Third Eye Blind

Back in the day, as in 1996, when I was 11 years old, I was obsessed with Third Eye Blind. I mean totally obsessed, and this was really before I could submerge myself into the depths of the Internet doing my good stalking, I mean, “research.”

I had this friend who turned me on to them, and for that, I will always be thankful to her even though I have not seen/talked to her in about 10 years. So anyway, I loved 3EB. One time I went to San Francisco (where 3EB hailed from) and I made my Aunt call every Stephen Jenkins in the phonebook. We thought she found the right one and she left a weirdo message on voicemail saying something along the lines of, “Hi I hope this is the Stephen Jenkins from Third Eye Blind. I just wanted to say I love your music. We have three generations (my grandma was also on this particular trip) of fans that really love your songs. Thank you.” I know this is bizzaro, but see, I was a bit of a pain in the ass, and I think she thought it would make me happy and would stop me from being an all around miserable human being. (It did and that is why Auntie Mar continues to be one of my most favorite people ever).

Now that I have creeped myself (and everyone else) out it brings me back to my point of how much I loved this band when I was younger. I continued to like them through there last full record – “Out of the Vein” which came out when I was a junior in High School or so. The last time I saw them in concert it was at a teeny tiny club in Hartford; I might have been the only person that knew all the words to all the songs.

So 3EB have fallen off the radar a bit since then, who cares? They are still good … they are still the Semi-Charmed Life, Motorcycle Drive By boys that we love (although their lineup has changed a bit). You all can imagine my delight to find that they are playing in my very own Stamfeezy. It’s so close to me house I could walk! No more friends' parents driving us to Poughkeepsie or wherever else. This is awesome.

Needless to say, I’ll be making an appearance at this monumental show. It will be the first one where I can legally drink. I’ll be the girl wearing her Bonfire Tour t-shirt circa 1997.