i hate getting asked the question, "so like, how was tour!!!?!?", because i always reply, "uhh yeah... you know, ups and downs... great time overall i guess." i mean, how the hell else am i supposed to sum up a month of rocking crowds (and no crowds) and getting irritated by my smelly bandmates? there are stories to tell for sure, and they do pop out of my head every now and then. but anyway...

we DID have a great time on tour, with very special thanks to (in no specific order)-
- all the Shizzers that showed up, especially those who showed up with food!
- all the people who housed us, especially (these are the people i remember right off the top of my head)
    ryan faust, chris' cousin!
    william tarng, dan's brother and the van's saviour!  
    chris of LSDudes and his roomies kristina, stevie, and ted!
    SHAWN PHASE OF TEMP SOUND SOLUTIONS!
    josh and amy at monkeymania!
    barker in boston!
    jeb in cape girardeau!
    KTO of karmella's game!
    gavin at stickfigure!
    aaron (and aaronette) of the minibosses!
    mig in warrensburg!
    the fort worth dudes! (they covered the theme to karate kid!!!)
    edmar and others of buddyspace! (sucks that they're "closing down")
    the dude in columbus whose name i forgot, who bestowed upon us the secret of TACO NINJA
    country bears in chapel hill!
    joie in vegas!
    "theatre in his basement" carl in cincinnatti!
    jacob of boing house!
    and last but not least, HARRIS!HARRIS!HARRIS!

i know i forgot a lot of people, but it's not like they'll read this and cry when they see themselves referred to as "dude whose name i forgot."

we got a lot of great shows coming  up (all on the weekend!) and we hope to tell some very good news come the end of the month.

R.I.P. GRIMES

yeah, so the driveshaft literally fell off the van on the way home from the lit in nyc. we borrowed a lot of money for the repairs. to help pay off our debts, we are now going to play a lot more local shows. but more importantly, we are trading denny barron to the oakland raiders for tim brown and an undisclosed amount of cash. we look forward to working on your parent's lawn with our celebrity tromboner. in all seriousness, we are offering our massive services to anyone who might need help cleaning up gutters, lawns, houses, or anything that will be easy for eight nerds to do. we can also play your party, destroy your house, and clean it up again for the right price.