i need a hug, but i havent showered in 5 days.

Hi blog-readers(mom). I'm sitting in our van with the guys outside of Sacred Grounds (the venue we're playing tonight in) Fallsington, PA. This is the 3rd to last show on our Spring tour. The past few shows have been pretty terrible. Weekdays are usually tough, but last nights show in Virginia Beach was exceptionally bad. The venue itself was pretty cool, but apparently no one in VA Beach knows it exists (even the kids skateboarding outside). We played a concise and instrumental set. Why instrumental? The sound system made the vocals sound like a helicopter. If we were Fatboy Slim, it would have been completely appropriate, but we're not, so I opted to focus on instruments that were functioning properly. Anyone who really knows us, knows that we're not a band to sugar-coat things. One thing I've seen over and over on this tour is bands faking it. For example... If you're playing to 4 people (2 of which are not in the other bands playing that night) on a tuesday night in the middle of nowhere, maybe you should drop the 'sing-along' breakdown. Read the crowd! Feel free to breakaway from what you're rehearsed in front of the mirror. Or if you ask the audience this (especially humbling) question: "Who here has heard of me before?" and no one answers, you probably don't want to follow it up with "Well sing along if you know the words!" There are just too many bands "playing band" these days. Regurgitating the same lame phrases and banter. The stage moves are just as ripped off as the guitar riffs. What happened to being honest and genuine? oh yeah, you want to "make it".

On a more positive note, we had a ton of fun down in Florida on the shows we did with Select Start. They stand out as one of the most genuine bands we've played with. They write awesome songs and kill it live every night. Check them out for sure.

Please come to the shows. It hurts to see myspace comments and messages saying "oMG you were in my town last night? wish i knew! i wouldve brought a bunch of people". We're not on Mtv or FUSE, so promoting ourselves is tough - we do everything we can. Feel free to help spread the word for us :)

thanks for reading and supporting what we're doing out here.
xojim