August 2011
1 post
May 2011
3 posts
Hey, update 2. Ok.
So here’s more. Tour has still been good. We’re currently at Ed’s Aunt’s house in Pennsylvania, getting ready to depart for Connecticut. Excited to visit the Northeast, hit Canada and then head home. Here’s what’s been goin on the past week and a half.
We saw South of the Border. We stopped:
We walked around Raleigh one day:
We ate at Olive Garden...
10 days in calls for an update
Well I’ve been compiling all my photos from tour for one huge post, and here it is. Tour has been well, I think we can all agree that it’s nice to be out on a jaunt that we can look back and think of multiple good shows and nights. Thank you to everyone who has been courteous to us and made us feel at home.
Former Thieves at the Magic Stick:
Custom concave addition to our back...
We leave for tour Thursday. We have new everything. We’ll update this with funny pictures. And maybe some not so funny pictures.
April 2011
1 post
News as of late..
Hey all,
Some of you may have noticed that we cancelled some of the shows we were supposed to play here in April, and this is just a brief explanation and apology to people involved with said shows. After playing a couple shows here earlier in the month, we realized that we were pretty burnt out, and in desperate need of a bit of time to help restructure what we are trying to do as a band, and...
March 2011
5 posts
Here we go! March tour, tourin it up!
I have a lot of pictures from this tour so I’m just going to post them with brief captions explaining them. All you need to know about this tour is that Caspian and Chiaroscuro rule, and we have great friends.
Snow in Texas? Ok:
Sarah “Sugar” Beth:
Canyons:
The Mad Hatter:
Sarah “Sugar” Beth:
Caspian at the Golden West:
Epic eats:
Skinnin da...
Where have the updates been?
Tumblr wasn’t working with me for a while and I couldn’t update my new photos from this tour. When I have a few moments to work I’ll do a mass tour update though. The shows with Caspian and Chiaroscuro have been awesome, can’t ask for better tourmates. See you in Gainesville, New Orleans, Baton Rouge and SXSW!
February 2011
3 posts
So then we drove..
We left Scottsdale and headed eastward through Texas. Ed drove 11 hours straight. I’ve never seen anything like it. I think we can all agree that it was the lowest point of all our lives. Bad music, cold weather, and hilarious arguments. Ed at one point decided he was going to be a bounty hunter and put a bounty out on Dan’s head, who doubted him. At another point, the road had a...
We have great friends..
So our great friends Brianna, Jenna, and Cheyenne greeted us in San Francisco all the way from Salem, Oregon. This was definitely a very high point of tour, we love those girls. Day two in San Fran consisted of sight seeing.
Stoked!:
Bridge crossin:
Seriously breath-taking:
Check out Alcatraz hiding out in the fog:
I spent all morning trying to get a good shot of Alcatraz and then we...
January 2011
7 posts
Two years in San Luis Obispo
We spent a few nights here, had a great time. Got some great food and spent some quality time in a nice Travelodge. It wasn’t as cozy as the world’s smallest hotel room but it was definitely quaint.
Dan gettin real at dinner:
Keepin it real at Starbux:
Lovin on fro-yo:
Lovin on one another:
“You have 5 seconds to get out of this room, 5-4-3-2….”
...
It's been a few days, had no internet..
The title says it all, but we have a lot to catch up on.
We left Arizona with Dane Rick in the van:
We decided to hit up the Hoover Dam and got mad hassled:
I’ll spare you most of the touristy pictures I took, except a couple essentials:
“Give me a look like, ‘Hey we’re in Arizona’”:
From there we traveled on towards Las Vegas:
We played...
We get up north and Arizona and meet up with an...
Woke up in Gallop, New Mexico and was faced with this:
I think the city was built as a tourist stop on the way to or from Arizona. They have fun tourist attractions:
The drive to Flagstaff was seriously beautiful. This huge mountain was with us the whole time:
When we got to Flagstaff, Nave tore up an electrical drum set:
We played with some toy cars:
We got a new stereo since our...
New found love for the panhandle and New Mexico
We woke up in Shamrock Texas and got ready for the girth of the drive to Albuquerque.
We all got ready:
Had to get an oil change in Amarillo:
Found some great Mexican food at Rosa’s Cafe (the tortilla factory):
I talked everyone into going to Cadillac Ranch:
The scenery on the drive was awesome:
License to ill:
We played a fun house show in Albuquerque:
...
Tour begins, here we go!
It’s been a minute since we’ve had a blog update, and I’ll tell you why. We’ve been sitting at home for a few months, either hiding out in our practice space or playing video games. You’ve seen that, and we weren’t about to let you know that we spend nearly as much time playing video games and eating junk food as we do. But, we do.
Anyway, as of Monday we...
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Where were your eyes when the words you left me turned black as coal? Hate the poison when it’s harsh, but use it when it’s sweet. Did you know that they’re spelled the same?
November 2010
2 posts
"What do they do when they're home?"
You’ll be sorry you asked.
The other day we came to the conclusion that our practice space was a disaster. Taking into mind the fact that we’ll be spending a considerable amount of time there this winter, we decided to clean it and make it a little more pleasant to be in.
So we cut down our gear… ..nah, Ed bought a new amp:
Beforehand at the Casa de Nara, Nave y Ed, Kara was...
October 2010
4 posts
Bobby:i wish that would be funny Tom: hahaha why is that his life? its funny when people fail at things.
coming next year, full time, beware.
WatchSkeeter likes to party
Pittsburgh and back, with J Walter Partyman
We’ve been out playing weekends so we won’t get rusty. Our friends in Girlfight asked us to come play their album release, so we decided to make a trip out east for the weekend. On the way, we stopped off in Columbus to hang with our friends in Heath Deadger.
J. Walter Partyman in the house:
Some last minute adjustments:
Partyman hates to wait:
We tried to hear that G-6 all...
Jim Ross, light poles, and lost keys..
Well we hit the road last weekend and went down to Cincinnati to break up the monotony of sitting at home and fighting with Dave Summers (not that it’s ever boring).
MidPoint Festival was going on and we were lucky enough to be playing the Vitamin Water Stage at the Contemporary Arts Center. We even got some carts to load our gear in:
Our stage for the night:
The building was...
September 2010
2 posts
Updates coming soon..
All the photos from this past weekend are on my other computer, so I’ll upload those this weekend when I get a decent internet connection. In the meantime I wanted to post on something very tragic that happened today that really bummed us out.
Collectively as a band, our favorite comedian has been Greg Giraldo for sometime. We were all devastated today to find out he has passed away. He is...
Back in BIZZNAZZ!
I got a new camera for a photography class I’m taking, so the Native blog is back in time. And just in time! So many exciting things going on! I’m kidding, it’s been pretty calm around here, but we have started up nighttime street hockey. Pretty great.
Our rink:
A little action:
Our practice was clean for a few minutes once:
We’ve been hanging out a lot lately...
August 2010
4 posts
no camera = no updates
yup, you read it. before we left my camera lens cover broke off. I was like “who cares, it still works”. well the lens got broken, so now we’re SOL on tour pictures.
but tour has been a blast. Former Thieves are super great to be out with, hang out with, talk with, watch play and play for. it’s a great relationship, I’m glad we’re dating, or touring. you get...
Friday the 13th
Woke up early. Got to Atlanta too early. Had to get a new fuel filter. Ran out of money. Side swiped a truck. Got a nail in our tire. Drove 8 1/2 hours to our next destination.
Besides this, the show was pretty fun and we had a ton of fun with Former Thieves per usual. Back that band so hard. More soon.
WatchSorry for the lack of updates, but this video sums tour up!
What are they doing now?
Well we spent the whole month of July at home. Dan got surgery, limped around, and now he’s doing well. We played a lot of video games.
Everyone got really good at Nazi Zombies (mini-game in Call of Duty: World at War for those of you who don’t know). Killer and Nave actually got to level 26, and then the game froze:
Nave was so distraught that he stabbed himself:
And again:
...
July 2010
2 posts
When home, we're productive..
The other night we decided to go to Wal Mart to purchase Predator in preparation for the upcoming Predators this Thursday night.
We headed over to the old $5 bin but were having trouble locating it. Killer kept shouting “Oh here it is!”, only to reveal a copy of Nacho Libre in his hand. This soon turned into this game:
45, 45 copies of Nacho Libre.
Shortly after they fell out...
Been dreading this for days.. (explanation)
So it’s true, we’re canceling our July tour.
The other night we were at practice and Dan revealed to us that he had a hernia. Shortly after we discovered that we could make hockey sticks out of old window blinds, cardboard and duct tape. So that’s what we’re going to do instead of going on tour. Why go on the road when you’ve found the absolutely most productive and...
June 2010
13 posts
Pretzels, Milk Shakes, and the end of tour.
Woke up in our pleasant Days Inn room and decided to get on the road:
We were all shocked when got to St. Louis and found that Gus’ Pretzels was closed. This of course is sarcasm, it’s always closed when we roll to town (anyone who has ever toured with us knows this ongoing battle well):
Our friends in Canyons played:
Stu was having a great time:
After the show was all...
David Summers, Bonnaroo, and Ale 8
Sorry for the lack of updates lately. I think we’ve all been feeling unmotivated on tour due to a lack of sleep and an overabundance of humid weather. We drove into Atlanta, hit a little traffic and finally arrived at the Masquerade:
The building is super rad looking:
Dan took his amp apart due to some problems he was having in North Carolina:
Out back there’s a giant...
Sleep walking, long drives, and burritos.
Yesterday was relatively uneventful. We got woken up by Stu and Sarah who informed us they were going to Waffle House. Yum. We decided to sleep an extra hour rather than partake in the delicious cuisine. We woke up and drove until we found a Sheetz. Got a little lunch and then arrived in Chapel Hill.
The best part of the night was without a doubt The Bronzed Chorus. They tore it up:
Our set...
National history, groin shots and green rooms
The day started off with another pillow beating of Dane (he was asking for it. We got in the van after a late check out (props to Microtel for the hook up) and headed into DC to meet up with TTNG. On the way there Dane and Jakeway got into a scuffle:
I was very touristy today, so bare with me:
“There’s my favorite guys!”
Dane some how took a shot to...
WatchWhat happens when you sing in the shower..
Waffles, futbol and the most epic van battle ever
I’m going to try uploading our images through tumblr for this one, let’s see how it goes.
Morning started off normally. If you don’t remember, Dane Rick didn’t bring anything to sleep with so we constantly find him in this situation:
Ed’s Aunt and Uncle made us waffles for breakfast, so we had a feast:
Ed and Jakeway slept in the basement, so there wasn’t...
Having bandwidth complications..
Sorry that the older posts aren’t visible, we’ve exceeded our bandwidth for the month by rocking too hard. I’m trying to figure out a new photo-sharing situation, any suggestions?
No sleep, blocked numbers and vegan cuisine
After not getting much sleep in New Brunswick we got our stuff together and headed out to Philly for an early morning interview. Dane Rick Dane Rick 1 didn’t sleep at all, but he did pass away around 9:30. He seriously just sort of died on the couch still completely dressed. I knew then it was going to be a fantastic day.
Day started off in the van with Jakeway trying to block J****...
early morning tour post (bands to check out)
it’s not really early, it’s only 10:49
Just wanted to link you guys to some great bands we’ve seen on the road:
Girl Fight from Pittsburgh.
Expectorated Sequence from Montreal.
Love and Terror Cult from Toronto.
and of course check out our tour buddies of the summer!:
This Town Needs Guns from Oxford.
My Heart To Joy from Connecticut.
Former Thieves from Iowa.
Check them...
Early wake-ups, terrible traffic and more parking...
Had to wake up early to get to NYC on time, little did we know this wouldn’t help whatsoever. We had two GPS’s hooked up for a second opinion, so excessive:
Got on the road after a quick meal at 99 (the Red Sock’s official family diner) and before long stopped at a rest stop. Dane Rick was being hasty so I punished him with this picture:
“You love your mirror shots...
Driving through the night, sleeping in parking...
So we drove through the night, and apparently slept in the parking lot of our Red Roof Inn until check out time. Nave and I were unaware of this, we were out cold. ANYWAY, the room is very nice. Started off the day with a little mirror shot:
Dane Rick Dane Rick 1 was taking for ever in the shower, so we threatened him, beat on the door and verbally abused him until he came out. He emerged with...
More 50's Diners, Cross-country and close friends
Woke up surprisingly early for Native and headed downtown to catch lunch with our good friend Matt Cuthburt and TTNG:
I love downtown Toronto, it’s like a cleaner Chicago:
I always take these pictures for my parents (it’s a Second City Television reference):
After hanging in the street for a bit, we all went in and got seated in Fran’s Diner:
Dane Rick 1 was a night...
Toronto streets, stuffy record shops and sushi
Day started off slow, we chilled out at Awkward House for one:
Awkward House has a patio that I didn’t know existed until today:
Our friend Ryan from Love and Terror Cult took us out on the city today:
We hassled Jakeway a bit:
Captain Cool:
Traffic was heavy, so I entertained myself by taking bad pictures:
Backseat Crew:
Dane Rick bought Double-Gulp:
We went to a lot...
Watchwhat happens at Niagra Falls.
Cambridge, Niagra Falls and Toronto: our day off.
The day started off nicely, when I found out we had checkout at noon instead of 11 a.m. Another half an hour is always awesome. We went down to the parking lot to find our tourmates playing soccer.
This town plays soccer:
Captain Cool was sure to get right into his shorts:
A nice group shot, figuring out the days plans:
Stu and Jakeway:
Captain Cool had a busy morning, he deemed Ed...
May 2010
7 posts
Watchhotel partyyy.