inphiltrate nonfiction v.7.5

I got my first paycheck last Wednesday (and by paycheck, I mean money was deposited into my checking account). I celebrated by going to Whole Foods on Saturday and buying a $10 steak and cooking it that evening for dinner with a baked (in the oven) potato.

I know $10 isn’t a whole lot considering what I could’ve bought (like an aged T-bone for $20.99/lb), but it was the most I’ve ever spent on an uncooked steak, and it was very good.

On Sunday night, I met up with Eric and Brian (had a bunch of classes with him at LSU) at the UNO Lakefront Arena for the Fall Out Boy show (I’ve given up on calling them “concerts.” Everyone calls them “shows” now.) I took a crapton of videos in hopes they’d come out okay enough for me to post on YouTube, but alas, the bass was too loud and it really screwed with the sound.

First up was a band called Hey Monday. They were actually pretty good, though I’d never heard them. They sound kind of like Paramore, which is a plus.

Then was Metro Station, who I’ve seen before and I know a few of their songs. The singer kept throwing his guitar to some guy who would always catch it, and that was pretty amazing. They were good, until the kind of emo-ish singer took of his shirt to sing “Shake It,” at which point I died a little on the inside. The song was still good, I just didn’t feel like seeing a sweaty, shirtless dude with way too many tattoos.

Then came All Time Low. I’ve heard them before, and I even have some of their music, but I’m not a huge fan. They were good, though.

Finally, one of the bands I’d really showed up for was coming up next – Cobra Starship. However, as they were switching sets, a very familiar song came over the speakers, and Brian, Eric and I had a good laugh.

Cobra Starship’s set was surprisingly short, which was kind of disappointing, but their lighting was pretty cool (I thought it was *awesome* until I saw Fall Out Boy’s). They skipped “Bring It (Snakes on a Plane)” because none of the other bands’ singers was available to help Gabe with the chorus (it’s a duet). They did, however, play a new song that they posted to their MySpace a few weeks ago called “Pete Wentz is the Only Reason We’re Famous.” I am actually pretty surprised that’s the name of the song; I thought it was a joke or a working title, but lawl, it works.

Then finally, Fall Out Boy played. They were awesome. Their lighting was fantastic and amazing and they owned AIG with a video they played (they were doing a little political awareness; the band was all dressed up in suits and there were some crazy looking people standing on the edge of the stage with those police anti-riot suits on).

You can pretty much mute the sound on this, just skip through it and check out the lighting.

It was pretty awesome.

One last thing that has nothing to do with the concert but still has to do with music: “Sam” (Jennette McCurdy) from iCarly is apparently a country singer. She just released her first single and she’s really good.

-Philip