From the Road: Dallas, TX - May 26, 2010
- The host of the first sleep-over party I ever went to as a child (Trent McBride) was in attendance at the Dallas show. It was the first I’d seen him in 16 years.
- The staff of the Dodgers unofficially estimate that 90% of ceremonial first pitches at Dodger Stadium go in the dirt. People get concerned with throwing hard, and underestimate the distance. We managed to get all 4 simultaneous pitches into gloves.
- You would think that in the phrase ‘garlic fries,’ the word ‘garlic’ is really a modifier for ‘fries.’ At Dodger Stadium, it’s unclear if either word is a modifier, as garlic fries are equal volume potato and garlic.
- We had incredible crawfish and oysters across the street from the venue in Dallas. (Aross, you recall the name?) And a big thanks to the lovely couple who sneakily paid our tab.
- A person in the front row of the Austin show had a Oxford English Annotated Bible with them at the show, and brought it out during the handbells. Who brings a bible to a rock concert?
- It took me nearly 35 years to realize that my initials can be pronounced ‘decay.’ (Dan, had you realized this about yourself?) when we start our angsty, dour emo side project, ‘decay’ will be somewhere in the name.
- Speaking of side projects, Dan’s other band Debate Team are opening the show tonight.
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From the Fans: Boston, MA - May 7, 2010
From the Road: Orlando, FL - May 17, 2010
- This time I was not arrested in Orlando.
- Yesterday I went to Gatorland. At Gatorland they have White Alligators, which they stress are not albino. Apparently albinos have no pigment, where as these guys have white pigment. There are hundreds of albinos, but only 12 white alligators. All 12 are male so the white race is about to end.
- Today we will be playing outdoors in a storm.
- At the Tampa show, a 12 year old named Bridgette came up and played tambourine with us and totally ruled.
- A fan made a Bunny scale model of my laser guitar, complete with light-up fur.
- Yesterday, the air conditioning on our bus broke for the third this tour. Now we are on a different bus.
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From the Road: Atlanta, GA - May 14, 2010
- The finest moment of Timothy’s DJ set last night was Whoop There It Is.
- Confetti has a very different effect when it is shot directly at the crowd.
- Our hotel room has a framed picture of the rear wall of the hotel, the only salient feature of which is a bricked up window.
- Last night an aggressive scalper followed Andy for a block trying to sell him tickets to the OK Go show.
- We got to catch a few songs of Sharon Jones’ and the Dap Kings’ set last night (same building), and they were spectacular.
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From the Show: Atlanta, GA - May 13, 2010
From the Road: Charlotte, NC - May 12, 2010
- We met the grandson of Stubbs of Stubbs BBQ fame today. He served us ribs which he had cooked on the morning show on which we were interviewed.
- Last night we sang happy birthday to a dude in the crowd named Wonton.
- Dan and Andy are obsessed with Colonel Quaritch’s opening monologue from Avatar. I will not succeed. Not with all of you.
- Our guitar tech Ben has styled himself a handlebar mustache in honor of 9 shows in a row.
- When we first started touring, all the Waffle House restaurants in Indiana were called Waffle & Steak, presumably because the name Waffle House was already owned in Indiana. Now Indiana Waffle Houses are Waffle Houses.
- Craig, our sound guy, laughs like Popeye.
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From the Road: Raleigh, NC - May 11, 2010
- My dad is from Raleigh. His dad, my grandfather, discovered a species of beetle and it’s named after him: Glycolyx Kulashi
- A very lovely group of fans bought me dinner. BIG thanks.
- Dick’s (a big sporting goods chain) caries no baseball apparel.
- Yesterday, going through childhood things in my parent’s attic, I found the invitation to Tim’s Bar Mitzvah.
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From the Show: Baltimore, MD - May 9, 2010
From the Show: Albany, NY - May 8, 2010
