Howdy Folks,
Firstly, I’m rewinding back to the Gallery 5 show in Richmond. Thanks to everybody who came out on a rainy, nasty Wednesday to hang out. It was totally worth going in to work the next morning on 5 hours sleep. We’ll see you lovely citizens of Richmond again Sept 16th at the Camel.
Secondly, we got a last minute show at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC (outside Asheville) last Saturday. I used to go out that way all the time till I got to high school and my family stopped going on vacations. It is absolutely gorgeous there and I swear the air is fresher than anywhere else I’ve been. Which is good because we played outside, next to a soccer field in a clearing on the edge of a forest at sundown. Beautiful. I can’t express my joy at being able to play music in the great outdoors. Don’t get me wrong I like playing smaller clubs and such, but I miss the sun working indoors. I also miss the stars living in a pseudo city and the stars here were incredible. We also got to make s’mores. It was all the fun of camping without having to sleep on rocks. Not to mention, WWC is a really interesting school. If you don’t know about it I recommend you look it up because I don’t think I can properly explain it in this forum, but if you’re into sustainability be prepared to geek out. Anyways, they have a pretty free spirited and adventurous student body which was exemplified by their fire spinning club. That’s right, during the third band there was a simultaneous performance by the school’s FIRE SPINNING CLUB! ON A MOUNTAIN! The day was so enjoyable I wouldn’t have cared if everybody hated our set. Fortunately, that was not the case and we’re working on getting back there this Spring. Special thanks to Tim for getting us on the bill. Also, thanks to the girls from EcoDorm for making the excellent decision to watch The Princess Bride and letting me borrow that crucial afghan blanket.
Finally, we got a bunch of stuff already booked as you can see from our calendar, but we have a lot of really cool stuff pending so stay tuned for some potentially exciting news. Unless it doesn’t happen. If that is the case just forget I said anything at all.
Joel