Show e Record Heather Golden Senior Editor Even after more than thana a week Im I'm still bitter about wasting my time and money for the Big Ass Show I hate bringing up old and trivial issues but I have to get it off my chest I adopted the tradition of attending every year rain min or shine to see wicked headlining bands and even some really crappy local ones Ive I've had fun every year indulging inthe in inthe inthe the Carls Carl's Jr and checking out bands like Hawthorne Heights and Blue October who kicked it at last years year's show This year however was an utter disaster The weather was terrible so the venue was switched to the Salt Palace The setup was pretty spacious yet sound quality was far below average I do understand that saved us from rain and hail but lets let's get real I dont don't want to hear a band that I dont don't like over one that Ive I've fought my way up to the front to see The only things tolerable about the Salt Palace were the multi-colored multi lights flashing above the stages vhf when n hands band were nn u l J I saw them as a warning rather than a welcome I imagined a voice in my head saying Warning Flashing lights indicate terrible live performances on this stage stage I liked a few of the bands in the lineup However they were either mediocre already cough cough The Starting Line or orso orso orso so highly spoken of that the novelty of them being there was worn off by the time the Salt Palace doors opened cough cough The Used There were a few amazing sets by bands Victim Effect the winners from the Battle of the Bands Amber Alert runners up for the battle and well that was it It surprised me that local bands would perform better than the most talked about bands like The Used and Sum 41 Sum 41 while one of my favorite bands to see live should have shut their mouths and just played their songs Im I'm not shy around bad words but nobody wants to hear F-bombs F three times per sentence for half of the set Lead singer Derek said himself You guys probably want me to shut the expletive up and play right As heartfelt as that was and despite the agreeing cries eries of the crowd he continued to to alk What a guy The Used simply wasted my time They opened their set as predicted with only two minutes of The Bird and the Worm disappointing the crowd Yeah I sang along to Take It Away and All That Ive I've Got but those are two of my favorite songs I stood tood there watching no more than 30 minutes before I Iwas Iwas Iwas was ready to leave and they were scheduled to playon play on In ta C net t Ti It r tut uv vv U a Y H 1 ridiculous to see hundreds of people flooding to the lobby at the same time I finally decided to scram To be honest I didn't stay more than 20 minutes at any anyone one stage I attempted to stay for the entire Jimmy Eat World set which started out incredibly awesome but some girl kept kidney- kidney punching me It totally wasn't worth it I wasn't all that excited for this years year's show to begin with but I wasn't ready to break tradition either I spent the hoping for the best All I Ican Ican Ican can say is that if I have any doubts about the bands for next year that 30 is going towards something a little less musically challenged |