Oh, Boise.
EDIT: I wrote this blog last night on the bus, but once we were driving, my spiffy little wireless internet card didn't want to work, so here ya go. Bright and early from the Gorge:
So my first day back on Warped Tour was pretty great. I can say with certainty that it was a world apart from my first day last summer in Miami. Last year I had no idea what to expect and I didn't know anyone on the tour. (This all changed after a few days of course, but it was still a bit daunting at the beginning.)
This year, I wasn't even on the grounds of the Idaho Center Amphitheatre six minutes before I saw people I knew. My cab driver dropped me off by the buses, and while I was waiting for Luis, the AP tent leader, to meet me, I saw my friend Artie from Vagrant. Shortly after, I bumped into Lycia (who ran the AP tent last year and is now on the tour with MySpace) and Erica from Keep A Breast. It was really reassuring to see some familiar faces right away.
Setting up and selling subs and waiting in the catering line all came back pretty darn quick (hey, AP peeps, can we please get different racks for the programs next year? just sayin'...). The venue today was set up like a fishbowl, so everyone was on a pretty nasty incline, which prevented having a ton of things on our tables. But we were near the top of the hill, so we had a great view of the big stage (which housed both the Route 66 AND the Highway 1 stages), plus the mountains in the background. Because the main stages were sharing a stage, the rock was non-stop today (as I tried to explain in my first attempt at a phone video--see above). The highlight of the day musically? The Oreskaband brass/woodwind section coming out and playing a song with Motion City Soundtrack. That was pretty amazing. We also did really great signings with 3OH!3 and Norma Jean--both of which drew big, big crowds during their respective sets today. (Side note: Nathanial from 3OH!3 is really, really, really tall. Like, probably about 6' 7" tall. Who knew?)
After tear-down and showers (which were actually really nice and there was no line!), I headed to the BBQ with Lycia. We took on Andy from Every Time I Die and Scotty from Norma Jean in a game of cornhole (that's bags if you're not from Ohio). Unfortunately, we lost, but I will go ahead and say that I had the most cornholes on my team. :)
Everyone seemed to be in great spirits today (probably having something to do with the day off everyone had yesterday in Montana), and the chill atmosphere at the BBQ was the perfect cap to the first day of my Warped trek. Now we're all back on the buses and headed to Washington. I can't even tell you how excited I am to see the Gorge after all the wonderful things I've heard about it. I guess loading in and out is sort of tricky because of the "big hill," but I'm down for the challenge.
Needless to say, I'm pretty sleepy, so I'll catch you all tomorrow.
So my first day back on Warped Tour was pretty great. I can say with certainty that it was a world apart from my first day last summer in Miami. Last year I had no idea what to expect and I didn't know anyone on the tour. (This all changed after a few days of course, but it was still a bit daunting at the beginning.)
This year, I wasn't even on the grounds of the Idaho Center Amphitheatre six minutes before I saw people I knew. My cab driver dropped me off by the buses, and while I was waiting for Luis, the AP tent leader, to meet me, I saw my friend Artie from Vagrant. Shortly after, I bumped into Lycia (who ran the AP tent last year and is now on the tour with MySpace) and Erica from Keep A Breast. It was really reassuring to see some familiar faces right away.
Setting up and selling subs and waiting in the catering line all came back pretty darn quick (hey, AP peeps, can we please get different racks for the programs next year? just sayin'...). The venue today was set up like a fishbowl, so everyone was on a pretty nasty incline, which prevented having a ton of things on our tables. But we were near the top of the hill, so we had a great view of the big stage (which housed both the Route 66 AND the Highway 1 stages), plus the mountains in the background. Because the main stages were sharing a stage, the rock was non-stop today (as I tried to explain in my first attempt at a phone video--see above). The highlight of the day musically? The Oreskaband brass/woodwind section coming out and playing a song with Motion City Soundtrack. That was pretty amazing. We also did really great signings with 3OH!3 and Norma Jean--both of which drew big, big crowds during their respective sets today. (Side note: Nathanial from 3OH!3 is really, really, really tall. Like, probably about 6' 7" tall. Who knew?)
After tear-down and showers (which were actually really nice and there was no line!), I headed to the BBQ with Lycia. We took on Andy from Every Time I Die and Scotty from Norma Jean in a game of cornhole (that's bags if you're not from Ohio). Unfortunately, we lost, but I will go ahead and say that I had the most cornholes on my team. :)
Everyone seemed to be in great spirits today (probably having something to do with the day off everyone had yesterday in Montana), and the chill atmosphere at the BBQ was the perfect cap to the first day of my Warped trek. Now we're all back on the buses and headed to Washington. I can't even tell you how excited I am to see the Gorge after all the wonderful things I've heard about it. I guess loading in and out is sort of tricky because of the "big hill," but I'm down for the challenge.
Needless to say, I'm pretty sleepy, so I'll catch you all tomorrow.
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