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Over the Pond

Here are some pictures from our trip over the pond..

We had a bit of a delay in the Atl airport.. We used our time wisely.

After a meal, two snacks, a nap, and three movies, we spent about 9 hours on the silver 757 across the Atlantic.

 

 

Sightseeing in Dublin

Random Countryside.

 

Dublin Castle and one of best of the many pubs visited

Oxford sunset

 

(L) London Eye and Parliament,  (R) Big Ben, Parliament

Abbey Road

 

To the right is a place called the Tabernacle, this is where Pink Floyd put on their first shows in the Syd Barret days.

 

(L) Random spot in U.K.. just to show how old this country is.. (R) More pubs..

 

Special thanks to A Place To Bury Strangers for a killer tour. 

Photos from the Westward Journey

Well, we are back for a day and a half before we trek through the east coast with the Whigs.
Here are some photos from the road (and air.)

 

First of all, There were some pretty disturbing pictures in the airplane safety guide.. I guess in case of an emergency, you should perform distasteful gestures.

After a fairly pleasant flight to Chicago, The flight to our final destination (Portland) was pretty much hell. It was a cramped flight with a few screaming babies and kids.

 

This is one of the many mountains around the Portland area taken before our arrival. Also, Portland from our rent-a-yukon.

 

After a killer show in Portland.. We headed to Seattle for Walko and Hardys acoustic performance. I took some video footage of Wrecking ball and will post on youtube soon.

 

We had a great time at Stevens Pass North of Seattle.

 

The Drive from Stevens Pass to Sacramento was long but scenic.

 

San Francisco was too short..but sweet. Look, Its Alcatraz.

 

 This is my favorite set of water towers which were outside of L.A. To the left, a ghostly pic of a homeless man.

 

More flying.. now in hotel relaxing.

 

 

We had two killer shows in Denver and a great time sightseeing at red rocks and Buffalo Bills grave site. Thanks to Chad for showing us around. 

 

After a slight flight delay because of the snow, and a carefull drive back to Athens, we're going to rest for a second before our eastward journey. Thank you to all our friends (old and new) who came out and supported us.

A little R and R with Reflection

     Now that the holidays are over and the 360-like motion of being thrown from the van into the car to families homes and back is diminishing, the echoes of the previous tour are ringing in my ear. I (as well as the other Dead Confeds) would like to thank the members and crew of
 Manchester Orchestra

 Kevin Devine and the Goddamn Band

 and All Get Out.

Through the course of the tour, There has been 25 musicians and crew, 21 shows, 4 climate patterns, 2 accidents all in 1 month. With endless good times, this provokes the inevitable action of name remembering. We have entertained ourselves to say every name of every person from the tour as quickly as possible..

Mike
Nathan
Gordon
Mel
Flip
Mike
Kevin
Brian
Russell
Ben
Mike
Andy
Chris
Robert
Jay
Jeremiah
John
Walker
Hardy
Brantley
Jason
Mike
Joe
Dawson
Mike

Anywhoo..

Now, looking out the window at the house here in Athens, The van sits proud and dirty like it has just returned from the front line. This makes me think about the past months winter conditions.. a little shout out to the old machine..

Like Brantley says.. We are glad to be back for a little while. And much more to come in 2009.
Happy New Year!

  
 

Drawrings

Greetings from snowy Iowa!!

    As you might know, we a currently on tour with  Manchester Orchestra, Kevin Devine and the Goddam band, and All Get Out. They are all extra nice dudes, and there music is powerfull in many ways. If you have not checked them out, I recommend so.

    Anywhoo... The other day, Walker had a great Idea about inventing this sleeping mask that covers your eyes and ears. Best of all its a pillow as well. We decided to draw up some prototypes.. It might go somewhere!!

 

                                  

 

Hopefully Walker is going to patten the final new and improved model...Until then, We are off to Chicago and then the east coast... come to a show, we'll draw you.

   

November Tour Out West

Hello friends. I am finally at a computer for a long period of time.. long enough to show some photos and tell briefly about the awesome tour we had out west with Apollo Sunshine.

This was taken from a Killer gig at The Mohawk in Austin.

The next day we went to Fun Fun Fun Fest and saw many great acts including
The Black Angels

After Austin, we had a couple of days off to travel toward Tuscon, Arizona.

There were sunsets that were pretty as hell!!

 

.. Even Marc and Walker thought so.

Like Brantley says, the drive from Tuscon to San Diego is awesome!!

After a great gig in San Diego, we went over to Las Vegas for another gig and some minor gambling.

The Vegas gig was rockin'!! After that, we headed back to Cali to leave our mark in L.A.

We had a great gig in L.A. Unfortunately we came across many fires north of the city and learned that over 800 homes were destroyed from these fires.

After leaving the smoke behind, we work our way to San Fransisco for another stellar gig.

Hey, There's Alcatraz!

We then worked our way up the coast to Portland, where we stayed (and played) at the Jupiter Hotel- Doug Fir Lounge.

We had a killer gig there as well, that is after Walker took his nap.

From there, we went to Seattle and had a great gig at Chop Suey. As well as our tour partners Apollo Sunshine, we also played Portland and Seattle with our friends Feral Children.

From cold Seattle/ Portland, we headed to even colder Park City,Utah. The drive was unbelievable. 

Our show was good there as well.. now we headed down to the last gig of the tour, Denver, CO.

  The gig in Denver was great and the tour was over!!

Overall, we had great gigs on this second time out west and would like to thank everyone who came out and supported us.. as well as all the venues who were very hospitable to us.

Day off in NYC

Mission accomplished.. We had some great shows with great turnout and responses at the Mercury Lounge in Manhattan, the Conan experience, and Union Hall in Brooklyn. We were privileged to have some time off.. so I did a little sightseeing (not to be confused with sleepwalking)
To start it off, here are some pics from the Conan experience.

Here are some shots from sunrise at the Brooklyn bridge.

Here are some shots from Coney Island.

Thats it for now.

Drunk Sleepwalking

We have had a series of great shows with

TWIN TIGERS

and WAX FANG

With these incredible shows, a bit of tiredness and deliriousness follows.

  I never sleepwalk. At least not until around 4 am on Saturday morning. I arose from my warm pillow and sleeping bag with an incredible urge to urinate. In my road warn drunken stooper, I don’t even think about where I am or anything.. just that I had to take a leak!! I bee-line it out of the hotel room door (Somehow,  conscience enough to leave it cracked open for re-entry.)
  Eyes half open, I am walking down the hotel halls and stairs for something to pee in.. or on? I cannot remember where the hell I relieved myself. For some odd reason, I want to say that it was outside, but how could I have gotten back in? Maybe I propped the door open.. but with what? Hopefully, I did not go out of the front lobby door.
  Any which way, I relieved myself and it felt GREAT!! Overcome with joy that I'm not in pain anymore, I realize that I am in my boxer briefs, t-shirt, and some short socks.
Picking up my pace and already blushing with fear, I am now 85 percent awake. (probably still drunk)
  I am now speed-walking around the hotel searching for a slightly cracked door. I finally pick up the hospitality phone to ask the front desk what room I should be in. The hotel would not give me the information that I need for security purposes.  They hang up.
I get even redder with embarrassment. I pick up the phone again and say sternly, “Listen lady, I’m in Dead Confederate and I cant find my room.. I’m out here in my underwear for Christ sakes” before I can even finish, she says, “room 307, sir!” I finally find my way back to the room and my warm pallet. Chuckling about the whole event, I realize that I still don’t know where the hell I went to the bathroom. Its all a mystery, but at least I am getting good laughs about it now..   I figured I’d share it with you.

Here are a few drawings from the van by myself and Walker... I will post Marcs soon.

The Road

A few reasons why I wish we were back on the road..

 Sunset in Santa Fe

Desert heat



California

Oregon



Signs

Marc



Elephants



..those are just a few of many reasons.
Its great to be back home, but lets f'n go.