Woke up today to the van spinning off the road due to a snow storm in Colorado. Luckily we are all ok and we didn’t have any van damage. We are all starting to feel the effects of this non-stop tour which was routed for buses but 3 out of 4 bands are in vans. The guys in Moneen, who we’ve really bonded with had some van trouble and had to cancel a few dates. We are picking them up tomorrow and two of the guys are going to hop in our van and play the some dates acoustic until their van is up and running. I’m battling a pretty nasty cold (swine flu?) right now and driving through the night and playing shows has been really rough on my body. Can’t wait till I’m back to 100%.
Just arrived in Portland after driving through the night from San Francisco. Kirby and I were driving as the sun was coming up and saw an amazing part of northern California. The show last night was a lot of fun despite breaking a string half way through our last song. Kirby ended up getting the boot from the venue for drinking, we met up with him around the corner and hung out with some new and old friends that live in the area. Once we got into Portland we hit up Voodoo Doughnuts which has been on a bunch of travel and food shows (Bourdain!)…right now were hanging at a coffee bar down the street from the venue, feeling tired but ready for another great night.
Watching horror movies and drinking Shiner beer and cheap wine, check out our new music video! http://soundsofbuzz.com/coca-cola/
Woke up way to hung over today in Arkansas, which was one of the stranger places I’ve been to. After a much needed nap in the Van Kirby and I got around to watching the Motorcyle Diaries. The movie was great and nice to watch while being on the road ourselves, Drag Me To Hell and 28 Days Later are next on the list. Been listening to a lot of Broken Social Scene recently, excited for what they are going to put out next (they’re recording in Chicago right now). Also we have been rocking out to the new Minus The Bear song which is really awesome.
Finally charged my phone after it’s been dead for a while, so gotta catch up with that. Mitch and I just ate at Twisted Root burgers (in Dallas), very good.
Being in the van gives you a lot of time to listen to music. I finally got my headphones up and running for this tour and they have really helped escape the feeling of being in a van for hours and ours (myspace.com/forhoursandours..listen to On A Weekend). Just found that Kings of Convenience record and I have a good feeling I’ll be listening to that quite a bit in the van. Nick has been playing the new Silversun Pickups record and some Mobius Band in the van and it’s felt nice to be turned on to some new music.
I’m still trying to find a name for a new project i’ve started with my brother, Mov Mou’s new amazing and danm sexy sound guy Josh Kirby has helped out quite a bit with the record and has been producing and recording it. I’m really excited to play a show for the release of that record, it’s going to be a fun time. The lyrics are still not 100% done so I’m hoping some time in the van might spark a creative streak.
I Bought the Motorcycle Diaries before tour and have yet to watch it so I’m definitely going to make that a priority for the next van ride. I’m kicking myself that I didn’t get a Flip cam in time for tour! I would have really loved to get some video of all of us on the road.
Hanging out at Greg’s aunts house having Ricci show me a thing or two about tumblr. Trying to find the new Kings Of Convenience record, the single is amazing. I’m also hoping to download a few movies to watch on the road. We set up a great system to watch movies in the van, watched Adventureland with Nick and Mitch last night.
