Edge Intern Blogs! plus Special!

I'd decide I would put both my Edge Intern Army Blogs on here for everyone to see[although my lovely girlfriend is my only follower at this point]

I'm going to do a column on Bands you should see on warped, what to check out by them, why you should see them live, and bands that are like them. Basically it is going to be something you'd see in a Alternative Press Magazine.

However, I'll be doing seperate ones released one day after another with Ska, Hardcore, and Punk bands to see. The fourth day as a joke, I'm going to put bands you should avoid. This will cover bands playing the Toronto/Buffalo Dates.

ANY QUESTIONS ON ANBERLIN or Any bands playing Toronto Warped, EMAIL AT Rockthewalls@live.ca

On to the blogs: that can be found on edge.ca!
http://www.edge.ca/Blogs/TheEdgeInternArmy/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10036250

"No Doubt About That"
Okay, okay, my title is a bad pun. But it goes perfect with how the night went. The crew met up at 4:30 at the Edge studio and we made our way down to the ACC for the No Doubt and Paramore concert, easily the two most popular female fronted bands in the last 20 years. I was excited to be covering it. We loaded up the truck with the equipment and made our way over to the venue. We'd be singing karokee. Boo fucking yeah! I was excited to make a goof out of myself! I mean afterall, I've chased people out of rooms singing on Rock Band 2 so I must be pretty good right?

After we got there and set up, one of the fellow interns Dave popped in a awesome Ska/Dub/Reggae CD to get us in the mood. We started to shoot the shit and found out he had a radio show much like mine when he started at mohawk[insert a Niagara teacher's joke about Mohawk here]

Eventually, since we are the Edge Intern Army and we rock out with the amps to 11,we popped in No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom and began to skank around the tent with our unique "walks/dance" we made up. I'd like to think I looked like a dancing bird, or homer in that episodoe where he is Dancin' Homer.

Erin [ one of the other interns] did most of the singing and was really good. I probably enjoyed the most being a absolute goof going around and taking photos with random fans. As we took photos with eager fans. A girl was shaking excited because she just met Hayley Williams of Paramore. OMG NO WAI! Overall it was a very fun event and hope we do karokee for future concerts at the ACC.

While I had to go work overnight a few of the interns had a chance to go inside and watch the show. Let's just say Darren Pfiffier[who also happens to be the drummer of RTW favourite Goldfinger] + Atlanta= Good. That's all I'm telling you!

I'm super pumped for Edgefest this weekend, it feels like Christmas is coming early this year. All the interns are getting backstage fucking passes and we are going on stage to introduce a band. sick!

Skankin' away,

Patrick
[Yes I sound like a frantic excited fangirl in this blog, i am well aware haha]

FAREWELL TO NINE INCH NAILS
Well last night was the first night of the rest of my life, My first edge intern shift. Leading up to this exciting day many thoughts went racing through my head. would it be a Highway to Hell? A walk in the park? After 5minutes, I knew it was going to be pure hell! Blasting MGMT on the way to the show was only the start of what many would consider "a rough night". pfft, if this was the paranormal world. What a Kick-ass first experience this was!

My fellow interns were very welcoming and outgoing, making me feel at home and fitting right in from the get-go. As Alli opened up the trunk at we got to the venue, I was silently scared out of my pants, Thinking in my head "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!". They were "monkey backpacks" Throughout the entire night we wore the monkey on our backs for the new movie Land Of The Lost starring Will Ferell.

Walking up to the entrance with these "creatures" on our backs, we were greeted at the Molson Ampitheatre by[who I swear was] Lars Ulrich [the drummer for Metallica], wearing a white wig,and was working security. The guy even sounded like lars!

Throughout the entire night we wore monkeys on our backs for the new movie Land Of The Lost starring Will Ferell. The comments throughout the night were priceless. "I WALKED INTO THE MONKEY ON YOUR BACK AND I ALMOST SCREAMED!" "That is the creepiest thing I have ever seen, what's that have to do with the edge?!" "What exactly is the significance of that uhh.... monkey?...ferret?.....human?...thing?" The movie is a remake of the 1974 tv series that lasted just 3seasons. and the Character's name is "Chaka" played by Jorma Taccone[Hot Rod, Role Models, Saturday Night Live]

We then decided to throwdown one of the most moving Rock Band performances of all time, with the Edge Interns melting every Plastic Guitar in sight. Alli on vocals, Lana on Drums, Alex on Guitar, and myself on Bass. I didn't say anything regarding the fact I have Rock Band 1 and 2 with about 150Downloaded songs, quietly getting 97% on expert to the surprise of my bandmates. I might have to call the Ontario Work Safety line after that perfomance. Playing Rock Band on the job?! Life is so tough!

While we might have been promoting the movie, it was finally time for music as tonight NINJASSSC! would hit the stage.Up first was Street Sweeper Social Club, a band I had never heard of, but had this Rage Against The Machine/Funk vibe to them with a Tom Morello-like guitar sound. Little did I know[among most of the crowd] The guitar player was infact Tom Morello. He had a shaved head, which clearly threw everyone off. The lead singer[Boots Riley] reminded me of Lenny Kravitz, circa 1990.

Next up would be a monumental performance and the last ever in Toronto[at least for now] by one of the most creative bands ever to hit a stage in the world; Nine Inch Nails. Admittingly not being a big fan or ever being into NIN, only having heard their Radio Singles, I was taken by storm. They played everything from March Of The Pigs to The Hand That Feeds and Burn. Notable Omissions to the disappointment of fans included Capital G and Closer.

Much to the surprise of many fans, Jane's Addiction closed out the night. This brought a pretty diverse crowd with everyone from 18 year old girls with multi-coloured dreadlocks, to 50 year old men smoking cigars and going on about how great the 80's were for music. JA [yes, with dreamy Dave Navarro!] played everything you'd expect they would, from Stop! to Mountain Song. Perry Farrell can bust a move, no questions asked. I laughed a few times at some of the moves he was making onstage.

Overall it was a great night, but one thing really blew my mind. Standing close to one of the merch tents, greeting people as they walked by, I noticed the cost of shirts. 45bucks?! for a green shirt that just has the NIN logo on it?! and 85 for hoodies?! These shirts and sweaters must have brought all the chicks or were stain resistant. I've been to alot of concerts over the past few years but have never seen merch so ridicolously priced. I don't know if it was the venue setting prices or the band, but in this "recession" you would have figured the merch would be more reasonably priced.

This weekend is the intern bootcamp, where I am in the midst of designing some sort of shirt with my kindergarten drawing skills to make everyones eyes bleed.

Until next time,

-Patrick
Edge Intern Army n00bz