Rock Against

Despite the fact that it was at least -30 degrees and a school night, the Gaslight Anthem, Thrice, Alkaline Trio and Rise Against rocked the Time Warner Cable Amphitheater in Cleveland last night as the first stop in their fall tour.

I know my photography skills leave a little something to be desired, but in all fairness I was taking the pictures with my iPhone while simultaneously trying not to get frostbite or sucked into a mosh pit.

But don't let my bleak future in photojournalism get you down, instead let's focus on the fierce performance everyone's favorite Trio delivered last night. They did say that their second-to-last song, "This Could Be Love" was for Cleveland, but, oh, I bet they say that to all the cities.

I also have a penchant for taking pictures when the lights are red. I'm not sure what this says about me as a person, other than the fact that it had been far too long since I'd seen Rise Against. Their latest offering, Appeal To Reason, will be coming to a store shelf or iTunes store near you on October 7. Mark your iCals, my dears, because this is not one to be missed.

You'll notice that the photos of Thrice and Gaslight are missing, which is sad. The story behind why they are missing is also sad. I thought I would have time to catch dinner and not miss the show, I thought wrong. I thought I knew my way around the labyrinth that is the Flats, again I thought wrong. So I was super bummed that I missed Gaslight entirely and only caught the last half of the Thrice set.

Rainsoaked and with a sore throat, I made it home and watched the Vice Presidential debate that I'd DVRed. Do I think Joe Biden (or Obiden as Palin likes to say) completely schooled Alaska's favorite wolf killer/beauty queen? Darn right, you betcha, I do. ::wink, wink::

In other exciting news, I'm learning how to appropriately use the phrase "jump the shark." It's complicated but this presidential race is helping.