Weezer Concert

Gary and I went to the Weezer concert on Friday night down at Cox Arena and we had soooo much fun! First we had dinner in Mission Valley at Seau's and amazingly we ran into Junior Seau. People see him often now around Oceanside and Carlsbad, but I didn't expect he'd be down at his restaurant on a Friday night. He was there for a meeting and then just hanging out. I didn't want to be too pushy and ask for a picture but I did walk by him and say hi.


It was exciting for Gary and I since we are such big Charger fans and that is where he spent many of his professional football playing years.


At the concert, we arrived in time to see the 3rd band of the night, Angels and Airwaves. I have seen them before and didn't really care for them, but thought I would give them a second chance. The lead singer is Tom DeLong, formally of Blink 182, and he grew up in San Diego so I thought local support couldn't hurt. After about 3 songs, Gary and I had to go outside. We enjoyed sitting there with another beer instead. It helped our headaches. (Sorry if you're a fan.)

After, we went back inside to see Weezer. I can't even describe how amazing they were. They came out "Clockwork Orange" style in white jumpsuits and sang My Name is Jonas. Eventually they stripped those off to reveal red retro 70's jumpsuits with Weezer on the back. The played all their classic songs from each album (even a few from my favorite, Pinkerton!) plus a bunch from the new Red album, did a cover of Pink Floyd, and even a forgotten bside from the early 90's (Roxanne). The best part was when they had a bunch of random musicians from all around San Diego on stage with them to play Island in the Sun and Beverly Hills. There were trombones, recorders, violins, you name it. For Undone, the Sweater Song, they had members of Angels and Airwaves play with them.

Here's a video they made to recruit people for the Hootenanny.



Here's me at the concert. They let me join the band.



Today I went to the San Diego Zoo for a teacher workshop and got special behind the scenes access to the Panda Research Center. I will post those pictures once I have them.