When When We Were Young 2024 decided to piece something together with a gimmick; more so than just nostalgia, they decided that their third year in Las Vegas would be dedicated to some of the most important albums that were the soundtrack to Hot Topics around the US in the 2000s. Every band agreed (or... Continue Reading →
So on this week’s episode, I said I was going to go over my top Warped Tour memories. I sort of forgot that I’d already done that so my apologies. Being closer to 40 than 30 will make your brain unable to recall the simplest of things. I won’t leave you hanging though. Instead of... Continue Reading →
Summer’s just haven’t been the same since Warped Tour said farewell, but the memory of those 11am eggrolls still live inside of me. Oh, and the music. The music was most definitely why I loved going. With that, I wanted to pay homage to the summer tradition of many elder emos out there by talking... Continue Reading →
Years ago I was fresh out of college with little to no skills, but there I was - in the real world with concerts to go to, so I started freelance writing. It eventually led to Golden Mixtape, my first creative endeavor. Those I interviewed were often asked to make mixtapes based on this and... Continue Reading →
By now you’ve all listened to Girl at the Rock Shows talk at length about not only her love of Benji Madden of Good Charlotte but also how much music and concerts mean to her. If not - you can head here and do that and then come right back and read about the moments... Continue Reading →
Back in the day, I’d say 99.9% of tweens and teens who stepped foot inside Hot Topic wanted one thing out of summer, and that was to go to Warped Tour. I was no different. Going from the boy band ways of the backstreets to MTV pop punk meant spending way too much time imagining... Continue Reading →
Originally I was going to rattle on about 10 emo crushes, but then I thought - nah. Let’s talk about the music because at the end of the day that is what made that era so fucking amazing and left us in our fucking feels. So today when we say emo music, we’re talking about... Continue Reading →
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