KZOO

Here we are at Conga Coffee in Mt. Pleasant (there really aren't any mountains, from what I can see......liars) interneting with Kenny on a push leather couch contemplating the different between tube socks and tambourines.
Woo! Opening night in Kalamazoo was pretty amazing. It started pretty slow cause we rollin into town like 5 hours early, the bar would only serve us PBR, and the other bands said that this club was in the armpit/ghetto of Kalamazoo.......sweet. When the music started rolling, however, the night exploded. We played with the Alex Mays band and Dooley Noted, and I realized its been awhile since we've shared the stage with bands where every member was outstanding!
Billy Clements was the bassist for Alex, and I have never been so blown away watching a bass get played. Google "one arm bassist" cause this guy didn't have a right hand, and he traveled the hell out of that bass! All finger tap.....unbelievable.....seriously....I'm either still drunk or really blown away still cause I can not get over this amazing display of technique(just kidding, I don't drink).
After the show we had to drive to Detroit, cause we didn't have a place to crash. i don't know how lucas did it, but we got there and are crashing with Rambo....seriously that's his name...John Rambo....no bandanna, for the next couple of nights.

Eastern Tour Eve.....

.....is kind of like Christmas Eve except there are no reindeer, or chimneys, and the only present you get is 10 days in a row in a van with three other dudes. That smells terrific! Seriously, though there aren't three other guys i would rather do it with. We start in Kalamazoo, MI at a place called the Corner Bar followed by:
Robusto's - Grosse Pointe Woods, MI Feb. 6th
Old Miami Bar - Detroit, MI Feb. 7th
Wilbert's - Cleveland, OH Feb. 8th
Howler's - Pittsburgh, PA Feb. 10th
New Oxford Coffee - New Oxford, PA (acoustic show) Feb. 11th
Sullivan Hall - New York, NY (Greenwich Village) Feb. 12th
All Asia - Cambridge, MA Feb. 13th
Jillian's - Albany, NY Feb. 14th

It's a nice little run. We haven't been that way yet, so I'm really excited to meet some family I've never met before and reconnect with old friends. Peace.

better late than never

So I really need to catch up on the last few shows. I'll hit the highlights.
Our show in Louisville was great. It was like 50 degrees when we stepped out of the van. You have to understand that when you live in Wisconsin you never feel 50 in January. Aside from being sick I was loving KY (the state). We ran into some friends and family as well as the "other" guitarist, Kevin, from Tantric; who, incidentally, was the loudest motherfucker in the club, and god bless him for it!
Salem, Illinois was a trip. Everyone was really great to us and we were treated like rock stars. I have never before had a crow of people cheering for a sound check. We played at Becky's Bar, which reminded me of your typical northern Wisconsin bar minus the snowmobiles and brandy old fashioneds. I think one of the coolest parts of the night there was when everyone busted out lit candles during our song "Candlelight" which kenny and lucas were prompted to do. I think there are pics of this at myspace.com/lucascates under "tagged photos".
There were only a couple of shows since that weekend namely the Up and Under in Milwaukee, and Malarkey's in Wausau. Now, I have to take a moment and talk more about Malarkey's. This place kicks ass! Tyler and Steena, the owners are class acts. They treat their bands well, they treat their customers well, and treat each other well. We played for a packed house...elbow to asshole for a majority of the night. This was the largest crowd I've seen at the bar ever....even the night kenny and i drank a ton of absinthe (real deal Czech stuff) I didn't see this many figures in the bar! It was great....thanks guys for another legendary night in the heart of wisco.