a thing in 683 photos band I love how all shows go from this... Always so awesome to see people you know entertain a big crowd. Jared & Jesse. ...303 (which is the Denver area code). ...The Gramercy Theater to see Jared play a show... Haha. ...even better seats! Pretty great. ...over the crowd while singing. ...which Eddie climbed onto and used to swing out... Their set had all of these light-up hanging chandeliers... I didn't realize how many Pearl Jam songs I still knew! Awesome to see musicians you grew up with and see that they're still going at it as hard as when you originally heard about then over 20 years ago. Towards the end, the screen raised and the band was there. Later that evening, I went to see Caitlin's band, the Broadcast. They rocked it as always. Always lovely to see you! After BBQ, a bunch of different people played music. And then after a few songs, the musicians invited kids and anyone else who wanted to play music up to join them. I wish every party had this. It's so weird that we mostly listen to recorded music at parties instead of make it. They have concerts out behind their building every Tuesday in the summer and people come to watch the bands even when it rains. Tuesday, June 18th was also the day investigative war-reporter Michael Hastings was killed in a very suspect single-car crash . RIP Michael Hastings. (If you don't know his story, he's definitely worth reading-up on). ...in a disco-ball-jacket for his one-man band... ...Roman. On Monday night I biked over to the Lower East Side to see Davo perform a few songs... On Tuesday evening, I went to the listening party for... ...of comedian Jim Norton interviewing Ozzy and Tommi Iommi Geezer Butler (Thanks, Mario!). On Thursday we went to the The Delancey to see an artist showcase. ...to a bar to celebrate Caiti's birthday! Kai played a few songs. I'm pretty sure my favorite song by them was called "Crushing On Your Sister" On Sunday night I went to see Craig's band. ...to show off their stuff! Back in town that evening, a high school marching band walked the streets... They always invite everyone up on stage for their last song. Good times! See you in another five! It was the five-year anniversary of their 'last show' in 2007 ! On Thursday night, I went to Piano's to see Group Sounds play a show! ...Brandon play an awesome acoustic set! ...and then I biked over to Piano's late night to see.... Watched my final show of the tour with their sound guy. Big open venue. Watched from the audience again. (Check out Nick and Mike's sweet, light-up guitars!) The venue was so packed I could only watch the show from the side-stage. I was exhausted after just 2 days of being on tour and I didn't even have a job to do! It was really impressive to watch the bands put on such high energy shows night after night. One minute there's a band playing and a crowd of screaming people... I really enjoyed watching the show from a different vantage point each evening. I had gone from never seen the Rejects play live to seeing them play three shows in three days. The show was awesome. Tyson climbed up the wall over to the balcony railing. Later that evening, Fatty and I went to see the show together. Nothing better than seeing your friends on stage doing what they love. I've known these guys for a few years but it was the first time I'd ever seen them play a show! ...Silversun Pickups play from the side-stage and laughed about how from a distance, Joe Lester, their keyboard player, looks like Chris Black doppleganger. (Only because of the beard and glasses from afar - up close, no dice). Congrats on playing your hometown dream-venue! Quinn & Gurj watching the show from the green room. Always so much fun to see your friend's band for the first time at an insane venue! Awesome show! Thanks for inviting us out to see you guys play! 303 = Denver area code. Their stage-set is flanked by two animatronic wolves that have laser eyes. Haha. ...The Hives. I hadn't seen them since SXSW in 2004 ! We emerged into the Front of House mixbooth and watched the show for a bit. The band surveying... Line up for the night. One of the loveliest family dinners I've ever been to. Sunch a nice time. After dinner, we listened to Sean play songs with his family for a few hours. Great show! Later that night we went to a show at Cake Shop to see Kai play guitar in his buddy's band. We went back in to watch Hank & Cupcakes Caitlin chatted with fans at the merch table after the show. Later that night, Grant and I went to the Mercury Lounge to see Caitlin's amazing live band, The Broadcast . I like this record very much. It was an excellent show. ...Braid perform 1998's Frame & Canvas at Bowery Ballroom! Haha. So good. ...like play each others guitars without taking them off. Later, we went to see Locksley. They killed it, but unfortunately only one of the chicks there was into Ozzy's older stuff. Flying High Again. After everyone got hopped up on treats, it was time for a set of Ozzy Osbourne songs with Grant on vocals. We arrived just in time to see the band take the stage. The stage is designed to look like a porch! After dinner, the band came out and they were awesome. I expected Frank to be on kit, but we showed up to find him on the keys instead! Always impressed either way. ...Frank's gig with, Led Blimpie , a really, really good Led Zep tribute band. Awesome show. Three specials later we were magically transported to Bowery Ballroom to see Archers of Loaf! Ended the night with Posh Tony at the Merc. Blair Sheehan! (I was a huge Knapsack fan back in the day). ...I went out to the Brooklyn Knitting Factory to meet up with Vin and see The Jealous Sound. Later that night I went out to the Brooklyn Knitting Factory... Amalie & Brian. ...to see Kai play guitar with Ex-Cops. Yay! So awesome. On Wednesday afternoon we watched the DVR of the All-American Rejects playing The Tonight Show! ...that Matt was playing in. Great show. For the finale, EVERYONE was on stage! Will Forte & Posh Tony? 
