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What? The Ataris Music Video Shoot for "In This Diary."
Where? Downtown Los Angeles (Warehouse)
When? Starts at 3:00 PM (yeah right Kris Roe)

12:30 PM: I left school with two buds while listening to the new Reggie CD. It says the shindig starts at 3:00, so that probably means that we need to get there a little early, eat some grub, and hit on all the fat emo chicks (I am only kidding-about the hitting on them, not the part about them being fat).

1:00 PM: We arrived, although we parked in the wrong area, and had to walk about 4 blocks to the best french dip sandwich place this side of the Atlantic Ocean.

1:30 PM: Damn, we went to the place where they were filming the video and everything was set up and ready to go...yet they wanted all of the "extras" (I told them I was a star though--didn't work out) to head on over to a parking lot and get in line. Here goes another 3 block walk. Fat chicks were following us (Don't worry, I am fat too though) Word.

1:45 PM: Check In: we are #'s 150, 151, and 152. The guy next to us came from Las Vegas, and some other dedicated Ataris Fan came from San Francisco (about a 7 hour trek). The waiting now begins...

We are still waiting in the sun, but drinking hot Purified Water, so no complaints haha...

3:45 PM:Time for the vans to start transporting people over to the video shoot. By this time there are around 350 people in the parking lot, and the surprising thing was every person was over the age of 16 at least. Where are those young little girls?

Nevermind, I see them coming.

4:30 PM: We are currently sitting in the room that is exactly the same size (and I think the same place Poison the Well shot their video for one of their crappy songs) as the room right next door, where the video is being shot. Chris, the drummer, is re-doing the end of the song, and keeps on doing this for probably about an hour longer. It gets real annoying hearing a song 50 times when it wasn't even that great to start off with. But the fun has only begun.

Background Check: This video has a lot of money put into it, and is actually very well organized. I am pleasantly surprised and very happy for the band for this great of a turnout and such a good working force-good job Columbia.

5:30 PM: Get this. These two guys with all this big equipment interview myself, my friend, and a Travis Barker Clone (or Tom Delonge, whichever you prefer) sitting right next to us. I'm serious, you all know what I am talking about...hat sort of to the side, famous stars and straps shirt and belt, dickies shorts, and converse shoes. You get the picture. Oh, and I don't know how many butt cracks of fat guys and girls we saw today, but it was more than I could count on one hand. Back to the story...

Interview Time (5:32): "So, why do you like the Ataris?" -ataris dude
"Um, I like their music, and have since anywhere but here."-Wuss
"Why do you like them?" -ataris dude
"I actually don't like the Ataris at all, I just came cause my friends did." -My friend.

haha it was classic. the camera guy got real sad too.

6:00 PM:Alright, time to go inside of the room and get in the video. There is a really neat stage at the end of the corridor, with all of their equipment up on the stage (duh), and posters all over the stage of stuff they have put in their cd jackets (blue skys sign, hotel vacancy sign, etc.). The backdrop was green, cause well, it is professional and not one of the normal Ataris videos that my little cousin could make. They break out into the end of the song, the same part we heard over and over earlier, and do it about 7 times. Three of those times Kris Roe dives into the crowd, and it is actually a cool thing to watch because you can tell he is having a great time (yes he could be faking it, but he wasn't). By the way, Kris has lost a ton of weight, it's unbelievable. He is very skinny now, and every guy in the band has long hair. So after they played the end of the song over and over with a very high-tech camera floating around above our heads...they called a break (probably to edit)...and we all left and went back to the sandwich place to get more food. Then we left and went home, and went to a local show (it was sold out-wuss)...so we then proceeded to the movie theatre and saw "A Guy Thing." Hilarious movie, I definitely recommend it. Although, in the commercials doesn't it look like because of the two different commericals they have for the movie, that it is two different movies? One about him cheating on his fiance, and another about him liking this girl and her ex-boyfriend is flipping out. Yep, weird.

OK, so this was a first for the site, and you probably didn't learn much except for the fact that I bitch a lot, and there were no good looking girls anywhere in site and not enough water. Oh, and we sat around way too much. On the other hand, it was a really good experience and it was really cool seeing how everything is done. I'm glad I did it, but I wouldn't ever do it again (unless it was RBF or Thrice or someone like that).

There was a free show after the filming (but by the time we left, oh yeah here 6:45 PM, they said the concert wouldn't begin until 10ish. Yeah right, I am not staying that long. So I went home. This video will be cool too, and not just because I am in it. I will tell you all one thing though, this album will be much better than "End Is Forever," cause that CD was pure filler, and in pat41's case, definitely not killer.






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    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 6, 2003 at 4:04 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    The Ataris kick ass. You suck for not staying to see a free show.

    The timeline thing is annoying. I couldn't even sit long enough to read the entire review. It was boring! And The Ataris are one of my favorite bands! How much does that say.

    Andy T.

    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 6, 2003 at 8:09 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    i wanna see their shit stains!

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 28, 2003 at 11:36 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    what is up iwth all the fat emo girls and dudes! PULL UP YOUR PANTS who wants to see your fucking shit stains on your boxers

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 26, 2003 at 8:17 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    this is a horrible band. and wuss emo likes em? shocking.

    Posted by waste_elite on 2003-01-26 18:34:14
    My Score:

    thanks

    nobody forces you to read the comments buddy

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 26, 2003 at 4:22 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    Stop complaining about goddamn reviews you hosers. They should just disable the coments option, like most of the other, saner, punk sites do. Waste Elite, you're nothing more than a cunt.

    Posted by recordings on 2003-01-25 20:39:07
    My Score:

    this timeline thing reminds me of kevin wades donnas review. it was creative if not annoying at the same time.

    but this takes the cake. first of all. this went on much too long. second, noone cares if the band had pretty hair. third, its really a shame there were no good looking girls for you to throw your impressive *top 10 of 2002* list at. fourth, what the fuck does your chick-flick movie review have to do with anything.

    christ. if i had a little sister, id expect this out of her. actually, itd probably be more interesting. go to your nearest middle school and discuss kris' miraculous loss of baby fat with them. they might give a shit.

    Posted by WussEmoRock on 2003-01-25 20:37:18
    My Score:

    my bad.

    *****Wuss-Emo-Rock*****

    Posted by waste_elite on 2003-01-25 17:35:56
    My Score:

    i was speaking of the ataris banner guy, wuss

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 24, 2003 at 11:33 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    "Mission #3 - Post the Ataris Banner EVERYWHERE!"

    Go to hell! Get your materialistic dumbshit poster fantasy off this crappy site. Loser.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 24, 2003 at 1:06 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    So wait, PTW sucks but the Ataris are good?

    Im not even a PTW fan but they aren't total bitch rock like the Ataris. The Ataris have to be one of the worst bands out there.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 24, 2003 at 10:37 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    They're on Columbia now, not Kung Fu. Stupid ass.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 24, 2003 at 9:28 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    hey! i Love Creed!! no one is as good as them! i have never even heard of the ataris or the poison in the well, i just typed in "creed" in google and this page came up. I just Know that Creed rocks for jesus, and that is damn cool. Scott is so damn cool, he can really sing it up!

    (p.s. whoever said "kris roe should go to the barber and tell him he is tired of looking like an asshole" totally ripped off Wesley Willis - "Cut the Mullet")

    (p.p.s i dont really like creed.but i do like the ataris. they were best on "anywhere but here." blue skies blah blah was pretty crappy though. they didnt sell out though, Kung Fu is a good label you dumbasses.)

    Posted by WussEmoRock on 2003-01-24 00:29:13
    My Score:

    I'm a bastard Waste? Why's that?

    *****Wuss-Emo-Rock*****

    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 11:47 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    who the fuck cares

    Posted by waste_elite on 2003-01-23 22:03:21
    My Score:

    your a bastard

    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 7:40 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    Mission #3 - Post the Ataris Banner EVERYWHERE!

    I've created a banner for you all to use to promote So Long, Astoria! The top Team Ataris team members who drop the banner in the most places will win an Ataris poster!!! DROP THEM EVERYWHERE AND REMEMBER TO LOG - web sites, message boards, and Ataris fan sites! Pick up your online log by clicking on your PROFILE

    Here is the new banner:

    src="http://www2.fanscape.com/theataris/ataribanner.asp" alt=""border="0">

    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 6:18 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    The Ataris= LAME.

    They're really ROCKIN THE RICH HOOD! WOO-HOO!!! Man, they're so punk they went on Warped Tour! WOO HOO!!! PUNK RAWK!!! YEAAAAH!

    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 5:55 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    this review fucking sucks and is horrible and a piece of worthless shit. the ataris fuckin rock and you didn't even deserve to go to their video shoot you fuckin moron. rock on ataris. *~*

    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 5:09 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    What an awful review.

    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 4:38 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    i hate limeys

    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 4:37 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    djrossstar didn't post this but i heard that he has lots of babies and the babies are punk rock and i love those babies.

    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 2:10 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    I'm baffled that this was even posted. Will you post something about my trip to the local record store to look for used cd's? Where's twat when we need him?

    -sickboi

    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 1:05 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    yep... the ataris suck. yep they do.

    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 9:48 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    As much as I despise most of Wuss Emo Rock's comments/reviews, I try to keep from hopping on the 'badmouth the pussy emo kid' bandwagon I will say he made up for the Drive Thru DVD review with this, because it actually made me laugh. I was expecting a full set of 'homo hahahahaha I said the gayz!!' jokes but instead was treated to some fat jokes and a bit of shit I can sympathize with. I saw the Ataris a month or two ago and they were sub-par, not to mention the new shit blew. Cut your hair Kris Roe, you dirty hippy, goto the barber and tell him you're sick of looking like an asshole.

    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 1:55 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    I don't know who I dislike more, The Ataris or Wuss Emo Rock.

    There, that's more like it.

    Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 1:55 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    I don't know who I dislike more, The Ataris or Wuss Emo Rock.

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 at 10:15 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    thrice? hahaha...

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 at 10:12 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    Wtf you dick head.. Ataris fucking suck ass compaired to Poison the Well. You stupid fuck. God what a waste of time reading that.

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 at 8:23 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    sum41 reference, that is a good mainstream band

    the[]muffin[]girl

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 at 5:39 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    "Where Poison the Well shot one of their crappy videos"

    ???????????

    Wuss you suck

    Posted by waste_elite on 2003-01-22 16:26:22
    My Score:

    creed is for people that don't like music

    Posted by degenerate on 2003-01-22 15:34:40
    My Score:

    is'nt the creed guy jesus's evil twin?

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 at 2:37 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    you stole that from the offspring guy's shirt

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 at 2:24 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    even jesus hates creed

    Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 at 12:17 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    no one likes creed.

    Posted by CallingLondon on 2003-01-22 11:35:13
    My Score:

    my little cousin is in the new creed video with a main part. i'm not sure if it's out yet though. it's pretty cool. the funny part is though that she said not one kid at the shoot actually liked Creed. haha.

    Posted by Melvyl on 2003-01-22 10:19:32
    My Score:

    i'm glad someone reviewed this.

    and it was even more funny that someone who always gets "fuck you" comments did it.

    Posted by punky on 2003-01-21 22:02:12
    My Score:

    Video shoot review? WTF? People are soon gonna write their personal biography here.

    Posted by Juicemanji on 2003-01-21 18:16:34
    My Score:

    Man Wuss Emo Rock is one of my best friends, he isn't really fathe's just not a big fan of fat folks, but he's still my homesnake.

    Posted by WussEmoRock on 2003-01-21 18:10:48
    My Score:

    the guy 2 below is clever. very celever. and Yes, Philipes was the sandwich place. we went there for lunch and dinner, best french dip ever

    *****Wuss-Emo-Rock*****

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 6:01 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    You know what joke never, ever gets old?
    Calling people "Fat". *SO* gold.

    ...oh, wait.

    - ReynoldsStyle

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 5:32 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    yea im so goddamn fat its not even funny

    *****Wuss-Emo-Rock***** (at school)

    Posted by burstandbloom on 2003-01-21 17:23:37
    My Score:

    "A Guy Thing" was pure crap. Shame on Jason Lee.

    Posted by stamos on 2003-01-21 17:05:21
    My Score:

    There is no way in hell i am buying the next Ataris album. Their last one blew donkey balls. The one before that was ok, i think it was called "That CD you have that you would be embarrased over if your friends caught you listening to it so you give it to your sister until you get home" Interesting to hear what the shoot was like. Interesting until Wuss started pushing that shitty, shitty movie on us. I wouldn't watch that if it was playing on Salma Hayek's back while I was riding her like a stallion. Go see the Pianist, it is bomb.

    Stamos

    Posted by lalombriz on 2003-01-21 16:35:51
    My Score:

    philippe's rules all french dip sandwich places :) i love that place (i'm assuming the video was shot near Alameda)... anyways... i think it would have been cool to go to this thingie...

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 3:52 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    this was like hearing someone whine about a day in the life of a Wuss. I bet we'll be able to pick you out of the crowd in the video, you'll be in the front with a sign that says "i love you Kris Roe" ha,ha,ha, kidding

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 3:50 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    That actually made for a pretty funny read.

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 3:07 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    wuss IS a 13-year-old girl.

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 2:11 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    this is like reading the diary of a thirteen year old girl

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 2:01 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    Wuss, you're an odd one.

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