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so were on tour...
were in New Jersey.
were sitting in our van drinking beers.
all of a sudden two black sedans and a mini-van roll up on us.
all these cops run up to the van and start bustin' our balls.

"have you been drinking?" he asks.
"yes!" I respond.

they then asked for our ID's...were all over 21 so I didnt think it was a big deal.
they started searching the van and I started getting scared.
we told em' that we were a band and from outta state...
they didnt care.

we stood there and after a few minutes they came over with tickets
tickets for "DRINKING IN PUBLIC"
It was lame
we were pissed
we voiced our opinion
we pissed them off
it didnt matter

I would say we fought the law and the law won, but I didnt even know we were fighting the law.
So this one was a draw.

The day we left for tour I was sitting in my best friends living room waiting for Bill to come wisk me away for 2 months of van-habitat. He was running late...as usual.  I just wanted you all to know that we'll be adding tour vids for the next two months but I didn't want to talk, so when in doubt, grab a sharpie.

p.s. RIDE THE ROOT.


Devon C Shirley
(the "C" stands for crafts!)

Were in Newton, IL. Population 3100 We play a show. Were ordering booze from a guy who will go and get it. He say"Anything but PBR." I want PBR I challange him to a game of Paper, Rock, Scissors. The stakes? I win,PBR. He wins, BUD LIGHT! We agree on the terms and shake out the bad vibes. It's ONE, TWO, SHOOT! We square up and

SHOOT!

I look down and have a pair of scissors in my hands, he has paper! I win the first round!!!! It's best our of three so it's sill anyones game. We shake out the bad vibes and stare into each other's eyes. ONE

TWO

SHOOT!

I look down... I have paper. I don't know why I have it... I don't know where it came from... I look over... He Has

ROCK!!!!!

paper covers rock I win, SHUTOUT! BUDLIGHT? FUCK THAT!

PABST BLUE RIBBON

so we brought bikes with us on tour this time well everyone but me untill today. we found a bike in the woods by the hotel we stayed last night. the brakes don't work and i kinda felt bad for taking it but we felt like someone ditched it in the woods and it was up for grabs so now we're a bike riding crew. We got to chicago today and there are some crazy kids actually one with a BB gun riding around in a van shouting slanderous terms. crazy.

damn it we couldn't win our poker bracelets back from 1090 club and billings montana. oh well we'll see them again in a week and we'll get em' back! it was a blast hanging out with those guys and Little Brazil. both are amzing bands and amazing people we toured with a year ago. the bilings show was at a brewery and we tried to get extra drinks by washing off marks they were putting on our hands as to how many drinks we had. only three, which sucks but at the end of the night the bar tender gave us two cases for free. so it all worked out. and the show was awesome, i dig the billings scene, dedicated folks.

Rapid City was crazy, this metal band played who literally had a wall of amps, pantera style. it was so loud. they had ten 8 by 10 amps. i had never seen anything like it. then we got into a rumble with little brazil which resulted in them catching me pissing on there van. haha don't worry they got us back. so now we have to get back at them when we see em in a week. we turn into kids when we're on tour. i guess thats why we like it, we never have to grow up. anyhow we are stoked for NY and the east coast. here we go!

oh and lets see who can pick out all my typing/spelling mistakes. winner gets 5 bucks!

 

So last night before tour we smashed some bottles and got into a fight with some road cones. We went up to red rocks and hung out with our friends the bravery. As a last hurrah before tour starts. Our two months on the road starts today. And actually being home for three weeks was wierd, the longest home stretch we've had this year. But it was a good chance to write new songs which we'll be playin on tour. and actually i think devon just stayed in tour mode the whole time he was home which consists of crashing on friends couches and floating around bars, and party's and stuff like that. Anyway we're stoked to be back out on the road, our first stop is Billings MO. we've had some rowdy shows there before so we'll see how it goes. -Alan