| 2005 WORD OF MOUTH AWARDS |
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| Venue We’ll Miss the Most: The Staircase Most Camouflaged Venue: The Waterfront in Plains Hardest Venue to find (or worst directions to a venue): Tie between The Blue Star in Lancaster and Green Wave Pub in Larksville |
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| BANDS |
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Best Near-Death and Recovery - Tony of TruckStopLoveChild Best Random singing off stage - RJ of The Drama Club, for “Wind Beneath My Wings” Best Use of Fire Onstage - 27 Piece Punch Set Best Explanation of Songs - September Sky Best Rockstar Pose - tie between Nate of The Drama Club and Jay of TruckStopLoveChild Best banter between songs - Last Tuesday Most Chloraseptic Throat Spray Ingested While on Stage - I Dare You Best amp-riding antics at a show - TruckStopLoveChild Funniest stories at a show - Jon, The Drama Club Best "Jumping on Top of a Piano During a Song" - Pick an Exit Best Impressions: Panacea for their impression of Sean Connery & Napolean Dynomite and for their rendition of Space Balls Best Appearance by a Band that Wasn’t Performing at the Show - September Sky Best Sound check - As Each Day Dies Best Wrestling Match - The Drama Club & Sound the Alarm @ Pepper's |
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| Best fuel for a Deaf by Sunday tour - Red Bull Best “Deaf by Sunday” tour - July 27 - 30, 2005 A Romance At Short Notice, Pocket Full of Wood, Hate to Have to Go Back, A Step Behind, The Arsenal, The 2nd Ward, Arsenal Mayhem, Moonbagg, I.M. Everything, Panacea, Okay Paddy, Pistola Amore, The Drama Club, The Stand In, Texas Pete & The Revolutions, Haymaker, Truck Stop Love Child 4 days, 5 shows, 17 bands. Best winning tickets on the radio - Traci’s score of four tickets to the Stegmaier Brew Bash at The Woodlands. Best WOM Contest - Raffle of autographed As Each Day Dies t-shirt Best Death Threat - Red Eyes for Blue Skies in our Guestbook! Biggest mistake in a review - Tonia calling Absolution “death metal” (Once again, I’M SORRY!) Best mention of WOM while on stage - A Romance At Short Notice (Thanks, guys!) Best interview - tie between Torn Perfection at Crocodile Rock (in our own "VIP" section, we got to talk to the nicest guys!) and A Romance At Short Notice at their “CD Release Show” at Cardinal Brennan (huddled together outside in the rain, being interrupted by a kid trying to cook Ramen) |
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| MISCELLANEOUS: |
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| Best Lead Singer of Hoobastank look-alike - Brad aka “The Reason” Band that we’ll miss the most - Joyful Rage Best Mohawk - tie between Tony Deppen and that really cute little boy we saw at The Strand Biggest Mosh Pit - Cyphilis Best "Stealing Our Hearts After Just One Note" - City Sleeps Best Hair - Tie between Chris of Motionless in White and Andrew of As Each Day Dies Band so cute you want to take them home with you: Tie between Sound the Alarm and Livingston Creepiest creepy drunk guy - Sean Connery at Pine Lanes Best injury - Spraining a finger climbing a fence to see MCR at the Warped Tour Best reference to “twins” - Bill Coolest guys in Shamokin - Andy and Tony |
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| If you didn't win an award, don't be discouraged. There's always next year! ...and it's not like you actually get anything with these so-called "awards," anyway. |
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| HAPPY NEW YEAR! |
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