mander.SALIS.8/24.

Hello. I have not had time to update this, again. Oh well. Over the last few days I: went bowling with Mike,Ash, and Kell, watched Cold Mountain with Mike, Ash, and Kell, saw Liz Lynch, Alex Joffe, and Sam Morales at a band festival, hung out with Kell a lot, and worked a bunch. It ha rained a lot and been hot and humid and then chilly. That's about it.

Me and Dan are still looking for a drummer and a guitarist. We have had a few responses and are trying to decide. If you want in, still let us know. AIM sometime after Friday. I'll be at the Jersey shore all week.

Speaking of the shore, I leave tomorrow and get back Friday. Way to end the summer eh? Should be fun. I am going with Kelley. Then it's basically school when I get back. Talk about horrible. Oh well.

I seriously need to pack. 8/24. Buy it! See you in a week. Love & Later.

cross.out.the.EYES

Hello. As promised, here are the Warped pictures from 8/10. Enjoy!





Taking Back Sunday

New Found Glory

Matchbook Romance

Again, sorry about image distortion. I can send you them full size if you wish.

For my post on this day click here. Love & Later.

10:31

Hello. Work starts again tomorrow. I could not be looking forward to this any less. I seriously hate working. If I can't get Friday off, then no Mae show. I really want to go seeing as I have a ride and it is at Croc Rock. I am working out the final strings tomorrow so wish me luck. Only ten days of work until next summer. Thirty-one until my license. I still need to do more work on parallel parking. I will be good, no doubt.

Dan and I are looking to start an electric band, drums and distortion, the whole nine yards. If you drum, play guitar, and are influenced by Matchbook Romance, Taking Back Sunday, and Mae, AIM me ASAP. Thank you.

Me and Kelley watched "Sling Blade" tonight. I liked it, same goes for Kell. I have wasted time on some bad movies lately and was glad to see this one. Mike and Ash are still in Delaware. Mike called me today and I never asked when they get back so I guess it will be a surprise.

Well, once again my blog will be short and pointless. There is just not enough to write about anymore. Haircut next week. This is all. Love & Later.

RAIN.again.

Hello. It rained again today. I am so sick of it. I am finally updating again. These past few days have been so boring. Nothing happened which was worth the time to write about. I worked on Wednesday. I am off from Thursday through Sunday. Yesterday I basically did nothing and then hung out with Kelley. That was fun, but still. Summer is wasting away. Not cool.

Today was Liz Lynch's party and I am angry that I forgot it. Now it is going on and I am stuck here with no ride and no gift. Not cool.

I posted more pictures from the first Warped Tour on the old post. The second set of Warped pictures will not be up until Sunday because Wal-Mart workers are lazy so I decided not to pay for one-hour photo. If they turn out as I hope them to, they will be worth the wait.

Well, I am done for now. Love & Later.

warped.TWO

Hello again. Today I went to the second of my Warped shows and, if it is possible, today was better than Sunday's. We ot there about 12:30 or so and went straight to the main stage, which at Hershey is one huge stage split by two bands. We got right upfront on the Teal Stage side, the left side, of the main stage. We were on the wood connected to the rail, so maybe two people back from the front. On our side of the main stage, the first band up was Matchbook Romance. Pure awesome. It was one of their only days on the main stage so they rocked it like crazy. Next, on the other side, was Sugarcult. They were okay. They played slower than on their cd's, but still okay. Then back on our side was NFG. They were, surprisingly, very good. The crowd was ridiculously rough for them, but they were cool to see live. Then on the other side was Coheed and Cambria. There are no words to describe how musically talented they are live. Simply amazing. Then back on our side we saw Taking Back Sunday. They have such energy when they play it is so so cool. They played the same set as on Sunday, some new and old classics, plus Great Romances. It was so cool to see them so close at Warped because the crowds for them are ridiculously large. Then we left the main stage and walked a bit.

We met up with the Matchbook Romance drummer and bassist at their merch tent. We talked with them and got them to sign stuff. Cool guys, especially the bassist. Then we met The Matches and again got stuff signed. We kept running into the frontman of Fall Out Boy. He just walked around all day and hardly anybody knew who he was. It was great and he was a cool guy. At 7:15 we watched them on the Maurice Stage. Talk about energy. They were stoked as it was their first Warped date ever. They did about seven songs I think. The last two songs saw Matchbook's drummer and bassist guest appear. Talk about a heavenly set. We were about ten people back and mostly centered for them. Pretty good spot. They were awesome.

I have pictures of this show as well, all of main stage bands. However, I am still in need of one hour photo. As soon as they are developed, I will post them.

I would like to thank Dan for coming with us today because his company and sarcasm added to the great time. Here is his version of events because I think he covered it better than me. Seriosluy, Dan is one cool kid who should be on the top of everyone's list of "Who to Take to a Concert" or just anywhere. Thanks again Dan.

Now, I'm exhausted and in need of sleep. Love & Later.

got.WARPED.

Hello. Went to the Vans Warped Tour today at Englishtown Raceway in Jersey. Awesome show and day, seriously. Met the MCS drummer and moogist and I bought a track jack from them and Kell got a t-shirt from them. Then, basically watched Matchbook Romance and Motion City Soundtrack. MBR's guitarist was crazy sick so they did an acoustic set which was pretty awesome. They played a new one off of their upcoming split with MCS. Cool song. Following them on the same stage, The Maurice Stage, was MCS. They rocked that stage like no other. They played about seven songs or so, a good mix of their stuff. Later on we met the whole of MCS. They signed stuff for me and Kell. Really really cool guys. They liked Kell's home-made shirt. We tried to get over to see TBS but there was a larger crowd there than I have seen for any other band ever at Warped. So we climbed onto the bleachers and watched from there. They played their classics and a few from the new cd. All-in-all, great day. We go again on Tuesday to the show in Hershey. Needless to say, can't wait.

Took some shots at the show but only have enough room to upload three from the other site so here they are:





Motion City Soundtrack



Matchbook Romance

Sorry for the poor picture quality. I had to shrink them a bit. AIM me and I can send you full size pictures.

Again, it was a great show and a great day. We got a ton of free stuff and it was very fun. Only bad things: traffic and $3 drinks.

Im completely beat and am going to bed. Can't wait until Tuesday. Love & Later.

i.see.the.HEADLIGHTS.

Hello. Today was a much better day. Dan and me finally practiced today. We have not been able to practice for a while because there was no time when we could both practice. We worked on one of Dan's songs. I added bass to it last time we practiced but it was so long ago that I had trouble remembering it. I recalled some of it, enough to get the general idea. I showed Dan stuff I had worked on so he could add guitar to it. The only problem was that most of mine was unfinished. I am too sporadic. Oh well, Dan is so so good and he will be able to add guitar. We should definitely have an ep in time for the battle. The Swingset Kids are moving.

Last night I went out with Kell, Mike, and Ashley. We went to Pizza Hut, Blockbuster, and Ash's. We watched the movie "Monster". It was okay, kind of freaky. It was a fun time though.

I tried to parallel park today. I swear I will never do it again once I pass my test. Seriously. I was at the Resica parking lot for about an hour. I can do it sometimes but I will need to do more trips like this if I want to pass my test.

Sunday is the first of our Warped dates. I am excited for this one the most because I will finally get to see MCS. They are still on one of the smaller stages so that makes it even better. They will rock that stage, no doubt. Speaking of the gods, their split with Matchbook Romance is out in September and in Ocotber they record their new cd. Mark Hoppus is going to produce it. Needless to say, I can't wait.

Again, I'm tired and it's past three. Love & Later.