Ross

I didn't find much between the US and Canadian border agents tbh. Both were as serious about their job as the other. There was one awesome guy at the airport (in Toronto) though who spoke to me about the Red Wings and Steve Yzerman, he was awesome.

Do Europeans consider traveling through other European countries to be basically the equivalent to Americans traveling from state to state? I mean I know there's obvious differences such as language changes etc... but if you're in an EU country, can you freely travel through other EU countries or is there a whole passport hassle and all that stuff? Just curious.

 

We consider it (mentally) to be like going between Mexico/America/Canada cause it is crossing borders/changing country. But, unless I'm mistaken, physically it's more like going between States (if you're going from one EU member country to another, well Schengen signatories, but there's a decent cross over of the two). Only passport hassle is with the UK and between non-EU (non-Schengen signatories) countries.

Happy to help however I can. There's nothing quite like following your favourite band across the country.

srsly?

 

When I get trained in this, we will meet up and have a duel.

 

 

Haha yup! I've done about two/three years in it. Way too rusty at it now haha.

 

I await your challenge, young one.

3 Doors Down

30 Seconds To Mars

38th Parallel (x10)

A

The Academy Is...(x2)

Acrylic Iqon (x4)

Against Me! (x2)

Alkaline Trio (x2)

Alexisonfire

All-American Rejects

All Forgotten

All or Nothing

All Time Low (x5)

Anarbor

Anathallo

Anti-Flag (x2)

Arcadian

Armor For Sleep

Army Of Freshmen

Attack! Attack! (x2)

The Audition (x4)

The Auteur

Avril Lavigne

Biffy Clyro

Billy Talent

Black Gold

The Blackout (x3)

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

blink-182

Bowling for Soup (x2)

Boycotts

Boys Like Girls (x4)

The Boy Who Trapped The Sun

Brand New (x6)

Broadway Calls (x3)

Cancer

Cancer Bats

Canterbury (x2)

Cash Cash

The Changes

Chiodos

Chris Carrabba [Dashboard Confessional]

Circa Survive (x2)

Cobra Starship (x4)

Coheed and Cambria

Coldplay (x2)

The Color Fred

Crime in Stereo (x2)

Cute Is What We Aim For

Danger Radio

The Dangerous Summer

Dave Kitt

Django Django

The Dollyrots

The Dykeenies (x8 )

Editors (x3)

Elbow

Emarosa

Envy on the Coast

Eugene Francis Jr

Every Avenue (x3)

Fall Out Boy

Family Force 5

Farewell

Farewell City

Fenix TX

Fightstar

Finch (x2)

Fireworks (x2)

Flood of Red (x2)

Foo Fighters

Forever the Sickest Kids (x4)

Four Year Strong (x6)

Franz Ferdinand

The Friday Night Boys

fun.

Funeral for a Friend (x3)

Furthest Drive Home

Futures (x3)

Gayblades

Get Cape Wear Cape Fly

The Get Up Kids

the Ghost of a Thousand

Glassjaw (x4)

Go:Audio (x2)

Go Faster

Graham Coxon [blur]

Green Day

Halos

Hexes

Hey Monday (x2)

Hit the Lights

Horsebox

Houston Calls

In This Moment (x2)

Jack's Mannequin

Jay-Z

Jenny Owen Young

Jocasta Sleeps

John Ralston

Jonas Brothers

Kaiser Chiefs

Keane

Kevin Devine ( x8 )

Kids In Glass Houses (x3)

The Killers

Kill the Arcade (x3)

The King Blues

Kolo

Kris Roe [the Ataris] (x2)

Kubb

La Fontaines

Landon (x4)

Leya

Lights (x3)

Lost on Campus

lostprophets (x2)

Madina Lake (x3)

Magic Numbers

The Maine (x2)

Manchester Orchestra (x3)

Mayday Parade (x3)

Metro Station (x2)

mewithoutYou

Mirrorview (x3)

Moneen (x4)

Motion City Soundtrack

My American Heart (x2)

My Chemical Romance

My Passion

The New 1920's

New Found Glory

Nine Inch Nails

Not Advised

Now, Now Every Children

One Good Reason

Out of Sight (x4)

Panic at the Disco

Paper Route

Paramore (x3)

Peter Murphy

Plain White T's

Polysics

Polytechnic

Prima Donna

Pulled Apart by Horses (x2)

Pull Tiger Tail (x2)

The Rakes

Razorlight (x2)

Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Reverend And The Makers

Rich Aucoin

Richard Ashcroft [the Verve]

Rio

The Rocket Summer

Ross Clark

Save Your Breath

Sergeant

Set Your Goals (x5)

Shadows Chasing Ghosts

Shapes (x2)

Sherwood (x2)

Shoes and Socks Off

Sing It Loud

Silversun Pickups

Snow Patrol (x4)

Something Corporate

Son of Dork

The Spill Canvas

Spy Catcher

Squeeze

State Radio

Stereo Skyline

Strike Anywhere

The Swellers

Taking Back Sunday (x4)

Telegraphs

There for Tomorrow

They Sink Ships

This Time Next Year

Thrice (x2)

Thursday

To My Boy

Tonight is Goodbye

Twin Atlantic (x5)

Two Thirds of Youth (x3)

The Upwelling

Valencia

VersaEmerge

Walter Schreifels [Quicksand, Gorilla Biscuits, CIV, Rival Schools]

We are the Ocean (x2)

The Webb Sisters

We the Kings (x3)

We the Fallen (x4)

Wheatus

White Heath

White Lies

The Wild

The Wombats

The Wonder Years (x2)

The Xcerts (x2)

Yashin

You Me At Six ( x8 )

Young Guns

 

Up coming:

Deaf Havana, Me vs. Hero, There for Tomorrow

Young Guns, The Swellers

Flood of Red

Fireworks, A Loss for Words, All or Nothing

Jimmy Eat World, Minus the Bear

Rufio, Allister, LYU

Alexisonfire, Chickenhawk, The Computers

Man Overboard, Transit, All or Nothing

Paramore, fun.

Francesqa, We are the In Crowd

You Me At Six, The Blackout, Set Your Goals, Canterbury

All Time Low, Yellowcard

Good Charlotte, Four Year Strong, Framing Hanley, The Wonder Years

Tigers Jaw, End of the Year, Basement

Anberlin, The Xcerts, Hawthorne Heights

I Call Fives, Maycomb

We the Kings, VersaEmerge, I See Stars, All Forgotten

I confess I'm highly considering taking a sword fighting class

 

I've been trained in sword combat. trufax.

First six or so songs are fantastic. Tails off after then. The album could do with being a few songs shorter.

I could say the same thing to you!

Still to listen to this, should get on it soon.

Yeah same, should really pay more attention. I thought you were just doing Manchester.

 

Agreed. One of the new songs, possibly Planetary, is an absolute fucking stormer. Got massive single written all over it. Would've preferred Honey to Destroya/Destroyer though.

Wait, you saw them last night too, Ross? Did you see Shannon?

 

No I didn't It never clicked with me that Shannon was going until she had already boarded her train so I had no way of getting in contact with her, otherwise I would've tried to meet her!

HAHUWESHJRBDFJADBHAHAAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAH HARRY

OMFG

SERIOUSLY I will take a video of me trying to play an F chord and you will see that my fingers don't reach!

 

 

And this is what my bangs do Franny:

They're totally longer on one side but I'm afraid to cut them

 

Geez Kailey, do you have to be so obnoxiously attractive all the time? I'm not even a chick and I feel a little insecure looking at you...

We got a fifth new song last night, Destroyer.

Needs moar In Pursuing Design.

Some people will camp overnight but it won't be a substantial number. Turning up at 7am should mean you're close to the front.

I confess one of my friends reminds me of Sierra. She kinda looks like her too. lol

 

pics or it didn't happen...

i confess i'm having a break with my boyfriend and this sucks. i'm constantly crying like fucking emo.

 

 

I confess I really could've done with Impact/Reaction being uploaded like 3 hours ago, could've been watching them by now.

Going to Glasgow.

I didn't even know Newcastle had an airport. Would it be cheaper flying to one of the more commercial airports like Manchester then picking up an advance train ticket to Newcastle? Or am I completely underestimating the cost of Norwegian air travel?

My ticket for Monday still hasn't arrived in the post yet, time to phone up Ticketmaster and complain.

I always thought I saw Vegas live back in 2008. I'm gonna investigate. Could be wrong.

 

The Party Scene, Jasey Rae, Coffee Shop, Umbrella, Let It Roll, Six Feet, The Beach, Dear Maria, Shameless, Champagne. Could have sworn it was more than that, oh well.

Dude, that's bullshit.

I always hear the "Ohh it's just how it is, I can't gain weight because of my metabolism" thing, and you know what?

It's complete fucking bullshit.

I used to be quite skinny, and I hated it and wanted to do something about it. Now that I lift weights and eat, like properly eat, I realized what a bullshit excuse the "My metabolism is so high omfg!" thing was. Knowing I could actually do something about it and not have to be skinny for the rest of my life made me feel so much better.

I'm not exactly a tank yet (only been working out for 4 months, and the first few weeks I stumbled along with not much knowledge of what supplements to buy, how to do various exercises etc), and my upper body is still fairly slim because my long arms make it hard for me to really get good on bench press and develop a good upper body at a good pace (but nonetheless, my chest and arms are not as small as they used to be), but my upper legs are no longer the sticks they once were, and to an extent my calves are not that skinny anymore either.

 

I'm skinny but I'm not unhappy with it. I'm just as fit as the next guy, normally takes about a solid hour of football before I'm really exhausted and that's only if I'm playing on the wing. I earned black belts in three different martial arts weighing less than I do right now. My thighs and calves are, and I quote, "built like steel". Normally average about 27 press-ups in 30 seconds. The problem, with me, is that mostly all of the exercise I do is cardio-vascular based and, as such, less time is spent on muscle building/local muscular endurance which is why I look as skinny as I am.

 

I'm not entirely sure what my point is or where I'm going with it. I agree with Harry though, if you're not happy, do something about it. I guess what I was trying to say is that you shouldn't be unhappy about weighing less than anyone else cause you can still do everything these bigger guys can do. If you're really that unhappy with your weight then try to bulk up. Otherwise, do a Kurt Cobain and wear several layers of clothing to hide it for the rest of your life.

We the Kings/VersaEmerge/I See Stars

 

February

04 Oxford, Academy2

05 Leeds, Cockpit

06 Newcastle, Academy2

08 Glasgow, Garage

09 Liverpool, Stanley Theatre

11 Manchester, Academy 3

12 Birmingham, Academy2

13 Norwich, Waterfont

14 Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms

15 London, Electric Ballroom

Something a little different from my normal "go listen to these bands but I know you never will" threads. Scranton, PA be the home of this excellent little indie rock band. I'd say it's musically comparable to early Manchester Orchestra but the lead singer sounds more like Anthony Ranieri of Bayside-fame. I'd say for fans of bands more like Now, Now, Every Children, Lydia, States et al but there's something there for the fans of general pop punk.

 

Some last.fm/youtube-y goodness for all y'all.

 

I Was Never Your Boyfriend

Between Your Band and the Other Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au0xSd53l0A

Bostonian pop-punk which emphasis on the punk more than pop. Keep This to Yourself is a contender for top ten of the year, solid stuff. For fans of the likes of The Movielife, Title Fight, Set Your Goals, Man Overboard etc..

 

Just leave some of this here.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZwefNGz0gA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2MZ5w4G69A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF2Okoe0PHk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-J_v-p_LTY