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HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYONE!
December 24th, 2008 (42 Comments) I hope you’re all safe and sound, and enjoying the holiday with your family and friends. We’ll dust this thing off and be updating regularly once we get back to work in early January. Thanks for all your support this year. We’ll see you in 2009. be well, -riley A FEW QUICKIES… December 8th, 2008 (72 Comments) 1) For those of you who are interested, I’ll be doing a quick sports/music/whatever-else-comes-up chat on ESPN.com tomorrow at noon (pacific time). Come hang out. I can’t promise I’ll be as well-versed in pop culture and knowledgeable about sports (especially Boston-based teams) as Bill Simmons, or as vague as Joe Morgan, but I’ll do my best. Here’s the link to the chat, if you’d like to come get virtual. 2) Our DVD comes out tomorrow (just in time to be a perfect stocking stuffer). Get it. 3) Read Teppei’s post below this one. He’s selling gear, and he just might have something you’re looking for. -riley Home, Gear, etc December 8th, 2008 (13 Comments) We’ve been relaxing at home the last week or two, getting ready for the holidays and switching gears into writing mode. We’ll have more updates more often once we start actually doing stuff. For now, we’ve been readjusting to home life and taking a little breather. On another note, for anyone interested, I’m thinking about selling off a bunch of my gear. I’ve been collecting lots and lots of gear as long as we’ve been a band…I guess I’m a bit of a pack rat, and so lots of acquiring and no getting rid of. I think it’s about time. I’m still wrestling with my pack rat nature and am weighing what I want to get rid of and what I want to keep, but if you’re interested, hit me up and we can talk. A few guitars, amps, keyboards, etc. I’ve always been really conflicted about whether to just anonymously sell my stuff off or to let people know, but I’ve been urged by peeps that I ought to give people who might appreciate it the chance before I do. So there. Email me at packratteppei@gmail.com Cheers. Oh, and we’ve been hoarding just the same collectively as a band, and we’ve been talking about selling a TON of old stuff. Mostly road cases and what not, but a lot of other stuff as well. We’ll hopefully get around to that some time during this break. We’ll keep you posted. Teppei listening: SORRY IT’S BEEN SO QUIET AROUND HERE November 19th, 2008 (51 Comments) We’re getting towards the end of this thing and I guess we’ve been wrapped up in what’s actually happening, rather than blogging about it. Not sure if that’s a valid excuse (or if one is even necessary), but that’s what’s going on. We’ve definitely had a good time on this tour, and while it’s been long, the end of it has really snuck up on us pretty quickly. It’s been great to reconnect with the guys in Rise Against and Alkaline Trio (Dan and I watched the Lakers v. Bulls game last night–which ended up better for me than him…haha), and we’ve made some great new friends in The Gaslight Anthem. It’s been awesome to hear/see Gaslight every night, and get to hang out with them. They’re friends for life, for sure. Such a good group of people…band and crew. We’re kicking some ideas around for our next record, recording demos in the back lounge of the bus, and I think we’re all really excited about what’s coming out of us. It’s gonna be interesting to see what comes of these ideas when we get home and start hashing them out with the four of us in the same room. And that’s about it from here. It’s getting chilly in the Midwest, and if you’ve read this blog before (see: Canadian Tour last February), you know how much we Be well. -riley -PLAYLIST- -READLIST- MONKEY BUSINESS November 1st, 2008 (107 Comments)
IMPORTANT HOUSTON SHOW (10/27) INFO!!! October 26th, 2008 (20 Comments) Here’s the info for tomorrow’s rescheduled Alkaline Trio/Thrice show in Houston. We’ll be playing at: House of Blues - Houston Doors @ 6:30 Tickets are $16. Come hang. Good times will be had. VERY IMPORTANT SHOW INFORMATION!!! October 25th, 2008 (8 Comments) Hi folks. Unfortunately, Rise Against had to cancel the Austin and Houston shows of this tour, but the Alkaline Trio and yours truly, will soldier on. Here’s the deal. 10/26 - THERE IS NO SHOW AT THE AUSTIN CITY MUSIC HALL However, there is a ALKALINE TRIO & THRICE show @: RED 7 tickets are $18-AVAILABLE AT DOOR ONLY come hang. it’s gonna be awesome. we’re sorting out the Houston make-up show, as we speak (or type, or whatever). More info coming soon. Rain October 23rd, 2008 (24 Comments) Hey there. At Orlando House of Blues and it is raining. But that is besides the point. The point is that last night, Teppei, Matt Skiba, me, and some other folks you don’t know, stayed up till 6 o’clock devising an amazing thing. We all decided we had to much time on our hands and so we created TourU. We had our first classes today, a Krav Maga class and a french language class we lovingly refer to as “Freedom Class.” Other classes to come include knitting, cooking, wine tasting, philosophy and worldview discussions, biking, etc. This is the kind of thing that would usually get talked about and not done, but the first day already went off with very little planning. Anyway, I’m really excited about it. Aside from that I am trying to be productive and scheduling time for reading my Apologetics book, reading my book on Finances for right brained people (because I don’t understand money at all,) demo-ing new music, reading Scripture and so forth. I’m taking detailed notes and making outlines for the books I’m reading which I think will help me retain a lot more information in the long, and will be easy to reference in the future. On that note, I would like to share a really cool program that I’ve been digging. It’s called Scrivener, and it’s designed as a writing application but I’ve found it to also be great for organizing ideas, taking notes on what I’m reading, etc. I can’t describe it because it does a lot, but if you are a mac user and you write at all, I recommend you download it for a 30 free trial and watch the introductory video showing all the features. It’s awesome. Dustin Reading: The Crossing - Cormac McCarthy Reasonable Faith - William Lane Craig Romans and Colossians - The Apostle Paul Listening: Sleeps With the Fishes - Pieter Nooten and Michael Brook Gravity - Alejandro Escovedo Laughing Stock - Talk Talk Watching: Fringe and Heroes (but I haven’t been particularly impressed with either lately) Hellos from St. Pete! October 21st, 2008 (21 Comments) This tour is moving fast… I can’t believe we are already three weeks in. I brought out my Digital SLR (Nikon D-100) and plan on snapping many a photo. I can’t thank you all enough for coming out and supporting the shows. They’ve been awesome and I’m happy to be on the road again. Hope to see you all at shows soon… be well, Edward Reading: Listening: Christmas in September October 14th, 2008 (50 Comments) Hey everyone. Night two in New York. Last night went great, as has most of this tour so far. I’ve been hermitized until now because… |
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