"Give me something to believe in"

Jack's Mannequin
October 14, 2008
The Loft - Atlanta, Ga
w/ Eric Hutchenson & Treaty of Paris

Neely and I got to the loft around 1pm and there were only like 10 people there. (Shocking! Jack's usually (from what I hear) has huge crowds really early) We waited for a long ass time and dealt with some annoying people but met a few cool people as well. (Almost everyone there was from UGA. Crazyness) I was appreciative of the fact that this is an older crowd (more college than high school) but that lead to having a more pretentious crowd. The younger kids that did show up were mostly in home-made JM tees. (makes me giggle) Anyways, we were on the far right of the barricade and Treaty of Paris treated us to an full band acoustic set. That's right, acoustic bass and "drums". It was pretty cool. I saw them electric with Spill Canvas and I think I appreciate them more after the acoustic set. It takes balls to get up there and play an entire set acoustic. (Especially since last night was the second time they've EVER done it.) Eric Hutchenson was a bit egotistical but funny nonetheless. He sounds like Paolo Nutini, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, a blues guy, and Sarah Bareilles had a baby and named him Eric. Mr. Hutchenson's set was about 15 minutes too long, by the way. He just wouldn't stop playing! After that, the moment we've all been waiting for, JACK'S MANNEQUIN! (Oh em gee Andrew McMahon was like 8 feet away from me. haha) seeing him in that small of a club was like a dream come true for me, especially that close. They opened with "Crashing", then proceeded with "Spinning", "Swim", and "American Love". They played a few old songs but mostly new stuff. The rumors were false. They don't play the Glass Passenger all the way through. But they did play almost every song off of it, leaving out "What Gets You Off" and "Drop Out". They also played a few covers. Some song by MGMT being one of them and the other was "Cavanaugh Park", which got the whole crowd super excited. Towards the end, Bobby (I think that's his name) started having electrical problems and Andrew played "Dear Jack" acoustic while they fixed it. He said that was the first time any fans had heard it. All in all, this was one of the best shows I've been too. Andrew is so cute live! Afterwards we stalked and ended up meeting him and talking to a couple of the guys from Treaty of Paris. Everyone was super sweet and yes, my life is now complete. I finally met Andrew McMahon. haha.