This has been one of the busiest weeks of my life, and being in the snow day in and day out doesn’t help all that much. I have made some real life realizations, such as; Cleveland is a dump, the Super Bowl is a lot more entertaining when it’s spent with friends, is catered and a keg of Coors light is brought into the situation, kids from Canada have funny accents, I never want to live in a snowy city, kids in Omaha are insane and they love to throw boxer briefs on stage, Lawrence, Kansas is one my most favorite places ever, days off are a very nice thing to have every once in a while. I’ll elaborate on a few of the days.

Cleveland, Ohio is not a nice town; I was constantly in fear of being robbed, beat up, raped or mocked for being white the entire time I was not inside the bus or the venue. But the show was crazy, and it marked the first sell out crowd of the tour. Our buddy, and Marilyn Manson drum tech, cabbed over to our show after the MM show was over, that’s a crazy job to have.

Madison, Wisconsin is a beautiful city, especially in the winter. I guess I take back my earlier comment about not wanting to live in a snowy city, because I would live in Madison in a second, but nowhere else with snow. This show marked the smallest crowd I’ve ever seen a band, any size, play to in years, but the kids that were there were great, they made the night very enjoyable.

St. Paul, Minnesota is town full of offices, and then if you’re lucky enough to work in one of these offices you can conveniently live a block away in your own condo, seems great to me, why wouldn’t you want to spend all your time in a three block radius of St. Paul? I got yelled at by the bartender for smoking inside, I don’t know all the laws they pass there, and who really cares? Around three in the morning we get a knock on the bus door, someone opens it up and lets this girl in, who, by the way, had the biggest fake boobs I’ve ever seen in person. She was crying some story to us about how her friends left her behind and she needed to use a phone to call a cab, all while she’s kicking off her shoes and jacket and making herself comfortable. We called her a cab which she decided wasn’t good enough for her once it arrived. She eventually left after getting ridiculed by half of the bus occupants for a good 45 minutes.

Omaha, Nebraska should have more than two venues considering it has so many bands. Tonight’s show was another sell out and was painfully hot inside. Matt purchased an air horn the night before which was used this night to startle kids outside our bus. I’ve never seen so many pissed off emo kids. One thing I don’t get is why the hell would you drive out of town to see a band and not purchase tickets beforehand? The venue had to turn away a ton of kids, but instead of leaving they decided to bug me all night and offer to “help” me with any task I wanted as long as they could get in. It may not sound that bad, but it is.

Lawrence, Kansas is a wonderful town, full of normal people. I’ve never been to the venue we played at and at first it looked a little sketchy beings that they show movies upstairs on certain days, but it was great. I got to see some friends I haven’t seen in a while and take in some great conversations at the local bars. I thought to myself I could live in Lawrence, and then I realized Chico is just the same, so I think that plan is nixed.

Salt Lake City, Utah is always a fun time. The show was sold out, the crowd was amazing, I was proposed to by a 17 year old during line check; I had to turn her down because her boyfriend didn’t like the idea. After our record breaking load out we threw a party for all the bands after the show, the promoter’s gave us a bunch of free liquor and beer and everyone got to know each other beyond the daily “hi, how’s it going” kind of thing. We have a day off tomorrow and then we’re headed to the west coast for what will most likely be the longest ten days ever.

Cleveland, OH

Deathtrap

Madison

As Cities Burn, the best band ever

Air Hornness

St. Paul, MN

Pierce the Veil

A new British health study has found that Obesity is more dangerous than smoking:

While smoking reduces life by an average of ten years, the research says being seriously overweight can cut life expectancy by as much as 13 years.

The report also found that Secondhand Fatness is a leading cause of acute Grossed the Fuck Out-itis and impotency, as having to look at Front Butts all day makes vaginas seem a little bit less thrilling than they used to be.

I mean he’s no Chopper but whatever, at least he TOTALLY GOES OFF ONSTAGE. In other news the band’s new record I’m Only a Man in in stores now so fucking BUY IT. And their tour starts this week, in Lawrence, KS - which I’ve deemed the Chico of the Midwest - so if you’re lucky enough to live there go to the fucking show and tell Dave Powell to stop smoking cigarettes.

EMERY TOUR ZOMG

10/19 Lawrence, KS
10/20 Sauget, IL
10/21 Chicago, IL
10/22 Minneapolis, MN
10/24 Englewood, CO
10/25 Magna, UT
10/26 Boise, ID
10/27 Seattle, WA
10/28 Portland, OR
10/30 San Francisco, CA
10/31 San Francisco, CA
11/01 Hollywood, CA
11/02 Las Vegas, NV
11/03 San Diego, CA
11/04 Tempe, AZ
11/06 San Antonio, TX
11/07 Dallas, TX
11/08 Houston, TX
11/09 Little Rock, AR
11/10 Atlanta, GA
11/11 St. Petersburg, FL
11/12 Lake Buena Vista, FL
11/13 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
11/15 North Myrtle Beach, SC
11/16 Charlotte, NC
11/17 Norfolk, VA
11/18 Baltimore, MD
11/19 Cincinnati, OH
11/20 Cleveland, OH
11/25 Philadelphia, PA
11/26 New York, NY
11/27 Boston, MA
11/28 Montreal, QC
11/29 Toronto, ON
11/30 Pontiac, MI B

So Dave Powell, the drummer for the band Emery, is about the nicest, fucking coolest dude you’ll ever meet anywhere. Thus, when I found a video on YouTube titled “Pray for Dave Powell” I was definitely concerned. Did he have cancer? Did he get in a car accident. Reading the description of the video, posted by xGavenx, I was even more concerned. “I talk about working my way backstage and some of the things I would rather not have seen.” Did he catch Dave banging an underage Emery fan? Was Dave doing lines of coke off a hooker’s tits? What in God’s name did xGavenx witness????!!!!!!!!!!!!

HE WAS SMOKING A CIGARRETTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111 ZOMG CALL GOD AND TELL HIM MOTHERFUCKERS BE SINNING AS FUCK UP IN HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

THE DEVIL IS HERE IN CIGARETTES~!!~~~~!!!!

Seriously watch this video and you will feel bad for any band that has to play Christian music festivals.

Its been about 3 years since I started smoking… I blame the government, although I don’t think its a legit excuse. Over the years, I’ve probably ‘quit’ 3 times or so, with 2-5 month dry patches before basting my lungs in tar and whatnot again…. Flash forward to present day, and guess what?! Apparently, these lil’ things are addictive (they should put that on the label or at least make it a publicly known fact or something). Well, now that I’m on a 3 pack a week regiment, the Q word is popping up in my mind again… with that, check this documentary on college smoking… talking about this is starting to stress me out… hmm.. I’ll be outside…

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