Review: On Being The Old Guy At Warped Tour, And Why That Might Not Be So Bad
–Words by Kevin Madert
The following took place between the hours of 11:00 am and 10:00 pm on July 22, 2014. The following is a firsthand account. The following is a true story.
Traffic. This being my fourth Warped I should have expected such a thing. The thruways around Merriweather Post Pavilion aren’t expressly equipped to handle such a single-day influx. Predictable as the predicament is, it’s no less brow furrowing. I bet the pioneers didn’t have to deal with covered wagon backups on the old dusty trail. Then again, they didn’t have a nation-touring 70+ band all day experience to enjoy either. A few moments pass wherein I contemplate Warped Tour circa 1868. Gives brand new meaning to the term “bandwagon,” eh?
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Review: Handguns’ Quintessentially Pop-Punk “Life Lessons”
–Written by Michael Hogan
It’s been nearly 4 years since I’ve played in a band. That really sucks, but life happens; I moved back home, finished up school, got a big boy job, all the good shit. I still work with music, I just never got around to joining another band. Sometimes I would get the fleeting urge to start back up, reflecting to myself, “Man, that was awesome.” For much of those last four years, it’s been anything but an all-consuming feeling. The way I saw it, if it happened again one day that would be cool, but it wasn’t a really pressing thing.
That isn’t really the case anymore, and I place a lot of the blame for that on pop-punk.
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