It's not the heat, it's... Okay, it's the heat.

I told myself when I started writing these blogs that I wouldn't harp on about the heat. If there's one thing that's beaten into the ground by people writing about their Warped experiences, it's complaining about how unbearably hot it was during the day. I told myself I wouldn't be one of those people.

Fuck that: Indianapolis (Noblesville; whatever): You were fucking hot today. I'm sure it wasn't as bad as some of the earlier days of this year's tour (Phoenix and all of Florida, I'm looking at you), but man oh man, it was easily the hottest it's been since I joined the tour last week, not to mention it was humid as all hell and there was virtually no breeze the entire day. Misery, thy name is Warped Tour.

But enough about that; let's talk about the positives. (This means we won't be talking about the AP tent's rather unfortunate, seemingly backwoods location today.) Our signings with Gym Class Heroes and Motion City Soundtrack were off the proverbial chain today; it was Josh Cain of Motion City's birthday, and a few girls in line presented him with a little sign. Too cute. After Gym Class' signing wrapped, Travis had to split immediately to avoid being mobbed but the remainder of the band hung out for a while, chatting with fans. Matt their drummer stayed in the booth and talked with me about the state of music today for a good 20-30 minutes -- while I was selling subscriptions to kids who apparently had no idea the drummer for frickin' Gym Class Heroes was standing right in front of them. (Also, you should all check out Matt's side band, Kill The Frontman -- it's some seriously good shit.)

Once again, big ups go out to Katie and Rachel, our two incredibly awesome street teamers, who have been with us for a week or so now and are continuing to help out daily -- completely for free -- through Chicago this Saturday. They've been essential in keeping our booth running smoothly, so if you stop by in Milwaukee or Chi-town, give 'em a high five and an "atta girl."

As for band-watching today, we were wedged a stone's throw away from both the Ernie Ball Stage and the Skate Ramp Stage, which meant I saw plenty of entertainment. Highlights included Greg from the Bouncing Souls joining Animo onstage for a song (even stranger when you realize that the Souls have been off the tour for a week now and Indianapolis is nowhere near New Jersey, so who knows where Greg even came from); an amazing set/striptease from Gil Mantera's Party Dream (seriously, watch this duo, they will entertain you big-time); the Randies covering Fugazi's "Waiting Room," causing half of Motion CIty Soundtrack (and myself) to sing along; and MC Chris' rather enormous crowd who all willingly did calisthenics with the rapper for the first five minutes of his set. You could say I was entertained for the majority of the day -- at least what I could see when the sweat wasn't in my eyes.

All right, our bus is in motion, heading toward Milwaukee where we will be having our third and final Punxdirtysecret Warped after-party. (Sorry, laminates only.) It's a beach-themed party with a $500 limbo contest, so expect some pretty gnarly pictures in the coming days at Punxdirtysecret.com. I'll post a recap tomorrow!