Family Values at Verizon

Atreyu, Evanescence and Korn

August 22, 2007

Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Better than: The Jerry Springer Show

By Crystal K. Wiebe

I hauled out to Bonner Springs again last night. It was the second Wednesday in a row I’ve spent at the venerable Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Last week was Warped Tour; last night was the Family Values Tour. I would have lazed out again and just offered photos from the experience, but I wasn’t allowed to bring my digital camera into the venue, “per Korn’s request,” said the bag checker/patron-pat-down lady at the entrance.

Because, you know, little point-and-shoot digital cameras pose a real threat to the band’s livelihood.

There was no use fighting it, so my boyfriend and I started all the way back across the endless desert of a parking lot to stow our camera. On the way, we encountered our first freak of the evening. He was kind of pudgy, with a skinny braid on either side of his head. Clearly intoxicated, he was dancing around the porta-potties, yelling “Krangle! Krangle!” into the face of anyone who walked by.

Hi, Im Jonathan. Gimme all ur cameraz, plz.