the warped tour

this was my first time at a warped tour, and i have to say i loved it. i had a blast. in fact, i had a blast despite the near tropical storm conditions and despite my fever and blocked sinuses. the funny thing is, i wasn't nearly as self-conscious about blowing snot rockets at the concert as i would be anywhere else. it reminds me of a line in that song by adam and his package "the punk rock academy" where he says "we'll give the dirty punks a dip and get rid of all their fleas". hehe. there were lots of dirty punks there. it was great. there were a lot more punks than i expected there to be in virginia and fewer than nathan expected. i liked the amphitheater...nathan didn't. we sissied out and sat in the chairs that were higher up because of my cold. if i hadn't been sick, we'd have been in the pit with everyone else.
i got to see everyone i wanted to see except for guttermouth (who was not at this stop) and the casualties (whose showtime conflicted with bad religion's). i like bad religion a lot more than i like the casualties, but i did feel a little bit of remorse halfway through their set when all the casualties fans tramped in looking like they'd just had a blast and ready to catch anti-flag.
so here's the short version of all the bands:
flogging molly: awesome as always
anti-flag: a lot better than i thought they would be...really mouthy, but fun to sing along to. nathan loved them, which surprised me.
the bouncing souls: really fun set...very energetic
bad religion: same old same old. very good stuff.
the vandals: played both "oi to the world" and "my girlfriend's dead" so i was pleased. then the guitar player impressed us all by playing guitar with his manhood. hehe.
lars frederickson: ordered the largest circle pit i've ever seen. i had a lot of remorse over being in the high seats with a fever.
NoFX: they're fired. their whole set sucked. i don't like them anymore. i only knew two songs by them that i liked in the first place and they didn't play either one. then, they said one of their songs was for stoners and all the stoners lit up, which i hate when i'm healthy and despise when i've got a sinus infection.
but on the whole, it was a great show. i have to say though, that after having finally heard this coheed cambria person everyone's been raving about, i can hardly believe they let him on the tour. he was awful. he belonged somewhere else. i bet he sits alone at lunch. i bet anti-flag and the vandals take turns beating him. as he deserves. he reminded me of a cross between ani difranco and getty lee. ani might sometimes be able to pull that off, (so i don't piss off her fans, i don't like her, but she doesn't need to be beaten) but coheed cambria most certainly cannot. and getty lee just needs to be keel-hauled. arr
oi oi oi oi!