I apologize for holding out on everyone for so long. It's been a long two weeks. We just finished doing two weeks straight without a day off. With that said, shall we catch up?
The shows have been quite amazing. The band and crew are now in a tight groove. Booders and I have set change between Annuals and The Bear down to about 10 minutes right now, so that is very much a kick ass thing within our world. I now wear multiple hats as a crew member: stage manager/drum tech/keyboard tech/monitor engineer/balloon filler-thrower/bartender/bringer of good cheer. My days are now a lot longer, being as I'm usually on stage for the opening bands through The Bear (hence no bloggy-blog in quite some time). Speaking of opening bands, Themes left us in Detroit. It was a sad good bye. Partied down at the bowling alley adjacent to the venue. We'll see those cats in Portland, Ore. We gained yet ANOTHER amazing band, and they go by the name Sylvie. These cool cats call Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada home. And these cats bring the friggin' rock. For those that are music dorks think late 90's post-hardcore, Burning Airlines/Small Brown Bike era goodness. And my goodness how much goodness they are.
We had a day off yesterday in Richmond, Virginia. Like I said earlier, we went two weeks without having a day off/travel day. Went on an adventure to Belle Isle. Belle Isle is in the middle of the James River which runs through downtown. Belle Isle has been used for many things throughout the years, but most notably it was used as a prison camp run by the Confederate army which held Union soldiers captive. Nearly 50,000 soldiers were held on this island which is only about 6 acres worth of land. Think about that. Spent about 3 hours exploring the island. Later that night a few of us headed down to the Get Out and Vote '08 concert. The Bear's management hooked it up with some tickets and All Access passes. The bill was quite amazing: The Beastie Boys, Sheryl Crow, Jack Johnson, Norah Jones, and Santogold. Get Out and Vote '08 Tour is a tour dedicated to the democratic party, traveling throughout the few swing states spreading the good word. AWESOME TIME. The Beasties blew my mind. DANCE PARTY U.S.A.!!! Norah Jones was also amazing. She played two of her original songs, and a handful of covers including two Johnny Cash songs, Wilco's 'Jesus, Etc.', and a John Pride tune. Jack played my favorite tune, All At Once, and it gave me chills. He's probably in my Top 5 Guilty Pleasures. Sheryl Crow threw down on a rockin' version of Stevie Wonder's 'Higher Ground'. All in all, an amazing day off.
Today we'll be pulling into Raleigh, NC to play a show at the Lincoln Theater. I hope everyone is doing well. Just because I don't bloggy-blog as much as I'd like I hope you realize I still love you very much.
Cheers.
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