10.27.07

of intentions

Posted by jayto at 2:03 am in "reality", and college

Originally, I had toyed with the idea of using this blog space to talk about how boring UTD is. I also toyed with the idea of writing in-character as someone very very emo, as the about page says. Then I remembered that UTD is only boring (partially) because of my laziness to get involved, and also that pretending to be emo would get boring, fast.  So I guess I’ll just blog this blog normally. I suppose I can still try the emo character on Livejournal. Today I went to the Switchfoot concert. Ruth and Relient K were on tour with them. Some cool details include Relient K’s rendition of The Office theme song, Switchfoot freezing into a picture-perfect pose mid-song for 30 seconds, and several other cases of awesome. Some other unrelated observations are as follows:While they are relatively popular, it’s ridiculous that neither are as well know as some “secular” bands that are inferior in almost every way. Case in point: My Chemical Romance. I can’t personally attest to this, but Taysir tells me that they are horrible live musicians, and the lead singer has stage presence akin to Michael Jackson while he’s dangling a baby over a balcony, and asked during one concert for all the “boys” to take off their shirts. I suppose to closest Switchfoot got to something like that was when they said to put an arm around a neighbor’s shoulder. Is there no justice in the world? On a tangent, I remember hearing a band at last year’s stay day that called themselves “Axis”. They were comprised of nothing but 16-17 year olds, and rocked like it was still the 60s. Apparently, the most work they’ve done as a band is hiring themselves out to birthday parties for a couple hundred a show. I’m still waiting for them to explode. Next time, I will make a post at a time of day when I am thinking coherently. 

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