Iron Thrones

First day of tour was mostly taken up by driving, both before and after the show in Chicago at The Double Door. We ended up playing with a couple of somewhat confusing 80′s rock/hair metal revival bands, and one really kick-ass band called The Alaya Conscious. They were good, you should see them. They’re clearly lacking the fanbase they should have, as there were only a couple of people at the show other than the bands themselves, and most of them were there to see one of the 80′s bands. We did meet a couple of cool dudes from Heavy Hitter Inc. (management/radio promo/other stuff company).

Day 2 we didn’t have a show, so we hung out at the beach and looked at some dumb teenage dudes throwing a football at passers by, and swam in the somewhat disgusting yet strangely refreshing lake Erie. Afterwards, we drove to this really nice girl named Sarah’s house outside of Columbus, where we’d end up sleeping for the next couple of nights. Day 3 we played in Columbus, again to only a couple of people, but there was free beer and the guys/girls there were nice. I think the sound guy was having a rough night, but he did the best he could with the subpar PA there. Everyone got drunk but me, because I suck at partying.

We drove back to Sarah’s house, where everyone else continued to get drunk and apparently sniff each other’s farts. Or at least our merch guy Tom did. There’s photo evidence, and he’s the only one who threw up the next morning, so I believe it. I’m working on getting the video up now: I’ll post it later if it’s YouTube-safe. (edit: picture instead)

Today we’re playing with Dethlehem in Aliquippa, PA (http://bit.ly/aliquippashow), hopefully a few people can make it out!

Cheers,
-steve.h