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It would appear that we hit Florida in time for monsoon season. All the way to Miami we ran into heavy downpours off and on. It would rain for 20 minutes and we'd have to slow down to around 30 mph, then it would stop and everyone would speed up again. The temperature inside the bus when we closed the widows for the rain stiffling and the constant;open the windows, close the windows, was getting on everyones nerves. the bus was leaking from everywhere from the heavy rain and was getting everything inside wet as well. The humidity and heat inside the bus resembles that of a jungle and the smell is starting to resemble that of a locker room less the soap and shampoo. In Miami we played at an English style club in Little ... read more

A short drive out of Baltimore and we were in Charlottesville NC. This club has a regular goth night on Saturday so we were hoping for a good turnout. Shortly after beginning our set up someone gave me my package from Jennifer. It was a card, some clean shirts and snacky things for the road. It was really nice getting something from home. The time away from her is starting to wear on me. I read through the card and looked up and saw Jake, Turtle, and Cindy. I hadn't had time to contact them before arriving at the club to give them specifics on the show. We played a little catch up until sound check. By door time Jake, Turtle, Cindy, Brandon, and Rhiannon and a couple of their friends were waiting to go ... read more

We have had good luck in the Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill) in the past but this time was different. We had a pretty small turn out, hopefully due to the fact that it was 97 degrees and school was out for summer. It was an early arrival as usual so we found ourselves at a local coffee shop. It was a nice place that brewed your coffee to order using French presses. Brian, like all of us, is used to just ordering coffee by "lightroast" or "darkroast" but here there were tons of specialty coffees. When the barista posed the question 'what can I get you?' the choices were just too many. Brian just asked for the special that was advertised on the sign in the front but was luckily informed that it was ... read more

NY Christoph Hall Dusk in Northwestern Pennsylvania is beautiful. The skies were painted pink by the sun on a white and grey pallet of storm clouds rising miles into the sky. We drove under clear skies as the storm slipped off to the north. I've seen a good portion of Pennsylvania and really enjoy it. After the wallet incident last night everyone could breath easy. I stayed outside late last night and took video of the lightning in the clouds before sleeping in the bus. The intention was to watch the Michael Moore movie but everyone was too tired We woke and decided to ask a Chinese restaurant if we could take some of their grease. Laurie spoke with them but they spoke little English and said to come back later when the daughter was ... read more