Show Date: April 24, 2010 - The Stafford

What's up!!! So we had just released our new EP "Rabbits & Royalty," it was getting on iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody - all that good stuff and college radio and internet stations were picking up on it and playing our tunes which was cool as hell, and then in addition we get word from legendary producer John Douglas, the same producer who worked with John Lennon, The Who, Aerosmith, Cheap Trick and more, that he thought we were an excellent band and he felt there were really good things in store for us. That coming from a legend was very comforting to say the least.

So we roll into Bryan/College Station for a show with Love Me Last, The Loveletter and Reagan Browne who was on tour from LA. All the bands were great, I loved the R&B feel to Love Me Last's acoutic vocals, The Loveletter where punk/freeform/unabandoned rock and Reagan Browne was just polished old school rock-n-roll. But I did have a little beef with Reagan Browne that didn't stem from any of the guys personally. You see, I take Myspace way way way too seriously. I openly admit this and it's a problem I'm working on, but I see no cure in the foreseeable future.

It turns out that when a band doesn't allow friend requests from other bands, I think that they're complete douches. Why? Do you ask. I mean, it's Myspace, who and their grandma gives a rat ass, but my rational flows thus-ly: When you add someone personal Myspace, you're basically connecting with 1 person, but when you add a band's Myspace, you're potentially connecting with 5 or more people (assuming of course, they're not a solo artist or an acoustic act.) So it aggs me when bands don't recognize the potential to cross market.

Then on top of that, a band obviously doesn't want to accept other bands because they don't want bands spamming their page and comments, but you can filter comments you know, and weren't you once a young band busting your ass to get the word out and for you to knock other young acts for doing it is a dick move. Don't forget your roots and where you came from. Never.

So that being said when I was adding the bands we were playing with and saw that Reagan Browne didn't allow requests from bands, I though they were asses, but when I actually met them they turned out to be really cool guys. Except when they cockblocked a couple of cute females I was hitting on. But they traveled all the way from LA. I'll give them a pass.

Show Date: April 24, 2010 - EP Release Party

This is what it all came down to, all those hours in pre-production with Mike, the months recording and mixing and finally we were able to share it what we'd been up to with everyone. We had new songs we didn't play for months so that we could premiere them at the EP release. It was a culmination of sweat and dreams, but it didn't come without some hiccups.

Namely we had booked this date with Rudyard's months in advance, but it just so happened that when we followed up on the date there was no recollection of us booking it for that night, that booked that night out to another band and we were essentially stuck out high and dry. Now nothing against Rudyard's. We frigging love playing at that place, the people there are awesome from the sound guy on down as long as you don't slam their mics. It's just one of those things that happen. You just gotta adapt and roll with the flow.

So fortunately Walter's on Washington was able to step in at short notice and let us have our release with them. We had a bad ass line up - Ellyseas, The Live Lights (who are an awesome band btw), and Cold Forty Three from California.

Everyone who came got a free copy of the EP. There was crotch grabbing, general rowdiness, drunkenness and a fight. All in all, not a bad night.

Show Date: April 4, 2010 - Trophy's

Back in Austin, playing a cool little joint that sounded more like a gentleman's club than a bar, but it was a cozy little spot. Gabe had always been fascinated about playing in Austin, but for the longest time, no one would invite us to play. Maybe it was persistence or SXSW but we're starting to see more and more doors open for us. Regardless, and this is nothing against Austin, but I personally don't see the fascination about playing there, I'd much rather play Louisiana. But I'm a bayou boy.

What was awesome about this show was that my older brother came up from Baton Rouge and hit the road with us on this one. We hadn't hung out in forever and he has never really been exposed to the band/music lifestyle so it was cool to expose him to a bit of that. It definitely ain't all glamor but it sure is a whole hell of a lot of fun.