The Aquabats are at El Corazon. For this week’s Underage, I interviewed Alithea O’Dell, Seattle’s biggest Aquabat fan:

So what is it that makes you the number-one Aquabats fan?
I think that one of the deciding factors is that I’m an adult with a professional job and an active social life. There are a lot of Aquacadets and regular Aquabats fans who grow out of them.

Why haven’t you?
My friends give me a lot of grief for my fandom, but (A) there are people who are totally crazier than I am, and (B) I take the Aquabats about as seriously as they should be taken. They are hilarious and fun.

Being silly is just my nature. There is a side of me that’s serious and can tell you exactly why rock steady and soul speak to my heart, but there is also a side of me that’s like, “Yeah! Let’s sing songs about mystical lands and have a food fight!”

Read the whole thing here.

Super rad!

Also tonight:

The Can’t See, Triumph of Lethargy, Skinned Alive to Death
(Chop Suey) John Atkins. You know him. He was that dude in that 764-Hero band, that dude in that Hush Harbor band—he’s made many a young, emotional lad swoon with his comforting lyrics. He’s a talented songwriter, and his voice is just cartoonlike enough to be memorable without being too off-putting. His new band, the Can’t See, are a trio featuring Thomas Wright and Ken Jarvey. Sometimes they act like a pop band (like in the misleadingly titled “Sad Version”), sometimes they get a little more vaudevillian (“Your Friends,” for instance, with weird chimes and bouncing, old-time piano), and then there’s the slightly embittered “Young Ideas.” The band has a lot to say, and they’re really good at saying it, so you should take the time to listen—you’ll like what you hear. MEGAN SELING