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hoppus funko pop coming in the mail!

I'll ban you if you're rude to our Russian princess again.

i just got here!

I think I've told this story before, but in 2012 I got to talk for 10/15 minutes with Mark and Skye when I met them outside of the city walls of the medieval town blink was going to play later that night and they were so sweet. Mark asked me what I was studying and a bunch of very specific questions about the town and its history when I told him that I lived 20 minutes away. He also wanted to know the best places in Tuscany to buy some wine (I don't know anything about wine). He told me that he was going to come back in a few months to haunt down wines and ship them to his farm in the UK and some other stuff. I guess that even though he knew I was a fan, maybe he thought I was "okay" because I'm harmless. It also felt a bit like a police interrogation because I was starstruck and it's weird that Mark was the ones asking questions, but he was so nice and genuine. If he had known that I've spent all my life dissecting and overanalyzing every single thing the band has ever done from 1992 until today, I'm sure he would have ruuuuuuun.

Mark sending davey a toy of himself is somehow hilarious to me. I want to send toys of me to my friends.

did you actually use "soy boy" non-ironically?

I love that even Mark mocks you

Was it the blood thing?

This is basically Fyre Fest 2.0 , honestly sounds like a scam straight from the start

I’d rather kill myself.

Can’t wait for Jan to discover a new band she thinks is the greatest thing ever until she forgets about them 2 weeks after the comp ends.

It is pretty close to tax season, maybe he has another W2 to show off.

I wish I could like his crab!

No one wants to hang out with Travis.

He’d need to actually have a fan first to have the chance.

@Patient #48273 if we don't have any ideas for our next pop punk tournament, let's use the bands playing When We Were Young Fest and let's make them battle each other.

Speedo is correct. They sound nothing alike. Matt Skiba also has the advantage because he knows how to write more than 1 good song in his career.

@_Kyle_ @boxelder I just finished Sellout and I loved it. Dan Ozzi was so good at juxtaposing the accusations that stemmed from the music scene politics to the painful realities of major label expectation. My takeway is that some bands are born for that (blink, Green Day, MCR) others are doomed to tragedy (Jawbreaker, Brody Dalle, At The Drive In) and then you have Jimmy Eat World - I love them even more now that I've read that chapter about them!

Yeah Mr Brightside is their only good song.

Not to be boring but Mr Brightside is the only Killers song I like lol I don’t really like Flowers’ singing voice, but it’s fine in that song.

i thought most of these bands no longer existed, pretty surprise me

I’m the opposite. If I see Galadriel getting fucked doggy style by Isildur in the first ep I’ll be dropping the show fast.

Basically any fantasy series that has been written post LotR is inspired by it. Tolkien basically invented the genre. Doesn’t mean this show will choose to follow GoT’s style.

Besides being in the high fantasy genre, LOTR and GoT aren't really that comparable imo.

Damn that's so weird because me and JARJAR were literally just in the middle of a LOTR discussion including this!

@Ghent @JarJarBlinks@Jandalf Baggins we hyped fellas? I’m cautiously optimistic they won’t fuck this up. Having a release date is nice.

It seems like such a potential scam. Way too many bands for one day of a show just seems dodge AF

Does anyone still frequent Lifeforms? i haven’t listened to it from front to back since the week it came out and haven’t listened to any song from the album since about 2 weeks after that. I don’t even hate the songs but they just left no lasting impression on me. Bit of a shame after craving new Tom music for 6ish years.

I’m still pissed off about the last one.

New interview! I received this old school magazine during the holidays and wanted to share this very cool interview from Tom! Timeline wise, this is after the Warped Tour 1997, the Race Around Uranus Tour with Less Than Jake and after the European Dates with Lagwagon! Juice Magazine #35 Fourth Anniversary Issue with Pantera, Portishead, Wu-Tang Clan, Crystal Method, Mr T Experience, Pietasters, Cramps, Less Than Jake, Misfits, Good Riddance, Blink 182, Suicidal Tendencies, Helmet, Muffs, Donavon Frankenreiter October/November 1997

I’ve grown into this mentality. I might wait a day or multiple days to text someone back, come on here two to three times a week to check things. I think it’s just a teenager and young adult thing. I’m nearing 30 and I see a change of behavior in my peers too versus five years ago. You just respond when you feel like it and no one is expecting you to get back to them on any timeline unless it’s some time sensitive question. When I was 16, if a girl didn’t text me back after thirty minutes it was demoralizing lol. It’s weird reflecting on your teenage years being so far removed

Elisa: Remember that thing you said on April 4 1997? 😆🤣💁🏻‍♀️ Mark: 😶

The most I have ever heard Travis talk was on Rogan’s podcast and it was really hard to get through. Super dry and dull, even when talking about interesting shit. #bringbackscott

At least Mark and Tom seem like real people. Travis is a prime example of crazy celebrity life, so divorced from reality. I love the guy and his music but I couldn’t imagine doing anything with him.

I think Tom would be more easy to talk to. Even about Blink stuff. Just a feeling ✨ Actually I think Tom would be more fun to talk to in general lol 😅.

Best use of blink ive seen on TikTok thus far

*giggles in 'told you so' * (link here, screen shotted for laziness - https://www.reddit.com/r/AngelsAndAirwaves/comments/s2dfyg/empire_club/ )

The 2017 Thrawn book is basically the story of when Thrawn first joined the Empire right up until he was promoted to Grand Admiral. The whole book takes place during the Galactic Civil War and you definitely get a unique inside look at a lot of Empire stuff. The newer Thrawn Ascendancy trilogy is before he joined the empire and is all about the Chiss and takes place almost completely in the unknown regions. I didn't like those ones as much. Great worldbuilding but not very interesting stories imo.

Farther back. I think they’ve said this is taking place in the second age whereas Hobbit/Lotr was third age.

I thought you hated LOTR why would you care about this show to begin with?

”Nudity is sparse and not sexualised,” https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/tv/lord-of-the-rings-tv-series-will-reportedly-include-nudity-but-no-sex-2999509 It won’t be like GoT. As Ghent said well prob see a naked elf doing something elvish in a forest or something. We won’t see people getting fucked 6 different ways.

I love the lineup but so many people are going to be at this, especially after a period of everyone being starved for concerts. I feel like you’d have to stand a mile away from the stage haha. But I’m guessing it’s like a one day Warped Tour kind of setup. For ten times the price. Yeah no thanks.

Yeah, if people actually are that stupid that they payed for this, and did not see this coming, they only have themselves to blame.

Precisely. Mark is easily the consistent friend.

Tom views himself more as a funny God than celebrity and doesn't take himself too seriously. I would feel uncomfortable being around any idol from growing up but can imagine he'd crack enough jokes to lighten things up. Mark would be awkward and distancy as fuck. Travis would be the least relatable person on the planet. Scott and Matt would be depressing to me. Although, Matt would possibly have some intelligent chats. That's my analysis. I'd take Mark's lifestyle anyday over the others (minus the obvious health complications), but I'd take a beer with Tom first second and last choice.

I read his book. We have nothing in common lol