071 Shotgun

We are in the van and we’re in between St. Louis and Springfield and i’m riding shotgun writing this little letter to you.

The tour with Rescue has been amazing so far. It started with a quaint 21+ warm up show in Milwaukee with our friends in Carolina. And then it did a complete 180 as we played a Knights of Columbus hall in Arlington Heights with Junior Varsity & June. Average age of that show: I would guess 17. Next night was at the Chicago hotspot, The Bottom Lounge, where Unique Chique and Unwed Sailor tore it up, and i almost had to pay $200 for a broken club speaker. It was an honest mistake. Afterwards I watched a drunk madman harrass Rescue in the alley behind the club. A cop on a bike was involved. Last night was St. Louis at the Hi-Pointe with our friends Nathaniel Carroll and Geoff Koch. The soundman didn’t arrive until 10 minutes after doors opened. And we decided to get a big hotel suite with a jacuzzi and squeeze 7 people into it. We drank a lot of beer and swam in a pool that had the consistency of milk. And now, we’re on our way to Springfield... Passing St. Cloud. You never hear about how that guy became a saint. Mr. Cloud. Cloud Raines. Rainclouds. And it’s pouring rain all of a sudden... hopefully it will cool us all down.

Todd is driving and “Twiggy Twiggy” by Pizzicatto Five is playing on his iPod. Tour dates for the August jaunt with Jeff Hanson will start popping up here and here within the week... and there’s much more to come after that including a stop at CMJ for the Redder Records showcase sometime around September 15 or so...