5/10/18 SPRING TOUR 2018 - PART 2

I lost a lot of flexibility this week. I just tried doing some light parking lot yoga and dynamic stretches. Things are tiiiiiight. Getting older Chad...

We've been eating better this week at least. Ive been trying to stock up on veggies every time I see them available for purchase. Long drives are fading into the corners of the highway with bitter broccoli mouths and headphones leaking out our own universal truths (Ornette Coleman vs. Sonic Youth... interesting).

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5/10/18 SPRING TOUR 2018 - PART 1

I forgot how much tour life has in common with being a dust bowl drifter - I just washed off a flimsy black plastic spoon (probably taken from that time we got BBQ in northern Texas) and passed it off to Seth, who had been waiting to eat dinner.  We’re camping somewhere near the Finger Lakes in upstate New York, and enjoying a fine dinner of Maruchan Instant Lunch and a bag of dehydrated Chicken and Wild Rice Cuisine, (rehydrated of course)...

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 2/5/18 GAS STATION, USA

"...Where are we?" 

"Somewhere in CT.  You mind taking over?" 

"Sure.  I think we've been here before" 

"They all look the same - welcome to Gas Station, USA" 

And that's how the ride back always go - an overnight dash to make it back home, this time from...

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1/29/18 FASCINATION SECOND LEG - PART 5

It's Sunday night, and I'm sitting in Dozen Street bar in Austin, TX, listening to the beautiful sounds of the self proclaimed "drunk piano open mic".  I am simply in love with this city.  Every single time I'm here, I just don't want to say goodbye.  

I'm road worn, but FULL of energy.  We played so much music over the last few days... Thursday and Friday were long van drives of...

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1/25/18 FASCINATION SECOND LEG - PART 4

How was that only three days?  Crazy amounts of things have happened since I've last updated you.  We had stops in St. Augustine, Augusta, GA at Soul Bar (holy moly does that place do it right!), Atlanta, GA, and one of our favorite joints in the south -- Columbus, GA's world famous SOHO Bar. 

We took a long needed hotel day yesterday.  I got my first...

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1/22/18 FASCINATION SECOND LEG - PART 3

I'm writing this in a coffee shop in Savannah, GA.  Funny, this is starting to become an office spot for me... every time we drive down 95, we stop here, park the van, disperse for a few hours, and walk underneath trees draped in Spanish moss.  

It's been a bit since I've updated you again.  As we moved further south, we shed our jackets, then our...

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1/19/18 FASCINATION SECOND LEG - PART 2

I forgot how hard it is to find a moment to write these things. Van drives blur into rushed loadins, frantic setups, and coldsweat sets.  Then like a tape on rewind, we move in reverse, but this time a little drunker.  Tip the bartender, thank the soundguy, and bring all the gear up wobbly steps into the American night. 

We've been through D.C. and Chapel Hill since the last time I've updated you...

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1/17/18 FASCINATION SECOND LEG - PART 1

Back in the van!  Im writing this first entry in the notes app of my phone... Sam is using my IPad to book bands for a last minute show we added on in New Orleans, so this will have to do.  We played the first show last night in Philadelphia, showing up just in time to be one hour late (see what I did there?)  The battery died in the van the morning of, basically eating up any extra time we had...

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11/22/17 STRANGE ANNIVERSARIES

I have had three CD release shows with The Big Lonesome.  Its a weird anniversary, right?  It certainly has not been yearly.  The first one happened to be our first show. Many of you probably know this story.  I wrote an EP on my first computer (bought it used from $150 off a friend) and wrote one last record before I would become an adult.  Whatever that means... I could barely sing, I didn't know how to book, and I didn't have a band...

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10/31/17 FASCINATION TOUR - PART 5

Well, I'm a little bummed.  Halloween is above and beyond my favorite holiday.  I miss Merch Girl Amanda, and the excitement of watching adults refuse to give up their youth.  I can't think of a time I have not celebrated this holiday, with at least the bare minimum of a cheap costume, even cheaper beer and a local band.  There's no way to do this without sacrifices though (steady income, healthy food, a clear retirement plan...

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