three shows

yeah yeah. so its been a while but i think only mike reads this so whatever. joel morgan from little league and indian giver has taken over on drums for now but while joel is busy with his other projects, i've been busy with recording and max has been busy picking berries. the EP has not been completely yet (of course.) the loss of Qualls has left us with a lot of delays with getting things done (no hard feelings or anything but delays are delays) so we took a small break and then recruited an old friend Taylor Voeltz to complete the thing.

anyway, Joel came with us up to Santa Cruz for one of the best shows we've played so far. we returned to Cafe Pergolesi, a place the old lineup has played a million times before. for some reason a whole mess of people actually showed up and left me thinking, 'where were all you guys when we were actually living here?' it was jammin' and couldn't have been more perfect. the next night we played a bar in SLO that the guys weren't even allowed to come in cuz they are such little babies but we found a way to hide them in a corner of some booth. that show wasn't nearly as great. the bartender actually asked us at one point to play quieter, thats not something you'd want to ask a drunk Tyler though. basically we probably won't be booked at this place ever again. all in all the trip was amazing.

a few weeks later we played the Collision benefit concert in Thousand Oaks. we were kind of out of our element and i was literally the oldest person there, but it was a great turn out and very successful as far as the cause was concerned. all the proceeds went to benefit orphans living with AIDS in Africa. a few hundred kids from the area showed up and we had a lot of fun. so now things have slowed down. i will be doing acoustic shows here and there but for the most part playing another show with the band will be indefinite.