Well all good things come to an end...and 2003 might not have been all that good, but its ending regardless. So you know what that means....End of the year lists of stuff!
With the 2003 Concert fiscal year over heres the first rundown!

Concerts:A Year's Reflection

The Best of the Best (from the worst to the first)

15.Sum 41/The Starting Line--Good set from the line, Sum 41 was OK, didn't know much of their stuff though. Not knowing a bands music leads to not enjoying it as much.

14.Good Charlotte/Newfound Glory/Less Than Jake ---Too many kids and too much playing to the crowd by the not ready for prime time concerts Newfound Glory lead to an eh show. There was better to come from GC though.

13.Something Corporate/RX Bandits/Mae/Days Away ---Days Away were pretty good, just not really punky. Mae sickened us by having Kenny the egomaniacal Starting Line frontman join them. RX Bandits really rocked it hard, though didn't play the one song of theirs we knew for no reason. SOCO was awesome, but killed the concerts momentum with an overlong slow song set in the middle and not ending with "iF U C jordan".

12.Bon Jovi/Jason Mraz/Pete Yorn --- Mraz and Yorn stunk up the really big joint. But Bon Jovis tour ender at home venue Giants Stadium, was an anthemic rocking kick ass time. Classic songs mixed with a tour ending fireworks display was unforgettable...Not like our horrible upper deck seats.

11.Lollapalooza 2003 --- The good:Incubus and Audioslave were just COMPLETELY AWESOME. Audioslave's incendiary set brought the house down, especially during a cover of the White Stripes "7 Nation Army". Queens of the Stone Age also rocked, much better then when I saw them last year. The Bad: The Distillers, Jurassic 5, and The Donnas were sucky. 2 of The Donnas were hot though. The Ugly:All the hideous overweight girls getting body painted. Me missing Jane's Addiction.

10.Drive Thru Records Invasion Tour --- You just saw our review not too long ago so heres the quick recap:Senses Fail scream too much but good guitaring, Early November need lots of work, Allister should have headlined, Homegrown rules but needs a more varied set, Starting Line have gone mad with power but I still like their music.

9.Y100 Feastival 2003 --- Smile Empty Soul performed their pseudo Nu Metal pretty well, Dashboard Confessional disappointed with a short and badly chosen set, Offspring just RULED and justified all the years I've waited to see them, and 311 was pretty good even though I knew not their songs well.

8.Reel Big Fish/The Pietasters --- Wacky college auditorium venues rule. The Pietasters don't. But RBF and their lead singer and lead trombonists comedic interplay do. Great set. All I Wanted Was More.

7.Skate&Surf Fest '03 (Day 1) --- The distance to the venue was pretty annoying, but the 3 day punk festival had to be seen to be believed. Andrew WK was a truly fun, energetic set. The Starting Line did their usual thing and sucked up to New Jersey at the same time. The Used really blew even though the lead singer could do a standing backflip. Goldfinger are always fuckin awesome.

6.Dashboard Confessional/MxPx/Brand New --- Brand New took a short opening set and made me an instant fan, impressing to no end. MxPx were ok, just not into them. Not getting to the balcony area sucked (No. But, why? No.) Dboards set was pretty cool incorporating both new, old, jams, and covers, but too many kids in the crowd bugged me.

5.Reel Big Fish/Homegrown --- Homegrown also took an opening set gig and turned me into a fan with an energetic kickin' set of songs including a fun cover of "Barbie Girl". RBF then proceeded to play for over an hour, long into the night, pleasing me and the crowd with more comedic ramblings and a scorching set finisher of "Beer".

4.Good Charlotte/Goldfinger/MesT --- An undersold floor and a young crowd meant me and Mike could force our way to the very very front in mere seconds for Goldfingers tragically short set. The end of which saw me catching Dangerous Darrin's Drumstick! Good Charlotte also brought it to the hometown show, playing half their first album and all their second album expertly. Plus Mest were mercifully short and prompted flashing in the crowd. Good show.

3.Pearl Jam/The Buzzcocks --- Had I not been on the frikkin lawn, then this would probably have taken the number one spot...As it is, seeing PJ play "Rockin In The Freeworld" While a fireworks display lit up the Deleware river was an awesome sight and getting to hear "Breath" and "Yellow Ledbetter" just made my fuckin day.

2.Saves The Day/Taking Back Sunday/Moneen --- Just wrote this one up too, but man oh man. I'll remember Adam going crazy on stage and the crowd going crazy in the pit for years to come. Plus STD always plays a great set (even if they don't play "Shoulder To The Wheel").

1.Allister/Don't Look Down/Fallout Boy --- This was the smallest most insignificant concert we went too all year, taking place in a podunk bar in the middle of the day. Quite telling that it was the best show we saw all year, isn't it? Being right up close as the sweat flew and the music flowed just mere feet away kicked some major ass. Plus we got to know Scottie!


2003 Concerts By The Numbers:
50 Performances
42 Bands
10 Venues (Electric Factory, Tweeter Center, 1st Mariner Arena, Roseland Ballroom, Asbury Park Convention Center, Johns Hopkins University, Patriot Center, Croc Rock, Giants Stadium, North Star Bar)
Across 5 States (Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Maryland)
With 6 Different People (Missy, Mike, Irene, Joe, Connie, Jess)

A simple question, right? Well I'm here to tell you that as apparent and simple as most names are, that its not so obvious.
My name is Justin Kutcher. Simple enough, right?
Well not to some people. But lets dissect it, shall we?
First theres Justin. Now I don't know whats so hard about Justin. Simple to say, simple to spell. Theres a big freakin' T right in the middle. Theres no A and theres no O. So do you know what that means? MY NAMES NOT MOTHERFUCKING JASON! So why is it that I've been called Jason ad naseum, by among other people: my own Uncle, my girlfriends family, clients, and assorted others! Have you ever heard motherfucking Justin Timberlake be mistakenly called Jason Timberlake? I sure as fuck haven't. Now onto the second half. Last name. Kutcher. Easy enough. It's just Butcher with a K. Do you see an L in there? How bout an N? Nope, I don't either! So how is it, that sometimes I'm Kutchler or Kutchner? Hell even my Mom's on boss just the other week spelled her name...K-U-T-C-H-E-R, Then actually pronounced it Kutchner! What the fuck!?!?
Now maybe if my name was hard to pronounce like Michniewicz or Schwarzenegger I'd be more forgiving. But its not. So I'm not. So if you ever see me or talk to me or even refer to me, and your having trouble saying such a complicated name, just call me Max Power, or Flex Strongo, or Sex-Lord Cool and save me the anger.
And before I forget, before you see or hear my name and then ask me, YES I AM RELATED TO ASHTON KUTCHER!
Just kidding. You've just been Punk'd sucka.