dudes bein dudes...

so warped tour is sort of ridiculous. and i guess so are we? we played broadway joe's in buffalo, packed up and got on the road around 1am, drove all night, and got to northampton mass around 7am and checked in. we spent all morning trying to figure out where we were supposed to be, and then finally pulled in and settled down. i was about to go to try and get a few hours of sleep but then the first stage started about 100 feet from our van. fuuuuuuuck. so instead we stole two cases of energy drink and that got me through the day. while it was sort of intimidating to be part of this huge event where no one seemed to know what was going on, it was made much better by the fact that we got to play with several of our friends and labelmates. hit the lights from ohio went on pretty early and are apparently the newest triple crown bros. good band, really nice dudes. check them out if you get a chance. then we played and kids actually watched which always surprises me and i was a bit of a mess due to a lack of sleep but i think we pulled it off. anterabae was up after us and they were incredible. i've only seen them a few times and never really met them before but they blew my mind and were rad dudes. and yankee fans which is a plus. folly was up after them and let me just say i love them. i love them! incredible dudes, really really good set. kids went pretty nuts. i think we still owe john money for the beer run. sorry dude. then it was lux courageous who sound better and better every time i see them. they were dead on and their songs are dangerously catchy. we'll be playing with them in a few weeks in philly which i'm looking forward to.
okay so the last band on our stage was bane. and yeah this got me psyched. my apologies for sounding like a jaded old man but at a festival of 8 million bands i just wanted to see my friends and go to sleep. but they're one of those bands that i got in to five or six years ago and kept me psyched on punk/hardcore/indie whatever you want to call it and i haven't seen them in forever so i went nuts. the barrier was a bummer but maybe its better that way cause i'm too old to stage dive. they had a lot to say and played all the hits. good times.
so then we packed up, drove around forever and finally found a place to sleep. i can say with some certainty that i had never been so tired in my life. yeah yeah, i'm a big whiner. its cool.
so now we're in cortland new york hanging out. show tonight, then head to boston to see the lock and key dudes which i am very very excited for, then up to vermont and then hooooooome. tour has been incredible but i'm pretty eager to get home and sleep and have friends again. so i'll see all of you in jersey in a couple days. later!





brian.