Ticket 185: Bad Boys II

The Pitch: 48 Hours meets Scarface
Influence: Hot Fuzz
Price of Admission: Free Pass
When: August 3rd, 2003 at 7 pm
My Age: 22
Quote: Shit just got real. - Detective Marcus Burnett

Ticket 184: Gigli

The Pitch: Married to the Mob meets Chasing Amy

Influence: Gone Baby Gone
Price of Admission: Free Pass
When: August 2nd, 2003 at 9:55 pm
My Age: 22
Quote: Gobble, gobble. - Ricki

Ticket 183: Capturing The Friedmans

The Pitch: Sleepers meets Stephen King's It
Influence: Deliver Us From Evil
Price of Admission: Free Pass
When: August 1st, 2003 at 10:00 pm
My Age: 22
Quote: They're harassing my father for no reason at all. - David Friedman

Ticket 182: Pirates of the Caribbean

The Pitch: The Pirates of Penzance meets Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Influence: Battleship, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Price of Admission: Free Pass
When: July 16th, 2003 at 7 pm
My Age: 22
Quote: But why is the rum gone? - Jack Sparrow

Ticket 181: 28 Days Later

The Pitch: Outbreak meets Dawn of the Dead
Influence: Dawn of the Dead (remake), Zombieland
Price of Admission: Free Pass
When: July 5th, 2003 at 4:30 pm
My Age: 22
Quote: REPENT/THE END IS/EXTREMELY/FUCKING/NIGH - Writing on the wall

Ticket 180: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

The Pitch: T2: Judgement Day meets The Matrix
Influence: Terminator: Salvation, X-Men: The Last Stand
Price of Admission: $7.50
When: July 2nd, 2003 at 10:15 pm
My Age: 22
Quote: I'm back. - Terminator

Ticket 179: Bukowski: Born Into This

The Pitch: Barfly meets Tales of Ordinary Madness
Influence: Factotum, Bad Santa
Price of Admission: $7.50
When: May 26th, 2003 at 10:10 pm
My Age: 22
Quote: My doctor told me take one more drink and you're dead. See doctors lie all the time. - Charles Bukowski

Ticket 178: The Italian Job

The Pitch: Ocean's 11 meets Rififi meets The Truth About Charlie
Influence: Ocean's Thirteen
Price of Admission: Free Pass
When: June 19th, 2003 at 9:30 pm
My Age: 22
Quote: I am the Napster - Lyle

Ticket 177: Spellbound

The Pitch: Little Man Tate meets Magnolia
Influence: Little Miss Sunshine, Akeelah and the Bee
Price of Admission: $6.00
When: June 14th, 2003 at 12pm
My Age: 22
Quote: [pointing to the boom microphone] Is this thing edible? - Harry Altman

Ticket 176: The Godfather

The Pitch: Scarface: The Shame of a Nation meets Bonnie & Clyde

Influence: The Sopranos
Price of Admission: N/A
When: Spring 2003 on a Sunday afternoon at the Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville, TN
My Age: 22
Quote: Well, let me tell you something, my kraut-mick friend, I'm gonna make so much trouble for you, you won t know what hit you! - Jack Woltz

Ticket 175: Sonic Youth

The Band: Sonic Youth

Sounds Like: Glenn Branca meets Mission Of Burma
Opening Band: Portastatic
Price of Admission: $20.00 Fee: $3.75
When: June 12th, 2003
Venue: The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC at 9pm
My Age: 22
Highlight: 5 minutes straight of sheer drumstick on guitar noise.
Setlist:
Cotton Crown
The Empty Page
Catholic Block
Rain on Tin
Eric's Trip
Plastic Sun
Radical Adults
Shadow of a Doubt
Karenology
Schizophrenia
Drunken Butterfly
Sympathy For The Strawberry
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Disconnection Notice
Mariah Carey & The Arthur Doyle Handcream
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Sugar Kane

Ticket 174: Beck

The Band: Beck
Sounds Like: Beastie Boys meets Bob Dylan
Opening Band: Dashboard Confessional, The Black Keys
Price of Admission: $25.00 + $3.50 S.C.
When: May 28th, 2003
Venue: The Wolf Trap Foundation in Vienna, VA at 7pm
My Age: 22
Highlight: Beck still pulling off the splits.
Setlist:
Loser
Novacane
Mixed Bizness
Lord Only Knows
The New Pollution
Get Real Paid
Nicotine & Gravy
Paper Tiger
Guess I'm Doin' Fine
Lost Cause
Lonesome Tears
Tropicalia
Hotwax / Hot In Herre Medley
Broken Train
Sissyneck
Milk & Honey
Pressure Zone
Where It's At / High 5 (Rock the Catskills) Medley
The Golden Age
It's All In Your Mind
Sunday Sun
Devils Haircut

Ticket 173: Bruce Almighty

The Pitch: Oh, God meets Dogma meets Ace Ventura
Influence: Evan Almighty
Price of Admission: $7.50
When: May 26th, 2003 at 10:10 pm
My Age: 22
Quote: [referring to the seven fingers on Bruce's right hand] I did the same thing to Gandhi, he didn't eat for three weeks. - God

Ticket 172: The Real Cancun

The Pitch: The Real World meets Girls Gone Wild

Influence: Jackass 2.0
Price of Admission: $2.00
When: May 25th, 2003 at 7:45 pm
My Age: 22
Quote: I just want to see some boobies. - Alan Taylor

Ticket 171: A Mighty Wind

The Pitch: This Is Spinal Tap meets O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Influence: Borat, Bruno

Price of Admission: Free Pass

When: May 17th, 2003 at 9:50 pm

My Age: 22

Quote: To paraphrase an old joke... Knock, knock. Who's there? It's the New Main Street Singers! - Mike LaFontaine

Ticket 170: Identity

The Pitch: Psycho meets The Cell

Influence: Shutter Island

Price of Admission: Free Pass

When: May 13th, 2003 at 9:40 pm

My Age: 22

Quote: Who am I speaking to? - Dr. Malick

Ticket 169: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

The Band: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

Sounds Like: Pavement meets Creedence Clearwater Revival
Opening Band: Dead Meadow
Price of Admission: Free
When: May 9th, 2003
Venue: The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC at 10pm
My Age: 22
Highlight: Sloppy Creedence medley for the encore.
Setlist: N/A

Ticket 168: X2: X-Men United

The Pitch: X-Men meets The Crucible

Influence: X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Price of Admission: Free Pass

When: May 2nd, 2003 at 7:15 pm

My Age: 22

Quote: Please, Xavier, don't get up. - William Stryker

Ticket 167: Wilco

The Band: Wilco
Sounds Like: Bob Dylan meets The Replacements
Opening Band: Joseph Arthur
Price of Admission: $20.00 + $3.65 fee
When: May 1st, 2003
Venue: The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC at 9pm
My Age: 22
Highlight: "California Stars"
Setlist: Photos via Charles Harris, Setlist via Wilcobase.net

1. One By One

2. Sunken Treasure
3. Less Than You Think
4. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
5. War On War
6. Bob Dylan's 49th Beard
7. When The Roses Bloom Again
8. Heavy Metal Drummer
9. Jesus, Etc.
10. At Least That's What You Said
11. Poor Places
12. I'm The Man Who Loves You
13. Red-Eyed And Blue
14. I Got You (At The End Of The Century)
15. Misunderstood
16. Far, Far Away

Encore 1:
17. Handshake Drugs
18. More Like The Moon
19. California Stars
20. New Madrid

Encore 2:
21. Pick Up The Change
22. Not For The Season
23. Monday
24. Outtasite (Outta Mind)
25. Casino Queen

Encore 3:
26. Theologians
27. Kicking Television

Ticket 166: The Good Thief

The Pitch: Bob le Flambeur meets The Thomas Crown Affair

Influence: Wicker Park, The Last Kiss

Price of Admission: Free Pass

When: April 26th, 2003 at 7:10 pm

My Age: 22

Quote: If I don't get my money back by Monday, what I do to both your faces will definitely be cubist! - Tony Angel

Ticket 165: Phone Booth

The Pitch: Lifeboat meets Speed

Influence: Buried, Open Water, Frozen

Price of Admission: Free Pass

When: April 23rd, 2003 at 10:10 pm

My Age: 22

Quote: Do you see the tourists with their video cameras, hoping the cops will shoot you so they can sell the tape to Goriest Police Shoot-outs? - The Caller