How could he have known that she was only 15?

They were all 15.

I'm too old for this.

I always thought I'd tap out of reasonable concert age at 27. I never wanted to be one of those 40-somethings still rocking out with a pompadour at a Morrissey show. Not that there's anything terribly wrong with a 45-year-old wearing tight jeans, a leather jacket and a wife beater during summer in El Paso, I just didn't want to be that.

Anyway, my concert-going ways decidedly ended on Sunday when I watched Rilo Kiley at the Palladium. I started listening to Rilo back in, oh, 2003 or so. I didn't realize how much of a teeny bopper band they were until I saw them for the second time. Even though their latest album (Under the Black Light) made me barf a little, (you can't listen past song six, seriously) I still had a soft spot for Jenny & Blake and didn't want to pass up the opportunity to check out the venue again. The show was a terrible, terrible experience, though not really because of the band's performance.

I had the misfortune of standing in front of probably the most annoying bitches in Dallas. Is it really necessary to belt every song? I understand if you're close to the stage at a show it more than likely means you're a fan, thus you'll probably sing to some of the songs. Singing is acceptable; singing so loud so you can hear yourself crooning along is not.

No, I don't want to hear your rendition of The Frug while the real band is performing another song. The Frug sucks ass anyway. I do not want to hear your conversation about how much you love Jenny, but hate Blake, and your awesome list of trivia you looked up on Wikipedia before you came to the show. I do not want to hear you yell obscenities at the guitarist while he's telling the crowd a quirky anecdote. Grrrrrrrrr. It really made me angry. I wanted to turn around and punch them in the face, or at the very least rip their ovaries out. I will eat your babies, bitch! I didn't though, because I am an adult. I could have just moved out of the way, but I wanted to try and get some pictures. I failed at getting decent pictures thoug. I was too far, it was too dark, and my camera sucks too hard.

I don't think the show was much better in Austin either. I had a friend tell me he was surrounded by 12-year-olds making out the entire show. Booo. Sad times indeed.

The actual performance was just OK. I don't know why it wasn't fabulous. But I just wasn't blown away. Unlike Jose Gonzalez who gets better every time I see him, I was just a little underwhelmed with Rilo Kiley. But then again, there were mostly adults at the Jose show in DC. I forgot I have video from there. I'll have to post it one day. It's three months overdue. Rilo Kiley was cute, I guess. But they cut one of my favorite songs, Spectacular Views, short. Oh well. Such is life. The only thing I was happy about is that they played a lot of older songs.

So, I'm not a photog, but since I hate reporting, I guess I gotta start somewhere. Once I pay off my Best Buy debt, I'll charge it up all over again for a decent point and shoot and a starter SLR and maybe even a camcorder! For now, here are the blurry pictures, and video from Rilo Kiley:

I think Dream World is the best song on Under the Black Light. There's very few songs you can actually listen to.



Can you hear the teenagers singing? Yeah. I've said this before, but sorry my camera craps out at about 3 mins. =(

Set list: