Friday, March 18 You can’t sit still at SXSW. You have to keep moving. If a shark stops swimming it dies, this is the mentality you need to adhere to. Our 3 o’clock Sonicbids showcase was ridiculously good. We were running on fumes but somehow managed to throw down. By this point I am sweating […]
Thursday, March 17 Day 5? 6? Starting to get blurry. Four shows down. Starting to feel the burn. We are now fueled by booze and hot dogs. We are coated with a sweaty glaze. The Texas winds push ya forward when your feet stop working. The girls wear less clothing as the festival progresses, and […]
Wednesday, March 16 Too tired. Too many shows. This pic sums up our first day at SXSW. Joshua
Tuesday, March 15 My new found love for Fort Stockton, Texas, knows no bounds. Fort Stockton, at first glance, is a broken town. Most stores/restaurants/gas stations in town are boarded up, the gas signs show prices that make you think they have been closed for awhile. At this point we are walking zombies, we have […]
[Tour diary of Eastern Conference Champions’ SXSW sojourn. ] Day 2, Monday, 11:51 p.m. I-10 East, outside Blythe, CA, | 52 Degrees/Clear Something happens as soon as I get behind the wheel to drive – I immediately want to go to sleep. When someone else is driving, I can’t sleep ’cause I feel guilty. Sleep […]
[Like dozens of bands from L.A., Eastern Conference Champions are headed east on I-10 toward Austin for shows at this year’s South by Southwest Music Festival. The unsigned L.A. trio is packing an album’s worth of new songs – “SPEAK-AHH” will be out in April – and a bit of momentum, since their tune “Million […]
7.21.2010 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Sorry for the long time between posts. The schedule has been pretty tight, with lots of overnight drives, which equals not a lot of good sleep for me. I’m definitely looking forward to a day off in Nashville tomorrow. What a great city. I always have a great time there. I […]
7.13.2010 (Richmond, Va.) How do you know when you’re on tour? A short anecdote: I woke up this afternoon and decided to get some coffee and breakfast at the hotel restaurant. The meal and coffee was better than expected. I read an interesting article in the New Yorker (yeah, yeah, yeah …) about North Korea […]
7.9.2010 (Columbus, Ohio) We had a great show in Grand Rapids last night. Things just keep getting better and better. Not a lot of time to blog right at the moment because I need to learn a cover song before soundcheck. I think it will surprise a lot of you. [Editor’s note: Having twisted an […]
7.8.2010 (Grand Rapids, Mich.) We arrived at our hotel in Grand Rapids around 7 a.m., I pretty much went straight to bed. I usually try not to sleep on the bus. I guess I’m not that comfortable with communal sleeping quite yet. But this is a blog about the band and the tour, not my […]
