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So here's the full scoop in pictures: http://album.revivify.net/v/events/jimmyeatworld05/
Remember when I posted to encourage all techers to vote for Jimmy Eat World on the concert poll? Well, maybe I did some good. :) We weren't allowed to talk about it before hand, since it was a free private concert and we didn't want crashers. Anyway, it was last night, and it was beautiful, so here I am now to relate the evening.
As soon as the concert was announced, I e-mailed Dima, the guy in charge, to ask if I could help. He set up some volunteering, both during the barbecue beforehand, and during the concert. Though I asked for the earliest shift possible, I was given A/V booth duty during the last half-hour of the concert. Dissatisfied, I e-mailed the other volunteers and asked if anyone wanted to switch. A girl named Michelle traded with me, so now my shift was from 6-7 (Jimmy started at 7:30) in the A/V booth. As soon as the switch was done, Dima announced that there would be a meet and greet for 20 people, but that it was from 6:15-6:30, so you couldn't go if you had a 6-7 shift. Gah! I moped for a while, and Dima sent out another e-mail expressing surprise that some people (he called me out by name) hadn't asked to attend the meet and greet. I explained my dilemma, and he sent me a list of people who didn't want to meet the band so I could ask them to switch. He also signed me up for a spot and said we'd find someone to cover for me, no matter what. :) Sweet guy. Anyway, I e-mailed this guy Todd, who said he'd trade with me if Dima was okay with it. See, his shift was 5-6 at the entrance, working Alumni admissions, which Dima had initially said he wanted Board of Directors people working. Dima told me I struck him as responsible (again, :) ), and so I could have the shift. Yay!
Jaime and I went down to the concert at around 3:30, to ensure he'd get us a spot at the stage. I got a security t-shirt and a wristband, and ran around ushering people out of the area. The head guy from Burger Continental, the barbecue caterers, talked to me for a long time about when he used to be Director of Food Services at Caltech. Apparently, back then they had $2 all-you-can-eat lunch buffets, Filet Mignon and Lobster Thursday nights, and a 65-item salad bar with fresh tuna. I feel so gipped! He was really nice, and gave me a lot of cookies before the barbecue even started. When it was time, I returned to the entrance and set myself up at the Alumni table.
Things went fairly smoothly there. I had to call Dima once because I couldn't understand what this guy was trying to tell me, and lots of people (including some I recognized) weren't on the list, but I just asked people what year they graduated and what house they were in, and made judgment calls from their behavior. When that was done, I scampered off to give my lonely Jaime a kiss, and then met up with the others for the meet and greet. This one girl said she had gotten two backstage passes from a sound guy when she won a wet t-shirt contest, and she and her friend were wearing them. I rolled my eyes. Thankfully, the guy who took us back to the band noticed there were too many people there, and when she said a sound guy had given her the passes, he ripped them off and kicked them out. He then handed the passes to another crew member and warned them that some sound guy had been giving them out when he shouldn't have been. Justice!
so then we met the band. Wow. They are so warm and friendly! When we walked in, Tom, Rick, and Zach were right there ready to greet us, and Jim was hurriedly closing out of things on his laptop. I got autographs from the first three on my Bleed American CD (from before the namechange *beams with pride*), and I was the first one to talk to Jim. I then got my picture taken with him, and cycled back through the others, getting pictures. I also followed the person with the silver sharpie and got all of them to sign my security shirt. Whee! I asked Jim if they'd be playing any songs off of Clarity, and he said yes, so I was thrilled. I also asked Zach if they were going to play A Praise Chorus, and the affirmative to that made me even happier. Zach also said that they're going to be starting work on a new album sometime in February. At one point, Dima wanted to borrow the whole band for a picture with the organizers, and Tom was so involved in conversation that they joked he'd become a student. On the way out, I thanked Jim again for coming here, and he shook my hand for the third time. I told him that they really are my favorite band, and he laughed warmly, which made me smile.
I bounced my way back to Jaime, who was front and center, and squee'ed about my experience until the opening act started. The Jade Shader played for half an hour, and they were a lot better than anticipated. Steve doesn't know what he's talking about. :p They joked around with the crowd a lot, and played one song about pirates, which led to many "Arrrrrr"s from the crowd. Someone yelled "Less pants!" at one point, which led the lead singer to talk about how his slacks were the best he'd ever bought. Pretty funny stuff.
Jimmy Eat World played right after that, and I just have to say - wow. I've seen them once before in concert, but I wasn't quite at the front bar, and I wasn't as big of a fan then. They are just simply amazing. Jim Adkins's voice is so emotive and true, and every one of them is an incredible musician. I fell in love all over again. The set list went as follows:
Introduction (from Futures mainly)
For Me This is Heaven
Bleed American
Kill
Work
Blister
Drugs or Me/World You Love (they were mixed together)
The Middle
23
Get It Faster
Thinking, That's All
Futures
Goodbye Sky Harbor
A Praise Chorus
Pain
Encore:
No Sensitivity
Sweetness
The whole thing got really crazy near the end. I'm pretty sure people from outside snuck in, but I definitely shoved them around. Jaime says he'd be disappointed if he didn't break a few ribs. That's my boy. When the band was leaving the stage, I yelled out to Rick and pointed at the setlist, and he gave it to me. He also smiled at me during the first song. Cute guy, I must say. I didn't think any of them were attractive beforehand, but Rick is awfully cute in person when he smiles. Aww.
After the madness had subsided, Jaime and I returned to the room long enough for me to change out of my autographed security shirt into the pink Jimmy Eat World shirt that Jaime bought for me at the merchandise table. We then headed out, got some Starbucks, and stopped briefly in Borders. We looked at magazines, then walked to Tower, where we searched through the vinyls for Jimmy Eat World with no success. We did, however, find the Jade Shader EP, so we bought that and the latest edition of Audio Xpress. Jaime's such an audiophile.
Arriving back at campus, I nuked some Mongolian food, and we watched Mythbusters for a while before going to bed. Overall, I call last night a huge success. The only thing to mar it was the crazy people that kept trying to pull my Jaime out of the way, but I got some good elbowing and shoves in, so I feel vindicated.
Now we're listening to the Jade Shader EP, and getting ready to pick up some ToGo's for lunch. I may have a crapload of work ahead of me, but for the moment, I feel serene and content. I do love this feeling.
Remember when I posted to encourage all techers to vote for Jimmy Eat World on the concert poll? Well, maybe I did some good. :) We weren't allowed to talk about it before hand, since it was a free private concert and we didn't want crashers. Anyway, it was last night, and it was beautiful, so here I am now to relate the evening.
As soon as the concert was announced, I e-mailed Dima, the guy in charge, to ask if I could help. He set up some volunteering, both during the barbecue beforehand, and during the concert. Though I asked for the earliest shift possible, I was given A/V booth duty during the last half-hour of the concert. Dissatisfied, I e-mailed the other volunteers and asked if anyone wanted to switch. A girl named Michelle traded with me, so now my shift was from 6-7 (Jimmy started at 7:30) in the A/V booth. As soon as the switch was done, Dima announced that there would be a meet and greet for 20 people, but that it was from 6:15-6:30, so you couldn't go if you had a 6-7 shift. Gah! I moped for a while, and Dima sent out another e-mail expressing surprise that some people (he called me out by name) hadn't asked to attend the meet and greet. I explained my dilemma, and he sent me a list of people who didn't want to meet the band so I could ask them to switch. He also signed me up for a spot and said we'd find someone to cover for me, no matter what. :) Sweet guy. Anyway, I e-mailed this guy Todd, who said he'd trade with me if Dima was okay with it. See, his shift was 5-6 at the entrance, working Alumni admissions, which Dima had initially said he wanted Board of Directors people working. Dima told me I struck him as responsible (again, :) ), and so I could have the shift. Yay!
Jaime and I went down to the concert at around 3:30, to ensure he'd get us a spot at the stage. I got a security t-shirt and a wristband, and ran around ushering people out of the area. The head guy from Burger Continental, the barbecue caterers, talked to me for a long time about when he used to be Director of Food Services at Caltech. Apparently, back then they had $2 all-you-can-eat lunch buffets, Filet Mignon and Lobster Thursday nights, and a 65-item salad bar with fresh tuna. I feel so gipped! He was really nice, and gave me a lot of cookies before the barbecue even started. When it was time, I returned to the entrance and set myself up at the Alumni table.
Things went fairly smoothly there. I had to call Dima once because I couldn't understand what this guy was trying to tell me, and lots of people (including some I recognized) weren't on the list, but I just asked people what year they graduated and what house they were in, and made judgment calls from their behavior. When that was done, I scampered off to give my lonely Jaime a kiss, and then met up with the others for the meet and greet. This one girl said she had gotten two backstage passes from a sound guy when she won a wet t-shirt contest, and she and her friend were wearing them. I rolled my eyes. Thankfully, the guy who took us back to the band noticed there were too many people there, and when she said a sound guy had given her the passes, he ripped them off and kicked them out. He then handed the passes to another crew member and warned them that some sound guy had been giving them out when he shouldn't have been. Justice!
so then we met the band. Wow. They are so warm and friendly! When we walked in, Tom, Rick, and Zach were right there ready to greet us, and Jim was hurriedly closing out of things on his laptop. I got autographs from the first three on my Bleed American CD (from before the namechange *beams with pride*), and I was the first one to talk to Jim. I then got my picture taken with him, and cycled back through the others, getting pictures. I also followed the person with the silver sharpie and got all of them to sign my security shirt. Whee! I asked Jim if they'd be playing any songs off of Clarity, and he said yes, so I was thrilled. I also asked Zach if they were going to play A Praise Chorus, and the affirmative to that made me even happier. Zach also said that they're going to be starting work on a new album sometime in February. At one point, Dima wanted to borrow the whole band for a picture with the organizers, and Tom was so involved in conversation that they joked he'd become a student. On the way out, I thanked Jim again for coming here, and he shook my hand for the third time. I told him that they really are my favorite band, and he laughed warmly, which made me smile.
I bounced my way back to Jaime, who was front and center, and squee'ed about my experience until the opening act started. The Jade Shader played for half an hour, and they were a lot better than anticipated. Steve doesn't know what he's talking about. :p They joked around with the crowd a lot, and played one song about pirates, which led to many "Arrrrrr"s from the crowd. Someone yelled "Less pants!" at one point, which led the lead singer to talk about how his slacks were the best he'd ever bought. Pretty funny stuff.
Jimmy Eat World played right after that, and I just have to say - wow. I've seen them once before in concert, but I wasn't quite at the front bar, and I wasn't as big of a fan then. They are just simply amazing. Jim Adkins's voice is so emotive and true, and every one of them is an incredible musician. I fell in love all over again. The set list went as follows:
Encore:
The whole thing got really crazy near the end. I'm pretty sure people from outside snuck in, but I definitely shoved them around. Jaime says he'd be disappointed if he didn't break a few ribs. That's my boy. When the band was leaving the stage, I yelled out to Rick and pointed at the setlist, and he gave it to me. He also smiled at me during the first song. Cute guy, I must say. I didn't think any of them were attractive beforehand, but Rick is awfully cute in person when he smiles. Aww.
After the madness had subsided, Jaime and I returned to the room long enough for me to change out of my autographed security shirt into the pink Jimmy Eat World shirt that Jaime bought for me at the merchandise table. We then headed out, got some Starbucks, and stopped briefly in Borders. We looked at magazines, then walked to Tower, where we searched through the vinyls for Jimmy Eat World with no success. We did, however, find the Jade Shader EP, so we bought that and the latest edition of Audio Xpress. Jaime's such an audiophile.
Arriving back at campus, I nuked some Mongolian food, and we watched Mythbusters for a while before going to bed. Overall, I call last night a huge success. The only thing to mar it was the crazy people that kept trying to pull my Jaime out of the way, but I got some good elbowing and shoves in, so I feel vindicated.
Now we're listening to the Jade Shader EP, and getting ready to pick up some ToGo's for lunch. I may have a crapload of work ahead of me, but for the moment, I feel serene and content. I do love this feeling.