Date: July 25th, 2026 1:31 PM Author: glassy self-centered pervert
Today is by far the worst of the two days but I will see Underoath Jimmy Eat World Ghost Inside All Time Low Simple Plan Sleeping With Sirens Bowling For Soup Devil Wears Prada
Date: July 25th, 2026 1:47 PM Author: Citrine sickened parlor
the first warped tour had a 180 lineup. it was all hc/post hc bands - CIV, quicksand, orange 9 mm, sick of it all (RIP lou), etc.
it went to shit quickly after that. i went to it in 1997 (the third one) and the lineup was garbage like limp bizkit and other trash like that. i did see the specials and descendents there that year, but other than that it was awful.
Date: July 25th, 2026 2:31 PM Author: Citrine sickened parlor
this is hadcore in philly used to be 180. they always had great headliners and it was at the electric factory. last couple years have been shit and it's at a smaller venue now.
I got my face split open during GB that night. That was the night of the story where we threw a guy through a holiday inn lobby window and 5 years later I showed up at the hotel to negotiate their CBA.
Date: July 26th, 2026 4:48 PM Author: Citrine sickened parlor
oh, another couple of stories about the THIC venue (electric factory) - i saw morrissey there in 1997 on the maladjusted tour. i followed him around the east coast and saw him like 7 times on that tour. at the philly date, i was right up against the stage barrier and this girl was in front of me screaming about it and started yelling "THERE ARE A BUNCH OF ORDINARY BOYS CROWDING ME" ("ordinary boys" is a song on his first solo album). i lit up a cig and blew it into her face the whole cigarette.
in 2002, when the DC sniper thing was going on, i went to see Wilco there. i remember telling the guy i drove with not to stop for gas until we got into delaware. i was absolutely terrified at that time. had my curtains drawn and not flame i drove into the heart of DC to get gas. when we got to the show, i saw Horatio Sanz from SNL in the crowd, which was pretty funny.
electric factory is a great venue. i saw kraftwerk there last march with poasters not flame. the venue changed its name to franklin something or other.
the trocadero was a great venue in philly too. i saw a skinhead (with a hitler tattoo on his neck) shoot at this band called Fury of Five there, but that's a story for another day.
Date: July 26th, 2026 10:43 AM Author: arousing depressive halford
When I was 14 I went to Warped and a late teens / early twenties girl started grinding against me in the crowd. I froze up and didn't react but I treasure the memory. I guess I was raped.
Date: July 27th, 2026 2:02 AM Author: glassy self-centered pervert
My hotel room is across the hallway from the conference rooms at this hotel and I see a law firm war room. (This hotel is near the Long Beach courthouse).
It’s an insurance defense firm we have cases against and I believe they are repping one of my former clients (Honda), I can’t believe there’s 5 lawyers in this room on a Sunday night at 10:15 pm.
Date: August 2nd, 2026 3:02 AM Author: glassy self-centered pervert
No I was off to the side near the barrier in the VIP section. Warped was brutally hot even though it was by the ocean. I’ve never burnt in my life while wearing a ton of sunscreen until last weekend.
I never listened to Dustin talk about mars hill but I assume they just had a ton of money coming in and offered him a job where he was paid so much that he stopped the band. They collapsed spectacularly when the head of it was found to be an XO poaster.