MUSIC

"Pop Disaster Tour"

I just got back a few hours ago from the Pop Disaster Tour's stop in Hershey, PA. Saves the Day opened for Green Day and Blink 182. I was surprised that Blink was the headlining act, but I suppose they have more fans due to their MTV popularity. I must say that the concert was amazing. I arrived a bit late, so I missed half of Saves the Day's set (this angered me), but I have seen them before in concert very recently, which makes it almost forgivable. Before Green Day, the crowd began to push wildly when no one was on stage, reaching the lowpoint of the night. However, this all changed as soon as Green Day stepped up to the plate. Their set was very long, and thoroghly enjoyable--they really know how to get the audience motivated. Blink's set was somewhat shorter, but there were twice the number of stage effects. The crowning achievement for the night was in fact one of these effects that just sent the whole crowd roaring. Personally, I was in awe of what they did, but I don't want to ruin it for anyone else going to see the tour (IM me if you want to know). I must say that the background music between sets was superb. Immediately after Saves the Day departed, a song from Common Rider came on, which is Jesse Michaels (Operation Ivy lead singer) somewhat new band. Between Green Day and Blink, they played almost the entire "And Out Come the Wolves..." album by rancid. Finally, after Blink 182, they played the origional version of 99 Red Balloons. Overall, the experience was one of the best I've had, and we ended it with some Philly cheese steaks when we got home. Definately check out the Pop Disaster Tour if you like any of the bands, it is an amazing experience.

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MUSIC

"New Goldfinger Album"

The new Goldfinger album entitled "Open Your Eyes" goes on sale Tuesday the 21st. Check it out at Goldfinger's website.

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ATHLETICS

"Capture the Flag"

Tonight I had a very odd experience. A bunch of friends and I decided to play soccer around 11pm after a school sponsored Guster concert that we went to. We played until midnight, at which time a group of people arrived at the field to play a game of campus-wide capture the flag, and invited us to play as well. What makes this so strange is that my college is in Philadelphia--not exactly the place you would expect to play capture the flag. So for the next hour and a half, I was running around campus with a red headband on, while random people were giving odd looks. Surely we looked like some kind of gang, and security probably thought a fight was about to break out when people are chasing one another ferociously. We quit around 1:30 though, because our group was feeling tired. All in all, a good experience, but a strange one, for I had certainly not expected to be playing capture the flag in a city, especially tonight.

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