Warped Tour!!
Posted August 9, 2006
Soo...no intro.
Let's just get right to it.
This year was my first time attending the Vans Warped Tour and i had no idea what to expect. I mean, I heard stories but still, you can't believe everything you hear. So, amazingly enough I slept that night, yet I got up for 6 a.m. And we left for 7:30...because of course we had to go all over creation picking kids up and of course, I had forgot our chewy bars, and my morning Rockstar. But other than that, it was turning out to be a perfect day. Especially because this disgusting heat wave we had been in for days, was over!!
Ok so...we got in Wilkes Barre around 9-ish, but we needed to make a pit stop at a Mc.Donalds...where these old men were fascinated by my pink pants...heh. Yea it was very odd when they were all staring at me. Anyways, I get off topic so quickly. Does that mean I have ADD? Yea whatever I'm cool. So then we were dropped off at Montage Mountain at like 9:15 and it was so rad, because we went in the enterance all the bands did. I felt important.
So, we waited, and waited, and waited...while in the meantime, everyone and their brother had us listen to their band. Some were good, and some were not. But after what seemed like forever, we were in! & It was amazing.
The first band we were set to see was Armor For Sleep. They played at 11:30 at the Hurley Stage. And since we were some of the first kids into Warped to begin with, we got to their stage, and were lucky enough to claim front-row center baby! Wow. So we waited some more, and then, there they were... Ben stepped out on stage, and I was like, wow, what is going on? Is this all for real? Long story short, they played, they rocked, & I got amazing pictures.
Then we were off to see the local boys, Arsenal Mayhem. Yea, they are still pretty amazing. There's not a whole lot more I can say about that...but I did pick up their new demo. It's really good. And I think I should tell you, they're going to be big someday. They just are. I can feel it.
Umm..let's see...then we were basically just walking around for a while, until we got back through to the main stage area where Motion City Soundtrack was set to play at 1:30. I'm not a fan of them...and I'm still not. But Danielle wanted to see them and we had nothing better to do, so we saw Motion City Soundtrack. But really, I could have done without the flying people...
Finally, Motion City Soundtrack was done with their set, and we were headed for the Energizer signing tent...to meet THURSDAY! Wow. I can't believe how lucky I was, even now. I've always had bad luck but this, was incredible. I was going to meet Thursday! The band that basically changed my life! The only thing is we had to wait in this line for half an hour... but it was well worth it. Although, I think waiting in that line killed my kidneys. I had to pee the whole time. Ok, maybe that was a little to much info there... but really, it did seem like forever... Anyways, they are very nice guys, really they are. They all said hi, but, when I got down to Geoff (because he was last in line) I was thinking ot myself, "This is Thursday you idiot! Do something!" So, obviously I couldn't rape them or kidnap them or anything like that...so I did the next best thing, well kinda... I asked Geoff for a high five...and he was like, "Sure", and had to get up out of his seat, but gave me one nonetheless. No one else got a high five because the lady was so strick. I couldn't even get a picture...but still, I could now die happy.
My day was pretty much complete at that point, but we still needed to see Splt Fifty, NoFX, and of course, Thursday.
Split Fifty was amazing...as usual right? I got so many good pics of them though. I think they're all very photogenic. But, Zach Fifty died his hair jet black. Who does that? I mean, no one's hair is naturally jet black and it always looks bad. But, yea, he was still pretty rad I suppose.
Ok, my fingers are starting to hurt, but I'll trudge onward. We were now headed for NoFX. Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of them either - especially because Fat Mike makes fun of everyone! Who needs all of that negativity? Not me. But he was kinda funny... except, we were only able to see their introduction, and about 30 seconds into their first song, due to the force of hundreds of kids pushing forwards...and me being rather... "not strong", was fed up very quickly. So, we snuck over to Thursday's stage and had a nice view of both NoFX and eventually Thursday...
Yea, Thursday was amazing. I mean, I had seen them on their Shirts for a Cure Tour at Croc Rock...but it was nothing compared to this. We were so much closer...and there was so much less smoke! I was having the time of my life and really, could care less about the constant throwing of garbage, and people that was going on all around me. They had a great live show - despite rumors of Geoff running out of breath...they owned! And, Geoff talked between songs, and told everyone the meaning behind At this Velocity. I had no idea...I mean, Thursday almost died! Wow, well along with the Mars Volta and Poison the Well. Can you imagine?! I can't. And I don't want to. But, he also told everyone to go home and download their music for free! He said that everyone should have music, even if they can't exactly afford it, because that's just not fair. Wow. What great guys. As for their last song, as always, they played Jet Black New Year. My favorite. I went crazy and didn't care...hrmm...
Yea blah blah blah...then we saw some of Rise Against and Silverstein, and then headed home. We ran into so much traffic and saw a car on fire...but August 4th was the best day of my life probably.
I can only wait until next year!
Yea so...If you read all of that, let me know because I owe you a hug.
