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Literally if I ran into him I’d just say hi, and that’s only if it was him alone. He’s just a guy.

 

That’s great of Mark. He is a cool dude by all accounts that I’ve seen. Which just makes me think he deserves to be left alone all the more.

I wouldn’t say it’s “wrong”, as I think it’s too strong of a word for most people who do this. Just simply better to give him his peace.

 

If I saw mark in public I’d have to say hi.

 

I mean, I understand the urge. I was like 10 people away from meeting him after a concert when he purposefully came out to meet some people for a short period of time.

 

I met both Mark and Travis at an in store signing during the +44 days. Both were super nice to 15 year old me.

 

Mark is the only one I haven’t met besides him replying back to me on social media lol.

Met Travis twice. Once when he played with the Transplants and the other was after a +44 show. Met him and Lil Chris actually.

Met Tom multiple times. Typically when he’s out and about, but a couple times because him and His ex-wife Jen are clients of my wife and he popped up while we were having lunch.

Tom is very down to earth and approachable. Travis was cool, calm, and collected. He was just very short conversation wise haha.

I definitely got starstruck by Travis though lol.

 

I'll never forget this time that I met Travis a few years ago:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Blink182/comments/4nql9g/i_met_travis_this_weekend_crazy_story/

 

I tried to meet Tom and Travis after a Box Car Racer show in Cleveland. They said they’d be right back to sign stuff and then took off. The bassist was nice and took pics with everyone though.

 

I’ve just discovered Matt’s Heavens one and done album and I’m obsessed. It’s Morrissey worship in the best way. “Dead End Girl”, “Watching You” and “Leave” are incredible.

 

Dead End Girl is a top 5 Skiba song for me

 

Mark went to the “Dammit” music video filming location today

 

One day I'll do the tour of all the places they filmed at. I think you had the comprehensive list, right?

 

Yup!

 

I'd have to revisit it to remember what else I liked, but I remember loving Patent Pending and Another Night. Also liked Dead End Girl. Remember loving the bridge of that song in particular actually.

 

The bridge is beautiful and feels like it keeps going in the best way. I listened to it really stoned and was like "I can't posibly like this any more than I already do".

 

Im going to SD in June. Can anyone get me the address for the Sombrero that is affiliated with Blink?

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=sombrero+san+diego&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#

you won’t be disappointed.

 

Lots of cool Blink locations in SD

 

yep! I grew up in Poway so I’m gonna see my old house and hopefully Tom’s street

 

this post made me check out the album and it is pretty incredible. i've never cared for anything skiba put out but that's changed now. his lyrics are fucking brilliant.

 

The Blink-182 timeline we have all known has suddenly had a significant update!!!

Flyswatter is their SECOND demo!

Their first demo was recorded at Poway High School and includes two versions of “Hope” by the Descendents, and an unreleased song called “Whale Song.” As well as almost all the songs that later were recorded for Flyswatter.

And Demo #2 was actually called “21 Days Demo.” And the 2 songs called “Untitled” on that demo tape actually have names! “Nipples of Fury” and “Lunch.”

Also! The Dude Ranch demo tape has an unreleased song and there’s also an unreleased song they actually recorded with Trombino during the Dude Ranch sessions.

My mind is blown.

 

Here are all the tracklists and notes on recent discoveries thanks to the early tapes that Mark has been discovering and listening to:

Poway High Demo (1993, likely recorded before Flyswatter)
1. Reebok Commercial
2. Red Skies
3. Point Of View
4. Hope (Descendents Cover) [Tom]
5. Hope (Descendents Cover) (Second Version) [Tom]
6. Time
7. Alone
8. The Whale Song (Unreleased)
9. Better Days
10. Freak Scene (Dinosaur Jr. Cover) [Mark]

21 Days Demo (July 1993, previously known as "Demo #2")
1. Marlboro Man
2. Time
3. T.V.
4. Degenerate
5. Nipples Of Fury
6. Better Days
7. Sometimes
8. Romeo And Rebecca
9. Point Of View
10. My Pet Sally
11. Reebok Commercial
12. Lunch

Short Bus (Doubletime Studios with Jeff Forrest, ~June 1994, tape labelled as “Cheshire Cat Mid-recording”)
- Ben Was Balls
- Does My Breath Smell? – Also released on Buddha promo tape
- Wasting Time – Also released on Buddha promo tape
- Voyeur (First Version)
- Don’t

Dude Ranch Demo (With Warren Fitzgerald, 1996)
1. Boring
2. Emo
3. Apple Shampoo
4. I’m Sorry
5. Dammit Dammit Sonofabitch
6. (Unreleased Track) – Parts used for Dumpweed
7. Josie – Released on Taylor Steele’s “Drifting” surf VHS video
8. Voyeur (Second Version)
9. Untitled

Dude Ranch (Big Fish Studios with Mark Trombino, likely from before winter break, tape labelled as "Dude Ranch Mid-recording")

There is one unreleased song from the Cheshire Cat sessions, the Dude Ranch demo with Warren Fitzgerald, and the Dude Ranch sessions with Mark Trombino.

 

Leak it Mark

 

God I wishhhhh, but he said he’d only release any of this stuff if he had Tom and Scott sign off on it, but they don’t talk to Scott, so I don’t see that happening anytime soon, if ever.

 

Also, Mark has all the multitracks for Cheshire Cat. Ahhhhh!

He doesn’t have the multitracks for Dude Ranch though, which is a bummer. He thinks they may have been burned up in that storage facility fire awhile back because MCA owned the masters.