May 13, 2006 00:05
I gotta gripe and get this off my chest. Warped Tour, the annual touring "punk" festival, has over 60 different corporate sponsors.
You know, punk, the ANTI of almost everything. Is sponsered by all of the following:
Cingular Wireless, Volcom Entertainment, Major League Baseball, Energizer Batteries, Monster Energy Drinks, Virgin Records, Sony Playstataion, Wells Fargo Banking, Circuit City, Guitar Center, Alternative Press Magazine, Hurley Clothing, Ernie Ball Instruments, SanDisk, Fuse TV, Hasbro Toys, Truth Anti-smoking, Epitaph Records, Peta2.com, Vagrant Records, BeyondThePit.com, Warcon Records, American Red Cross, Fueled By Ramen Records, Fat Wreck Chords, Myspace.com, Side One Dummy Records, Fearless Records, Eastpak Backpacks, ...Lost Enterprises, Hot Topic Clothing and Accessories, Atticus Clothing, Tooth & Nail Records, Gold Bond Medicated Body Powder, TheEdgeMusic.com, Mackie Music Equipment, Victory Records, Equal Vision Records, Trojan Brand Condoms, DownloadPunk.com, Hopeless Records, ShirtsForACure.com, SmartPunk.com, Rhapsody.com, Fanscape.com, The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, Spin Magazine, Sirius Satellite Radio, Purevolume.com, Takeover Records, ShockU.com, Gritty in Pink Touring, Adrenalin Crew Entertainment, Solid State Records, MusicForAmerica.org, Sabian Cymbals, Label Networks, Sugar Hooker Entertainment, PunkStop.com, Flicker Records, Famly Clothing, etc.
It's just funny. Style your mohawk as high as you can and dye it any color you like. At the end of the day you're still nothing but a consumer.