It's Sunday August 13th, 2006.
So it's been a little while since I've been to a large gathering of the yoot' so this year's Warped Tour involved a good deal of people watching. A few years ago all you crazy kids were sporting your choo-choo train hats, this year? I just couldn't figure it out. You're slackin' folks... I mean if the emo kids aren't standing around watching Joan Jett or Helmet... where the hell could they be?
The people must have something good to read on a Sunday
Lawyer fight! The legal fists were flying this week as a number of bands and labels launched lawsuits and pleas for public sympathy. Most prominently Hawthorne Heights[/url] moved to cut their ties with powerhouse Victory Records accusing the label of all sorts of bad business. Keeping to the mainstream, the former bassist of Panic! At The Disco filed suit against that band as well. They've been out of the news for a while now but Baltimore's Oxes launched a case against clothier Old Navy for appropriating the band's name for a t-shirt. FinallyWhole Wheat Bread[/url] bassist Nick Largen looks to be facing several years in prison over charges of larceny.
Also this week has been a roller coaster for the Asian Man / Hopeless Records supported 1-800-SUICIDE organization, which received its termination notice and then gained a temporary reprieve over the course of a few days. After all the fighting, it was nice to hear some good news for fans, as rumours of [b]Strung Out's/B] demise were greatly exaggerated. The Warped Tour's winding down but that's not stopping bands from dropping off. This week mewithoutYou joined that crowd. Members of both Thursday and NOFX offered their theories as to why so many bands this year can't seem to keep up.
We learned details on the upcoming efforts from Lifetime and Converge this week, as the former is recording in Brooklyn and the latter is gearing up for the release of No Heroes.
On the touring front the big news this week was the upcoming Bouncing Souls, Street Dogs and Whole Wheat Bread dates that kick off this October.
Finally we saw a new Anti-Flag[/url] video hit this week for "This Is The End." C
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So it's been a little while since I've been to a large gathering of the yoot' so this year's Warped Tour involved a good deal of people watching. A few years ago all you crazy kids were sporting your choo-choo train hats, this year? I just couldn't figure it out. You're slackin' folks... I mean if the emo kids aren't standing around watching Joan Jett or Helmet... where the hell could they be?
The people must have something good to read on a Sunday
Lawyer fight! The legal fists were flying this week as a number of bands and labels launched lawsuits and pleas for public sympathy. Most prominently Hawthorne Heights[/url] moved to cut their ties with powerhouse Victory Records accusing the label of all sorts of bad business. Keeping to the mainstream, the former bassist of Panic! At The Disco filed suit against that band as well. They've been out of the news for a while now but Baltimore's Oxes launched a case against clothier Old Navy for appropriating the band's name for a t-shirt. FinallyWhole Wheat Bread[/url] bassist Nick Largen looks to be facing several years in prison over charges of larceny.
Also this week has been a roller coaster for the Asian Man / Hopeless Records supported 1-800-SUICIDE organization, which received its termination notice and then gained a temporary reprieve over the course of a few days. After all the fighting, it was nice to hear some good news for fans, as rumours of [b]Strung Out's/B] demise were greatly exaggerated. The Warped Tour's winding down but that's not stopping bands from dropping off. This week mewithoutYou joined that crowd. Members of both Thursday and NOFX offered their theories as to why so many bands this year can't seem to keep up.
We learned details on the upcoming efforts from Lifetime and Converge this week, as the former is recording in Brooklyn and the latter is gearing up for the release of No Heroes.
On the touring front the big news this week was the upcoming Bouncing Souls, Street Dogs and Whole Wheat Bread dates that kick off this October.
Finally we saw a new Anti-Flag[/url] video hit this week for "This Is The End." C
More...
