REBIRTHHH

Mar 27
this tour is coming to an end. i have learned quite a bit just from these few weeks with iss. i learned what i need to do to be an efficient merch guy. & there has been talk of being a tour manager. it would be something ive never done before and my job would turn from a shit job into a shot caller with these guys. this is something ive been needing to do if i wanted to continue touring with these guys. i need to step out of this, oh hey… hangin with friends driving around the country.  i live and i learn. i just hope this next tour goes down how im planning it to.
last night / this morning was quite a time. we got into nyc at about 3am this morning to drop chris off at his boos place and we were pretty much just free for all. we had no plans and the whole night ahead of us.  the morning started off with coffee and hot chocolate with andy, jeff and devin. it was nice just to stop for once, sit down and talk. have a conversation over some coffee. those simple things i miss so much. we all just decided to cruise around and explore nyc. we drove for a few hours & decided to search for coney island which turned into an epic fail. i have never felt so lost & happy in my life.  the night ended with a long long search for a truck stop to fall asleep. we ended up at one at about 8am. we smoked a chocoblunt. then had the best talk ive ever had with a few of the guys.  life is good when its good.

this tour is coming to an end. i have learned quite a bit just from these few weeks with iss. i learned what i need to do to be an efficient merch guy. & there has been talk of being a tour manager. it would be something ive never done before and my job would turn from a shit job into a shot caller with these guys. this is something ive been needing to do if i wanted to continue touring with these guys. i need to step out of this, oh hey… hangin with friends driving around the country.  i live and i learn. i just hope this next tour goes down how im planning it to.

last night / this morning was quite a time. we got into nyc at about 3am this morning to drop chris off at his boos place and we were pretty much just free for all. we had no plans and the whole night ahead of us.  the morning started off with coffee and hot chocolate with andy, jeff and devin. it was nice just to stop for once, sit down and talk. have a conversation over some coffee. those simple things i miss so much. we all just decided to cruise around and explore nyc. we drove for a few hours & decided to search for coney island which turned into an epic fail. i have never felt so lost & happy in my life.  the night ended with a long long search for a truck stop to fall asleep. we ended up at one at about 8am. we smoked a chocoblunt. then had the best talk ive ever had with a few of the guys.  life is good when its good.


Mar 24
blue curtains

blue curtains


blue curtains

well this whole idea of a tour blog pretty much is non existent. but anyways, im now in virginia beach at a shit hole hotel that took me the whole day to actually appreciate. the view is great and by the end of the night i realized that the curtain covering the window was a prime backdrop for photos and me andy and jeff took pictures for a few hours straight.  today was a necessary day for me. i took a walk with the guys to the cold beach today. they got bored and walked back to the hotel & i stayed back and watched a few people surf and the seagulls surround me and fly around. and i thought. and felt everything going on. i learned and found things out that needed to be found out. 

its 4am and im smoking a blunt in this hotel room. the window is cracked and the blinds are ripped all the way open and we are gazing outside at the lights and road and beach and water.

so breathe while your alive.


Feb 26
tour

tour


Feb 25

this is my life right now

my new home is a 15 passenger van. i dont live in chicago or detroit anymore. from now on im going to be posting pictures and stories in this blog. mostly for personal use and for whoever finds my page and wants to gander at my life. my e-diary.

starting today i will post a picture every day depending on if i can get wifi or not.

this should be fun to look back on.

this is where i started

2/8 - the loft, madison wisconsin 
2/9 - the mixtape, grand rapids michigan
2/10 - the pikeroom, pontiac michigan
2/11 - mojoes, chicago illinois 
2/12 - peabody’s, cleveland ohio
2/13 - valentines, albany new york
2/14 - the chance, poughkeepsie new york
2/15 - club at music water hall, rochester new york
2/17 - the balcony bar, philly pennsylvania 
2/18 - sonar club stage, baltimore maryland
2/19 - the venue, utica new york
2/20 - rockos, manchester new hampshire 
2/21 - the station, portland maine
2/22 - lynn arts theatre, lynn massachusetts 
2/23 - the westcott theatre, syracuse new york
2/24 - crocodile rock, allentown pennsylvania

this is where i am


2/25 - club octane, charleroi pennsylvania
2/26 - the attic, dayton ohio
2/27 - peabody’s, cleveland ohio
2/28 - skateland, westland michigan
3/1 - mojoes, chicago illinois
3/2 - sokol underground, omaha nebraska
3/4 - cactus jacks, belton missouri 
3/5 - king of clubs, claremore oklahoma
3/6 - war legion undergroud, amarillo texas
3/7 - first family church, albuquerque new mexico 
3/10 - karma, victorville california
3/11 - the whisky, hollywood california
3/13 - soma, san diego california
3/14 - chain reaction, aneheim california
3/16 - chics, el paso texas
3/17 - white rabbit, san antonio texas
3/19 - the max, dallas texas
3/21 - american legion 33, pensacola florida
3/22 - sector 7g, augusta georgia
3/24 - club relevant, virginia beach virginia
3/25 - alley katz, richmond virginia
3/26 - hangar 84, vineland new jersey
3/27 - school of rock, south hackensack new jersey
3/28 - club hell, providence rhode island
3/29 - waterfront tavern, holyoke massachusetts
4/5 bamboozle left, irvine california
4/6 soma, san diego california
4/7 the rock, tucson arizona
4/8 launchpad, albuquerque new mexico
4/10 king of clubs, claremore oklahoma
4/11 the door, dallas texas
4/12 emos, austin texas
4/13 java jazz, east houston texas
4/14 high ground, metairie louisiana
4/16 american legion post 33, pensacola florida
4/17 state theater, st petersburg florida
4/18 the backbooth, orlando florida
4/19 the 7 venue, douglasville georgia
4/21 new brookland tavern, columbia south carolina
4/22 the brewery, raleigh north carolina
4/23 the casbah, charlotte north carolina
4/24 jaxx, west springfield virginia
4/25 chameleon, lancaster pennsylvania
4/26 first unitarian church, philly pennsylvania
4/27 croc rock, allentown pennsylvania 
4/28 webster underground, hartford connecticut
4/29 harpers ferry, allston massachusetts
4/30 the station, portland maine
5/1 club hell, providence rhode island
5/3 xtreme wheelz, buffalo new york
5/4 mr smalls, milvale pennsylvania
5/5 crofoot, pontiac michigan
5/6 reggies rock club, chicago illin
5/8 marquis theatre, denver colorado
5/9 avalon theatre, salt lake city utah
5/10 the venue, boise idaho
5/11 big dipper, spokane washington
5/12 el corazon, seattle washington
5/13 hawthorne theatre, portland oregon
5/15 boardwalk, orangevale california

this list is probably going to get longer if i dont sick of it by the end

 


Oct 20

FUCK

back in michigan for a few days. was planning on going on tour with a pals band but plans ended up going sour. i was in new york before i got back and got fucked over by things that were out of my control. i now have no money for rent. now my dads paying me hopefully enough rent to move his stuff into his new place here. but im stuck in detroit for a few weeks because of it.

i now remember why i dont really like michigan.  it has its pros and cons but i find that  a good chunk of my “pals” arent really my pals. what i thought was tight isnt tight at all. but its nice to put people through some sort of a filter. i now know the ones that i should actually miss and ones that i dont really give a fuck about.


Aug 23
 born in detroit. reborn in chicago.
fucking stoked to start this new journey. i feel good vibes from this town already and ive been here for two days.

 born in detroit. reborn in chicago.

fucking stoked to start this new journey. i feel good vibes from this town already and ive been here for two days.