Wow, what a grand time. Thanks Austin for the hot weather, sunburn, taco shacks, Lone Star, new friends and freaking great music. We had a blast playing 8 shows in 4 days at all sorts of venues from The Ghost Room (thanks Ryan and friends at Austin Town Hall for having us) to the local Moose Lodge (at which copious amounts of free pancakes were served – not necessarily the most rock ‘n roll meal choice, but satisfying nonetheless).
Probably the highlight of our week was organizing the Muzzle of Bees Backyard Barbecue (show review Here). We had some of our favorite bands on the bill – The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Love Language, These United States, Roadside Graves, Still Life Still and many more. Plus 400 sausages, 3 kegs, and 6 cases of beer, all consumed by evening’s end. Much thanks to our pals Joe and Christina for hosting in their backyard and hand-making the stage, which was beautifully smashed by Jesse of These United States (seriously through Jesse, no hard feelings). The whole show was taped live by Daytrotter and there’s also videos by the Duke Street Blog.
Here’s some photos from the road…Austin, hope to see you again soon.
- Jon
packing up, goodbye murky grimy gowanus
you can't really tell, but Alex is eating a tomato, and mayonaisse. and nothing else.
Stop at China's parent's house in Tennessee.
The Ghost Room
Everything on the menu had the word "smothered".
Picking up sausages
let the Backyard Barbecue begin
These United States
Roadside Graves
saaaaaausage....
John in the treehouse (from www.hoovesontheturf.com)
cat. very friendly. likes indie rock too.
beer + meat
us.
The Love Language
much merriment.
Rural Alberta Advantage (from www.hoovesontheturf.com)
...ending the evening with their "Goodnight" song.
Paper Garden Records show
Stem and Leaf Party at Rainey Manor
aaaaand we're done. party time.
