Owl City brings clean-cut to the Cabooze

Photos by Warren Wills

​The last place I expected to see clean cut new comer Adam Young and his Owl City superstar live act was the same place that conjoins the words caboose and booze as it's moniker.  Alas, with his digital devices glowing blue and a well rehearsed complement of accompaniment, Young's daydream ditties lit up the darkest corners of a sold-out venue.

Seriously, you'd have thought the Beatles had shown up...

While I didn't see any 16 year-old girls screaming and crying prior to fainting, it would have been impossible to know it had happened as this happy mob would have overrun them. After two other MySpace darlings opened things up (Unicorn Kid from Scotland and Kate Havnevik from Sweden) in much the same vain, perfectly appealing to the same demographic Owl City attracts, the packed crowd chanted for Adam to bring his own version of positive pop to this mass of youth.

Before his arrival I tried my darnedest to, at the very least, pry my way toward stage middle of the crowd, but my way was blocked halfway there by a density of three teens per square foot and the powerful musk of their body spray failing to overpower its intended target, adolescent body odor. This was not an ideal post for photo taking and after another go through the crowd, this time trying to plow through the politely plasticized VIP area, I was shocked to find breathing room and an ideal spot from which to focus my attention and my aim.

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