Tiger! Tiger! Show Journal!: December 2008

We just did this last weekend with our great friends Ender and Josh LaMore. Please check out both of them via myspace. They are awesome musicians:

www.myspace.com/endermi
www.myspace.com/joshlamoremusic

This weekend was a blast. We played 4 shows in 3 days and plenty of good times were had.

We played Friday night in Manteno, IL. It was a shaky start for us but nonetheless good times were had. The sweater club was created during this show and lasted the whole weekend and hopefully beyond. After the show we all (10 of us) went to Josh's house to crash for the night. My friend from the area, Andy, came over and I was mega psyched to see him. Andy plays in this band called Pilgrims and they are absolutely amazing. Check them out: www.myspace.com/pilgrimsusa

The next day all 12 of us that were on the tour went to a small diner for breakfast. It was insane with all of us cramped in there. The food was absolutely delicious and it was a nice start to what was going to turn into a crazy day. After breakfast us and Ender headed out to South Bend, IN to hit up some music store they knew.

We walk into the store and all you could hear was some dude just funking it up on the bass. This was a big store and you could hear this guy no matter where you went. It wasn't just for a short while either. He was playing THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE THERE (at least an hour). Haha. It wasn't thattttttt bad. It was more funny than anything else. Dave from Ender took me back to these rooms were you could make it sound like you were in a stadium and various other halls. It was crazy whack.

We then headed up to Ugly Mugs Coffee House for our show. It was a really cool place right in downtown South Bend. The show started and people weren't there so we were all staring to get worried. A decent crowd ended up showing up so it wasn't too bad. We played much better than the night before so that "got our buzz up". Ender had another show right down the road directly after so we had to hurry and load out because they were trying to get us on it.

We get to the second show and they say we can't play. We were pretty bummed because this show was way more packed. Then a miracle happened (I think someone called for an Angel like in Angels in the Outfield) and we were told that we could play. We then loaded in as fast as we could and ended up playing a five song set. It was by far the most energetic set that we have ever played as a band. Byran was going nuts, I was going nuts, TERRI BROKE THROUGH THE STRAPLOCKS ON HIS BASS! haha.

Ender played right after us and it was the most fun set of the weekend for me. I was just being goofy and singing along and dancing. I love those dudes.

Anyways, we drove back to Ender's house in Kalamazoo and crashed for the night.

The next morning we left early to meet up with Ron to get the PA we were gonna be using for the show in Brighton while Josh and Ender stayed back since it was out of the way for them to come with us. Fast forward through all the boringness and we get to Frankenmuth. For those that don't know, Frankenmuth is pretty much the Christmas capitol of the world. It was cool to be there around this time of year.

The show was a blast and a great way to end the weekend. It was sad saying bye, but we'll probably be seeing Ender soon and Josh at sometime in the future as well.

If you'd like to see some pics, please go here: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=72257709&albumId=2346356

Happy Holidays,
Scott and Tiger! Tiger!

Last Friday we opened up for my very old friends, The Hard Lessons. It was an all around excellent show. Here's some pictures from the show taken by Erin McConnell.

The next day we began our trip in the snow to visit our long lost lovers, Ender. We decided to go out early to hang out with them and to take our time seeing as how driving a van and trailer in the snow isn't the safest way of travel. Anywho, we get about a half hour away and I get a call from the venue saying the show was cancelled. Awesome! We never seem to have luck with that place. It's ridiculous.

Well since we were already practically in Kalamazoo, we decided to just go to Ender's and figure out something from there. Some of us started making phone calls and we found a house to play. That wasn't until 10pm and it was around 5. We spent a good chunk of the day watching Taylor play Assassins Creed. It is one fucking epic video game.

When it got time to leave we looked out the window and realized that it had been blizzarding all day. Even better! It took us about a half hour to go what would normally take about 10 minutes. Luckily the show was a blast. It was super packed in tight and we even played two songs with our shirts off. Here's some pics that do a better job explaining the night!