Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Tour To austin 2008

July 9th
Dayton Dirt Collective
Dayton OH
We got up at 6am and I drove for 12 hours , I had driven so long that after 10 hours i felt dizzy and had to stop the car for an hourWhen we finally got to the show the place was awesomeWe played a great show to a great crowed some kid called me a genius (never hurts the ego )
We stayed with a really nice girl named Nicole

July 10th
Swing State
Lake Villa IL
We got up at drove another 8 hours to Lake villa IL by then I was starting to feel physically sick
The show was to a bunch of emo kids and we all thought we sucked but when I talked to people they really liked us

July 11th
The day old Basement
Macomb IL
We drove another 8 hours since we where stuck in Traffic in chicago to Macomb
when we finally got there The show was awesome !
Apparently Macomb is a college town with nothing around it so its a huge party place and what we where playing was a party /diy show
Our set was awesome and we sold a bunch a stuff just hanging out at the party after was way fun

July 12th
Gay dudes Mansion
Blooming IN
We drove another tough 6 hours and this was threw heavy Rain Fall the whole way lighting bolts you could see where close
When we got there though Rob was real nice his band mouth breather was awesome and it may have been one of the best shows of the whole tour
Every one was dancing and the basement was packed, Bloomington IN is a cool college town too

July 13th
Day off

July 14th
Day off


July 15th
The WAy out Club
St Louis Missouri
This show was alright some people there told us they had heard us on myspace and liked us

July 16th
The Replay Lounge
Lawrence Kansas
We snuck into a public cool with water slides and had a great time !
The show was cool too

July 17th
The Stone Pony
Tulsa Oklahoma

WE played a crappy bar show but every one in the bar really liked us
Harry and Bo stayed in a punk squat that was so dirty i decided to sleep in the car

July 18th
the Carolton Arts plaza
CArrolton (outside Dallas and fortworth) TX

considering we rocked pretty well a large space full of
Kids, after we hung at Pablo's the dude who booked us who is pretty awesome his in a good band called rockets to Ethiopia


July 19th
The Bright House
Lubbobk TX

we played an outside Yard Sail and we rocked it , Had a cool political conversation with one of the people who lived in the house
Every one who lived there was really cool really fun good show worth going out of the way

July 20th
Momos
Austin TX
This place sucked but the dude Dave who worked there and we stayed with was awesome

July 21st
Scoot Inn
Austin

Went to this awesome huge Spring and went swimming with Dave
Dave almost hooked us up with an awesome show to some punks in a record shop but instead we just played the shitty show at the scoot, I feel like next time we go to Austin though we laid some good ground work for then

July 22
Art-mophere
Layette Louisiana

the crowed wasn't punk or indie so I was nervous if they would like us
but all my stereo types where squashed when they where really into us
Some one called me mic jagger (funny !)


July 23rd
No show

July 24th
Spillage House for wayward Youth
Athens GA

This house space was awesome !
We spent the day in Atlana GA
Which is a pretty cool city its 5 points district was cool but expensive
The people at the actual show where really awesome too
We had a lot of fun hanging out with them it was one of those perfect days
we also kicked ass when we played the band had really come together !


July 25th
Ramkins
Richmond VA

We thought no one would be at this show so we where happily surprised to see a really good crowd !
we had bizarre experience outside when a guy came up to us and said
want to join the nazi party
to which i said
why
and he said
cuz its cool
to which I said
no thanks I like democracy
to which he said
alright
want to buy a knife
(he pulled out a huge knife)
I said no thanks
and then he said no problem
any way the show was really good and i think we blew people away !

July 26th
Fight Club
Washington DC

This party was really cool a pool skate ramps and stuff and we played with our friends in Aaron Maine and buffalo Eskimo the guy timon in Seth and the swan set us up
I thought we played completely terrible i thought we sucked but then
6 people I kid you not told me how much they liked us
so we couldn't of been that bad !

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