4-10-07
Atlanta, GA
Today was awesome! A beautiful day in the dirty south! After set up, I had my good friend's mom come pick me up. We went to lunch in the five points area...it was so nice to sit on an outside patio and hang out. They got me back to the venue just in time for doors. The kids packed in and immidiatly went for Guitar Hero to shred! Shortly after doors, my friend Jeff from local band, Cartel, came by the AP booth to say hello! I haven't seen him since last summer on Warped so it was a treat! There was another little treat for the fans tonight during the As Tall As Lions set! Guys from Cartel came out to sing Love, Love, Love, Love and Anthony played guitar and sang with the Lions.
It was so rad and so awesome for those who caught their set! After the show, everyone got kind of rowdy...running around, yelling, chasing each other....entertaining to watch from a distance.
PS...I am seriously the luckiest girl ever to be surrounded with such honest people and musicians on this tour. It doesn't happen often on the road where you meet people that tour and have such good heads on their shoulders. I was chillin with a few of the Envy and Circa guys chatting away and not only do they care about their music more that life itself, but they have the bests hearts on the face of the planet. There is a gnarly loyalty stereotype put on musicians with girlfriends/boyfriends right off the bat...I am witness to the most loyal and respectful men in the music industry. These guys care about their girlfriends more than anyone. They are such gentlemen too...always opening doors for women...okay, well...for me (I'm the only girl on tour, so I can only speak for myself)...but regardless, they have such kind hearts and are very respectful of people in general.
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4-11-07
Orlando, FL
Everyone was super psyched last night for today....Disney World?!?!? of course we're excited, it's the happiest place on earth, right??? So I got up today,got gussied up, ate some breakfast, showered adn loaded in! It was so good to be in warm weather again! After load in and set up, Spanky and I went to Lego Land and decided to get the Circa guys a little present!! We made little lego people look like each of them! So stinkin cute! When we got back, I had about enough time to deal with some business and get ready for doors. The show went super well tonight!! It had to have sold out tonight, it's crazy packed in here! Show goers of Orlando were so good to the bands tonight! Envy on the Coast did a signing tonight, and they had a line before they even got off stage for their signing after Lions set. Everyone was so stoked to meet these guys!
During the Lions set, Ryan and Brian from Envy came out to join in on vocals and Anthony came out and played guitar and sang on Love, Love, Love, Love...it was beautiful. After the show there was a gnarly downpour during load out. The rain was so warm so I just said eff it and I played in the rain for a good 20 minutes or so. It was awesome! I felt like I was 5 again playing in the rain!! After I cleaned myself up from getting dirty from playing outside, Josh, Steve, Chris and I walked through Pleasure Island and grabbed some late night bevy's and food at Planet Hollywood. After word we popped onto Cute's bus to give Tom loves for his 19th birthday!!! He wasn't to psyched on us harassing him, but I LOVE hugs, so I had to get one in there. Our boy Larry, Envy's TM, was lucky enough to hang with two of the ladies that play Little Mermaid's, Ariel, for Disney World...sly little devil!
4-12-07
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Today I woke up and it was still effing raining! I haven't been to Florida in something like 13 years when it hasn't rained...one of these days the sun will shine all day in Florida....one day. After it dried up a bit, I walked around with Josh and Colin to check out the area and find a cup of coffee then rolled back for load in and set up. The venue was pretty rad today. I think it is some kind of fancy dance party club some nights, so there were cozy couches all over the place. We had Circa sign a little bit after doors and the area was packed with people trying for their chance to meet the guys and show them some love. It was so effing warm and humid everyone was drenched. As Tall As Lions fans were stoked tonight!! They got to battle Dan and Rob from Lions on Guitar Hero 2! They were so psyched. They are probably going to battle people every night, so make sure you come by and try to wreck their scores!! Towards the end of the show, a long time friend of mine, Jennifer, from high school came out to visit me and hang for the night! I am so lucky to have so many wonderful people all of the states to come hang out! After load out, we went to the bar next door for some bevy's and a dance party! Spanky's good friend, Jill, came out to hang as well! She is absolutely awesome! We tore up the dance floor and managed to get some bling off some dude... it was amazing! We all just chilled on the bar's patio all night shooting video and hanging out. We kidnapped Brian from Envy to ride on our bus for the night...and I believe that Brian some how got a homeless guy that was hanging out to lend him his bike to play with... for some reason, I thought it would be a good idea to try to ride it.....I was mistaken. It was a long, long long night filled with some of my favorite people in the world....I'm such a lucky girl!
4-13-07
Jacksonville, FL
You will never effing believe it!!!!!!! My first day in 13 plus years that I am in Florida and it did not rain one single drop!!!!!! so stoked! Today I had a very late start...as did most of the guys on my bus....it was a very LONG night, and I paid for it today. grrrr. We got up and Brian and I went for a lovely walk on the beach and yap it up. When we rolled back to the bus we snagged up Josh and Nick from the Circa posse to grab some lunch with us. Brian and I shared lunch and the most amazing portabello mushroom dish...so scrumptious! After lunch, I loaded in and set up then a posse of us went back to the beach (me, Anthony, Josh, Steve, Scott , Spanky and Chris) to play in the water and breathe in the fresh air...and they attempted to toss me in the, then proceeded to harass Spanky and threatened to bury someone in the sand...didn't happen as of yet, but it's still early. I'll come back with the rest of the stories from the evening a bit later.
....After the show tonight, Steve and I went to grab some food because we were both starving, then we rolled back to the busses to grab Brendan and Chris and walked down to the beach. It didn't really last too long then we all just cruised back to the bus and had a little pow wow outside.
4-14-07
Charolette, NC
North Cacka Laka! I love this state, it's so beautiful here....unfortunately where the venue was located, there is nothing around. I got up, loaded in and set up super fast. Since there was nothing to do, I picked up my embroidery project that I have been working on and sat on the back balcony area while the guys did sound check and nerded out until doors. The show started out right with a huge turn out for the Circa signing just after doors. I didn't get to see much of the show, except Lions' Love, Love, Love, Love with Anthony from Circa, as well as Sal, Ryan and Brian from Envy joining in harmony with Dan, Julio and Saen. After the Circa set, Rob from Lions battled some kids on Guitar Hero 2 and I ended up having pretty much all of the Envy guys at my table all throughout the night to keep me company and have mini autograph signings. After the show, a lot of us just chilled at the venue with Dave (the owner of the Treemont) and had a few bevy's to celebrate Anthony's birthday starting at midnight! It was a great night filled with great stories and heaps of love all around.
