You know, I was kinda bummed when Hayley Williams got sick on the second day of tour and had to postpone their Los Angeles show—but in retrospect, I had so much more time to obsess over brand new eyes, so I felt like I was ready for this show. Know what I mean?

I got there a couple songs into the Swellers' set. They're a legit band, but not quite my bag. I feel like if No Use For A Name and Alkaline Trio had a baby and raised it a little less punk, (and maybe Face to Face was the non-parental influential adult) it would end up The Swellers. Probably not the best comparison, but it's the best I can think of based on bands I actually listen to.

I took it to the hallway to wait for Miss Leslie Simon, and meanwhile stripped off a layer of clothing because OMG, so hot in there.

Once she showed up (wearing a great shade of red lipstick, I might add) we gabbed some before trying to find a relatively unobstructed view for Paper Route's set. Leslie Simon loves Paper Route. She wants to build a life with them. I thought I should let you know that in case anyone has connections. PR are sort of a dreamy electro-rock band. All the songs have sort of a space-filling epic quality to them. I get the feeling that this is what Tom Delonge wants Angels and Airwaves to be, but you know, there's Tom Delonge's voice. Which I can appreciate, being a fan of whiny pop-punk, but isn't so... epic. I didn't get one decent picture of them, but I really liked the song that Zac Farro and Taylor York came out to help on. It might have been partially cause I was ready to chant "DE-TOX JUST TO RE-TOX" but hey. Check out Paramore's hometown buddies on MySpace.

And then Paramore took the stage! There were a few false starts when the audience screamed for 1. The backdrop being revealed 2. The crew coming on stage to set ish up. I know the above picture is no masterpiece, but it gives you an idea of their stage set up, no?

Set list:

Intro ("There's evil in your hearts and it wants out to play"...)

Ignorance

I Caught Myself

That's What You Get

Looking Up

--Apologies for postponement of the show--

Emergency

Crushcrushcrush

Turn It Off

Here We Go Again

Careful

Conspiracy

Where The Lines Overlap

Decode

Outro? ("I asked you for mercy...")

ENCORE YAY:

Misguided Ghosts (acoustic)

Misery Business

Brick By Boring Brick

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And oh holy song of all songs to scream your lungs out to, Brick By Boring Brick is IT. BEST song.

I really wanted them to play "The Only Exception" or "All I Wanted" but hey, I won't be greedy. It was a pretty diverse crowd--there were some families, and I guess one kid was holding up a "it's my first show" sign, cuz Hayley read it. There were some screamers, but not tons. Not too many Hayley-wannabes, or maybe I didn't notice because now Hayley imitators would have blond hair?

I wonder if photogs prefer her red hair just cause she does so many hairwhips and red looks like FIRE sometimes.

I have a short little video going up in a few minutes.