Warped Tour: not into it.

[asthmaticeog]

1) $3.50 for bottled water on the hottest day yet this year, and no drinking fountains. Since water is necessary for life on Earth, that's fucking larceny.

2) Out of fifty bands, only ONE interesting one all day. Googol Bordello. Check 'em out.

3) The singer from My Chemical Romance needs to find another nonthreatening cutie-lad to pal around with who's also named Gerard, so they can be like Corey Haim and Corey Feldman.

4) Emo is the new hair-metal.

5) Emo is the new hair-metal.

[Fenris]

1. Why on earth did you go to that?

:wow:

And that guy from My Chemical Romance needs to be told that the whole "goth" look not only continues to be stale, but was stale when it started.

[JimmyJazz]

3. Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale....

:popcorn:

[Fenris]

5. Does it involve the SS Minnow?

:D

[JimmyJazz]

6. How did you know?

Have you heard this story before? :crazy:

[Fenris]

7. I think it was on some TV show.

Bob Denver and Alan Hale were homosexuals stranded on a desert island with a Republican couple, a professor of pineapple physics, a good girl, and a skanky movie star.

I think.

[JimmyJazz]

8. And then what happened? Did that professor dude ever get laid?

[Fenris]

10. I think he was gay too.

Closeted, but nonetheless homosexual.

In fact, I think everyone on Gilligan's Island was gay.

Except for the Howells.

They were into S&M.

[asthmaticeog]

9. Work related - I was shooting pics.

I ran my photographer through the wringer last week, she did like three times as much work as usual. So to give her a break I told her I'd shoot whatever the biggest pain in the ass was this week - her choice - and pay her as though she'd shot it. She chose well. God, that sucked. Googol Bordello was the only fun I had all day. Even ragging on crap bands wasn't any fun - ripping on Fallout Boy is so fish-in-a-barrel...

[Fenris]

11. I figured it was work-related.

I just don't see you buying tickets to Warped Tour to see emo bands scream about their problems on a hot day.

[asthmaticeog]

13. I had a *blast* at the first one.

I mean c'mon, the Descendents!

[GOPisEvil]

2. Austin City Limits festival was like that.

Every day over 100 and only one bottle of water per person allowed. I spent more on water that weekend than I've spent on drunken benders.

At least the bands were really good for the most part. That made it just about worth it.

[vi5]

4. There's a new hair metal every 2 years now.....

Grunge was the new hair metal.
Then pop punk was the new hair metal.
Then rap metal was the new hair metal
Then emo was the new hair metal.
Now the new hair metal seems to be faux goth metal

Hair metal was a reigning beast for close to 10 years. Nothing since has had that kind of a run.

[asthmaticeog]

12. I dunno - I suspect Emo's going to have a very durable run.

I hope I'm wrong.

[vi5]

14. Emo hasn't been the big thing for a while now....

It's the new wave revival, and immediately prior to that was screamo. Get with the program man. :) All the big Emo bands broke up. Kaput

What exactly are you referring to as emo? That Fall Out Boy type crap isn't emo even in the loosest sense. It's some sort of punk pop rock emo hybrid.

[Susang]

15. Don't lie to us

I know you secretly went because you love Funeral For A Friend. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. ;-)

[name not needed]

16. I thought it was his man-crush on Gerard Way

:shrug:

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

17. Let me guess

You're just bitter that The Used wasn't there, because you wanted to see Bert McCracken make out with Gerard Way?

:P