The Simon Tonekham Statesman

Hey guys,

I hope that your Christmas holidays (or whatever holiday) is a well deserved one. Mine was indeed. Anyways, I’ve been busy with my family and will all the Christmas dinner already stuffed up and the Boxing Day bargains have come and gone along with the well deserved break, it’s time for us to focus back in our usual realities – either at work or at school – we have to adjust our minds a bit.

Anyways, here’s what the updates right now as I speak – The venues for the 2009 edition of the Warped Tour have been announced and they are listed as follows:

Jun 26 2009 WARPED TOUR – Pomona Fairplex Pomona, CA

Jun 27 2009WARPED TOUR – Pier 30/32 – Shoreline San Francisco, CA

Jun 28 2009 WARPED TOUR – Seaside Park Ventura, CA

Jun 30 2009 WARPED TOUR – Cricket Pavilion Phoenix, AZ

Jul 1 2009 WARPED TOUR – NMSU Practice Field Las Cruces, NM

Jul 2 2009 WARPED TOUR – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater San Antonio, TX

Jul 3 2009 WARPED TOUR – Reliant Park / Sam Houston Houston, TX

Jul 5 2009 WARPED TOUR – Superpages.com Center Dallas, TX

Jul 7 2009 WARPED TOUR – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Indianapolis, IN

Jul 8 2009 WARPED TOUR – Post Gazette Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA

Jul 9 2009 WARPED TOUR – Time Warner Cable Amphitheater Cleveland, OH

Jul 10 2009 WARPED TOUR – Arrow Hall / Molson / Downsview Toronto, ON

Jul 11 2009 WARPED TOUR – Parc Jean Drapeau Montreal, QC

Jul 12 2009 WARPED TOUR – New England Dodge Music Center Harford, CT

Jul 14 2009 WARPED TOUR – Merriwether Post Pavilion Washington, DC

Jul 15 2009 WARPED TOUR – Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Buffalo, NY

Jul 16 2009 WARPED TOUR – Toyota Pavilion Scranton, PA

Jul 17 2009 WARPED TOUR – Susquehanna Bank Center Camden, NJ

Jul 18 2009 WARPED TOUR – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Uniondale, NY

Jul 19 2009 WARPED TOUR – Monmouth Park Racetrack/Raceway Park New Jersey

Jul 21 2009 WARPED TOUR – Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts Boston, MA

Jul 22 2009 WARPED TOUR – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Virginia Beach, VA

Jul 23 2009 WARPED TOUR – Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Charlotte, NC

Jul 24 2009 WARPED TOUR – Tinker Field / Central Florida Fairgrounds Orlando, FL

Jul 25 2009 WARPED TOUR – Sound Advice Amphitheater Miami, FL

Jul 26 2009 WARPED TOUR – Vinoy Park St. Pete, FL

Jul 28 2009 WARPED TOUR – Lakewood Amphitheater Atlanta, GA

Jul 29 2009 WARPED TOUR – Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati, OH

Jul 30 2009 WARPED TOUR – Marcus Amphitheater Milwaukee, WI

Jul 31 2009 WARPED TOUR – Comerica Park Detroit, MI

Aug 1 2009 WARPED TOUR – First Midwest Bank Amphitheater Chicago, IL

Aug 2 2009 WARPED TOUR – Canterbury Park Minneapolis, MN

Aug 3 2009 WARPED TOUR – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St. Louis, MO

Aug 4 2009 WARPED TOUR – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Kansas City, MO

Aug 7 2009 WARPED TOUR – Idaho Center Amphitheater – Boise,ID

Aug 8 2009 WARPED TOUR – Utah State Fairgrounds Salt Lake City, UT

Aug 9 2009 WARPED TOUR – Invesco Field Denver, CO

Aug 12 2009 WARPED TOUR – Race City Speedway-Calgary, AB

Aug 14 2009 WARPED TOUR – Thunderbird Stadium Vancouver, BC

Aug 15 2009 WARPED TOUR – Gorge Amphitheater Seattle, WA

Aug 16 2009 WARPED TOUR – Columbia Meadows Portland, OR

Aug 19 2009 WARPED TOUR – Save Mart Center Fresno, CA

Aug 20 2009 WARPED TOUR – Shoreline Aphitheater – Mountain View, CA

Aug 21 2009 WARPED TOUR – Sleep Train Amphitheater Sacramento, CA

Aug 22 2009 WARPED TOUR – Cricket Amphitheater San Diego, CA

Aug 23 2009 WARPED TOUR – Home Depot Center Los Angeles, CA

While i’m glad that Vancouver will get their opportunity of their fix of Warped after a year hiatus, there are some questions that needs to be answered.  The Toronto leg of the Warped Tour is listed as: “Arrow Hall / Molson / Downsview“. While Molson Park (aka Park Place) is completely torn down and in the process of turning into a shopping centre, Downsview Park or “The Flats At Arrow Hall” (just like last year – 2008) is my preferred candidates.

Also, Race City Speedway – the place where the Warped Tour was held in Calgary is completely closed. Now, many fans begin to question whether or not if Warped will be in Calgary or be moved to Edmonton. We’ll see. As for the bands, they are listed here.

Changing gears, the three automakers – General Motors, Chrysler and Ford have finally got relief from the U.S. government – well for the short term at least – the three have granted loans worth $17.4 billion US dollars. A similar announcement came between the Goverment of Canada (federally) and the Government of Ontario (provincially) which will provide $4 billion CDN – to the subsiduaries of the three automakers. My tears watered by the the time these announcements came. If the government were to bail me out because that I graduated high school back in 2004 (I’ve graduated back in November 2004, but took college prep courses for the 2004-2005 high school year) and didn’t get a full and stable education towards college back then, then I would have succeed. Add that toward my depressing and traumatizing journey from grade school to high school, I would tell the people (who treated me unfairly in the past) that:

I don’t wanna lose what I’ve got
But you’ll never hear me say I’m sorry

No I don’t owe you anything
To hell with “I’m sorry” bombs away
No I don’t owe you anything
You’re like a bullet to my
Brain I’m numb
Can’t kill my fun
If you’re good and done
Then thank you just the same
And I don’t owe you anything

“Dear Blank” by Hedley

Well let’s hope that the three automakers don’t owe anything, by the time their restructuring plans are finalized and back on track. Anyways, enjoy the rest of your final weekend of the holidays. They always come and go often.