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One More Day!!!
Sniffers on June 17, 2010 at 08:25 PM
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Things Are Poppin' In The Northwest!
HTTPS SSL on June 16, 2010 at 10:11 PM
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One More Day!!!
Nursing apparel on April 21, 2010 at 03:20 AM
One More Day!!!
Posted on August 23, 2009 at 03:21 PM
Oh my! Things have been out of control these past couple of days. Tensions are high and NO one on tour can really get their feelings straight. Most of us have been on tour for nine weeks and are just about ready to say good-bye to all the great summer friends that we’ve made and move on with the rest of our 2009 lives. Bittersweet is an understatement and people are trying to hold back their tears with no luck. No matter how different it was from Warped Tours past, this was an unforgettable summer.
If you haven’t noticed, Warped Tour is a lot
like summer camp for most of us. How do we end this crazy punk rock summer?
With superlatives of course! Everyone on tour votes for everything from
dirtiest feet to the best moment on tour. Filing these things out was hard!
When you see people every single day for over two months straight you get tons
of inside jokes, memories, and make friends that literally are going to ask a
lifetime. Going back to real life is going to be weird!!! I don’t wanna! Check
out the categories! Who do you think should have won?
But hey... we still have a few days left right!
Getting nostalgic didn’t stop me from checking out bands like Forever The
Sickest Kids or getting in the circle pit for Less Than Jake. Have you guys
ever been into a Less Thank Jake pit? It’s one of the best pits on tour! You
know it’s funny... all the older bands have fans that know what they’re doing
but when All Time Low plays and calls for one... kids are looking around and
looking around for someone to show them what their talking about. If you’re a
veteran, make sure to teach that new generation how to mosh!
These next few days are going to be crazy! Be prepared for a MASSIVE photo upload a few days after Warped Tour! Maybe some more videos too? FOR SURE!!!
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The Home Stretch!
Posted on August 22, 2009 at 02:00 AM
This is it folks! We’re in the home stretch! There are only five days left of Warped Tour and that means an almost official end of the summer for most of us. All of you kids are heading back to school and everyone on the tour is getting ready for what comes next... whether it’s the Glamour Kills Tout in he fall or going for a master’s degree in New York! This summer sure has been a ride, but guess what! It’s not done yet! These next few days are going to be epic! I’ll have lots of fun photos for you so stay tuned!
Mountain View on the other hand was packed! I
assure you, no one could have asked for better weather at this Warped Tour. We
had some great vendor food (everyone was hitting up the Ben and Jerry’s Truck!)
and bands like Underoath were giving some of the best performances they’ve
given all tour.
An even bigger surprise was how welcoming the
crowd was for punk rock legends, Fishbone! It’s always nice to see a band play
who truly have earned their stripes. These guys started back in the 1970s and
here they are playing in 2009 at The Vans Warped Tour. Oh... I love it here!!!
We’ve got a couple of more So-Cal shows in the next couple of days and then we’re done!!!
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Going Green With The Warped Eco Initiative!
Posted on August 21, 2009 at 02:20 PM
If you’ve been following my posts you’d know I love telling all of you about some of the amazing things that happen here at Warped Tour. The organized chaos that we have all grown to love has yielded some of the most amazing opportunities for people with passions to make their ideas become a reality. The Warped Eco Initiative (WEI) is one of Warped’s biggest success stories.
The Warped Eco Initiative is THE reason why Warped Tour is the greenest festival in the world. No tour strives to go up and beyond their call of duty like this one and it’s mostly due to the efforts of the people who dedicate their time to the Warped Eco Initiative.
So what is the WEI you might ask? It just so happens to be a group of people who decided that they believe have the ability to make a difference by combining their love for the Warped Tour with the urgency to protect the world that we live in. This group of people, in collaboration with Earth Echo and headed this year by Tara and Chris, have made changes to the Warped Tour that push people to think about the little things that can make a difference and live a more sustainable lifestyle.
The WEI have brought a solar powered stage to Warped Tour, reduced the tour’s carbon foot print, pushed to have bio-diesel in all of the Warped Tour buses, donated biodegradable cleaning products to every band and bus, and even made some nifty magazines to educate everyone who comes to the show about how they can live a greener life! They also brought in Greenpeace to provide power to the non-profit area with their solar powered truck, which is brand new!
Top all of that off with your daily group of
Warped Eco Roadies! At every single Warped date about 20 volunteers show and
dedicate the whole day to going around Warped Tour and gathering plastic
bottles and cans to recycle. These kids literally go through the trash to
salvage this stuff! People had the chance to sign up at www.warpedecoroadie.com,
sponsor their favorite bands’ recycling efforts, and even enter for a chance to
win a trip to St. Croix for all their efforts! How awesome is that?
Something else that these guys organize every summer is the Monterey Bay beach cleanup! Every year, the Warped Tour has a day off in Monterey Bay and does a bit of good old community service. We get split up into groups and do everything from seed collecting to cleanup up graffiti. Did I mention the WEI is awesome?!
For more information just Google “Warped Eco” for links to all their online web goodness like their blog, Facebook group, and Warped Eco Roadie website!
We’re so close to being done people! I can’t believe it’s almost over!!!
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The White Castle
Posted on August 19, 2009 at 11:00 PM
So in the past few weeks I've seen the insides of a ton of Tour Buses... nothing even comes close to The White Castle! Check out this video of The Bouncing Souls showing off their home on the road for the better half of the last decade. I've got one more of these for ya, so stay tuned and get ready to vote on the best one!
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Happy Birthday Warped Tour!
Posted on August 19, 2009 at 07:00 PM
Unless you've been living under a rock lately, you must know that this is Warped Tour's 15th year on the road! We don't mess around here and we're planning on celebrating this with a bang! I’m sure you’ve heard all about it on www.warpedtour.com, but the Warped Tour 15th Anniversary show is coming up on September 6th in LA! The show is going to be taped and broadcasted in movie theaters all over the country! Heck, I didn’t even know this was possible!!! Live in the L.A. area? You should go!!! Bands from the last fifteen years like 3OH!3, The All American Rejects, NOFX, and Blink 182 will be playing and you can get your tickets here!
Can’t make it? Make sure you get yourself to the movies on the 15th! Even better, get you and your friends to throw a movie-theater party and you can get a private BBQ with Kevin Lyman at next year’s Warped Tour! Check out the official trailer right here and take a look at the party’s website for more info on that contest!
Official Trailer - Vans Warped Tour 15th Anniversary Celebration
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Things Are Poppin' In The Northwest!
Posted on August 19, 2009 at 01:49 AM
The past two days have been crazy! First we play an INCREDIBLE venue and then we play a show that made us all realize that this summer is just about to come to an end. Everyone is feeling it out here but we’re going to make sure we go out with a bang.
When we played “Seattle”, the second we got off our buses, we got a glimpse of something extraordinary. This was the venue that EVERYBODY was waiting for. There’s no place on tour like The Gorge and you can see in the picture why! That’s right, we’re on a cliff! Three feet in the wrong direction and you’re going down over 200 feet! Unbelievable right?!
There were some crazy shenanigans that day like
Buddy from Less Than Jake soaking the crowd with water guns and Bayside
covering NOFX during their set time! Only on Warped Tour folks... I can assure
you of that!
Come Portland and we are just high strung with emotions. One of the most respected bands on the tour, Bad Religion, left us today to be replaced by Thrice for the last California dates. Can you imagine a band that you’ve watched almost every single day, with everyone who’s somebody on this tour, and then seeing them give it their all in their last performance? It sure hit us hard and it really signaled that the end is near. We only have one more week! This is unreal!
No matter what though, the bands that are still
here continue to give it their all. All Time Low may be one of the bigger bands
on tour, but they make sure to have some fun with their fans. I love how Jack
always makes sure to make this type of show intimate by taking a seat and
playing right to the crowd in front of the barricade. These guys have worked
their butts off for the past few years so be sure to check out their new album
“Nothing Personal” when you’re craving some good pop-punk!
Stay tuned for some more videos about the ins
and out of Warped Tour! You’ll be hearing about your favorite band’s favorite
Warped foods and then see who actually makes this concert happen EVERY SINGLE
DAY! I think you might be surprised! Keep your eyes peeled!
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Warped Cribs with Anti-Flag!
Posted on August 15, 2009 at 07:04 PM
Hey folks! Sorry for the delay! Internet is a rare commodity out here and being in Canada sure didn't help! Anyways, here's another Warped Cribs video for you, and with Justin from Anti-Flag too! Enjoy!
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A Mile High in Denver!
Posted on August 12, 2009 at 03:13 AM
What can I say about Denver other than we’re a mile high! All that jazz about cooking at higher temperatures finally made sense as the air up here as we all really felt it as we trekked from one end of the venue to the other. The air certainly was thinner and you could hear it in some of the performances too! It was pretty cool playing where the Broncos play though... even if it was just the parking lot. Check it out!
It really sucks when a great band leaves the tour, but we sure made it known that they would be missed. Today The Bouncing Souls gave one of the best performances I’ve ever seen and killed it! They even got a sweet cake brought in for them by catering! With every departure comes something good... much like the whole theme of this tour. There are tons of great bands out there and we just so happened to be graced with the presence of an up and coming band that you might just fall in love with!
Poema is the name you’ll be hearing all across the blogs and billboard charts soon as this duo of sisters sure do know how to carry a note. I’d say a good 50 or so of you lucky Denver folk got to listen to some of their catchy songs at The Girls Garage tent the other day, and I can guarantee you’ll all be talking about performance in a few months when their EP comes out on Tooth and Nail Records! In the meantime, check out their myspace at ___ for now! You’ll thank me later!
Oh and if you thought the Hurley Stage deflating on the Maine was bad... you should’ve seen the HAIL storm that hit us during 3OH!3’s hometown set! It kind of sucked... it hit us hard and kids were frantic! I still can’t believe it happened. I haven’t seen hail at Warped Tour since the great Cleveland storm of 2007! Oh well, it’s off to Canada for us! Let’s hope the weather will be a bit tamer than this!
I’ll be putting together some nice feature films for you so stay tuned! They’ll be a few!
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Aiden, Cobra Starship, and The Dirty Heads in Utah!
Posted on August 9, 2009 at 03:19 PM
Salt Lake City! Where do I start?! I don’t think I’ve ever had such an eventful day! Wanna know the most exciting part? It all has to do with bands! I have never been so blown away by the talent here. It’s weird... there is only three more weeks left of Warped Tour and I don’t want it to end! Until then, I’ll keep doing my best for you!
Let’s get started with Aiden, one of my all time favorite bands on the tour. I’ve been going to concerts for over 8 years (over 1000 shows!) and have NEVER seen what I saw today. Wil asked the security guards to leave the barricade area! You know... that place where security guards stand to pick up crowd surfers. Then he told the kids to take it over! Their fans did exactly that got REAL up close and personal with the guys. It was sick! One of the best live sets I’ve seen hands down.
Artist dos! Cobra Starship! That’s right... they played one show on the tour and it just so happened to be Salt Lake City. How was the show??? AMAZING!!! Everyone on this tour made it their mission to somehow find time to see these guys and showed their support by throwing their fangs up. The show ended with a bang as Cobra friends We The Kings and All Time Low helped to finish up the set as they sang along and rapped to Snakes on A Plane. I wish they could be here for the rest of the tour!
Last but not least we have The Dirty Heads. You would think I’m crazy if I were to tell you there was an awesome reggae band at Warped... but believe me... there is! These guys are far from what you would hear at Warped and I was a bit skeptical at first to say the least. So what happened? These guys killed it! Everyone was bopping their head along and I promise you their crowd grew from twenty-something to a few hundred in just under a half hour! The’ll be on for the rest of the tour so if your lucky enough to be coming to one of the next few shows, make it a point to see them!
We’re about to head way up, one mile to be exact, and play Invesco Park in Denver! See ya then!
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Living The Dream
Posted on August 8, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Hey folks! All throughout the tour, there has been some amazing stuff that's been going on that you may not have noticed. Living The Dream, a foundation aimed at truly making a difference for people, has been bringing kids to Warped Tour and giving them an experience that they will remember forever. Here's a little video to show you what they're all about! If you hungry for more, hit up www.myspace.com/livingthedream!
Who said Warped Tour doesn't change lives?!
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JAY-Z Video
- JAY-Z on 'The Blueprint 3'
- Toure finds out where the new album resides in JAY-Z's catalog of classic records.
- JAY-Z on Cover Art
- Toure and JAY-Z talk about the inspiration for his new album's cover art.
- Daily Noise: JAY-Z Interview
- We sit down with JAY-Z to talk about his new album and more.
- D.O.A. (TRANSLATED!)
- Watch the video and read Fred Pessaro's translation for the hip hop impaired.
- Run This Town
- Watch JAY-Z, Rihanna and Kanye run this town. Heck, I'd vote for them.
There are thousands of people who are making money with the record high price of gold.