A shit ton of reminiscing.
Since I have writer's block for this stupid argumentative piece, I'm gonna right about the one thing on my mind right now. ANGELS & AIRWAVES.
Well, last week, I had a weird ass flashback about the first time I heard blink. Summer after 1st grade, anyone?! That band defined my childhood years. When we moved to the south valley from Millwood, my brother and I would hook up our dad's old boombox and play tape mixes which included a shit ton of blink, and ultimately their music became the theme of neighborhood. I miss those days :(
ANYWAY.
The story of how I fell in love with AVA is weird. It went from hate, to love hate, to just fucking love in about 3 hours. I saw the video for The Adventure and thought "LOL wow Tom's such a douche now, TEAM HOPPUS!" then I ran away and blasted Good Charlotte, hehehe. Somehow, I stumbled upon A Little's Enough, and was like "...okay wow." Got WDNTW off of iTunes with a gift card around Christmas '06, listened to the whole thing, and completely DIED a lot and stuff. Start The Machine was my jam, yo! Still love that song :)
I listened to the record everyday during my freshman year and all of summer 07. Magically, I-empire demos were appearing. The first song I heard was My Only Fear (now Call To Arms) and I was like "FUCK YOU DELONGE I LOVE YOU." OH and I remember going to their website before modlife came to be and hearing the Love Like Rockets demo with the little motorcycle dude and it got me so stoked every time I saw it. The only other song I picked up around then was Everything's Magic, and I got all mad (just like all the blink fans) cuz it sounded too much like Anthem Pt. 2. But I loved it anyway.
I downloaded "Breathe" in late October 2007, right before the marching band practice before we left for our last competition in Seattle. I was too hyper on the way there cuz of bus shenanigans (truth or dare, eating 12 warheads at once, etc), but on the way back, i was so irritated with everyone and just chilled in my own seat with my ipod the entire way back from Seattle (which is EIGHT hours on that huge ass bus, mind you). Breathe came on as we were leaving North Bend, about to go over snoqualmie pass. It was the most beautiful and soothing song that had ever graced my ears. SO pretty. Now every time we leave Seattle, I always start playing Breathe right before we go over the pass, just to reminisce about hearing it :D CORNY I KNOW but it's my own little tradition I guess.
I didn't hear the rest of the album until the day it came out (November 6). My mommy and I went shopping and out to dinner before I went to stay the night in her apartment. We went into FYE and the album was EVERYWHERE so I was like "MOM!!!!!!" and obviously she caved. Listened to it STRAIGHT for months.
Then came Modlife, March 8th, August 9th, and October 11th. Those have been the best days of my life to date (though sept. 10 09 was pretty rad too) and I have created so many amazing memories with that band and have made some incredible friends.
I've been sad about AVA being absent from my excitement, until I realized that LOVE is being released A WEEK FROM FRIDAY. Tour in April. I'm SO ready to raise hell with my friends in Seattle (and HOPEFULLY PORTLAND TOO...FORREAL THIS TIME!!!) and just lose my shit and go so crazy and die and poop and barf and shit and pee and AHAHAHAHADFISLDAYAYYAYAYAYA. O and bear hugz for TDong, DK, DocWach and Sir Atuuuuuummmmyyy. And a slap on the back for JTP and some juicy saliva for Georggin and three cheers for Doug REESH!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, last week, I had a weird ass flashback about the first time I heard blink. Summer after 1st grade, anyone?! That band defined my childhood years. When we moved to the south valley from Millwood, my brother and I would hook up our dad's old boombox and play tape mixes which included a shit ton of blink, and ultimately their music became the theme of neighborhood. I miss those days :(
ANYWAY.
The story of how I fell in love with AVA is weird. It went from hate, to love hate, to just fucking love in about 3 hours. I saw the video for The Adventure and thought "LOL wow Tom's such a douche now, TEAM HOPPUS!" then I ran away and blasted Good Charlotte, hehehe. Somehow, I stumbled upon A Little's Enough, and was like "...okay wow." Got WDNTW off of iTunes with a gift card around Christmas '06, listened to the whole thing, and completely DIED a lot and stuff. Start The Machine was my jam, yo! Still love that song :)
I listened to the record everyday during my freshman year and all of summer 07. Magically, I-empire demos were appearing. The first song I heard was My Only Fear (now Call To Arms) and I was like "FUCK YOU DELONGE I LOVE YOU." OH and I remember going to their website before modlife came to be and hearing the Love Like Rockets demo with the little motorcycle dude and it got me so stoked every time I saw it. The only other song I picked up around then was Everything's Magic, and I got all mad (just like all the blink fans) cuz it sounded too much like Anthem Pt. 2. But I loved it anyway.
I downloaded "Breathe" in late October 2007, right before the marching band practice before we left for our last competition in Seattle. I was too hyper on the way there cuz of bus shenanigans (truth or dare, eating 12 warheads at once, etc), but on the way back, i was so irritated with everyone and just chilled in my own seat with my ipod the entire way back from Seattle (which is EIGHT hours on that huge ass bus, mind you). Breathe came on as we were leaving North Bend, about to go over snoqualmie pass. It was the most beautiful and soothing song that had ever graced my ears. SO pretty. Now every time we leave Seattle, I always start playing Breathe right before we go over the pass, just to reminisce about hearing it :D CORNY I KNOW but it's my own little tradition I guess.
I didn't hear the rest of the album until the day it came out (November 6). My mommy and I went shopping and out to dinner before I went to stay the night in her apartment. We went into FYE and the album was EVERYWHERE so I was like "MOM!!!!!!" and obviously she caved. Listened to it STRAIGHT for months.
Then came Modlife, March 8th, August 9th, and October 11th. Those have been the best days of my life to date (though sept. 10 09 was pretty rad too) and I have created so many amazing memories with that band and have made some incredible friends.
I've been sad about AVA being absent from my excitement, until I realized that LOVE is being released A WEEK FROM FRIDAY. Tour in April. I'm SO ready to raise hell with my friends in Seattle (and HOPEFULLY PORTLAND TOO...FORREAL THIS TIME!!!) and just lose my shit and go so crazy and die and poop and barf and shit and pee and AHAHAHAHADFISLDAYAYYAYAYAYA. O and bear hugz for TDong, DK, DocWach and Sir Atuuuuuummmmyyy. And a slap on the back for JTP and some juicy saliva for Georggin and three cheers for Doug REESH!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!