But the road’s gotta end somewhere.
Warped Tour Is Hard
Some dont make it through a day
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Even the pro’s
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But I have old friends to keep me awake
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And new friends jumping in to sing backup on eachother’s sets
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Florida
Guess whats in store for us today…
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Not too bad in the morning
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Time to hide
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Have a great band called the Menzingers on my stage.
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Somehow got into the tradition of giving them shorter and shorter micstands.
Cincinnati and onwards
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Was quite surprised to see the second “band” of the day
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Bruce’s Wedding! After some inquires I discovered that it was, in fact, a real wedding, and no one I knew knew a Bruce.
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All went smoothly and the couple looked quite happy.
Electric Touch followed them,
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Picked up a new band too, Brothers of Brazil.
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Punkanova, simply amazing.
So hot in New Jersey a certain lead singer of Sharks took off all his clothes
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Tommy LBC mixing the Exposed
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Well prepared for that falling stuff from the sky
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Top of the hill
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Peelander-Z
Giant Squid
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Bowling
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‘Nuff Said
Okok, Heres more: The Bassist, Peelander Red
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and Neff the stage’s backline tech somehow conscriped to playing lead guitar
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Limbo
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How many soundguys does it take to change a lightbulb
How many soundguys does it take to fix the sound on the TV?
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Further complicated by the consumption of multiple beverages.
The best part was when Nick from Kleege walked in and remarked how a bus of 10 sound engineers couldnt fix the tv.
Hello Cleveland
Another Day Another Field
Starting to really like the little iphone camera
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Nice work, phone
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Good name
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And suddenly, Viola! I have an analog console
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Hmm, which band is postering the water sellers?
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Now that is rockstar parking, some luck sound guys get their bus right next to the stage
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FOH… aprox 15ft, I mean 5 meters, (were in canada) from the doors
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Inside FOH
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Sharks!
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The mic-that-cannot-get-unplugged
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(shortly thereafter was completely disassembled by a stagehand. Lived about two weeks. The pink tape is for artists who want to look cool by cupping the mic. Cupping the mic sounds bad so I put bright pink tape on the body, indorder to not show it, the artist has to keep their hands where they belong, if they stray too far well, pinks not everyones favorite color.
Tornado Rider
Yeah, that happened
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Vegas, Illinois, Detroit, Chicago
Ah, the Beautifull Sights of Amarillo
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Apparently Panda Express is somewhere around the Grand Canyon.
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And then, good morning Indiana
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Showed up a bit too early in Detroit
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my stage wasnt even set yet.
Catering had to set up on the sidewalk
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The floodgates release!
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What do you do with a dancing guy with a wireless cello and an elf hat?
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Apparently… jump into the crowd
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The day’s lineup, pretty typical
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Its not quite mayhem, but pieces of cymbals are indeed flying around
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Windsor Drive was great. Mom, you’d like them.
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and the view from the stage
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Now thats a big theater
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