tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27887875441899587782024-03-12T17:56:50.736-07:00For Your Ears Onlya husband&wife tour bloghusband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-62603912586371908402013-01-28T09:06:00.001-08:002013-01-28T09:06:30.003-08:00DDW Tour Dates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dark Dark Woods LP Release Tour Dates!husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-3663528601430587232013-01-17T10:25:00.001-08:002013-01-17T10:27:37.512-08:00The end of husband&wife...After somewhere between nine and twelve years (depending on who you ask...) of writing, recording, touring, planning and scheming, we've decided that it's time to call it a day for husband&wife. This may come as a surprise to some of you, and for others of you it's probably more like, "about dang time!". We've had a whole lot of fun over the last decade or so, more or less dedicating our lives to this thing. We've learned a lot of things, tried out a lot of things, made a few things we're embarrassed of, and even more things we're really very proud of. What a ride, you know!?<br><br>
The truth is, we feel like this couldn't be happening at a better time. Yes, it's a bit of a bummer to throw in the towel, BUT we certainly feel like we're ending on a high note. The whole experience of this new 7" has been great. It has gone better than we ever could have imagined, and we've sincerely had a great time working on it. The recording sessions for "I'll Wait" and "Don't Rush" were some of the most fun times I've ever had in this band, and that's really saying something. Not to mention, these two songs are some of the most collaborative, best-sounding, and best songs we've had the pleasure of working on together. However, we know full well that 2 songs released after two and a half years of work is not what a band does. We've lost our steam. So, instead of dragging it out or forcing a final album together that we're not too excited about, we've decided to go ahead and pull the plug now. Clean break. Now - while we still like each other, you still like us, and we all still like the music. Well, kind of "Now"...<br><br>
We're going to do a handful of final tour dates. One - to fulfill our out-standing obligations - but the more important reason is that we all felt it would be a ton of fun to hit the road one last time to give ourselves some closure and to give this band a proper send-off. The last show of the tour will be our final performance as husband&wife, and it will be right here in good old Bloomington, IN! the tour dates are listed below. (and a few of them aren't filled yet...if you or someone you know might be interested in helping us fill those dates, please let us know!)<br><br>
<b>Thurs. Feb. 7th</b> - Muncie, IN - Village Green Records - w/ State Park<br>
<b>Fri. Feb. 8th</b> - Ft. Wayne, IN - CS3 Tiger Room - Plural Pines, and House of Bread <br>
<b>Sat. Feb. 9th</b> - Chicago, IL - Coles (Logan Square) - w/ Flowers, and Wally Dogger <br>
<b>Sun. Feb. 10th</b> - Indianapolis, IN - Flannelgraph/XRA Records showcase - LUNA Records - w/ She Does Is Magic, Living Well, Frank Schweikhardt, and New Terrors<br><br>
<b>Thurs. Feb. 28th</b> - Kalamazoo, MI - Louie's Trophy Shop - w/ Glowfriends, and TBA <br>
<b>Fri. Mar. 1st</b> - Grand Rapids, MI - Mulligan's - w/ Pistolbrides, and Congress<br>
<b>Sat. Mar. 2nd</b> - Ypsilanti, MI - The Playboy Mansion - w/ Congress, and TBA<br><br>
<b>Wed. April 10th</b> - Kansas City, MO/Lawrence, KS - Help us book this! <br>
<b>Thur. April 11th</b> - Ft. Collins, CO - TBA <br>
<b>Fri. 4/12/2013</b> Denver, CO - Help us book this!<br>
<b>Sat. 4/13/2013</b> Provo, UT - TBA <br>
<b>Sun. 4/14/2013</b> Salt Lake City, UT - TBA<br>
<b>Mon. 4/15/2013</b> ???? - Help us book this! <br>
<b>Tues. 4/16/2013</b> Kansas City, MO/Lawrence, KS - Help us book this!<br>
<b>Sat. 4/20/2013</b> Bloomington, IN - TBA (LAST husband&wife SHOW EVER!)<br><br>
Another thing we wanted to tell you is that while this does mark the end of husband&wife, the music doesn't stop here. All of us are still very much involved in other on-going musical endeavors that will carry on. If you'd like to keep up with what's happening with all of us, here is a collection of links that will help you:
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www.XRArecords.com<br>
www.flannelgraphrecords.com<br>
<a href="http://flannelgraphrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mother">New Terrors</a> (Burke's solo recording)<br>
<a href="http://honestweight.tumblr.com/">Mike Adams at His Honest Weight</a> (Mike's solo recordings)<br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yG6KMVWm8M">Living Well</a> (Bryant's new band)<br>
<a href="http://frankschweikhardt.wordpress.com/">Frank Schweikhardt</a> (Tim and Mike play together in this band)<br><br>
As always, we can't say thanks enough for what all of you guys have given us over the life of this band, and allowed us to experience. Please do stay in touch, and feel free to write us with any questions or comments. And please, come and hang with us at these final shows. LeT's PaRtY!!<br><br>
<b>THANK YOU</b>.<br><br>
TL;DR - new 7" is nearly finished, husband&wife is breaking up but, doing one last tour! husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-19448052358631649942012-11-17T10:01:00.000-08:002012-11-17T10:01:47.151-08:00"I'll Wait" b/w "Don't Rush" Day IIOur plan for yesterday was to start working around 10am and work all day until we had solid drum takes, then move on to the bass guitar and finish that up.
We spent the most time on the drum sound. Dave and Adam jumped in right away talking about gear and mic placement that was well beyond all of us. We referenced a few recordings/videos that we all felt would be a good starting point for these tunes. We ended up using some drum mic'ing techniques that were new to all of us (including the engineers) and came out with something that was close to what we had in mind, and also sounds very unique. We were happy about that. All in all, we used 9 mics on "I'll Wait" and 10 on "Don't Rush". That's a lot more than we typically do, but the time and effort and extra stuff definitely seems to have paid off. I'm afraid I don't have many great pictures of our drum set-up because not only did we close mic EVERYTHING, we built a small fort around Burke with blankets and foam baffles that made photo taking kind of difficult. I think Bryant may have gotten some video and additional photos that wil probably surface before too long.
Once we got two drum takes we were happy with, we moved on to the bass guitar. One thing that Bryant did that we've never really tried before was running his bass through two completely different and separate amp set-ups simultaneously. Dave and Adam also mic'd them separately. So, we effectively had two different bass sounds going at once that were totally in sync. It sounds great, and Bryant knocked both of those songs out in just a few takes. The only problem we ran into (which set us back about an hour...) was that Burke and I had miscounted a part (or two...) during the drum take. Keep in mind, we didn't discover this until we had already destroyed Burke's fort, and taken down all 10 mics and put up five or six more for this bass rig. LUCKILY, it was a very easy edit to make, so after some deliberation, cussing, and blushing Dave was able to fix it and save the day. No harm, no foul.
Today we're recording guitars and vocals. More about that tomorrow. k, luv u, bye.
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Here's Adam, fooling with me and hopping around between dimensions while I'm trying to take his photo. So annoying...
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Here's what breakfast looked like. Weird. Breakfast was weird.
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"I'll Wait" b/w "Don't Rush" Executive Producer, Werner
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Tim, catching the fade during drum set-up.
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Here's Adam with a microphone we borrowed from a friend, who got it from a pedophile. Ask us about that in private...
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Burke didn't know I was taking this picture. Here he is getting in the zone.
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This is what recording looks like while you're not the one who is doing recording.
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Or, it can also look like this...
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It was Mexican food for lunch. Have you ever noticed the mondo B-A-B-E-S on Univision? We did!
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Dave and Adam in a daze after realizing what they've gotten themselves into...
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Public House Recording Studio
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I had a short break yesterday, so I went record shopping/free arcade game and pinball playing at <a href="http://www.logan-hardware.com/">Logan Hardware</a> for about an hour. If you're ever in Chicago, DO NOT MISS this national treasure.
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Like the stars say in Hollywood, California...slappin de beeaaassssssss
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Bryant's bass riggs
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This is Dave right after he said "Hop Thesis" to the waitress and we all laughed at him. Ask us about that in private...
husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-37418518226764077792012-11-16T09:14:00.000-08:002012-11-16T09:15:02.502-08:00"I'll Wait" b/w "Don't Rush" Day I We packed up our duds last evening and headed for Chicago. We're very excited to begin recording for this new 7". In fact, we're just getting some microphones on the drums now and we're having a great time. The trip was great, we had a nice opportunity to hang out with Adam and Dave last night and get a plan together for the weekend. So far, so good.
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husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-41933920491467447092012-06-07T08:30:00.001-07:002012-06-07T08:30:35.934-07:00Twenty TwelveIt's been a little bit since our last post....I warned you, though.
2012 is half-gone. We got booted out of our secret rehearsal space and moved into what turns out to be a much more comfortable, cheaper, and more productive working environment for us. Who knew? Sometimes, you don't know what you've got til it's gone. And sometimes what you had was an albatross.
We're busy now, steadily pecking away at new material. I still can't say what exactly we're getting ourselves into, but things are taking shape and being revealed to us a little at a time. We're planning a couple of things, loosely. For one, we'd like to release a 7" single soon(er than later) that has two new songs on it. We've been playing these songs at our live shows recently and feeling pretty good about them. More info on this soon. other things we have in mind are even more abstract than that. did you ever notice how easy it is to accidentally type "thongs" when you meant to type "things"?
When we're not on tour (like now) this blog is kind of slow. I'm sorry. The real action is happening at our newly minted twitter handle which is found at @hubndubs. Do i need to say "at", or do you guys read "at" in your brain when you see "@". I know i do. lots of recording photos, weird ideas, limericks, and that kind of thing are happening from us on twitter. the writing is brief, but it's frequent and pertinent.
there are some new wearable husband&wife things for sale at <a href="http://xrarecords.bigcartel.com">xrarecords.bigcartel.com</a>. it's the only place to get most of that stuff at the moment, so head on over there and spend yer dough.
maybe soon we can post some mp3s that will serve as a progress report, or at least a taste of what we're working on. I don't know. I just thought of that and i'll have to run it by the others. stay tuned, i guess!!!!!!husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-44209971927000760592011-11-26T09:24:00.000-08:002011-11-26T11:18:54.940-08:00Is This Art?Well, that was 2011....our touring has come to an end for the year and now we're hunkering down for the winter to write and hopefully record a new record. We've recently, and secretly, been moving things into our new top secret classified as-yet-unnamed rehearsal space/studio in order to get started. It's a fantastic little spot, that suits us very well. Preliminary work has already begun on some new material and we're starting to get excited. I can't really say what the new record is going to be like, because it just isn't clear yet, but it's shaping up to be a very different kind of record than any we have made before. <br /><br />Perhaps this blog will morph for a time into a recording blog, rather than a tour blog? Either way, we'll keep the interested parties well informed about what's going on with us.<br /><br />For the time being, it's the holiday season, i'm laid up with a mysteriously broken foot, Bryant's Poland-bound and my son is due to arrive in just a few weeks. Things are probably going to be somewhat quiet around here for at least a little while, so I thought i'd share something with you that came up in the van on our recent trip to Michigan...<br /><br />CONCERNING THE <span style="font-style:italic;">PROUD FLESH</span> ALBUM ARTWORK :<br /><br />For each of our previous records (Operation:Surgery, and Dark Dark Woods) we felt it very important to do something kind of crafty for the album art. Something that we made with our own hands, that no one else had ever made or put together before. The whole approach to those records was kind of like that on all levels; capturing moments unique to us on tape, on film, whatever, that had never happened before. Proud Flesh was very different than that for us, because we wanted to make a high-energy record, very quickly. In order to do that, we had to borrow a lot of things...equipment, ideas, lyrics, and even artwork.<br /><br />Believe this or not, but during the day all four of us have to hold down steady jobs in order to pay our bills and stay alive. Not because husband&wife doesn't bring in boat loads of money, it does, but because we live very extravagant lifestyles. It's not easy to keep up with the Joneses on the meager few millions that this rock n roll dream brings in every couple of weeks. So, we each go off to our favorite little day jobs everyday in order to supplement...you know how it goes.<br /><br />Anyway, my job is at a local television station. Every third Thursday of each month we tape an event at the county history center called, "Third Thursday Event". Typically, a TTE is a powerpoint-style slideshow accompanied by a guest lecturer who happens to be an expert on the subject of the day. One such event happened to be led by a former professor of mine (I dropped his class in order to work in a warehouse...) from Indiana University, Dr. Eric Sandweiss. And, his subject was the Kodachrome slide collection of Charles W. Cushman, recently donated to IU. <br /><br />Dr. Sandweiss is a great, personable speaker and there's no way I can do his lecture justice here, so I'm just going to give you some of the information from his presentation that stood out to me. If you're interested, or if you want to fact check me (I could use the editing...) Dr. S has a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Day-Its-Color-Photographic-Vanishing/dp/0199772339/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322331098&sr=8-1">book coming out in March</a> that i'm eager to check out about this very subject. <br /><br />The main point of the lecture was about color. Through the 1930's and 40's professional photography was apparently limited to black & white. Color was new and novel and reserved for advertisements, cartoons, and cheap hobby photographers. And that's precisely what Charles Cushman was, a hobby photographer. He was also a world traveler. He and his wife loved to travel around the States, and the world, and he loved taking photos of ordinary, everyday things he encountered. He also kept a strict catalog of every photo that he took, where it was taken, and the slides' subject matter. All in all, after his death, over 14,000 <span style="font-style:italic;">color</span> kodachrome slides were donated to his alma mater, IU, along with his detailed catalogs, and his photo equipment. One of the most fascinating things about his collection, aside from the detailed record, is that it gives us a rare, full-color, view of the US in the late 30's and 40's that we're simply not used to experiencing. <br /><br />The photo on the cover of Proud Flesh was taken in 1938, in Posey County, Indiana. <br /><img src="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/archives/cushman/screen/P01525.jpg"><br /> <br />I was really intrigued and interested in this stuff after that lecture, so I came home and told the other dudes about it and showed them the unbelievable <a href="http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/index.jsp">online archive</a> of Cushman's stuff. We agreed that this would make great album art, if we could get permission to use it, so we started combing through the photos, looking for the ones that suited us and went loosely with the themes from Proud Flesh. Like I mentioned before, there are over 14,000 of these images, so we intentionally limited ourselves to only choosing from photos taken in Indiana.<br /><br />Even with our self-imposed limitations, narrowing down the field was very difficult. There were many runners-up that, for one reason or another, ruled themselves out. As you know, these were the results : <br /><img src="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/archives/cushman/screen/P01535.jpg"><br /><img src="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/archives/cushman/screen/P01533.jpg"><br /><img src="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/archives/cushman/screen/P01648.jpg"><br /><img src="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/archives/cushman/screen/P02243.jpg"><br /><img src="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/archives/cushman/full/P06175.jpg"><br /><img src="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/archives/cushman/screen/P03452.jpg"><br /><br />Another interesting thing about Cushman's life that I haven't mentioned yet has to do with his wife, Jean. Jean accompanied Charles on most of his travels and can be seen in many of the photos (including seated in the car, on our album cover).<br /><img src="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/archives/cushman/screen/P01601.jpg"> <br />At some point Jean began suffering from some sort of mental illness, i don't really know what it was, or to what extent. But, the story goes, one evening after Charles heard some commotion downstairs he came out of his office to find Jean waiting for him at the bottom of the staircase. She said something to the effect of, "I'm going to Hell, and you're coming with me". She then fired a shot at Charles, turned the gun on herself and fired one shot into her own head. Remarkably, both Cushmans (Cushmen?) survived! <br /><br />Subsequently, Jean was hospitalized for a time, treated and medicated. Once her illness was addressed and she was properly taken care of, she continued to travel with Charles. She pops up less frequently in the pictures, and when she does there's a marked difference in her demeanor. <br /><img src="http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/archives/cushman/screen/P09929.jpg"><br />But what a living testament to what it means to be <span style="font-weight:bold;">husband&wife</span>! AMIRIGHT!husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-82594244336216165762011-09-12T11:02:00.000-07:002011-09-12T11:24:45.436-07:00and in the end...<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6140670727/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6210/6140670727_715dffc29e.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />i don't remember where we left off before, but at some point while we were driving to grand rapids we passed through this very interesting, dense fog that covered the entire road. it had a weird smell to it, and it was very hard to see where we were going. by the time we came out the other side...wouldn't you know it....we landed smack-dab in the middle of ANOTHER alternate reality. thems the breaks, i guess. here's burke, from the past, trying to comprehend a metavari soundcheck from the future at the Max.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6140671467/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6073/6140671467_02fb1327d9.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />unfortunately, it took me so long to get the framing just right on this picture that i didn't have time to warn bryant before the gigantic monster licking it's chops right behind him bit his head off.....AGAIN...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6141227566/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6187/6141227566_30989535f0.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />there were no indian heads around this time, so we just jammed this crummy old box on his shoulders until the show was over and we could figure out something better.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6141226802/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6178/6141226802_f4f9382cea.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />then we suddenly realized that bryant's head wasn't gone at all, but that when he was eaten by the monster his soul got trapped in this elaborate ghost-busters style trap. we tried every 4-digit combination we could think of to set him free, from our bank pin numbers, to our birthdates. wouldn't you know, it was 1-2-3-4...last thing we tried!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6141228272/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6172/6141228272_a9b065b1da.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />once we released him, though, we realized he wasn't alone in there. sad to say, my own body was temporarily possessed by the souls of the giant monsters past victims. they compelled me to build the machine you see here in the picture, which served as a holding cell for the monster and rendered it powerless. no. big. deal.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6141230196/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6067/6141230196_eb80ab2846.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />Charles the Osprey at the Pyramid Scheme, Grand Rapids, Michigan<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6140676753/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6204/6140676753_8acc817b2d.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />a meeting of the minds. i'm sure something awfully important is being discussed in this photograph. it was probably hard to tell what it was though, because everyone was probably talking very loudly and all at the same time.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6140677471/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6185/6140677471_58bebc5c23.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6140678441/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6201/6140678441_d5873906b4.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />Metavari and husband&wife Tour the universe and back, brought to you by...Hot Dogs.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6140680339/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6204/6140680339_af7d6b4490.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6140680911/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6152/6140680911_896da2ef14.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />Logan Hardware...2410 w fullerton...chicago.....go to there<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6141235440/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6167/6141235440_5f62a2312b.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6140682219/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6076/6140682219_c8c62abdc0.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6141236774/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6206/6141236774_1d43819bd2.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6140684865/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6190/6140684865_f603439ab2.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />if it's uppers/vitamins/downers or amino acids you're looking for, just give these two <a href="https://www.advocare.com/11061471/default.aspx">a call</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6141241044/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6165/6141241044_4016fbeeab.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />mexican brunch with jen and laura.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6141240456/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6166/6141240456_53b1ae78d1.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6140687839/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6203/6140687839_68387af3b2.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />stranded.....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6141242474/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6165/6141242474_16a6c9858d.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6141243952/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6180/6141243952_b01e5dbbea.jpg" width="500" height="280" alt=""></a>husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-86906825707246423982011-09-08T16:07:00.000-07:002011-09-08T17:09:25.651-07:00Weekend at E.J.'s II : Lil Burkey's Day out<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6127935382/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6080/6127935382_2fc5875bb9.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6128012156/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6204/6128012156_11a90a91be.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6127471481/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6209/6127471481_0c75e7700f.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />we got the day started by snapping these glamour shots of ty for his lady. he's been missing her on the road since we left, and he wanted to do something nice. of course, by "his lady" i mean "hotornot.com".<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6127937778/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6209/6127937778_8c701a468e.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />here's me telling the other dudes about a sword fight i had gotten into earlier in the day. see, i got up early to go do some pilates and fencing at the gym on the roof of the hotel complex we were staying in, as is my usual routine. after the workout, when i came out of the shower, i got jumped by three dudes. they wanted my wallet, and i was like "are you CRAZY?!? i'm stark naked, and who would ever take their WALLET into the shower!?". luckily though, i never travel anywhere without my fencing sword, so i whipped that sucker out and showed those crooks who was boss. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6127942842/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6067/6127942842_1c82b57b62.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />we thought we had a leak in the tire, but we couldn't see any visible punctures or tears in the tread. nate had heard once that blind people's other senses become like super powers when they lose their sight. so, here he is closing his eyes and listening for the leak, thinking that his hearing would immediately improve. it didn't, but bryant did sneak up on him and fart right in his face and shout "did you hear THAT!". it was way immature.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6127952576/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6076/6127952576_c7d05e86e8.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />not only was nate confused about the blind and their senses, but he also had a weird impression of what Canada was like. the first thing he wanted to do was infiltrate the parliament and plant an american flag in the middle of some official proceeding. here he is doing is best "impression of a Canadian" before he scaled the capital building wall. he did forget the flag though, so once he got into the building, he didn't know what to do, so he just ate some poutine at the parliament food court, came back outside, and we left.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6127411299/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6090/6127411299_eaf2c1bc2a.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6127963400/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6209/6127963400_1871981ef1.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6127971674/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6088/6127971674_5f0fbaffc4.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />Canada has the best malls. here we are killing time in an abandoned one, waiting for the zombies to come out and terrorize us. lucky for us, the same number of zombies came out at the mall as did people to the show that night, so we were totally safe. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6127428411/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6186/6127428411_a14c896f89.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6127431039/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6081/6127431039_517100c221.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />also, before the show, time showed us this game he invented where you stand on one leg and slap at each other. very sissy.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6127433317/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6072/6127433317_4e154e73c7.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />the best shawarma we ever had? <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6127987486/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6068/6127987486_c24daf0d5f.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />casbah green room. casbah freaky scary terrifying weirdo green room.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6127451001/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6127451001_02111e33a4.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6127453221/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6084/6127453221_e28520db4e.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6127455611/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6076/6127455611_b6761ce56d.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />after we played at the show, the crowd was really restless and screaming for more. so, when metavari came out for the encore we joined them on stage and ran through a set of improvisations and collaborations the likes of which have never been seen or heard. it was incredible. the place was electric and we sold out of all of our t shirts and cds and posters. then we all died and went to heaven.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6127458921/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6076/6127458921_b70b7f3e2a.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />here's nate's corpse right after he died.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6128009288/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6087/6128009288_5c5e6d5712.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />detail of nate's rotten, bloated corpse.husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-17317018188388338942011-09-06T22:08:00.000-07:002011-09-06T22:28:51.544-07:00you can't take that stuff to canadaso far this whole tour has consisted of almost exclusively driving, which doesn't make for much of a tour blog. it does, however, lend itself to a lot of inside-joking and delirious free association. And, a lot of funny made-up names like E.J. Turnbuckle, Chuck E. Jesus, and Dick Nail. <br /><br />here is some stuff, though...mostly lies<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6123009768/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6074/6123009768_85405a539d.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />Weird Owl Yankovic<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6123010426/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6067/6123010426_fca7d13132.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />what's there to say about this picture? brook has had this mustache in his bag since we left bloomington, and it was only when we were halfway across vermont in the rain that he decided to unveil it. at first, i did think he was nate, though. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6122468693/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6075/6122468693_395c34c908.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />nothing new here. moving right along...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6122471061/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6073/6122471061_b3ca2afe15.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />here's tim sweet talking the border patrol. it was a VERY close call, but thanks to tim's unmatched charm and way with words we got trough the border with all of ty's k2 spice and bath salts in tact. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6122471577/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6074/6122471577_5f3c3b6c3e.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />welcome to canada. have a seat. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6122472057/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6206/6122472057_fd855c9a92.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6123014844/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6063/6123014844_a843ef6faf.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />after the show in montreal, a few of the guys in our crew kept insisting that you could get the best bagel in the world right around the corner from the venue. the next time someone says that to you, especially if you're very tired, just toss a baseball mitt in the microwave and chow down. it's virtually the same experience.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6123015746/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6202/6123015746_edb4c8cb34.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />as is usual on any husband&wife tour, someone sat in gum...this time it was bryant.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6123016622/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6063/6123016622_842ff7bd96.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />world's biggest burger king playplace...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6123019010/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6080/6123019010_9180ee0805.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6123022284/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6072/6123022284_9ee0c603ac.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a>husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-76596411768174173832011-09-05T08:59:00.000-07:002011-09-05T09:00:38.460-07:00Getting our act togetherBelieve it or not, coming down off the high of an alternate, parallel dimension is not exactly a walk in the park. Not a single one of us has any recollection of what happened after the show in Boston, but when we woke up the next morning, this is what we found...<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6116481408/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofameriarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6088/6116481408_af5528b209.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />Ty and Burke woke up next to each other, neither knowing what unspeakable events had transpired in the night, but sharing an overwhelming sense of shame and crushing guilt.<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6116482684/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6201/6116482684_561a56ab2d.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />Fortunately, Burke found a quiet place to reflect and try to make heads or tails of his foggy memories. He seemed better in the end, but for the duration of this quiet time I could hear him repeatedly muttering, "horror of horrors...".<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6116491500/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6066/6116491500_c365b215dc.jpg" width="320" height="480" alt=""></a><br />When I came to, I found that my consciousness was being occupied by this cat. I don't know how he found his way into the annals of my mind, but for the truths he revealed to me, I will be forever grateful. Many of them were so vast and incomprehensable that I could never begin to explain them. However, one of the easy ones was that wet catfood looks just as gross to cats as it does to humans. Who knew!?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6115944387/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6076/6115944387_256de4688e.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />When we finally found Nate, he was in the sorriest state I've ever seen a man. He was stumbling around, wobbling back and forth almost growling, "horror of horrors...". We threw some water in his face, got out the smelling salts, and screamed at him, "WHAT IS THE HORROR OF HORRORS!". He began, hesitantly, to explain it to us. He was talking so fast that it was hard to catch it all, but there was something about a teenage barn party, skinny dipping, and an ocean full of dead, decaying bodies. Freaky stuff.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6115943151/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6074/6115943151_22d46bba7a.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />Thanks, in no small part, to our gracious host and friend Chris and his family we were all quickly snapped back into reality. We knew it was true because when we looked back on this photo, the food was real, and normal colors. No more of that psychedelic hook food crap. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6116483900/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6204/6116483900_c1e2f0ed92.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />Metavari, The Oak and The Ax, Biddeford, ME. <br /> husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-42030402412966834342011-09-04T08:01:00.000-07:002011-09-04T08:34:43.301-07:00husband&wife in 4-D! tour blog now featuring aroma-scope. just sniff a fart while you're reading this and you'll know what it smells like where we are<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6111605600/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6090/6111605600_bacdec5320.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a>
<br />we knew that getting to New York wasn't going to be easy. after all, bryant had no head. the first thing we tried was nate's idea of building a portal to an alternate dimension using only the stuff at the merch table. it didn't get us to new york any faster, but we did see some weird stuff...
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<br />...including this giant that dan asked for directions.
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<br />as it turns out, the quickest way back into our own physical reality was by taking the train. kinda boring after such a sweet entrance into another universe, but it was safe and it was practical.
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<br />while we were on the train we met the two most beautiful people in the world. here they are being nice to us in spite of our deficiencies.
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<br />they decided to take us under their wing on the remainder of our journey back to the one true reality. here we are eating food with them. you can't see it in the picture, but that's because the food in the alternate universe was exactly like the food the lost boys eat in "hook". for that reason, you can't tell right now, but tim's got a face full of blue mashed potatoes in his beard.
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<br />once our beautiful tour guides left us, we bumped into our animal spirit guide, Airbud. from here, he showed us the way. his first order of business was to concentrate on our auras and gather the proper psychic info he needed in order for us to find our way to the show. it was hard to gather what he was seeing, but he just kept muttering under his breath, "horror of horrors..." so i don't think it was good.
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<br />however, i think captain beefox was probably just thinking of some totally weird stuff on purpose in order to throw our spiritual guide of the trail and punk'd him. he's mischievous that way. oh, also, in the alternate universe, he had his head back.
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<br />eventually, we made it back to the show in our normal boring universe where we discovered that no fun was allowed, whatsoever.
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<br />metavari at don pedro in NYC
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<br />our dear old friends, ohnomoon. don pedro, NYC.
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<br />metavari at the middle east, cambridge, MA.
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<br />night fruit. the middle east, cambridge, MA.
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<br />pretty and nice. the middle east, cambridge, MA.
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<br />by the way, Boston ruled last night. the middle east was super sweet to us, and all the other bands were out of sight. mondo thanks to ben hoffman, pretty and nice, and night fruit for hosting us!
<br />husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-27877334247292431472011-09-02T14:27:00.000-07:002011-09-02T16:51:31.497-07:00Way Behind....Let me start off by telling you just how sincerely sorry i am that this blog entry has been so long coming. The first few days of this tour have been full of action, and LOTS of driving. Driving, which not only impedes our ability to to update the blog, but also makes for some boring reporting from the road. we'll try to get into the swing and have the updates be as regular as possible, as soon as possible. we know how much you love them.
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<br />less go...
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<br />our newest besties State Park came down to bloomington for the tour kickoff show. they were real good, the real deal. you can probably already tell though, by the excitement on Tulo's face. If you don't know Tulo, he's the guy in the photo doing nothing.
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<br />packing th van on the first day of a tour is always a real challenge and always takes longer than you think its going to. so, this time we planned for it. it still took longer than we had planned, but not by much.
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<br />before we headed for cleveland to play at Happy Dog, a gourmet hot dog restaurant/bar, Ty convinced us all to walk across the street and grab some food at Naughty Dog, a bloomington based gourmet hotdog restaurant. So, we headed over there to meet up with our friends Fabio and Popeye the Sailor Man and grab a dog before we drove 7 hours and ate another dog.
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<br />bryant ate so many hotdogs at our first stop that this head fell off. here it is just lying in the back of the van on top of some gear. we figured we'd try to reattach it at the show. it was kind of rolling around a lot and making a bunch of racket, so eventually we just jammed it under the seat for the remainder of the van ride.
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<br />however, his headless body did keep walking around and bumping into (and breaking) stuff everytime we had to stop, so we bought this indian head to screw on in the meantime. it worked pretty well, but it definitely didn't speak the same language as us, which posed a problem.
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<br />the happy dog, while its perfectly delicious, does not make your life easy. here are tim and burke agonizing over the myriad choices they have for hotdog toppings. if you know these two guys at all, then it will not surprise you that this decision took them well over 4 1/2 hours.
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<br />...and THIS is what they ended up with. i promise you there is a hotdog under all of that mess.
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<br />Metavari at the Happy Dog, Cleveland, OH.
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<br />Soporus at Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia, PA. Soporus were great, and also very nice fellows. it was fun hanging in Philly, and meeting some friends and strangers we hadn't met before.
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<br />VANity.
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<br />on to NYC!husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-22058014827038396952011-08-24T15:45:00.001-07:002011-08-24T16:26:44.229-07:00...and introducing Mick Shrimpton!!<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/6078155152/" title="flyer by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6078155152_e7de51b90c.jpg" width="401" height="500" alt="flyer"></a>
<br />It's happening AGAIN!!! We're hitting the road next week with our dear friends <a href="http://mtvri.com">Metavari</a> in celebration of their newly purchased van. We fully intended to soil that thing to our highest potential and leave no scent un-smelt.
<br />here are the dates:
<br /><a href="http://xrarecords.com/live">8/30 Bloomington, IN
<br />8/31 Cleveland, OH
<br />9/1 Philadelphia, PA
<br />9/2 Brooklyn, NY
<br />9/3 Cambridge, MA
<br />9/4 Biddeford, ME
<br />9/5 Montreal, CANADA
<br />9/6 Ottawa, CANADA
<br />9/7 Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
<br />9/8 Grand Rapids, MI
<br />9/9 Chicago, IL
<br />9/10 Holland, MI
<br />9/11 Fort Fun, IN</a>
<br />...just click 'em for all the important info.
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<br />we started rehearsing today, and it went really well. here's the proof:
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<br />tim and bryant discussing guitar amp sounds...bryant's all like "i need more BASS!", to which tim replies "there's already too much bass as it is, i'm not going to turn it up just for the HALIBUT!" to which bryant replied "oh, i can't hear it. my hearing used to be pretty good. i must've LOBSTER and never FLOUNDER" to which tim replied "huh?".
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<br />and here's burke. staring off into space without a thought in his pea brain.
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<br />we're really excited about these shows. so, if you know anyone in or near those towns we're approaching, tell them to come on out. we're intentionally planning to have fun at each and every show on this whole tour. husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-80220668408456574242011-07-08T22:17:00.000-07:002011-07-08T22:37:43.891-07:00Two Days Worthi'm a little behind....sorry about that. it's been a whirlwind couple of days with lots of traveling. not much internet time. <br /><br />enough excuses.<br /><br />after the show and gourmet hotdogs in cleveland, it was time for one of our favorite old haunts, columbus, oh.<br />we hadn't gotten enough skin-tubes of oozing parts-is-parts "pork" and "beef" at the happy dog, so our first stop was a much anticipated visit to the schmidthaus. it's a german buffet in germantown. tim stayed home to recuperate flu-wise while the rest of us chowed down.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5917805000/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6024/5917805000_1d5e9e1156.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5917804082/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6015/5917804082_56298e082e.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><br />we were all feeling pretty ripe after all that sour kraut and knockwurst, so we went for a long-distance hike through the columbian wilderness to work it off. here's lewis and dave guiding us on our spiritual quest.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5917246537/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6136/5917246537_b9460e5476.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><br />i'm getting sleepy....<br /><br />the show was in a short basement.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5917247535/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6130/5917247535_4ba2659a0b.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5917807666/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/5917807666_18263b3353.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />sleeping bag in action.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5917249401/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6145/5917249401_6cf45ec83b.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />after columbus was luna music in indianapolis. give them your business. here's what that show looked like during the sleeping boys set where lewis dogged us, thinking we were not in the room. we were in the room, and lewis is a chowder head.<br /><br />on with the show... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5917809334/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6003/5917809334_3576af2b7b.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />after the show, we played taboo. here are two of my oldest friends. well, not that they're old, they're their normal age, we've just been friends for a long time is what i mean.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5917810150/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6008/5917810150_1f7ddb94a2.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />andy really wanted to make the tour blog, but unfortunately his photo came out blurry...andy, if you're out there, send me your senior pic or something and we'll treat you right. sorry for the poor photo quality.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5917251649/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6014/5917251649_df17021c63.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />this is emily, and the reason her hand came out blurry is because she just got done smacking tim. that's why tim looks so scared. she also went to space camp.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5917811600/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6124/5917811600_4751035dbd.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />tim was really upset about getting smacked, so he went off and pouted with lennon sitting in his lap. lennon's the dog.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5917253269/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/5917253269_2be10bb744.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />lennon likes to smooch.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5917254027/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6016/5917254027_a4fdaf0af4.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />you may remember ryan from our <a href="http://your-ears-only.blogspot.com/2010/11/day-5-thou-shalt-not.html">austin</a> blog entry. here he is, making another appearance. so....that's what that is.<br /><br />see you tomorrowzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ<span style="font-weight:bold;">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ</span>husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-90740428052577696022011-07-07T09:08:00.000-07:002011-07-07T09:40:55.754-07:00Hot in Cleveland Rockstim's got the flu, and he's laid up...<br /><br />so we threw him in the van with no a/c and drove to Cleveland for a hot dog. the show was great, and we had some old friends out. we're also on tour at the moment with Sleeping Bag, who are a very good band. If you don't want to take my word for it, just ask Dave Segedy. He'll tell you.<br /><br />David Woodruff saw what we were doing to Tim, what with the fever and the no a/c, and he DID NOT go for it. So, he jumped in his time machine, flew back to the 1800's real quick and grabbed this bike. Then he pedaled all the way Cleveland, OH. Here's the proof...<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5911961049/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5911961049_5b7bc26a0a.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><br />I'm still waiting for Zac to text me the picture we got of Aaron sleeping (he's bryant's replacement for the summer), but his verizon connection is no good here. can you hear me NOW? <br /><br />here's sleeping bag:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5911956067/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5032/5911956067_6f47ef736c.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">EDIT</span><br />i finally got that photo of Aaron...welcome to the club, buddy<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5912812148/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6031/5912812148_62fab055ef.jpg" width="374" height="500" alt=""></a>husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-37929650239427384932011-07-05T19:05:00.000-07:002011-07-05T19:09:27.008-07:00MORE TOUR DATES!We're hitting the road again, starting tomorrow!<br /><br />7/6 Cleveland, OH - Happy Dog<br />7/7 Columbus, OH - The Purple Grape<br />7/8 Indianapolis, IN - Luna Music<br />7/9 Grand Rapids, MI - Founder's Brewery<br />7/10 Kalamazoo, MI - The Strutt<br /><br />all dates are with <a href="http://sleepsleepingbag.com">SLEEPING BAG</a>!<br />full details at <a href="http://www.xrarecords.com/live">XRArecords.com</a>husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-16042590622198299612011-06-15T08:29:00.000-07:002011-06-15T08:37:46.943-07:00Rabid in the KennelWe're home for a while, trying to schedule a few shows in July before Bryant's triumphant return and a big fun-time surprise-news tour in September.<br /><br />in the meantime...<br /><br />Check out our live session and interview with Jack Rabid over at <a href="http://bigtakeover.com">bigtakeover.com</a>!! As you probably remember from this very tour blog we had a great visit with Jack and his lovely gang of buddies when we stopped by the Kennel in April, and now its all streaming across the internet for you to enjoy as well. Also, be sure and pick up the latest issue of The Big Takeover and read the great review of PROUD FLESH and see us at #27 in the editor's picks! WHAT A COUNTRY!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bigtakeover.com/news/indiana-s-hot-foursome-husbandwife-on-rabid-in-the-kennel-also-la-s-charming-haroula-rose"><img src="http://www.bigtakeover.com/images/11342.jpg"></a>husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-65565971207368622202011-05-19T09:27:00.000-07:002011-05-19T09:34:05.877-07:00New Old Music!No, this isn't technically tour-related, BUT, one time, on tour, we recorded four songs for <a href="http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/husbandandwife-concert/20031305-3737785.html">Daytrotter.com</a>. One of them was called "LEM Three". <br /><br />Starting now, the previously rare and hard-to-find original version of "LEM Three" (as well as One, Two and Four) is available digitaly from <a href="http://xrarecords.com">XRA</a> and <a href="http://flannelgraphrecords.com">Flannelgraph Records</a>!<br /><br />Buy it, if you can!!<br /><br /><iframe width="300" height="410" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 300px; height: 410px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=1369044662/size=grande3/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"><a href="http://laminarexcursion.bandcamp.com/album/lem-volume-5-march-2010">LEM : Volume 5, March 2010 by Laminar Excursion</a></iframe>husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-52391913911846612562011-05-01T10:59:00.000-07:002011-05-03T07:10:12.060-07:00Our Return to the Land of Milk and HoneyCaptain's log star-date 5/1/2011. <br /><br />Meet Kevin:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5674561252/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5262/5674561252_f3b1c4a40b.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />Kevin is many things to husband&wife. He is our drive, our life blood, our sherpa, and most importantly our guru. Guru Kevin called out to us all the way from his heavenly perch at the Chinese Buffet in Gas City, IN, beckoning us to come quickly and eat at his half-filled/lukewarm chinese buffet. So we packed up all our duds and climbed back in the Ecto-one (our wonderful 2003 Ford Windstar) to followed Guru Kevin's pillar of cloud out of the big apple. <br /><br />As it turns out that pillar of cloud was actually a gigantic pillar of radioactive material from 3 Mile Island. It lead us right to Harrisburgh, PA. There Guru Kevin called out to us again. This time he took the form of an old dear friend serenading us with surefire pop-country hits:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5674550486/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5182/5674550486_f7e02605dc.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br /><br />We had a great time with Mike Johnson (Kevin incarnate), but had to push on to Pittsburgh. Guru Kevin parted the waters of Pittsburgh's three rives allowing us to pass through and make it safely to Howler's Coyote Cafe for our show. <br /><br />There was a sweet city-wide gallery opening in downtown Pittsburgh. We only got to two of the galleries, but they were both sweet exhibits. One was a show for the girl friend (<a href="http://www.pittsburghartistregistry.org/katherineyoung">Katherine Young</a>) of a great new friend we made at our show (Johnathan from the band <a href="http://www.myspace.com/deliciouspastries">Delicious Pastries</a>). <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5674558816/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5303/5674558816_fb6bdb86be.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />Unfortunately the arts counsel decided to hang up all these paper snow flakes, but leave out the ones Zac's been working on all tour in the van. He was pissed.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5673986107/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5673986107_4ff2eb4f64.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br /><br />After a short lunch with my doppleganger . . .<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5674551842/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5227/5674551842_46f36f6c84.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />. . . we were ready to push on towards Guru Kevin in Gas City. Unfortunately before we could escape Pittsburgh the Heinz family captured us and held us hostage. They were pissed at us for being from the home state of Red Gold. Guru Kevin took the form of our new friend Bankt and came to Zac in a dream. He gave Zac instructions for freeing us from the Heinz families enslavement. Zac didn't quite follow it all. <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5674552550/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5021/5674552550_d6e46640bc.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />Zac did manage to remember that we were to sacrifice a Red Gold tomato and spread its blood on our door post (looking a little orange in this picture, do to the color correction on our camera). <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5673985403/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5224/5673985403_5103e68205.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />Guru Kevin said he would send the Angel of Expiration Dates in the middle of the night to the kingdom of Heinz, and it would cause all the first born ketchups to go expired. But if we had spread the blood of a Red Gold tomato on our door posts (orange here) the Angel would pass over our dwelling and spare our ketchup. This happened just at Guru Kevin said it would, and in the madness that followed all that expired Heinz being disposed of, we managed to escape Pittsburgh and push on west toward Indiana. <br /><br />We made a quick stop in Toledo where, after many attempts and two weeks of practice, Bryant finally learned to do the hand-jive:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5674559808/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5110/5674559808_d794857197.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />This made Zac happy.<br /><br />After a nights stay in a hotel so nice you couldn't operate two [appliances] at once . . . <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5672223243/" title="data by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5184/5672223243_d5a0515c06.jpg" width="281" height="500" alt="data"></a><br />. . . we finally arrive in Guru Kevin's presence. Kevin talked to us through our entire meal, sharing all sorts of wisdom about the I-phone 5, local elementary schools, the devastating floods he would cause if he could, cool cars, the "Fast and the Furious" series, and his older brother. We wished we could stay for eternity with Kevin in the heaven that is the Gas City China Buffet, but he said he had other plans for us. Guru Kevin had other followers to attend to and so he sent us out. This made Bryant sad:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5673992541/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5105/5673992541_c3f6005062.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br /><br />Kevin, where ever you are . . . <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5674561252/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5262/5674561252_f3b1c4a40b.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />. . . watch over husband&wife.<br /><br />This is Tim signing off. Good night and good luck.husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-87255783472485500672011-04-28T22:35:00.000-07:002011-04-29T01:24:22.427-07:00A Spike Lee JointCaptain's Log, star-date 4/28/2011. The last two days have been more of the same for us . . . long days rife with tales of mystery, death, and deceit. <br /><br />Aunt Cathy woke us up bright and early (or after noon) and took us out for a sweet little breakfast at a new restaurant by the Charles River. The food was good, the company was great, and the service was . . . interesting. <br /><br />From there Aunt Cathy took us to the farm where she owns a share in their CSA.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5668657882/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5181/5668657882_92fa00f68c.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5668089157/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5141/5668089157_d1e74d0075.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5668090531/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5261/5668090531_8c4ff2c184.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5668662012/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5145/5668662012_bfd6ab43fd.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />Charlie and his wife were wonderful and after showing Zac his first ever chicken and catching a couple wild goats they forced Mike to drink a beer. He hated it.<br /><br />We then drove back to NYC yet again because we love it so much. Air Bud met us at his front door, but first he answered the age old question . . . <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuzc4jgwlT8">"Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?"</a>. He found her on Graham St. in Brooklyn, bought a huge pizza pie from her, and brought it to us to enjoy in his apartment. Bryant misunderstood what it meant to be a "GUMshoe" and tried to sit in some instead. Unfortunately we didn't get a picture of that.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5668093831/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5188/5668093831_09dd7a548e.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />Air Bud told us about his encounter with a girl named Molly. She seemed a little tough to stomach at the first, but nice enough by the end of the night. The story ended with Air Bud teaching Bryant how to do the hand-jive with BOTH hands at the same time. I watched.<br /><br />We played a real buster show at Spike Hill, but our wonderful friends (Kat and the <a href="http://www.bandcycle.com/">bandcycle crew</a>) stuck with us through the end of our free 1 a.m. show on a Tuesday night. Zac decided to stay home and sleep instead of playing. <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5668665164/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5021/5668665164_072f82d219.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />He made the right decision.<br /><br />Spike Lee from Spike Hill got us all so wasted that we didn't notice the gas leak in Air Bud's place and Mike, Zac, and I died. <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5668082569/" title="2011-04-27_09-41-55_769 by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5301/5668082569_55c9471869.jpg" width="500" height="281" alt="2011-04-27_09-41-55_769"></a><br />. . . we got better.<br /><br />The next morning we woke up to find this clue:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5668095879/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5305/5668095879_e6ab602e8d.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br /><br />We determined that it meant that we must seek out and watch Low with Milagres at the Bowery Ballroom. So we set out on our quest.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5668098465/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5064/5668098465_8d2bf1c0e7.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />We checked Low's castle in Central Park . . .<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5668100815/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5070/5668100815_11fc60c5a8.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />this miniature city . . .<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5668667352/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5262/5668667352_02c43107c5.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />and Bryant's Droid. But alas Low, Milagres, and the Bowery Ballroom were nowhere to be found.<br /><br />We met up with a dear old friend Jessica and it was immediately like old times . . . her and Zac trying to recreate <a href="http://jeffaction.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/devo2.jpg">Devo photo shoots</a> in Times Square:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5668101987/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5026/5668101987_fc497c4011.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br /><br />Eventually we found what we were looking for and the rest of night was pure bliss . . .<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5668676530/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5267/5668676530_519213e69d.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />Milagres playing to a sold out Bowery Ballroom crowd that was into it.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5668677894/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5306/5668677894_91352c427f.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />And Low, blowing the roof off of my live show experience. We all loved the show. Low's set was just about perfect . . . a quiet, moody, seamless set, including nearly all of "the jams". They created a vibe and the whole place was feeling it. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5668103581/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5062/5668103581_6f42a0e602.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />Unfortunately Low's dark side turned Bryno into a zombie, who in turn turned Air Bud into a zombie, and they ate Mike and I.<br /><br />Zac, the sole surviver, had a nice end to the night which consisted of enjoying some sandwiches and beers with his new best bud Steven at Kyle's wonderful Wiliamsburgh apartment.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5668680402/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5226/5668680402_5f9deddee0.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><br />This is Tim signing off. Good night and good luck.husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-36817380748558947302011-04-26T10:09:00.000-07:002011-04-26T10:26:22.815-07:00feeling the way<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5657820783/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5657820783_3bc7eba899.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />as i sort of mentioned in the Easter post, we've been staying with tim's most gracious and accommodating aunt and uncle this weekend. good conversation, good food, good sleep....the only way we really had to repay them was to have steven play his favorite pop and show tunes on their piano. here he is doing a medley of "come sail away" and "bohemian rhapsody"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5657821613/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5185/5657821613_838c625803.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5658395108/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5144/5658395108_24396795d9.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />kyle really insisted on showing all of us <a href="http://youtu.be/noSo5io0JLI">this video</a>. it was horrifying. fraser had to look away.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5657823353/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5027/5657823353_a27b812e86.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />bryant and fraser WERE playing with this ball, but then that mean old dog took it away and ruined all the fun. eric and i documented the entire thing. we're taking the owners to "people's court" for not keeping such a fearsome beast on a leash <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5657824447/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5222/5657824447_828eaf4f5e.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />here's zac, once again, doing his best impersonation of steven. he's playing "candle in the wind"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5657825091/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5187/5657825091_56913cd68e.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5657825715/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5145/5657825715_206705a3bb.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5657826337/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5301/5657826337_fe6434ba10.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />here's chris losing at a game of "words with friends"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5658399610/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5230/5658399610_fd57a8f472.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />here's zac trying to teach steven his concentration/black magick van loading technique. the problem is, unlike zac, steven's heart is pure, so he's unable to harness the evil darkness. let your light shine, steven. . . for the world to see!husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-12570915439907996322011-04-25T22:24:00.000-07:002011-04-25T23:14:22.959-07:00Hoppy Easter!<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TaXgtc-Cyrk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />here's a live video of Milagres we shot on Easter Sunday, 2011.<br /><br />playing a show on Easter Sunday is a tricky (and very stupid) business. BUT, we'll get to that in a minute.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5653589773/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5653589773_43bca86fb0.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />no joke...this is zac seeing the ocean for the very first time. he got bored real fast and kept complaining that he "thought it would be bigger". what a brat.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5653588677/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5185/5653588677_6334fc8f63.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />two half-italians and a hillbilly walk up to a lighthouse. the first half-italian says "umm..........................." and then there's about 2 minutes of silence. the second half-italian looks into the water and says "hey, look dis! i think i just saw a brown turlet trout!". then the hillbilly looks around and goes, "........uh, is there like a pool we could take a dip in?".<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5654163874/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5110/5654163874_8e0cb19fe4.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5654164562/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5187/5654164562_8aed1cfffb.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />after we took this shot, some runner lady with a mouth full of granola waddled by and goes "i've never seen anybody take THAT picture before...". it's cool to know that even when we leave home and reach a foreign land like the east coast, people still appreciate our cutting-edge style. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5653591903/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5301/5653591903_e55b254985.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />tim and cousin sam<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5653592711/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5150/5653592711_6de3afa935.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />bryno in the middle of half a hand-jive.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5653593959/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5301/5653593959_ef26e3a5a0.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />there is a very, very good chance that this is a picture of the best meal i ever ate. prepared by tim's aunt and uncle and shared with us on the afternoon of Easter. there was salad. there was asparagus. there were 2 loaves of homemade bread. there were potatoes and gravy. there was ham. there was lamb. there was ricotta pie. there was cookie pie. there were seconds....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5654167760/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5270/5654167760_f0f9a747a3.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />we ate so much that tim immediately died.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5653595275/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5308/5653595275_b33935b2f4.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />bryant was gonna rat us out for not turning over tim's body to the proper authorities, so we bound him up and tortured him, gitmo style.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5654169230/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5261/5654169230_1b5c162db6.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />then, since it was Easter, tim came back to life and we forgave bryant. then the 4 of us went inside to watch our buddies practice for the next night's rock show.<br /><br /><img src="http://cdn2.holytaco.com/wp-content/uploads/images/2009/12/enhanced-buzz-17012-1267727863-22_0.jpg"><br />HoPpY EaStEr!!husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-83187720740000875142011-04-24T22:27:00.000-07:002011-04-24T23:05:15.039-07:00Great Friday, cool Saturday<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5648819964/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5181/5648819964_9da15ebf1a.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />we woke up (relatively) early the next day so we could do two things....have brunch with Kat, and buy tickets to see Low (with Milagres) on the 27th. I'm not sure if Low realizes that they get to play with the band that just did FIVE shows with husband&wife, but i'm sure they'll be excited when they find out. this was Kat's reaction when Tim said that same sentence to her....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5648257281/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5184/5648257281_2c9080b1d6.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />we left NYC and headed for Winooski, VT. First things first....we met up with our Milagres buddies and went for some vietnamese food. it wasn't spicy enough for kyle. he likes them real spicy. he put sriracha and jalepenos in his soup to make it tougher.<br /><br />after that we played a show, and when Milagres went on it looked like this:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5648258057/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5648258057_aa5d35ed28.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><br />i don't have any photographic evidence of this, but after the show we stayed with the sweetest girl in the world named Katie. She was super kind to us, gave us the scoop on what's good in VT, and made us feel very comfortable. Katie, if you're out there, we love you. please contact us and we'll be friends for life.<br /><br />on with the show....<br /><br />after we left Katie's place it freaking snowed and snowed and snowed all day and it was like a blizzard, but it was in April and it made no sense and we hated it, but what could we do because it was just dumb stupid weather. it was pretty though. see?<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5652131045/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5181/5652131045_26c0e9c09b.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5652131537/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5144/5652131537_e406e57846.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />halfway through the trip to Maine, our van broke down. like i said, it was a <a href="http://www.dairyqueen.com/us-en/eats-and-treats/menu/treats/blizzard/">blizzard</a>, so conditions got a little hairy with no heat and no transportation. we drew straws and Zac and Bryant had no choice but to kill and butcher and eat me and Tim so they could survive. Donner-Party-style. here they are after their hearty feast. turns out, the van wasn't dead after all, so these two guys continued the tour without us.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5652132067/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5141/5652132067_f62b24896f.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />i was just kidding about all that cannibalism business...what actually happened is that after the van broke down we were walking to the nearest gas station when we all fell down a rabbit hole and ended up in this magical saloon. i don't know what it was, but whatever cowboys lived in this alternate universe had won a lot of trophies. we weren't looking for trouble, and we certainly couldn't compete with these muchachos, so we had some shots of sarsaparilla, passed out immediately, and woke up back in our van, never to speak of it again. until i just wrote this blog. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5652132579/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5306/5652132579_d900be82af.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />we eventually made it to portland, where bryant read the paper while Milagres did a soundcheck. one of the great things about being the opening band is that you don't have to do anything but show up and play. sure, you're set's going to sound bad, BUT while the headliners are busy fussing over their monitor mixes and EQs and ryders, you can sit in the greenroom and eat bananas like this:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5652133653/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/5652133653_8f2bcf7f2b.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />it's real fun to much a banana. you can tell, because i'm laughing.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5652702538/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5027/5652702538_de156b3866.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />for real though, Milagres rule. their record is coming out this fall on the Kill Rock Stars label and i'm super excited to hear it. until then, i'm going to hear these songs played over and over for the next five nights. you are jealous.<br /><br />oh, i also got this picture of Chris for my collection of "photos of people who are sleeping or dead". there'll be a nice round-up of these photos at the end of the tour, but here's a taste for now. it'll kind of be like "Hot or Not", but you'll have to decide whether the people are alseep, or dead. get it? <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5652134473/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5027/5652134473_739ab938bd.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a>husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-83376978681043782182011-04-23T12:22:00.000-07:002011-04-23T12:24:13.245-07:00But I can't f$&#ing close mine s#*%New York City. We've got a serious love/hate thing going on with this city. Over the years, it's been home to some of our highest highs and our lowest lows. This time though, the stars aligned. We played the Rock Shop in Brooklyn, not only to a room full of people, but a room full our rowdy friends. It was the kind of welcoming show we're only used to experiencing in Bloomington, or Muncie, but here we were <a href="http://www.memorymap.bandcamp.com">living it up in the big city</a> having the thrill of a lifetime. Thanks to all of our friends that came out and joined in the fun. We appreciate that.<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5643578748/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5309/5643578748_e518614616.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />This is our good old pal Airbud. He provided us with a most comfortable crashpad during our visit. He's one of the kindest, funniest, friendliest jokers you'll ever meet. You can tell he's cool in this photo by the way he's lounging. Airbud strolls, that's it and that's all. Here he is telling us some story about sex-trade-mad-cow-disease or something like that. I wasn't paying attention. We were way too busy scarfing his leftover Passover foodover allover nightover.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5643582388/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5008/5643582388_a5b4221746.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5643583824/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5021/5643583824_ca706883a2.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5643586574/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5181/5643586574_a783a92bf4.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />Our first order of business in NYC was to stop by the Kennel to record a session with Jim Santo, Billy the engineer who's last name I never got, and Jack Rabid - editor of The Big Takeover. Those dudes were totally sweet and the recording session was fun and went smoothly. We'll have more on this (and you'll be able to hear it) in about a month or so.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5643024103/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5150/5643024103_bde6b62a5f.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />We probably haven't gotten a chance to mention it yet, but we totally sold-out of the Proud Flesh LPs that we brought with us about halfway through this tour, which was definitely unexpected. For as talented and incredible as we are, we're very humble, so the selling out came as a nice surprise. Here's a photo of the package of MORE records, sent to us by the lovely and beautiful Jared P Cheek of Flannelgraph Records. Hopefully, if we can sell the rest of these, we can afford to get Jared some drawing lessons and he'll stop drawing Bullwinkle on everything. Until then we'll be spending our time at the moose, goose, and got-loose.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5643594254/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5050/5643594254_7dfa9c7f6a.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />Kat Lee is one of our oldest and dearest New York friends. This is her (and husband Corey's) band ohnomoon, and they are great. They should be dropping some recordings on us soon, so prepare yourself accordingly.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5643595564/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5063/5643595564_0a08d9b823.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br />Right before we played, Tim dropped his cell phone behind/under the stage. Here's Kat laughing at him during his first (of several) attempt at crawling under there to retrieve it. It was gross down there, and probably full of spiders (like mayberry's old bandstand), but he eventually got his phone back and even scored a few new cables while he was down there.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5643029967/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5103/5643029967_9ea550659d.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />In 2009 Glass Ghost released one of my favorite records, Idol Omen, on one of my favorite record labels, Western Vinyl. Here's me seeing them live for the first time and loving every single note of it. For those of you in the know, its kind of like if Ben Lumsdaine and Dave Segedy were fused together and joined Kill & Eat but had Aaron Neville singing. Not to mention, they were incredibly friendly and charming. I hope we get to cross paths again soon.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5643599462/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5004/5643599462_ab8f0853e0.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />And finally, here's our old buddy Taylor getting into a shouting match with Bryant. Neither of them were upset, and they weren't saying anything, just shouting. For like a half hour. It was super annoying, so we ditched Taylor and murdered Bryant. Here's a picture of his corpse.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5647262042/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5146/5647262042_f7439375e0.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a>husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2788787544189958778.post-2844992971028888822011-04-21T23:03:00.000-07:002011-04-21T23:30:36.941-07:00a day off, not a day on aka Martin Luther King Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgerwe're gonna kick off this blog entry with a game of "What is it?". here's how you play.....<br />guess what this is:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5642701788/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5227/5642701788_46e4326ac5.jpg" width="320" height="480" alt=""></a><br /><br />if you guessed "Tim's gross slobber", you're right. congratulations!<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5642700766/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5229/5642700766_fc53f38e74.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br /><br />on with the show.<br /><br />April 19th, 2011 found us with a day off. we drove our van halfway across new york, from jamestown to ithaca to cut the driving in half for the next show. ithaca is a magic place, full of adventure. let me tell you about it....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5642701242/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5108/5642701242_41bff95786.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />the first thing we did upon entering ithaca was find the nearest record shop so zac could get his fix from the old five-finger-discount-bin (he's a <a href="http://youtu.be/aS9evnStrto">kleptominerac</a>) and lay off our stuff for a change. we have to stop by a place of business every couple of days so he can get it out of his system, otherwise we just end up with a bunch of pairs of bryant's underpants missing, or Tim's mustache trimmer, which you can tell zac stole a long time ago. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5642132967/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5265/5642132967_b88c2515da.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />this is what it looks like when zac's trying to decide whether or not to steal. devils on one side, angels on the other. zac always chooses devils.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5642702596/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5265/5642702596_d7df413e42.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />after chowing down on some phoney baloney mexican food we settled into this sweet hotel room and watched that new Sherlock Holmes movie until we fell asleep. it was decent, but he should have said "elementary my dear watson" more. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5642703420/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5026/5642703420_4853db67b5.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br />the next day we woke up early and headed for our 4:20 show in CT. BUT, <a href="http://youtu.be/WeYsTmIzjkw">the stoners dropped the ball</a> and we found out halfway there that the show was canceled. luckily we found out about another show we could jump and headed for danbury, CT. the first thing we did there was get in a staring contest with this dude. he lost.<br /><br />oh geez, i just realized it's 2:30am and we need to get up early, so here's a bunch of pictures. make up your own captions. the best entry gets a free husband&wife tour poster. submissions can be mailed to hell@xrarecords.com, subject "caption contest":<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5642703874/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5642703874_e53e383fd2.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt=""></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5642135027/" title="Untitled by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5064/5642135027_07b8b413d0.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27101366@N04/5642706924/" title="glasses 1 by crossroadsofamericarecords, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5310/5642706924_d8288a9cfc.jpg" width="500" height="165" alt="glasses 1"></a><br /><br />A, B, C ya!husband&wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026438488322890701noreply@blogger.com0