Ticket 139.5: Lou Barlow

The Band: Lou Barlow
Sounds Like: Beat Happening meets Nick Drake
Opening Band: Alaska
Price of Admission: N/A
When: November 10th, 2002 at 8:00 pm
Venue: Slow Bar in Nashville, TN
My Age: 21
Highlight: Hipsters heckling the hipster icon.
Setlist: N/A

Ticket 148: Gangs Of New York

The Pitch: State Of Grace meets Far And Away
Influence: There Will Be Blood
Price of Admission: $7.25
When: December 21st, 2002 at 8:15 pm
My Age: 21
Quote: You tell young Vallon I'm gonna paint Paradise Square with his blood... Two coats. - Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting

Ticket 147: Signs

The Pitch: Independence Day meets Night Of The Living Dead meets Field Of Dreams
Influence: War Of The Worlds
Price of Admission: $1.00
When: December 7th, 2002 at 7:00 pm
My Age: 21
Quote: There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water? - Bo

Ticket 146: I Am Trying To Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco

The Pitch: Don't Look Back meets Philip Seymour Hoffman as Jay Bennett
Influence: loudQUIETloud: A Film About The Pixies, DiG!
Price of Admission: Free Pass
When: December 10th, 2002 at 4:15 pm
My Age: 21
Quote: I am an American aquarium drinker - Jeff Tweedy

Ticket 145: The Grey Zone

The Pitch: Schindler's List meets Sophie's Choice
Influence: The Black Book
Price of Admission: Free Pass
When: December 5th, 2002 at 9:55 pm
My Age: 21
Quote: We're going to be increasing the volume of our research. - SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Josef Mengele

Ticket 144: Solaris

The Pitch: 2001: A Space Odyssey meets Sphere
Influence: Lost
Price of Admission: Free Pass
When: December 4th, 2002 at 12:15 pm
My Age: 21
Quote: I could tell you what's happening, but I don't know if it would really tell you what's happening. - Snow

Ticket 143: Femme Fatale

The Pitch: Vertigo meets Body Double
Influence: Mr. And Mrs. Smith
Price of Admission: Free Pass
When: November 30th, 2002 at 9:35 pm
My Age: 21
Quote: Hey how come you're the only man in this room who doesn't want to fuck me. - Laure Ash

Ticket 142: Die Another Day

The Pitch: Congo meets Swordfish
Influence: Catwoman
Price of Admission: Free Pass
When: November 27th, 2002 at 12:40 pm
My Age: 21
Quote: Wait, don't pull it out. I'm not finished with it yet. - Jinx

Ticket 141: The Strokes

The Band: The Strokes
Sounds Like: Lou Reed meets The Cars
Opening Band: Mooney Suzuki and Jimmy Fallon
Price of Admission: $22.00
When: November 24th, 2002 at 8:00 pm
Venue: The Tabernacle in Atlanta, Ga
My Age: 21
Highlight: The novelty-quickly-turned-annoying-we're-#1-finger-pointing of Mooney Suzuki
1. Trying Your Luck
2. Is This It
3. Hard To Explain
4. "Ze Newie"
5. Last Nite
6. Soma
7. I Can't Win
8. The Modern Age
9. New York City Cops
10. You Talk Way Too Much
11. The Way It Is
12. Alone, Together
13. Someday
14. Barely Legal
15. Meet Me In The Bathroom
16. Take It Or Leave It

Ticket 140: The Ring

The Pitch: When A Stranger Calls meets Poltergeist meets Audition
Influence: The Grudge, Dark Water, Pulse, One Missed Call
Price of Admission: $6.00
When: November 24th, 2002 at 1:10 pm
My Age: 21
Quote: You weren't supposed to help her. - Aidan Keller

Ticket 139: Punch Drunk Love

The Pitch: Robert Altman's Popeye meets Happy Gilmore
Influence: Spanglish, Reign Over Me
Price of Admission: $7.00
When: November 1st, 2002 at 9:30 pm
My Age: 21
Quote: I'm lookin' at your face and I just wanna smash it. I just wanna fuckin' smash it with a sledgehammer and squeeze it. You're so pretty. - Barry

Ticket 138: Wilco

The Band: Wilco
Sounds Like: Bob Dylan meets The Replacements
Opening Band: N/A, some couple ____& ____
Price of Admission: $26.00
When: October 29th, 2002 at 7:30 pm
Venue: Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN
My Age: 21
Highlight: "A Shot In The Arm" and yammy-sizing at Wendy's
Setlist:
1. Less Than You Think
2. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
3. War On War
4. Kamera
5. Radio Cure
6. Sunken Treasure
7. A Shot In The Arm
8. How To Fight Loneliness
9. Not For The Season
10. Jesus, Etc.
11. Heavy Metal Drummer
12. Red-Eyed And Blue
13. I Got You (At The End Of The Century)
14. I'm The Man Who Loves You
15. Poor Places
16. Reservations
17. Hesitating Beauty
18. One By One
19. California Stars
20. Misunderstood
21. Far, Far Away
22. Casino Queen
23. Monday
24. Outta Mind (Outta Sight)
25. We've Been Had

Ticket 137: Sweet Home Alabama

The Pitch: Doc Hollywood meets Legally Blonde
Influence: New In Town, Made Of Honor
Price of Admission: $7.00
When: October 18th, 2002 at 7:10 pm
My Age: 21
Quote: Look at you, you have a baby... In a bar. - Melanie Carmichael

Ticket 136: Stealing Harvard

The Pitch: Freddy Got Fingered meets Orange County
Influence: Orange County, My Name Is Earl
Price of Admission: Free Pass
When: October 8th, 2002 at 4:20 pm
My Age: 21
Quote: Dave! John Plummer. Remember? You used to call me "asshole"? - John

Ticket 135: One Hour Photo

The Pitch: Blow-Up meets Taxi Driver
Influence: The Number 23, Martin Short on Law & Order: SVU
Price of Admission: Free Pass
When: September 16th, 2002 at 7:30 pm
My Age: 21
Quote: According to The Oxford English Dictionary, the word "snapshot" was originally a hunting term. - Sy Parrish

Ticket 134: Local H

The Band: Local H
Sounds Like: Stone Temple Pilots meets Toadies
Opening Band: N/A
Price of Admission: $5.00 (Ticket includes access to entire fair)
When: September 12th, 2002 
Venue: Tennessee Valley Fair in Knoxville, TN
My Age: 21
Highlight: "High Fivin' Motherfucker"
Setlist: N/A

Ticket 133: Undercover Brother

The Pitch: Superfly meets Austin Powers
Influence: Soul Plane
Price of Admission: $2.00
When: September 6th, 2002 at 9:35 pm
My Age: 21
Quote: Today is a great day for black people of all races. - The Chief

Ticket 132: S1m0ne


The Pitch: Frankenstein meets Bowfinger meets Wag The Dog
Influence: What Just Happened?
Price of Admission: Free Pass
When: August 26th, 2002 at 7:30 pm
My Age: 21
Quote: Creative differences? The difference is, you're not creative. - Viktor

Ticket 131: Goldmember

The Pitch: Goldfinger meets Cleopatra Jones meets 54
Influence: The Love Guru
Price of Admission: $5.00
When: August 17th, 2002 at 2:10 pm
My Age: 21
Quote: I am from Holland. Isn't that vierd? Yesh! - Goldmember

Ticket 130: Minority Report

The Pitch: The Dead Zone meets Timecop meets Demolition Man
Influence: A Scanner Darkly, War of the Worlds
Price of Admission: $5.00
When: June 26th, 2002 at 1:00 pm
My Age: 21
Quote: I have no idea! I've never heard of him! But I'm supposed to kill him in less than thirty-six hours. - John Anderton

Ticket 129: Insomnia

The Pitch: Se7en meets Serpico meets Northern Exposure
Influence: 30 Days Of Night, Righteous Kill
Price of Admission: $5.00
When: May 27th, 2002 at 4:15 pm
My Age: 21
Quote: What has two thumbs and likes blowjobs?
[Points to himself with both thumbs] This guy!

Ticket 128: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

The Pitch: Multiplicity meets The Godfather meets the Xbox
Influence: The Matrix Reloaded
Price of Admission: $6.00
When: May 23rd, 2002 at 8:45 pm
My Age: 21
Quote: Why do I get the feeling you're going to be the death of me? - Obi-Wan

Ticket 127: 9th Annual Music Midtown Festival

The Bands: Stone Temple Pilots, David Lee Roth, Bush, Counting Crows, Pete Yorn, Bonnie Raitt, Rick James, Mystikal, Joe Bonamassa, Journey (sans Steve Perry), Better Than Ezra, Adema, 30 Seconds To Mars, (2 minutes of No Doubt and Kid Rock on way out of festival)
Sounds Like: Woodstock '99 
Opening Band: See complete schedule here.
Price of Admission: $40.00
When: May 3-5, 2002
Venue: Civic Center @ Piedmont Road in Atlanta, GA
My Age: 21
Highlight: 
Day 1: David Lee Roth in a gold spandex onesie using a beer bottle phallicly.
Day 2: Adam Duritz having to stop the show for extreme moshing.
Day 3: Bonnie Raitt talking smack about Journey.
Setlist:
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pink Floyd cover)
Vasoline
Crackerman
Big Empty
Dead and Bloated
Interstate Love Song
Sin
Lounge Fly
Big Bang Baby
Trippin On A Hole In A Paper Heart
Plush
Down
Kitchenware and Candybars
Sex Type Thing