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 Your Hey Mercedes weblog. The Cast: Robert Nanna Damon Atkinson Todd Bell Michael Shumaker Dan Keehn Chris Bickert Norman Arenas Ryan Snyder 
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November 3, 2001
Robert: 59 A Car That Sped - Gene 2:10 PM - yesterday We're cruising down Route 64 in North Carolina, between Raleigh and Rocky Mount, blasting that wonderful ELO song "Don't Bring Me Down". We're traveling in a minivan / 15-passenger van combo. I'm in the minivan (it's the non-smoking vehicle). I'm having a difficult time getting comfortable with the old LT in the lap, riding shotgun, sun blaring on the screen. Squinty. We just ate a whirlwind breakfast with the boys (and girl!) at IHOP and now we're off to Richmond. Can you talk on a cell phone and drive a car in North Carolina? I didn't think so. Hand it over, Damon. 46 miles to Rocky Mount. Last night's show was amazing. I was in the worst mood all day for no apparent reason (although it could have something to do with the fact that my cell phone will not work here). I think by playing, I worked out all of the vibe... Hope everyone had a nice Halloween. We spent most of it on the road, but the night came to a great end, as we went to see our pals Dashboard Confessional at the Cat's Cradle. It was great to see em. The full band unit is so amazing. Some new songs, and a reworked version of the "getting action" number. Hot. Go see them. Now. Some good costumes we saw: The "nerd" scooter team from the movie Midnight Madness. Marty McFly with hoverboard. A can of whoop-ass. Several Oompa-Loompas. Some pumpkin-heads. Various superheroes. And a LOT of cops. But I think they were the real thing! I took the opportunity to be Shane MacGowan. I had my new Pogues shirt, sunglasses, messy hair, cigarette hangin out, blacked out teeth, and i was working on my method acting by actually getting drunk. Now that's dedication! There's an interview with Lifehouse on the radio now. They're playing the new single... Funny, I always assumed they just had one song... November 2, 2001
dan: thank you bjork..for the new... I've spent the last 7 (seven) hours outside and or driving to work..the first 6 hours and 15 minutes i spent outside three stories up painting a beautiful picture.. it's been one of the most beautiful days here so far...I've even been to two hardware stores...isn't that somethin'..? waiting to chill tonight with a movie and some corn..maybe, if we're lucky....cocktail hour will come around soon..if it hasn't already..WhAt...? see ya-
Robert: 60 Like the Weather - 10,000 Maniacs Those are some loud church bells. I hope to have a nice hefty update soon, featuring news on the upcoming Friction discography CD... and also what to do if you got a defective HMCD... and what to do if you find yourself in a cage of lions... November 1, 2001
Robert: 61 Morning Theft - Jeff Buckley Just had a nice big lunch at Sweet Tomatoes. Normally I think the place is a giant rip-off for your run of the mill salad bar, however, we couldn't pass up the Complemetary Passes courtesy of our pally pal Rindy. Yum. That's some good cafeteria food. I hate Dasani and all it stands for. Also, my email may be a bit screwy for the next hour or so... if you're trying to reach me... October 31, 2001
dan: cathes the right corner...juuuust abit outside.. bottom of the tenth tied at three.. is it true..? will the yankees puull through..? i just turned it on and to be frank with you I never follow baseball.. just got home from work.. my aunt Lori is in from Northcakalacka and we decided to go out for some drinks and then some din din..well everybody thought we should go to this restaurant I've always tried to avoid reason being is the women who owns it came into the mail drop where I work with this massage table and was totally floored with how much it would be to ship ...so ever since then my sister has gone into the place (restaurant) cause she doesn't have a beef with gerri cause gerri's been only rude to me so I never step in her door until tonight..so I order the ny strip and garlic mashed potatos and everything was ok but when gerri walked out of the kitchen she only said hi to me like she was trying to tell me something..? it was wierd and i drove home to my gretts..who has arthritis..in her knee..poor..girl.. so she'll have arthritis till..well forever so I'm kinda bummed out.. gotta go to sleep.. peace out- I wish sometimes I could sleep with my dog in her cage...is that wired..I mean wierd..? xxoo
Norman: I abandoned my band today in Atlanta to go to North Carolina early with the HM guys. Dashboard Confessional is playing. I've never seen them (him?) and I'm curious. Mike D. (as in "David K. and Michael D.!") is tour managing, which is sugar on top. Hotlanta was fun. Florida's nice and all, but I was starting to go a little crazy down there. Jacksonville was a tour low for me. I was becoming a bit depressed and morose. I met a kid at the show who thought that a member of a popular band treated him crappy because he was 16 years old. I thought that was strange, and probably unlikely, but I felt for him. I remember being a16 year old punk kid in New York City and feeling crappy about most everything. Bob has screamed "Yeah" really loud into the mic during the "drag me down" song at the last two shows. Think he's reading the blog?
Robert: 62 Burn This Bridge - The Dambuilders 63 Moving Backgrounds - Castor In a hotel in Atlanta. Damon just punctured a hole in his airbed. We're all pretty grumpy. Except for me. I'm just sleepy. October 30, 2001
dan: hey guys.... I was just working on some of the details here at camp dano... i wil be going to bed now to wake up at 630am...yippie.. jay leno's on now let me go get my 10 gauge.. i think i'll turn dave on ..right people..?? right..? October 29, 2001
Robert: I guess it's only fitting that Norm became one of us. It's true. I admit it (as I've admitted it before). He turned me on to this here vehicle... However, it's odd that it took Dr. Arenas over a year to finally post something somewhere... From a hotel in West Palm Beach. At 2 AM. It's funny how the two non-drinkers on this tour are, in reality, the craziest of the bunch. How does that work? More energy, I guess. Wait. Does Jonah drink? Well I know one thing - he's willing to don an instant costume simply by taking off his shirt and saying he's one of the Village People (the shirtless one?) to obtain admittance into a party (which, by the way, was a pretty pathetic one according to him)... So I guess this means that the 3 people are the craziest... But seriously forks, I am having such a blast on this tour. I'm sipping coffee from a Best Western cup, Todd's in the shower, and Damon is writing something at the table. He's writing with his mouth open and eyes squinted, a la an old grandfather doing a crossword or trying to figure out how to use a remote control... By the way, the "feedback" in today's song is really just an Irish whistle. Truth be told... Speaking of Spider Stacy, I got a Pogues shirt at some goofy store in Orlando! Woohoo! AND right outside of the place: get this. A hot dog vendor, serving ALL VEGAN hot dogs! He even had crazy toppings: mushrooms, soy cheese, chili, spinach/artichoke! Oh my. I had 3. We all had at least 2. We paid that guy's rent! Even though I dig that crazay Sugarcubes cover, I can't get "14-41" outta my head. Specifically the part that goes "my birthday's comin' around again" and Norm winces is pain from playing that F chord for 4 minutes straight! And one more thing: crazy Dan Keehn is going to be rocking the Saves the Day tour. Welcome back, bro.
TBELL: I figure if Norman is going to get on here and represent, I better get me butt in gear and show some respect... Blogging has been a difficult thing lately, for some reason the phone lines in Florida have been against us. Relentlessly uncompromising. We (Bob) had to finally go out and buy a phone cable to use directly into the wall because all of the phones around here where old school and the tele-cables where bolted into the back of the phones, wired in. Now that we got a plan B things should flow nicely.. We will be on our way up to Jacksonville today, about a 4 or 5 hour drive depending on how many stops we make, which in turn depends on how much coffee I drink. Scrabble will be played on this journey. I'm not going to lie to you. Bob and are pretty close, It's his 5 games to my 4 (for those of you keeping track) but I feel things are going to turn around any day now.. last nights show was fun except for the little bass amplifier problem. Got to take care of that today.. I'm pretty sure it's a blown fuse (we're talking two bucks at Radio Shack), let's hope so anyways...
Norman: Truth be told, the Hey Mercedes blog was my idea. Seriously. I told Nanna about Blogger and I should take the credit. So now that I finally got a laptop on the road, I'll sporadically join the "team" in blog glory. Who am I? I grew up in New York City. My parents are still together. I never had a dog growing up, but I had two birds named Sport and Betty. I was always the last person picked in gym class. The very first punk band I ever saw was The Crumbsuckers in December of 1986. I can say that I really have turned down a million dollars to compromise my ethics. Bob used to be my roommate in Chicago. I tried playing with Bob, Damon, and Todd once (before Mr. Farm came along), but I punked out and moved to Oakland to play in another band. I own lots of vinyl and eat peanut butter with just about everything. My favorite book is "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and Steve Lawler's Ministry of Sound "Homelands" mixed disc is in my portable CD player. I wear my watch on my right wrist because I woke up one morning and decided it was wrong that anyone should tell me that a watch "should be worn on your left wrist." I have three tattoos but you can only see one. My favorite Hey Mercedes song this second is the one wear Bob screams something about dragging me down, but only when he screams "yeah!" straight after. My favorite Halloween pick-up line: "So what are gonna be for Halloween this year?" "Your date." Feel free to use it all this week. I'm working on one for Thanksgiving.
Robert: 64 Do You Like Me? - Fugazi You know who I like? Norm Arenas. And that's why he's the new blogger round here. Norm. Testify. October 28, 2001
Robert: 65 Want - Jawbreaker Funny joke, Dan. But rabid dogs are no joke. And Cujo is on the TV right now. So be safe. And I put up some more dates! Also noting where we'll be playing first on the three band bill... Hot. |