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my Blink show coming up on Wednesday is outdoors and of course we're tracking for thunderstorms!

 

At least you have a blink show to look forward to

 

Pretty big blink/vinyl collector so I'm happy to own test pressings for Cheshire Cat, Dude Ranch, Enema, TOYPAJ, Untitled, and Neighborhoods. Working on getting MTTS and Greatest hits tests as well. I own every variant on vinyl so it's an addiction.

Untitled vinyl signed by Mark and Travis who I met on separate occasions in the wild. Just missing Tom.

Favorite experience was taking a day-trip from DC to LA to see the Untitled Anniversary show and meeting Mark. Not a piece of merch, but definitely a piece of my life I hold to a high extent.

 

I used to have a Box Car Racer setlist from when I saw them back in the day, but I think one of my "friends" might have stolen it while we were in high school.

 

My signed copy of California I got when I got to meet and hang out with Mark, Matt and Travis last year. Have it on my 'Blink wall' framed that also has the poster and some stuff we got from that show and a collage canvas of pics my girlfriend took. One of the best nights of my life getting to hang out with them in a small group, get something signed, and be that close(we were center front of the pit only people closer were the dang security lol)

 

Why does this not surprise me with you lol

 

The only memorabilia I've had for Blink was a setlist Tom threw into the crowd during their Dollar Bill Tour at Irving Plaza in NYC back in 2003. But I've moved so many damn times since then that I can't find it. I'm sure it's in a box somewhere in my parents basement.

Also there's a pic of me and Mark that I cherish, but I'm on my work comp so I can't attach it. My sister called me up last summer to tell me that Blink was in her office doing a special event for employees...so I left work saying I wasn't feeling well, moved like hell to get from Manhattan to Queens, finessed my way into the event, and then met up with Mark & Travis after. Matt was super quiet and went straight to the car (this was before California came out and no fans were giving him the time of day) and Travis got a phone call while I was talking to him so it was just me & Mark in the pic. I look god awful in the pic but I still share it all the time hahaha

 

My most prized blink-182 item is my MT&TS record that I got signed by Tom and Travis. Tom drew a mustache and sombrero on himself and Travis drew a missing tooth on Mark

 

I don't have much blink stuff outside of shirts, but definitely these that I got signed when Fenix TX brought me and my friend Hurley backstage to hang in 2000

 

Found my first blink t-shirt while sorting out my old stuff at my parent's place a few years ago. Got it for christmas in 2001 along with the album :)

 

These were my first blink tees in like 99/2000. Cannot for the life of me figure out what happened to either of them though. Doubt they'd fit anymore obviously but would still like to have kept them.

 

I had the yellow one! It would def still fit me if I had it because it was huge on me haha

 

Haha yeah come to mention it it was an adult size so it might fit. I must have looked ridiculous as an 11 year old kid

 

I had both of these shirts, haha.

Man, wish I still had all my old Atticus tees

 

I miss old blink tees. Their t-shirt designs have been grotesque for a decade lol

 

you having a friend named Hurley is the most pop-punk thing ever haha

 

Not all of them are. Ive got quite a few over the years that gems among the rocks.

 

They actually have re-released some of their older shirts on the merch site.

 

Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus recalls the time he dropped acid and bailed on a gig - News - Alternative Press

 

Best part of this is Mark calling AltPress out because they said it was a Blink-182 gig but it was a band way before Blink

 

Like which ones?

 

He's talked about this before. It's what Fighting The Gravity is about.

 

He first talked about it in an AP interview back in 2001. I remember picking it up the day it hit newstands and was so upset cuz they talked about doing drugs so much and I was a sheltered 14 year old haha.

 

I have these ones that I would think are pretty good imo.

Connector Tee

Big Drips Tee

Bored to Death Tee

 

Even their interviews are stale