
Last night, my parents took me, Mary Katherine, and Morgan to Atlanta to see Taking Back Sunday at the Tabernacle. We left Athens and headed straight to Ted’s Montanna Grill. So so delicious. If have never had bison, you really should. We started the meal with the best chili fries I’ve ever tasted. I had the skinny dip (bison burger with avocado). It was really great. ...
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Switchfoot & Blue October
Last night Michael, Haley, Mary Katherine and I went to the Masquerade to see Blue October for Haley’s birthday. When we got there the first band, Ours, was playing. I didn’t care too too much for them. After that Switchfoot came on. I was so excited to see them. They are one of those bands where I went through an obsession at a certain period of my life (seventh/eighth grade) and...
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Hot Mess Across the U.S.
Last night, Mary Katherine and I went with my dad to see Cobra Starship play at Vinyl. We got there at 6:05 and doors opened around 6:10. When we went over to the merch booth and checked out everything. I got the tour shirt and the CS lightning bolt necklace. They had some pretty sweet stuff. Mary Katherine and I put a dollar in the tip box and Danny gave us each a purple “Guilty Pleasure”...
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What Happens in Vegas... Tour
Last night I went to see the Cab at the Masquerade. I didn’t have tickets but my dad and I decided to go at the last minute and I was able to get tickets at Publix. I’m so glad we decided to go. We got there pretty late because we were coming from Athens. We saw the last bit of A Rocket to the Moon. I had never heard any of their music and thought they sounded good. They had a...
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Believers Never Die Tour Part Deux
Last Thursday I went to the Believers Never Die Tour Part Duex. I had an awesome time. Fall Out Boy puts on one of the best shows I’ve seen. I had seen them in 2007 on the Honda Civic Tour, and I was so excited to see them again. The opening act rotation for this night was Hey Monday, All Time Low, Cobra Starship, and Metro Station. Hey Monday did a great job opening the show. They had...
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Bamboozle Roadshow 2009
I went to the Bamboozle Roadshow last Saturday. They were playing in Atlanta at the Masquerade. I had a great time. I was extremely excited about seeing both the Cab and We the Kings, and neither were a disappointment. The Cab played “Disturbia,” and We the Kings played “The Middle” and a bit of “A Milli.”
Me and Morgan
Alex Johnson of the Cab
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Stay Together for the Kids
I am extremely excited about Blink 182’s reunion. In early middle school, I was familiar with songs like “First Date” and “All the Small Things” and I really liked them. The summer after 8th grade, we went on a trip to Disney World. The large Virgin Records Store that sat on one end of the Downtown Disney strip held inside of it “Blink 182’s Greatest...
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These Soles are Useless Without You
I have been listening to Say Anything a lot lately. I own “…Is a Real Boy” and I recently downloaded the “Menorah/Majora EP.” I was reading Alternative Press the other day and was reminded of their greatness when I found Max Bemis’ face smiling up at me. I don’t understand how someone, like Bemis, can have mulitple mental break downs and then completley...
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I'm Bringing Sassyback
Friday, I went to see Cobra Starship on the Sassyback Tour. It really was an awesome show. The line to get in curved all the way around the corner of the Masquerade and down the road. It was sold out and you could tell everyone there was anxious to get in and what they (me) had been waiting months to see. The first band to play was Sing it Loud. I knew a few of their songs and I thought they...
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It's Your Show
Last night I traveled to the Masquerade for the Disco Balls and Blow Up Dolls tour. It was a good show and I had a lot of fun, but not because of Metro Station. They only sounded okay and they seemed as if they couldn’t wait to get off stage. Tyga was not that great either. I think he has ruined his own concerts by collaborating with someone more famous and more talented than him on almost...
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A Night With To Write Love on Her Arms
On Friday, I was lucky enough to go and see the founder of To Write Love on Her Arms, Jaime Tworkowski, speak. To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit organization whose aim is to find help for people who struggle with problems such as addiction, depression, self-injury, and suicide. It was really a touching night. The night began with music by Zach Williams, who was incredible. He sung some...
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Strike Up the Band!
On Tuesday I went to Rock Band Live at the Gwinnett Arena. It was a really awesome show. The Cab played first. I got there kind of late and only got to see a couple of their songs. They didn’t sound as good as they did the first time I saw them, but the acoustics in the arena were really weird. I had floor seats so it wasn’t awful, but some friends of mine who had tickets in the seats...
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You Clicked Your Heels and Wished for Me
Panic at the Disco - New Music - More Music Videos
This video came out today and I really love it. So simple. And the black and white is a nice touch. Though this video has a very different effect on me, I can’t help but mention it here.
Originally written on 10/31/08.
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I Fear the Mosh
As you may (or may not) have read, I went to a Hawthorne Heights concert a little over a week ago. The show was amazing and I had a great time, but one part of it that has continued to haunt me each day after. The mosh pit. Through out the night I was smacked around as if I was a tennis ball in Wimbledon. It started during the Tickle Me Pink set. (A Mile After played first, but I missed them, so...
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I've Now Heard Two Emo Anthemns Live
Every Friday, I have a reason to be happy. Not because it’s the last day of school before the weekend. Not because I don’t have to do homework that night, and I can hang out with my friends instead. But because the Masquerade Message arrives every midmorning every Friday in my inbox. Here I can see who is coming to one of my favorite venues in Atlanta, and when the tickets go on sale....
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Bill and Trav's Bogus Journey
Last Thursday, I was able to go to the Masquerade and experience an amazing concert. I was mainly going to see The Academy Is… but when I heard the rest of the acts I became even more excited. I had never heard of anything by Hey Monday or Carolina Liar, but with a quick myspace search I realized I liked both of them as well. I had first heard of the other co-headlining band, We the Kings,...
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I've Been Caught
I’m in love with the new Fall Out Boy song, “What a Catch, Donnie.” The song is really different from their past music. This only song I can think of that is a little close to it is “Golden” of their last album, “Infinity on High.” Both songs show off Patrick Stump’s melodic voice, but this time there are many more instruments than just a piano. Not...
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That Way the Impact Will be Much Better
I was recently listening to The Academy Is… song, “Down and Out.” While a truly heart breaking song, I can’t help but love it. The story of a mistreated girl taking control of her life gets me every time. The line, “Why do you wear sunglasses in the home when the sun went down about an hour ago?,” at first made me think of someone being abused and trying to...
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My Love For You Will Still Be Strong
One of my favorite songs of all time is Don Henley’s “Boys of Summer.” Hands Down. The song’s sound of synthesizers and drumbeats will haunt anyone after hearing it. Images of beaches, sunsets, convertibles fill my head as I listen to lyrics like “the sun goes down alone” and “I never will forget those nights, I wonder if it was a dream.” I’m...