FINALLY, a day of warped under out belt. it was uber busy, but man it is worth it, and man is it fun. ive been going to warped since the very first year it started a whole 13 years ago. it really is a dream to be playing it. we played at 1:05 today on the hurley stage(not to be confused with the hurley.COM stage). it was awesome, i was so pumped once we started playing. thanks pomona for being our first warped!! once we finished playing we hung out at the victory tent for a little bit and did some interviews, including yet another installment with our friends from Steven's Untitled Rock Show. We got to see our best buddies in Anberlin play, then immediately after i got to see Bad Religion play, who IS my favorite band ever. i am really going to try to see them everytime they play this summer, well over 40 times. here is a picture of what our tent looks like, look for the flags! come say hi!

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Here is a quick little story for all of you to enjoy......(sorry about any grammar or anything i couldnt give a shit less about it right now)

We left for warped last wednesday, we had 5 shows in 7 days heading out to the first warped tour day in pomona. i had been pretty sick since we left, feeling pretty sore in my throat and had zero energy whatsoever. i felt like hell every night playing, but i did it, no biggie. i had to fly home sunday morning for my sisters graduation, it means alot to me to do family stuff especially when its my little sister. so i flew home, and the whole flight my ears felt like they were going to explode. im sick so i have fluid build up and it has no where to drain, except out of my ears. i started losing some hearing, but i made it through the flight, nothing terrible happened. i went to my sisters graduation sunday and went to the dr on monday. my flight back to meet up with the guys was for 545 on monday. i went to the dr and he said no way can i fly, my eardrums will rupture. you have to wait untill you are safe.i got some antibiotic and everything should be fine health wise. so now, im screwed, the band is screwed, im stuck in ny, the band is in texas, we have 2 more shows in new mexico and tucson untill we start warped. the shows will still happen we have our guitar tech fillin in for me.

thats about half the story so far......
so i book another flight for thursday afternoon figuring i will be ok by then. turns out the antibiotic the dr gave me , IM ALLERGIC TO, so my face broke out in some crazy ass rash, its super uncomfortable and its just more hell im going through. my head feels like its underwater. SO this morning i went to another dr to check out my allergic reaction to the medicine. he checks me out says no way can i fly for at least a week. warped starts friday. what do i do? i keep cool, but time is running out, im in ny, warped is in cali. i have 3 days to get there. i look for a train. no trains available. i look for a bus, no bus available that will get me there in time. i call to rent a car, can find anything. FINALLY chris' girlfriend haley finds a car to rent in jersey. it takes 41 hours straight to get from ny to cali. me, my dad, my girlfriend stacy and chris's girlfriend haley are going to drive to california starting tuesday night, and make any major stops untill im delivered to warped tour. The world was pouring down on me today, it was quite comical actually to think that everything that could go wrong since i left the band for my flight has gone wrong. Im leaving in about an hour for our long drive. ill keep everyone updated, sorry i wont be in albuquerque or tucson for the shows. WISH ME LUCK!! KEEP IT REAL! AND VOTE! DO IT FOR ME! DO IT FOR MY HEALTH AND MY SHITTY EARS!

WITH LOVE

-NICK

I flew home yesterday from our tour for my sisters graduation. I havnt felt too well since we left for tour, ive been feeling pretty ill, not really myself. On yesterdays flight my head was so clogged and the pressure from flying was killing my ears they felt like they were going to explode, it was excruciating. I went to the Dr. this morning back in NY and she said i was very lucky that my ears didnt pop. I asked her what that meant, and she said my ears would have felt like knives were stabbing them and i would have lost hearing for a couple of months. So in that respect, i am lucky my ears didnt pop, however, she said there is no way i could fly back to meet up with the rest of the band for tomorrows show in Albuquerque and that i shouldnt fly for a few days. Warped starts friday in California, so i need to rest for a few days and hopefully get better by the time fly out on thursday. If i dont get better Bayside is going to have a deaf bass player for all of Warped! wish me luck!!

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I've been in this band for 7 years. I've been playing in bands sine I was 11 (13 years). I never thought that I would get to the point that I'm at. I always wanted to, but never actually thought I would get out of Queens or even out of the basement. As we got closer and closer to the point that we're at I saw what could actually become of this band, I knew then that one day I was going to have to address this. Selling Out. It's been on the tip of every one's tongue for ages.

What is it really? Am I a sell out? Are Green Day or Fall Out Boy sellouts? I have always thought of a sellout as someone who is going against their beliefs or ideals to make money. But even then, who the fuck cares? It is natural for people to claim ownership of a band during their humble beginnings. After all, that's what has drawn so many people to our scene and helped it explode over the last few years. Kids are growing up finding out about music from MTV and radio stations and by the time they find out, these people are huge stars and you have to camp outside their hotel for days to maybe shake their hands. They stumble across this new thing where the bands are just as good, if not better, and they can go to the shows and probably meet the band 9 out of 10 times and even have a drink with them. That sounds like a great thing to me. So it makes sense that when Fall Out Boy are playing at the Enormo-Dome and you can't get close to them anymore, you're pissed off.

In the unfortunate shambles that our scene is in these days, the term "sell out" is pretty much being used as an abbreviation for "band that got really big" which just isn't true. Being there for the paycheck, changing who you are for the money, that's what a sell out is. Working at Wal-Mart or Blockbuster or Starbucks or Target is being a lot more of a sell out then being in Fall Out Boy is. Not because those are big corporations or anything, because I shop all all those places almost daily. Because you are showing up, putting a fake smile on your face, wearing what you're told to wear and doing what you're told to do so that you can get your paycheck at the end of the week. Funny thing is that it's the kids that are working at these places that go home and post on message boards about how Fall Out Boy or AFI or, gasp, BAYSIDE sold out. I can assure you that when we played on Conan or when we play in arenas or when our video is played on tv, I'm fucking stoked. I wore what i wanted to, said what i wanted to and played the songs that I wrote and I love. I'm doing exactly what I want to do.

It seems as if bands are expected to just start saying no at a certain point. Do you want to be on the cover of our magazine? Do you want to be on tv? Do you want to do what you love and make some money doing it? What would all the scene watch dogs and sell out police do if they were faced with these questions? I don't want to say no. I'm right where I want to be. I had my picture taken for the cover of Alternative Press this morning and I had a whole box of free clothes waiting for me when I got home. On Monday morning I'll be filming a commercial for MTV, on Monday night I'll be hosting a show on FUSE and then on Wednesday I'll be flying to Europe for a tour and I do it all because I'm living my dream and I'm lucky enough to have these opportunities. Anyone who has seen us play, even up until yesterday knows that I'm still hanging out on the floor or at the merch table with everyone else meeting and talking to anyone who wants to talk to me.

We don't do anything we don't want to do, no matter what the money is. As for all the people calling bands sell outs on the Internet, can you say the same for yourself?