Last weekend the band played hard – on stage and off. We took on The Haven on Friday night and gave one of our best performances ever and introducing a slightly modified set list. Saturday we played a two set night in Ocala which turned into a bit of a party, with the entire band shirtless and shots being knocked back left and right. Personally the latter part of the night is a blur, though fortunately nobody did anything stupid, except maybe mumble a bit as we winded down.

We take on this week with a little bit of a recovery (one of us is getting over food poisoning) and with interest in new material. We hope to get in tonight to go over which songs we’d like to add and which ones would benefit our set list(s) most therefore defining a priority list. I suppose our mood will have a lot to do with the choice as well.

We’ve got a three set night coming up this weekend… can’t wait to see everybody again!

Florida Today (FLAToday.com) has just posted an amazing review of Weszt on their website. The band sends their thanks to Florida Today for the review and for posting one of the most memorable quotes regarding the band and their music yet:

"...the acoustic ballad 'Crawl to the Outside' pushes comparisons out of a 10-story building. Lyrically penetrating and musically stirring, Westz is unique." - BY JEFF NALL (FLORIDA TODAY)

Read the full article at http://www.flatoday.com/...

Last night was expected to be a long night, but not quite this long. We were scheduled to play with two other bands, but one of the members of one of these bands got arrested in another city and because both bands were touring together, they were unable to make the show. We found this out about two and a half hours away. We told them we'd play the whole night.

This club was pretty damn nice and worth the drive. We had a few friends/fans show up, but I think we made quite a few more, including a member of the band Cinder whom we'd heard of prior. We also met a really cool DJ named "The Rock Bitch" who was anything but a bitch and also being really interested in our band and our song "Can't Erase You". There was a bachelorette party that came up on stage to take photos with me; we'd talked a bit beforehand about the band, why we don't do covers, and getting married. Let's hope it doesn't rain during their ceremony on Saturday!

Fort Myers was the city and for those that don't already know, the band lives in and around Orlando – nearly four hours away – so needless to say, we didn't get home until around 6 AM. Ben's day was to start at 7 AM. He seemed to manage what must have been a pretty uncomfortable sleep in the back cab of the truck (our van is in the shop… again) but I'm not confident that it helped. Bobby crashed at my place for a bit and I was up around 8:30 when my dog let me know as usual that it was time to start my workday.

Things seem to be moving in a pretty positive direction with the band. We are going through a few changes, but that's often beneficial, and this evolutionary step looks to be pretty damn interesting. We seem to be picking up a little steam, though, which is exciting and we look to have a great year. Among our few disappointments so far in 2007, having trouble scheduling time to get everybody up to speed on new songs is near the top. But that'll change and probably soon.