October 2009
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Cincinnati, OH (Mid Point Music Festival Part II)
Cincinnati was very cool. All the people involved with the Mid Point Music Fest treated us very well. After leaving the hotel we headed to Waffle House, the only sponsorship we’ll ever need. Our goal for the day was to wake up and do some heavy promotion, handing out all the CDs we burned along the way. As it turned out, there wasn’t much going on during the day. We made it to the artist...
September 2009
31 posts
Cincinnati, OH (Mid Point Music Festival Part I)
We left Chicago in no hurry this morning. Waking up after a decent night’s sleep we made our way to the Chicago Diner, a vegan / vegetarian restaurant boasting the slogan, “meat free since `83”. At this point in my eating career I have decided that I am tired of this genera of food. At first I was having a lot of fun with it. It was kind of this novelty meal, “Can they really make corn taste...
Chicago, IL
Another early wake up call by our host, another drive to another city we visited months earlier. It hasn’t been too long since our last Chicago trip, February actually. I have a great feeling going to all of these cities we toured to pre-Andrew. I just get pumped to introduce our growing fan base to the new Parachute Musical. Things have changed a lot since a few months back. We’re playing...
Indianapolis, IN
We’re headed back out after only being home for three days. I’m excited to go to Chicago, which is our second stop of this four-day run. We’re headed there now after a very poorly attended show in Indiana. There really isn’t much to talk about regarding yesterday’s activities. There was a lot of driving, listening to music and making promotional materials for our shows at the Midpoint Music...
Asheville, NC - 09/18/09
Asheville, NC. What a tricky town. It rained on us the whole way down from Charlotte. We got to Asheville earlier than we needed to be so we headed downtown to grab some dinner at Rosetta’s. Downtown was crowded. There was a festival called “Downtown After Five.” Live Music, lots of beer, and wet people was the case. After struggling a bit to find decent parking, we trekked through the rain to the...
Charlotte, NC - 09/17/09
Starting the day off at our friend’s apartment without Andrew was a bit strange. He’s usually one of the first ones up and moving about in the morning. We went to a familiar restaurant called Chubby’s… mostly to “spite” Andrew since we knew he loved it during our previous visit… actually, there was no spite involved, it was just tasty. Rubbing it in a little was pretty fun though. It was a...
Chapel Hill, NC - 09/16/09
Ten hours… Ten hours in the van… Ten hours of finding something to do, ANYTHING to do. Leaving New York did not come as a welcomed gift this time around for me. Not only because of the aforementioned “Ten Hour Drive”, but because I honestly don’t think I was ready to go! I love the city, very much. Typically though, I only love the city for a day or two. After that time frame passes I’m...
New York, NY - 09/15/09
Cut to last night: We leave the venue in Philly and only after stuffing our hard-working stomachs with cheap Chinese food we head back to Brooklyn to Sarah’s (Ben’s girlfriend) apartment to spend the night once again. Ahhh, the morning came easily as we each slowly became conscience to the unrelenting sounds of the trains provoking the workday. A full, fresh 8 hours of sleep is a dream come true...
Philadelphia, PA - 09/14/09
Today was not my favorite day of tour ever. It’s been awhile since we’ve paid to play a show. Playing up north is difficult with all the tolls and gas being so much more expensive. It cost us $80 just to get to Philadelphia. We sold a CD and a t-shirt… a whopping $25 bucks. I don’t want this to come across the wrong way, we appreciate the sale a great deal, but it was a Monday night and...
Brooklyn, NY - 09/13/09
Waking up to Pancakes is NEVER a bad thing… Allison Weiss would agree. A good friend of ours made that little gift possible. She also made the gift of slumber possible by opening up her home to us. It’s amazing to experience the type hospitality we do while on the road. I feel like there is always a friend in the audience or someone who has a soft spot for the traveler. Thank...
Boston, MA - 09/12/09
We had a pretty stressful day today. A seven-hour drive turned into a ten-hour journey out of nowhere. Accidents, NY traffic, tolls… you name it, we hit it. Three accidents, millions of tunnels and a total of $50 shelled out to disgruntled tollbooth attendants later we finally got to Boston. It sucked to leave Baltimore so early but we needed to allow for enough time so we...
Baltimore, MD - 09/11/09
We woke up in Roanoke in the swanky swank apartment, packed up and drove towards Baltimore. Slowly, the weather became overcast and the traffic, heavy. We were due to stop in Silver Springs, MD at Ben’s parents’ house for dinner before the remaining hour of driving to the show. So we all shared peanut butter crackers from Ben’s MREs to tie us over and save our per diems. By the time we got into...
Roanoke, VA - 09/10/09
Lemonade, golf balls and chocolate… Roanoke, VA was great to us! However, nothing we experienced had anything to do with the three aforementioned nouns… Just a funny story I want to remember but have deemed unimportant to this entry. We got on the road early this morning, too early for any of us. Everyone was tired and no one really wanted to drive. I had a feeling that by getting in the...
September Tour (kick off)
We’re getting really excited to go out on our last major tour of this year. I know there’s a lot of time between now and January (next tour), but we have a lot of material to learn and even more to get recorded. We’re heading on the road with Keegan DeWitt, a Nashville musician who just finished a new record that he’ll be releasing this tour. This seems to be a very well publicized...
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