We’re on tour!

Well, sort of.  We’re actually at home right now, because the most recent show of the tour took place here, and tonight’s show at the Sacramento Bike Kitchen was canceled because some stupid idiots trashed the place at the last show…but, we’re on tour.  We actually started on Thursday in L.A., at the Silverlake Lounge.  We drove south at an ungodly hour but succeeded in avoiding traffic, so it was worth it.  We hit up the La Brea Tar Pits, which aren’t nearly as cool as we thought they’d be, and skipped the museum for the gift shop.  After cruising around for a bit and seeing the singer for At The Drive-In/The Mars Volta, we drove to Venice to meet up with Appomattox, who are playing a bunch of shows with us this fall.  We walked along the boardwalk for a while, then wandered across the sand to the filthy, filthy water.  Eventually, we made our way over to the Silverlake Lounge and played the show.  Thank you to Sam, Cameron, Mike, Meg, Will, Denise, and everyone who came out and watched us play.

We drove out to Anaheim after the show and stayed with Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, who are almost all in the throes of various debilitating illnesses.  We managed to get out with our lives intact and our stomachs full of breakfast burritos.  Thanks to them for putting us up, and best wishes for speedy recoveries.  We love them.

Friday found us in San Diego, where we spent the pre-show hours at Shannon’s new place.  She’s pretty much the best hostess ever.  She let us work out in her building’s mini-gym, fed us, and let us play Wii.  We headed over to the Kensington Club for our show, which was organized by Rosie and San Diego: Dialed In.  Rosie’s great, and so is her site.  She’s doing for San Diego what the Bay Bridged does for San Francisco.  Once again, we had a great time playing, and we’d like to thank everyone who came out and watched us play.  We packed up and drove out of town after the show, cruising through the night to make it back to San Francisco in time for our happy-hour show at the Hemlock (discussed in the previous post).

Sunday, we played the second Rock Make Street Festival, and it was awesome.  Huge thanks to go Lynne and Brian from Tartufi, Ben and Christian from the Bay Bridged, and WhizBang fabrics for organizing the event.  Some of the Bay Area’s best local companies and vendors rubbed elbows with 15 bands, including Tartufi, Two Sheds, Geographer, and Silian Rail.  The event ran wonderfully thanks to the hard work and dedication of the organizers and the volunteers, and we are honored to have had a part in it again this year.  Look for the festival to return again next year, undoubtedly bigger and better.

And now it’s Monday, and I’m sitting here, updating our site and heat-setting t-shirts.  We were supposed to play in Sacramento tonight, but whoever played there on Friday night trashed the place, so they’ve decided to cancel all of their shows from now until forever.  Awesome.  Thanks, whatever-band-you-are.

Tomorrow, we’re in Portland, at the Doug Fir.  If you’re in town, come on out and say hi.  The rest of the dates for the tour will be posted on the site and on our MySpace page.  Check them out.  We’ll check in again soon.