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Every year, the College Union Board organizes a concert for TCNJ students. This year, students were given the chance to vote for the band that they wanted to see. The votes were tallied, and the students’ message was clear. Thus, Third Eye Blind is coming to TCNJ. My first reaction upon hearing this news, other than cringing at the thought of how a concert in the acoustic nightmare of the REC center will sound, was one of excitement. I didn’t think it was possible for TCNJ to get a well know band to come here. However, my second thought was “Wow! Third Eye Blind is still around?” After doing some research, I found that the California alternative rockers haven’t released an album since 2003, and have not had a major commercial success since the Turn of the Century. Furthermore, the last time Third Eye Blind had a song on the top of the Modern Rock Tracks chart was 1997’s “Semi-Charmed Life.” For those of you counting, that’s eleven years since the band had a major hit. That’s right, CUB is bringing you a band that hasn’t been popular since a time when the Red Sox were still cursed, South Park, King of the Hill, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer were all in their first seasons, and thongs were confined to Brazilian beaches.
I do have to give Third Eye Blind credit, however; their music does have longevity. If I turn on PLJ, Z100, or any other Top-40 format commercial radio station, “Jumper,” “How’s it Going to Be?,” or some other catchy, poppy, Third Eye Blind tune will invariably be played within an hour or two. That’s more than I can say for a lot of other artists. Good luck finding a station that still plays The Baha Men, Bloodhound Gang, or Lou Bega today. Of course the band playing here will be quite different than the one that dropped all those hits back in the late nineties. Vocalist Stephan Jenkins is the only current member remaining from Third Eye Blind’s self-titled debut album. Thus, I am left asking, were all those people in the Students Center lined up to buy tickets part of a Third Eye Blind revival, or just out to re-live their glory days of elementary school? I, for one, am going to embrace this stroll down memory lane. So please, don’t call me, page me if you want tickets, but I might be busy surfing the World Wide Web using Netscape navigator. Assuming I can pry myself away from Seinfeld and Friends I’ll definitely go, and Afterwards we can fire up the N-64, play some goldeneye, and party like its 1997.