Oh hey! Didn't see you there. Come in, I'll tell you about week four of the End Transmission tour.
I believe I left off in Brooklyn. Well, Goodbye Blue Monday was a really interesting club. We played an outdoor stage that kinda resembled a tent in a junkyard. It was cool. Dave and Margo, the people who actually booked this entire tour, came out to see us. It was awesome finally getting to meet them.
The next day was Manhattan! We were all really excited for this one. Arlene's Grocery on a Saturday night. I will say though, driving through Manhattan on a Saturday, in the rain, pulling a trailer, with no horn is a pretty intense experience. It had to take at least a year off my life. We got to the venue and made friends with a band called Dandelion Snow. We were talking to them for a while when they told us that they were actually former members of the punk band The Code, who were a pretty big deal. The show itself: well, we blew it. Straight up. It was one of the worst shows we've ever played. Broken tuners, slowing tempos, and starting songs in the wrong key is NOT the way to impress manhattan.
So we drove to Cleveland that night. Now, this was one of the more interesting shows on this tour. The Hi-Fi double booked their night with a comedy troupe. Instead of sending people home, we all shared the night and had 5 comedians open up for us. We played after 2 other bands. The only people who stuck around that late were the head comedian and one of his friends. We gave that show our all, and played the fuck out of that club. We even did an Encore. We threw guitars. It was gnarly.
After that we drove to Wisconsin and really, really, really needed a shower. I was turned down by every rec center and YMCA in Madison. So we went to a gym and faked taking an hour long yoga class, in order to use their locker rooms. Showers are amazing. Don't take them for granted. Mr. Roberts was cool. We had fun playing pool.
The next day we went to the Mall of America. That place rules. I've never seen a mall with a theme park in it. Most everything else in the Midwest was a bit boring. Lots of driving.
Oh! We went back to Milwaukee and took a 10:30 am tour of the Miller Brewery. Free beer before noon is pretty rad. It was very informative and I highly recommend it. That night we played Club Garabaldi. The show went well, and our friends Veritas were in town. We played a show with them back in Ventura, so we hung out and had fun.
Now, after this is when it all went wrong. Our loving van, The Ultimate Warrior, started getting warm. Very warm. At night. We pulled over and slept. When we woke up, we had a lot of fun watching it smoke through the hood. After finding a repair shop on Sunday (an impressive feat in itself), we had our heater hose replaced. And we were back on our way.
Today is Pittsburgh, and I'm in a McDonalds drinking coffee. Next week I'm sure we will have some fun stories for you. For now, I'm gonna stop typing. My thumbs hurt. Love you guys, for realz.
-Jordan
End Transmission
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