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Consider this: this is the last of back-to-back-to-back daily Warped stops. Yesterday it arrived overnight from near Kansas City: the day before that, it was the St. Louis area. Also consider this: the front side of the east parking lot is stuffed with at least 30 aged RVs, mini-buses, van-trailer combos or worse. Half these bands aren't even in buses. That means the band drives itself from date to date. Finally, consider this: though each act averages 30 minutes on stage, most of them have individual merchandise tents in the concourse areas. The smaller bands staff them with either themselves or maybe a close buddy or girlfriend; If their lucky, they might have a roadie or record rep there ... and if they're even luckier, they have press interest, a signing or two, an acoustic something-or-other -- or, in the case of Street Dogs, the Secret Handshake, Forever the Sickest Kids and Paige Wood, family in town to visit. What a whirlwind.
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