Pittsburghettstown.
So today was the "Pittsburgh" stop of Warped, which was actually in Burgettstown, which I don't know where that is but it's apparently close enough to Pittsburgh to be billed as Pittsburgh. Get all that? Me neither.
When you work a booth on Warped, you're generally busy all day so the only bands you get to really watch are the ones on the stage set closest to you. Today, we lucked out bigtime and found our booth placed within spitting distance of the Hurley stage, which ensured we'd hear plenty of rock all day long. Of course, the downside to being that close to the Hurley stage is for the bigger bands that played it (especially All Time Low, We The Kings and, rather inexplicably, Mayday Parade) found their crowds bleeding into our booth and then some. It was tight today, but it actually kinda made it more fun. Bands who drew slightly smaller crowds but still put on a great show today included the Color Fred and Pierce The Veil. (Bands who didn't really do much of either were Automatic Loveletter and Greeley Estates.)
We also held pretty crazy signings today with Cobra Starship and We The Kings, both of whom drew a veritable shitton of people. One girl, while waiting for Cobra to show up, almost passed out from the heat. Let this be a lesson to all of you: DRINK WATER WHEN YOU'RE AT WARPED. Lots of it. Seriously. Seriously seriously. If you ask me really nicely, I may even give you a can if you look like you need it. But seriously, drink water. Spending $5 on a bottle of water is a better investment than whatever awful CD some local band is trying to hawk to you in the parking lot before the show.
Anyway, today was also the first day of the tour for Motion City Soundtrack, and they totally killed it. Make sure to watch this band if you're going to Warped from here on out (like I really needed to tell you that).
Okay, I'm about to fall asleep on the bus (which is doubly problematic because we're supposed to stop at a Wal-Mart soon and I kinda wanna go shopping in the middle of the night in sandals and knit shorts just because I can). Thanks for reading, I'll be back with more tomorrow!
When you work a booth on Warped, you're generally busy all day so the only bands you get to really watch are the ones on the stage set closest to you. Today, we lucked out bigtime and found our booth placed within spitting distance of the Hurley stage, which ensured we'd hear plenty of rock all day long. Of course, the downside to being that close to the Hurley stage is for the bigger bands that played it (especially All Time Low, We The Kings and, rather inexplicably, Mayday Parade) found their crowds bleeding into our booth and then some. It was tight today, but it actually kinda made it more fun. Bands who drew slightly smaller crowds but still put on a great show today included the Color Fred and Pierce The Veil. (Bands who didn't really do much of either were Automatic Loveletter and Greeley Estates.)
We also held pretty crazy signings today with Cobra Starship and We The Kings, both of whom drew a veritable shitton of people. One girl, while waiting for Cobra to show up, almost passed out from the heat. Let this be a lesson to all of you: DRINK WATER WHEN YOU'RE AT WARPED. Lots of it. Seriously. Seriously seriously. If you ask me really nicely, I may even give you a can if you look like you need it. But seriously, drink water. Spending $5 on a bottle of water is a better investment than whatever awful CD some local band is trying to hawk to you in the parking lot before the show.
Anyway, today was also the first day of the tour for Motion City Soundtrack, and they totally killed it. Make sure to watch this band if you're going to Warped from here on out (like I really needed to tell you that).
Okay, I'm about to fall asleep on the bus (which is doubly problematic because we're supposed to stop at a Wal-Mart soon and I kinda wanna go shopping in the middle of the night in sandals and knit shorts just because I can). Thanks for reading, I'll be back with more tomorrow!
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