When packing last night I commented to my roommate how thrilling it is to pack shorts when its cold where you're packing. I knew Pittsburgh wouldn't be warm (it wasn't), but in three days we'd be in Memphis and it wouldn't matter.
Let's go backwards. It's now 3 AM and I'm in a room in the econo lodge with the rest of the merry men. We almost flooded the room when turning on the shower to heat up the place. Our plan is to be up at 6 AM so we can beat the 2 feet of snow projected to land in Ohio tomorrow, where we're going. TWO FEET. A few things to note. We definitely will not be actually getting up at 6 AM, and judging by past experience with weatherfolks, we have no idea how much snow will actually fall. Still. I have three pairs of shorts, and only one pair of pants, other than the ones I'm wearing (going on week 3 in these bad boys).
Back again, we finished a really solid set at Club Cafe in Pittsburgh around 11:30 PM. Great crowd, friend-of-the-Prayers Anthony hooked the show up, and it was a great time. Played with Harlan Twins and Pizza Peroggi. Pizza was one girl and a ukelele, who did a mean cover of Beat It.
2 hours earlier, I'm in a cafe wondering how I'm possibly going to maintain all my scrabulous games while on the road. More on this as it develops.
1 hour back from that, Kyle our bassist's Dad drove from Union Town to take us out to dinner. It was delicious. I got the Famous Meatloaf. It broke the meatloaf color barrier in 1969. A big deal. and I ate him.
Six hour drive from New York. Painless. We drove under a few mountains. The tunnel photo of that is above. I went a little nuts with the neon sign. If you have any friends or family who live in a city we're playing in, send em over! Here are the dates
| | Canal Street Tavern | Dayton, Ohio |
| | Northside Tavern w/ The Delusionals | Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Memphis, Tennessee |
| | House of Blues - Cambridge Room w/Back Door Slam | Dallas, Texas |
| | SXSW Dayshow - Enchanted Forest/Art Outside 2:30PM | Austin, Texas |
| | SXSW - STUBBS Cellar | Austin, Texas |
| | SXSW - AMOEBA RECORDS DAYSHOW @ the Compound 5:30pm | Austin, Texas |
| | SXSW - Austin | Austin, Texas |
| | SXSW - SHOWCASE @ LAMBERT’S w/Cassettes Won’t Listen, Tigercity, Care Bears on Fire | Austin, Texas |
| | Circle Bar | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| | Tasty World w/ Betsy Franck - ST PATS SHOW | Athens, Georgia |
| | the Basement | Nashville, Tennessee |
| | Star Bar w/ Hymns, Spottiswoode & His Enemies!! | Atlanta, Georgia |
| | The Milestone - w/ The Hymns, Deer Tick | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| | Slim’s Downtown w/ Hymns, Deer Tick | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| | The Lo-Fi Social Club -- w/The John Hardy Boys & The Payola Reserve | Baltimore, Maryland |
Wham bam thank you fam. More tomorrow. Expect snow angel photos.
1 comment:
stubbs is the shit. you guys should like it.
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