We arrived at the Awkward House and were greeted with great hospitality. The house is super rad, has five stories, a story for each room. We ended up staying up until 7 in the morning doing nothing. Today we woke up and were greeted with $60 in parking tickets. Today we hung out and caught up with our Toronto friends.

We pondered on what to do:

And decided to shake Nave (video will be posted later):

The area around our venue is super rad, with a great view of the skyline:

Pizza was once again had.

Jakeway - I hate these Coke caps, you have to go online to figure out if you won. See? It just says to go online.
Ed - Mine says I won:

The pizza king, he’s currently reigning at 22 slices for this tour:

Awesome veggie pizza:

The show ended up being amazing at Siesta Nouveaux. Today (it’s currently 5 AM) we’re playing St. Catherine’s. More pictures soon!

After seeing the Olympic Stadium we went to our friend Greg’s place to hang out and catch up.

Canada spoils us with Nintendo:

Nick finds this very funny (he’s not really laughing, or is he?):

It was hot so Jack took his pants off.

Alex-What are you doing?
Jack - It’s hot in here!
Alex - This is someone’s home!
Jack - He seems like a cool guy.

The next night we played at a sports bar in Le Gardeur. This was fantastic because it was hockey themed, which just so happens to be my favorite sport:

The hockey jersey tables were such a nice touch. I had to take these for my parents:

After blowing the power and being refused free popcorn and soda, we headed back to our buddy Wood’s house for the night. The next day we rolled 8 deep to our show in Quebec City:

Halfway through the trip we stopped to get some food at an outrageous diner. Here Nave found some ancestors:

Family portrait:

Ed found his hat:

The grounds of the diner were decorated with dinosaurs and monster trucks, not sure why:

It was ridiculous that there were no signs that prohibited climbing on the sculptures, but even if there were we probably would have proceeded anyway:

When we were taking these pictures there was a group of older women in the parking lot. I bypassed what I thought might alarm these women and made Ed ride a dinosaur:

“Quebec, where we grow the finest dinosaurs”:

Alex, Max and Wood had a meeting under one of the monster trucks:

We finally arrived in Quebec City. Let me just say that our visit to this city was long overdue, it was breathtaking:

There are castles everywhere and the architecture is very European. Right outside of where we parked:

A view off the ledge we decided to stand on:

The city stretched out into the horizon:

One of said castles up on a mountain:

One last view off of the ledge, I loved the lighting in this city:

While walking around I saw way too much that needed to be photographed, so I snapped what I could:

Random buildings jutted out of the city base around every corner, so the view was constantly changing:

Here is where we began our walk along the fortress wall the surrounds the downtown portion of the city:

It was great to see an out door skating rink in the middle of the city, the local news was also there doing a feature:

Another view of the horizon:

Right next to the skating rink:

A nice view of the skyline:

The parliament building:

After the show we stayed one last night at our friend Wood’s. This morning we woke up and said our goodbyes to Quebec. It’s already missed. I love the view on the Trans Canada Highway as the sun is setting, even though it makes it harder than hell to see. My tribute to Boards of Canada:

Once we got to Ottawa we got some grub. Stewart’s has been ruling my root beer selection on this tour:

Down the street from the bagel shop we ate at, we saw a stadium and decided to check it out. We never figured out what events were held there, but it had cool architectural design nonetheless:

Once back at the house, we found ourselves once again in the grasp of a Nintendo system:

So far, so good. Tour has been a lot of fun and really successful. We’re stoked to be sharing the road with Alex and Jack. We do miss Quebec quite a bit though, we’ve grown very attached to our friends there. Plus, they love our jokes:

Dan - Man something smells like updawg in here.
Max - Oh yeah? It smells?
Dan - Yeah like updawg man.
Max - ::uttering in confusion::
Dan - Like updawg man! Updawg!
Max - WHAT THE HELL IS UPDAWG?
Everyone - NOT MUCH BRO! BLAHHH.

Dan - Man, this jacket smells like updawg
Arch - Oh, no don’t say that.
Ed - No man, it smells like updawg.
Arch - What’s that?
Ed - What do you mean? What’s what?
Arch - What is updawg?
Dan and Ed - NOT MUCH MAN! WAHH!

Yeah you get the point, but they loved it, really. More updates soon, as soon as I take more pictures that is.

Also, never forget:

(thanks to Jack for the sweet Quebec countryside promo)

We set out last Thursday to begin another tour. We were late (in typical fashion) so we missed most of the show but got there just in time to hang out with our friends in Empire! Empire!.

Ed loves riding in the van:

We got to Keith’s house for the night and spread out:

Keith has an impressive CD collection:

Ed liked said collection:

Keith and Cathy are the best!:

The next day we got our tires changed, this was much necessary considering our van was shaking like a washer and dryer gone awry:

Paying for our new tires:

Then we headed towards the bridge:

The bridge is such a tease. It’s so beautiful but then you’re thrown into one of the most intense situations immediately after:

Then something ridiculous happened. This event will definitely go down in Native history. This event gave way to the longest day I’ve ever experienced. I’m choosing not to post about it at this time, but I shall post the story in the near future.

Let’s skip on to Montreal. After a ten hour drive from the border we were finally in Quebec again. We went straight to our friend Wood’s house to sleep and shower. The show was amazing and so was seeing all of our friends. We went back to sleep at Wood’s again and finally caught up on what we had lost.

This morning I awoke to Max kicking ass on Tetris:

Then we went to get sandwiches with Max and Wood:

Montreal loves its pranksters:

The sandwich shop was pretty rad, just a little convenience shop that has a kitchen in the back:

Afterwards we went to Nick from Deerhead Cassettes house to move a fridge:

I love the way the neighborhoods look in Montreal:

Ed loves the neighborhoods too:

Dan helped move the fridge:

Next we went back to Wood’s to eat:

We also watched Pierre kill it in Tetris:

We decided to take a stroll to see Olympic Stadium, which was about 15 minutes away:

The architecture is amazing:

The building looks like a spaceship (note Wood taking a piss):

Outside the soccer stadium:

A sweet natural halfpipe:

Ed’s new promo:

Wood hanging out with Maurice Richard:

An interesting glass top next to the baseball field:

So far tour has been amazing. Tomorrow we’ll be in Legardeur and then the day after we’ll be in Quebec City. We’ll be able to update this blog much quicker so watch for updates!

Also, never forget:

Tired of looking at these. So I’m deleting them off of our myspace and putting the old stuff here.

April 18th, 2008 - This Is Our’s Fest - Peoria, IL (photo by Dr. Summers)

April 18th, 2008 - This Is Our’s Fest - Peoria, IL (photo by Dr. Summers)

August 25, 2007 - RPMP - South Bend, IN (Photo by Jack)

December 14, 2007 - The Guesthouse - Chicago, IL (Photo by Kara) (*note Nate)

December 31, 2007 - The Venue - Lafayette, IN (Photo by Summers)

February 15, 2008 - Espress Yourself - Valparaiso, IN (Photo by Ali)

February 9, 2008 - New Hope Christian Church - Columbus, IN (photo by Summers)

January 26, 2008 - Castle Greyskull - Grand Rapids, MI (Photo by Lindsey)

January 3rd, 2009 - Skull Alley - Louisville, KY (photo by Sarah Davis)

January 3rd, 2009 - Skull Alley - Louisville, KY (photo by Sarah Davis)

June 19th, 2008 - the Guesthouse 2 - Chicago, IL (photo by Ryan Elis)

March 8, 2008 - Espress Yourself - Valparaiso,IN (photo by Jeff)

May 30th, 2008 - The DAAC - Grand Rapids, MI (photo by Dr. David Summers)

May 8th, 2009 - The MAC - Chesteron, IN (photo by Nat)

September 27, 2008 - Super Happy Fun Fest @ Mack Glass Co - Bloomington, IL (photo by Dr. David Summers)

COOL!

Well the day finally arrived and it was time to pick up our new shipment of cabinets from our beloved friends at Emperor in Chicago. We woke up early (way too early for a Saturday) and met up at Dan’s house only to have him not there, but stuck waiting at the oil change place with our van.

So we waited on Dan:

He soon arrived and we were on the road again!:

For those of you that don’t know what Chicago looks like:

We sat in our fair share of traffic, per usual, and then we were finally there:

We immediately spotted our new cabs and became very excited. My stack:

Ed and Dan’s stack:

Emperor started making heads, guess what I’ll be buying soon:

In celebration of our new cabinets, we decided to take in a long overdue lunch at Goose Island:

“What do you guys think of it?”
“It’s good, you?”
“Is it just me, or does it taste a little bit fresher?”
”.. I think it’s just you”

Dan had a great time at Goose Island:

So did Ed…:

Then we finally made it home and retreated to our practice space:

See you all soon!

Also, never forget:

I found some pictures on my camera from our Cleveland date in Ohio, thought I would share them so they don’t go to waste.

Let’s see, on the timeline we had just driven from Lancaster Pennsylvania, straight through the night. We found a Super 8 (<3 them) on the outskirts of Cleveland and checked in for a couple nights.

We spent the next day eating Sheetz and site seeing in Cleveland. I lost all my pictures of us at the Tower Mall, but imagine us eating cheap popcorn and playing gigantic guitars.

We arrived at the venue and hung out on top of a giant quarter pipe which was in the back of the room where the bands played:

While we waited for the show to start, we made a 7-11 run to get some gas and some double gulp refills. At this point we had completely fallen in love with 7-11 for always having the best deals and always being convientely opened:

We REALLY love 7-11:

When we got back to the venue, we were greeted by Antilles wall of amps of which I am super jealous of:

and then Ed danced to some Integrity (view video in post above). The show was fun and a great step to getting home. The next day we played the Cabana House in South Bend and things got rowdy. It was great to get home and rest for more than a few weeks.

Since being home I relaxed, including taking a vacation up to a cabin in Northwest Michigan, in which I was promptly kicked out of at 10:30 in the morning:

Anyway, new amps tomorrow and fun pictures of those. Hope you’re all doing well!

Also, never forget:

hey everyone!

just thought I’d give you an update of everything going on here with us!

-we’re doing a couple dates with our besties in Slingshot Dakota! Come hang:
October 14th - Blackbird Cafe - Valparaiso, IN
October 15th - The DAAC - Grand Rapids, MI
Also! after the DAAC show we’re playing at the Intersection for Victor! Fix The Sun’s 12” release show! Everyone come out and support our boys, we’re super proud.

-we’re getting more amps, I’ll leave it at that for now. pictures soon.

-I have some more pictures from the end of the August tour, I’ll post those tonight.

-our friends Oceans are breaking up, total buzzkill. their last show is October 30th at Summer Camp in Chicago, everyone come out. (here’s a tidbit, we’ll have some wrestling moves that night).

-we’re going back to Canada! we’ll be up there november 13th-november 22rd. here’s a rough schedule:
november 12 - eastern MI
november 13 - kitchener, ON
november 14 - Quebec
november 15 - Quebec
november 16 - Quebec
november 17 - Quebec
november 18 - Ontario
november 19 - Ontario
november 20 - Ontario
november 21 - Ontario
november 22 - Ontario
I’ll announce more concrete dates as they roll in, for now just keep an eye out on our show schedule.

-we’re getting a new press of the We Delete; Erase 12”. colors and pictures will be posted in the coming weeks.

-we’re going on a winter tour with our besties in La Dispute! The dates will be from December 27th - January 11th. Hope we’ll see a lot of you out there!

Other than that we’ll keep you posted. Get ready for new tunes and new things.