WOW!! 
What a grand day!! So here's the skinny... we arrive and I discover that they have two MORE tickets at the gate for me... I pass them off to two friends of mine who now get to get in for 10 bux instead of 36... yeah!!
Sara and I get stopped by the guy filming this years warped tour comp and he asks us if we would like to be on it... well duh! yeah!! We both speak clearly to the camera... and bam we're in.
Next we go wondering around to find out what's where and who's who and who's where at what time. Final Destination RANCID! Now I find out earlier that I need an all access laminant to get backstage (which I dont have) but Lars told me to meet him backstage BEFORE they played and he would "hook me up with the best seat in the house!"...all we needed was an escort and The Useds' Bert was just the guy we needed ... he walked us in... THANKS BERT!! Lars totally came through for me... WOW! we watched Rancid Play from like TWO feet away. It was amazing!! Everybodies got one of those bands... you know the one band that has a memory attatched to each and every one of their songs... when you hear them you dont just hear the song but you go back to whatever, wherever, whoever.... go back to the days when you put the song in your CD player for the first time, go back to the way you felt and why you felt that way... well... Rancid is that band for me. Its a little strange because Lars is actually a FRIEND but in the same sense it's not so strange... who better to have for a freind than sombody who holds you up when you feel down, says "I understand" when you just wanna say fuck it... and feels the same passion for the words and music as you do... (and he does all this through a song or fifty) not just theirs but music really IS his life! And the night ended with this.... "Betty, I'd do anything for you!".... WOW! Yeah, that's the word to describe tonight! WOW!!!
Oh just one more note on today .... one of the most awe inspiring things i have EVER seen in my life was the crowd durring Rancids' Set tonight... There were soooooooo many people and they were all singing... no, SCREAMING the lyrics to every one of those songs today... (except ONE of the new ones that they played! and there were even a few screaming along with that one).... those people were inspired just like me... they were in awe of rancid and I was in awe of them... remembering that first time I heard Rancid... Remebering the first time I heard Time Bomb, Injury, Roots Radicals, Radio... I actually shed a tear! I know CHEESEY but its true...
Thank You Rancid, Thank You Lenny, Thank You Sara, Thank You Bert, Thank You Jeremy, Thank you Justin, Thank you Rick, Thank You Zach, Thank You Mom, Thank You to every single person out there who has given me that feeling that this life that I chose for myself is a good one, whoever said you cant pick your family was obviously NOT a punk!
I love you All!! Hardcore, Emo Core, Crusty.... I dont care where you fit in.... just know that you do!
Goodnight!
What a grand day!! So here's the skinny... we arrive and I discover that they have two MORE tickets at the gate for me... I pass them off to two friends of mine who now get to get in for 10 bux instead of 36... yeah!!
Sara and I get stopped by the guy filming this years warped tour comp and he asks us if we would like to be on it... well duh! yeah!! We both speak clearly to the camera... and bam we're in.
Next we go wondering around to find out what's where and who's who and who's where at what time. Final Destination RANCID! Now I find out earlier that I need an all access laminant to get backstage (which I dont have) but Lars told me to meet him backstage BEFORE they played and he would "hook me up with the best seat in the house!"...all we needed was an escort and The Useds' Bert was just the guy we needed ... he walked us in... THANKS BERT!! Lars totally came through for me... WOW! we watched Rancid Play from like TWO feet away. It was amazing!! Everybodies got one of those bands... you know the one band that has a memory attatched to each and every one of their songs... when you hear them you dont just hear the song but you go back to whatever, wherever, whoever.... go back to the days when you put the song in your CD player for the first time, go back to the way you felt and why you felt that way... well... Rancid is that band for me. Its a little strange because Lars is actually a FRIEND but in the same sense it's not so strange... who better to have for a freind than sombody who holds you up when you feel down, says "I understand" when you just wanna say fuck it... and feels the same passion for the words and music as you do... (and he does all this through a song or fifty) not just theirs but music really IS his life! And the night ended with this.... "Betty, I'd do anything for you!".... WOW! Yeah, that's the word to describe tonight! WOW!!!
Oh just one more note on today .... one of the most awe inspiring things i have EVER seen in my life was the crowd durring Rancids' Set tonight... There were soooooooo many people and they were all singing... no, SCREAMING the lyrics to every one of those songs today... (except ONE of the new ones that they played! and there were even a few screaming along with that one).... those people were inspired just like me... they were in awe of rancid and I was in awe of them... remembering that first time I heard Rancid... Remebering the first time I heard Time Bomb, Injury, Roots Radicals, Radio... I actually shed a tear! I know CHEESEY but its true...
Thank You Rancid, Thank You Lenny, Thank You Sara, Thank You Bert, Thank You Jeremy, Thank you Justin, Thank you Rick, Thank You Zach, Thank You Mom, Thank You to every single person out there who has given me that feeling that this life that I chose for myself is a good one, whoever said you cant pick your family was obviously NOT a punk!
I love you All!! Hardcore, Emo Core, Crusty.... I dont care where you fit in.... just know that you do!
Goodnight!
that's great to hear about all the good stuff going on in your life, sounds like warped was an amazing time. i decided to go with the mailroom job, and i start on tuesday - the lady told me to cut my hair though! whatever, i'm gonna get "EAT ME" shaved into the back of my head or something. that'll fix her good...