Hey friends. Nothing much going on in my world except for the last two weeks of Warped Tour.
Florida was a hot and sweaty ordeal, but a lot of fun shows. The Miami crowd was a great highlight.
The North Carolina, VA Beach and the DC area MD sets were all wonderful in their own right. It felt marvelous to stroll around in my Browns T-shirt in Cleveland, and Detroit was another highlight crowd (especially considering an earlier time slot).
Canada was interesting. Toronto had us singing "High of 75" in a hearty downpour, and Montreal made me wish I could transpose our lyrics into French. Both shows were a great time, but certainly not the easiest of the tour.
At this point, we had played 12 shows in a row, so we all slept a little better the night we drove into Boston for two days off. I continued supporting my new frisbee addiction, and I watched Hellboy, Hellboy II and the new Batman installment (which I adored).
Despite impressive thunderstorms and tornado warnings, the show went on in Boston. The result was one that led to smiles on all of our faces. The New England ladies and lads did not disappoint. That morning, Zach (from All Time Low) and I went for a jog. In an act of spontaneity, I steered our run onto a path that led through the woods. Zach got a bit off the path, and moments later said, "Dude, I think we should run faster. There's a swarm of bees following you." I looked back and confirmed the colony in flight. After getting stung twice, he soon realized that he had followers of his own, and we high-tailed it out of the woods into a trailer park. Even though we were out of the bees' natural environment, the bloodthirsty demons decided to pursue us without relent. We soon passed some kids walking toward Warped Tour and passed off our bee problem like a baton in a relay.
Start running kids.
Buffalo and Philadelphia area Jersey were another set of fine and dandy days.
This morning we played Long Island and enjoyed beautiful weather for the rest of the Saturday afternoon and evening. I love NY.
Matthew T