Paramore at Festival Pier at Penn's Landing

I'm still debating over whether or not this was the best show that I've ever seen, or this was the second best show I've ever seen, behind Fall Out Boy at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. Last night, I saw Paramore live with Jack's Mannequin, Phantom Planet, and The Paper Route at Festival Pier at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia, PA with my dad. Taking us practically 3 hours to get there from Baltimore, with almost an hour back-up at the Delaware Memorial Bridge junction, I can say that it was totally worth it. As soon as we got there, seeing tons of idiots walking miles out of their way to pay for parking, we stopped right near a Lukoil gas station and parked on the street for free, right next to a parking lot that wanted $20 for parking. What a deal. Plus, I got to hear the worst riddle I've ever heard from a bum. "What's the best nation there is?" "Uh, Kenya?" "No, a donation." Wow. Wonder what he wanted. Anyways, after waiting for 20 minutes in the line for the bathroom at the gas station, we were inside. The ticket guy didn't even check me. We missed The Paper Route, but I didn't care considering I checked them out on MySpace beforehand and didn't really like them anyways. We were starving, so we got the essential chicken tenders and fries, not as good as Merriweather's though. Before we knew it, Phantom Planet was on, and God did they put a good show on. Everyone was singing along to "California." If it wasn't for that song, they wouldn't be nearly as known as they would now. After Phantom Planet, we checked out Paramore's merchandise table, and I bought their new "yearbook," that showed tons of photos of the band, lyrics, tour dates, and tons of other cool stuff. Then Jack's Mannequin was on. I checked them out for a bit at the Vans Warped Tour a few weeks ago, but I barely knew them then. They put on a great show as well, they were one of the best opening acts I've ever seen. Their singer is great, especially at piano. Then, it was time for Paramore. After I saw them in Washington D.C. at the Bender Arena in American University with Jimmy Eat World, I couldn't wait to see them again. They changed up a lot of their songs, with really cool intros and outros to the songs. Some they even played acoustic. My dad got tons of awesome photos, including when their bassist Jeremy did a front-flip during "Pressure." They put on such a great show, I think it determined that they were my favorite band. Although I did make a truce with myself that because I was listening to so much Paramore before the show, that I would take a break from listening to them for a few weeks. After the show, my dad and I stopped at South Street to get a cheesesteak at South Street Steaks. They even gave us free fries because we had our ticket stubs with us. The best I've ever had. They were really friendly, too. Afterwards we walked back to the car, and I crashed until 2 am when were were finally at Cape May, NJ to stay with my cousins for the weekend. What an experience!