Live from the ridiculously fluorescent dressing room in Covington, Kentucky I am still catching breath, Heineken in hand, dripping in sweat, after playing at the Madison Theatre, which desperately needs a new color scheme to its carpeted walls and floors. Show was PACKED out, three tiers of heads going all the way to the back, […]

We arrive at the Melody Inn in Indianapolis around 5:30pm only to find out that there are TWO shows Wednesday and we don’t really need to be there till around 9, and it looks like we will load in and immediately play. No sound check, uh, no drum mics even. We ask the door […]

Two more days in the van travelling up to Cincinnati via the forlorn interstate landscapes of Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, and we are insanely couped up. Cincinnati is dreary, but the architecture is really cool, it is a German settled town (who knew?), with old buildings and factories and the like. We get to the […]

Leaving SXSW and hitting the halfway mark of the tour we endure futile agony as we hit stop and start traffic all the way from Austin to Texarkana. We complain and rage, blaming republicans, god, and morons…anyone who may even be remotely responsible for this mess. But it does no good. I think about how […]

Hipsters. Glow sticks. “Bad Ass” quesadillas that aren’t so bad ass. Rickshaws peddled by indie rockers. Minor celebrities. Bums. Bible bangers who wanna stop all the fun and go straight to heaven. Lifesize Sponge Bob characters. Great bands and not so great bands and the fans that adore them.
And you may ask yourself, why am […]

Friday was a day off, just imbibing music and drink. Notable acts: Isis, Calla, New York Dolls. Most overrated band in the world: Lashes. Ben Lashes? Give me a break.
Wake Saturday not having slept well due to bad indigestion from the fucking Denny’s we keep eating at since it’s right next to the hotel. Got […]

Pick up our wristbands and one badge to share at the Civic Center about 11am Thursday. There is mucho rocker pedestrian foot traffic and at first glance Austin would appear the hippest town in Texas, or all the world for that matter. Rock uniform of choice for men: undersize pin-striped jacket, special “aged” ass-huggin denim, […]

Arriving at SXSW wed night, from Nashville, a solid speedy 14hr drive listening to radio programs like NPR and “Hot Buttered Soul” passing through cities named “Texarcana” and “Arkadelphia,” stores like “Beer:30″ and “Truckers Heaven,” all the while torturing ourselves with sugar-fat interstate food products (I discover Taco Bell has the best staying power and […]

After a couple of days traveling up 85 then 95, taking in as much interstate Americana as possible, we stop for the night in New Brunswick, NJ, as we have been informed while driving through a snow storm that our show in Cambridge has been cancelled. Not a inspiring start, but we roll with it […]

One of these days, I will start blogging again.
For now, I have to move into a new house that is being renovated before leaving for Magnapop tour for a month, as well as tie up loose ends at the day job.
Here’s a picture of Tate, one of my contractors. He may not be […]