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Since Coachella happened the last two weekends I just want to bring back the glorious memory of Blink's surprise 2023 set. I'll never forget watching the live stream and suddenly seeing Mark and Tom waiting around backstage not realizing they were on camera, laughing it up and fucking around, looking like legitimate friends again. Then the show started with Family Reunion, Tom was trying again, and their entire performance was so goddamn good, beyond anything I ever hoped. They were really fucking back. What an incredible way to burst back into our lives. I feel like something "culturally" shifted that day in a way that is super rare, and absolutely propelled the new era in such a rad way. So many people outside of Blink fandom were SOOO happy they were back, it seemed like people were almost surprised to realize they loved Blink and it felt ok to admit it after that show haha.

Dumpweed, but gender-swapped.

I took it to mean that Mark was feeling a crazy adrenaline rush in that moment, and Tom by contrast was just drained, and that foreshadowed the issues they were about to face leading up to the first breakup.

Top bloke.

He drove his truck from Kansas to Australia? That’s amazing!

Another related thing that is kinda funny to me is how much they saw TOYPAJ as some kind of "dark" left turn for the band where they were getting into post-hardcore influences and making an artistic statement and stuff when... the rest of the entire world sees it as Enema 2 haha. And not just the radio singles they wrote at the end. I mean good for them they can view it however they want, I love the album, but other than the fact that they started wearing black clothes it was certainly not a departure from what they were doing haha.

I can’t believe he fumbled Alyssa Milano

Yeah, like Mark says, Tom was the grandiose one. He had a penchant of wanting to do wild, big, audacious things and Mark had to figure out how to do that and make it work. In terms of success in the music industry, Tom and him won the lottery 5 times in one lifetime. After Enema came out and did what it did, Mark had been the lead singer for 5-6 of their singles by this point. Only ATST was Tom's. Was that song a giant ploy by him to write a big hit? ATST seemed so calculated and perfect. I always wonder if that friendly rivalry was there at that point. Take that, add a prescription drug addiction, every album is consistently popular, business ventures like loserkids and atticus doing super well, mobs of obsessed kids, a wife with newborns who would prefer you had nobody to answer to for your job, waning interest in the "punk" genre, your best friend and bandmate not loving all your ideas, the last time you stepped out of his comfort zone with your career he freaked out, and the paranoia/disillusionment of being a rock star with people judging every thing you do, and I think you get why Tom was difficult/secretive. I always sided with Mark in the sense that Tom took much needed time off and decided to start a new band and that's fucked up when you bitch and moan about touring too much or missing your family. The duality of Delonge.

Top moment of the reunion. Truly gave me chills.

I agree Coight using the TMNT phrases would be disrespecting them and unworthy. Good looking out Fap.

Everytime Coight says this I think: *cringe* *eek* *mega eek*

Definitely in my top 5 admins. Keep up the great work.