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Nick here. This begins the series of updates for our current tour, which our tour manager Brent has dubbed the “Wing Dings and Ding Dongs” tour. It’s catchy. We are currently on tour with Rose Funeral and The World We Knew. Our stint with them will take us up to Northern California, where we have a few days off. After this, we meet up with Underoath, Saosin, and The Devil Wears Prada in Seattle.
San Antonio- This was our first show with the guys from Rose Funeral and TWWK. I was super pleased to find out that they are all very nice guys. Being on tour with bands comprised of less than savory characters can be a big drag. Not much to say about San Antonio, other than we met a really cool guy named Bruce who looks like Lance from Living Sacrifice, who looks like Dustin Hoffman.
McAllen- We played a VFW hall a few miles from Mexico. A few interesting things transpired during our time in McAllen, including me vomiting immediately after our set and Andy being the victim of our greatest tour prank yet, but you’ll have to get those stories in person from us. We drove through the night to make it back to DFW On the way out of McAllen, we were stopped by border patrol. The officer asked Mark what was in the trailer. His response? Kilos of gear.
Burleson- It was nice for us to visit our friends and families. I took our time at home to watch four episodes of Dexter. Andrew from Silene came up during our set and did vocals with Chris on “Death Threat.” It was super metal. I don’t remember too much else about the show, because I was super tired. Dexter trumps sleep.
Wichita Falls- This show was fun. My roommate Jon drove from Dallas to come work merch for us, dressed as a banana. There were a few metalheads at the show who were stoked about Andy and I having long hair. While we were breaking down our gear, a guy in a flannel shirt and jeans tucked in to boots came up to us and offered us a “swig” of his whiskey out of a plastic bottle with no label. We complied. A few minutes later, my mouth started bleeding. I found out later that he goes by the name “Old School.” He says we are going to be big one day.
We are currently on our way to beautiful Amarillo. The guys are trying to sleep while Brent and I see how many spins of “Hold on Loosely” by .38 Special it takes to get from Wichita Falls to Amarillo. We are at six and a half so far. Only three hours to go!
That’s all for now. Don’t forget to vote.
-Nick
