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I love, love, love going to festivals. I love seeing a whole horde of bands I may never see live otherwise; I love people-watching; I love seeing how hard the fest organizers work behind the scenes to make sure everything works; and I especially love working the AP booth and meeting people -- not just those who already know what we do and are into it, but those who have no idea what AP is.
This love of festivals brings me to surprisingly sunny and warm Chicago this weekend for the fourth annual Riot Fest, a three-day, multiple-venue celebration of the best of punk, ska and hardcore's past (ALL, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones), present (the Lawrence Arms, Paint It Black) and future (Jay Reatard, Municipal Waste). While I'm excited to watch many of these bands, I'm even more stoked to check out the crowd mixture and see how old-skool punx react to Mr. Reatard, or if plaid-clad skankers will get Valient Thorr's Venutian rock schtick. (I get so giddy when large crowds get exposed to stuff they'd otherwise never check out.)
If you're going to day three of Riot Fest -- that's the big one this Sunday at the Congress, with the Bosstones, ALL, Paint It Black, DOA, the Casualties, Mustard Plug, etc. etc. etc. -- I will be there in full force with our Chicago street team passing out free stickers and buttons, signing people up for free three-month subscriptions to the mag and even giving away a brand spankin' new electric guitar. Swing by our booth and say hi -- we might not have liberty spikes or leather jackets, but punks come in all shapes and sizes, right?
In other news, I'm currently hanging at my ladyfriend's pad waiting for the Lawrence Arms/Bouncing Souls show to start tonight and killing plenty of time by watching a Project Runway marathon. It's supremely entertaining reality TV like this that makes me wish I had cable TV at home. And talk about random: A commercial for the new season of Top Chef just aired, and it was set to Cobra Starship's "The City Is At War." I bet Gabe Saporta is stoked.
This love of festivals brings me to surprisingly sunny and warm Chicago this weekend for the fourth annual Riot Fest, a three-day, multiple-venue celebration of the best of punk, ska and hardcore's past (ALL, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones), present (the Lawrence Arms, Paint It Black) and future (Jay Reatard, Municipal Waste). While I'm excited to watch many of these bands, I'm even more stoked to check out the crowd mixture and see how old-skool punx react to Mr. Reatard, or if plaid-clad skankers will get Valient Thorr's Venutian rock schtick. (I get so giddy when large crowds get exposed to stuff they'd otherwise never check out.)
If you're going to day three of Riot Fest -- that's the big one this Sunday at the Congress, with the Bosstones, ALL, Paint It Black, DOA, the Casualties, Mustard Plug, etc. etc. etc. -- I will be there in full force with our Chicago street team passing out free stickers and buttons, signing people up for free three-month subscriptions to the mag and even giving away a brand spankin' new electric guitar. Swing by our booth and say hi -- we might not have liberty spikes or leather jackets, but punks come in all shapes and sizes, right?
In other news, I'm currently hanging at my ladyfriend's pad waiting for the Lawrence Arms/Bouncing Souls show to start tonight and killing plenty of time by watching a Project Runway marathon. It's supremely entertaining reality TV like this that makes me wish I had cable TV at home. And talk about random: A commercial for the new season of Top Chef just aired, and it was set to Cobra Starship's "The City Is At War." I bet Gabe Saporta is stoked.
posted by Scott Heisel at
3:55 PM
1 Comments:
this reminds me of warped tour this year when a bunch of Bikers were watching Gym Class Heroes and fell in love wit the band. Made my day.
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