Living on the road for this long starts to become a lifestyle. Don’t get me wrong, I will be very happy to get home to San Diego and sleep in my own bed! Sleeping on hotel room beds and air mattresses while being serenaded by a choir of snorers gets old real quick. I will…
Welcome to day 14 of the Midwest Missile tour! I woke up early today to catch the train from Palatine to Chicago. I had a great breakfast including waffles, strawberries, and coffee at Kathleen’s with her family and Laurie before taking off. Kathleen drove me to the station where I bought my ticket from a…
Wow! This has been quite a tour so far. We are now on Day 13 so we are halfway through the tour. We just had an amazing weekend with our new friends, the Fisticuffs! I woke up in a beautiful hotel in downtown Chicago, The Chicago Hilton, this morning with three of my best friends…
Finally the day arrived. One of the highlights of the tour was the chance, no the honor, no better yet, the privilege to play with Chicago Irish punk rockers The Fisticuffs! First, and foremost we want to thank Tony (the drummer) and his fiancé Sara for letting us stay at their really nice pad out…
Today we’re heading to Indianapolis, Indiana after a couple days in St. Louis, MO. It was a nice break to have a couple days to check out St. Louis. We woke up bright and early at 7:30 a.m. to hit the road. We still see a lot of corn, but there is more civilization like…
Over a year ago, after practice we decided if we ever went on a national tour we would get a tour tattoo around Kansas saying “We’re Not In Kansas Anymore”. Don’t ask me why we chose this, it is as absurd now as it was then. Nevertheless, a week before the tour became a reality,…
Here we are at Day Six of our National Tour across the United States and heading to St. Louis, MO. This will be our first day off from playing shows. This has been such a great tour so far and we are excited to have a day off and enjoy some sights in St. Louis. …
I have to say that I did not know what to expect when I left on Thursday morning … Actually, I knew it would be a trip filled with absolute nonsense reflective of the times in my life where I was allowed to say the most ridiculous things merely because I was an adolescent nerd…
And the adventure continues! Driving into Kansas City, MO was mind blowing. The Missouri River made me think of the old days when the ferry boats were traveling up and down pumping steam and cowboys were playing poker (Maverick the movie with Mel Gibson). A gas station we stopped by had a huge chalkboard for…
Ok, now I have to say the feat we pulled off on Day Four was challenging. We had two shows in Lincoln, first one starting at 5 pm and we were eight hours away….go! We stayed the night in Boulder with Cami’s family who was very gracious for letting us crash there! That night my…