Show Date: October 17, 2009 - Make Your Escape

So our good friends Make Your Escape asked us to join them at Java Junction on Saturday night where they were headlining.

Now Java Junction is a coffee shop that doubles as a venue, and since they don't serve booze, it's basically a place where kids can come, and mosh and headbang until they've given themselves concussions and permanently damaged their hearing. This was by far the craziest group of rowdy ass youngsters I had ever seen in one place at the same time.

We played with a couple of outta town bands, but also with 38 Caliber Hero who played the Nico Vega show with us and this little band that I hadn't heard of before called Sleep Sleep 'Wake Up!' The only way to describe Sleep Sleep 'Wake Up!' is br00t4l! I don't think not one of them was over 14 but they wrecked that stage. Them boys go off.

Make Your Escape finally did took the stage and it's funny because the last Make Your Escape show I went to I kinda got a little rowdy and sprayed beer all over the them. A move that almost got me kicked out of Fitz, but I did it out of love because they were wrecking. I would find out later that Adria got pissed I got Lone Star all over her cab. But fences were mended. We cool.

Another little interesting tidbit we found out was that Make Your Escape was selected by Hy Magazine as Band of the Month and got a whole write up done on them. When they asked Corey who are his favorite bands to play with he mentioned us. He is both a scholar and a gentleman. Thank you for that, C!

Show Date: April 30, 2009 - The Final's Meltdown

This show was by far the greatest/most fun/best show I've ever played in my life for any band that I have ever been in. Hands down.

So we organized a little college-themed party at the Jet Lounge. Since it was in the midst of finals we called it the final's meltdown, just a way for everyone to take a break from the pressure of the semester and had some really fun talented bands lined up: us, Empty Vessel, Make Your Escape and The Hidden Images (Las Imagenes Ocultas). We promoted like a beast and got out in access of 3,000 fliers. The only problem - The Rockets had extended their playoff series and were now playing a home game.

The Jet Lounge is right next to Reliant Arena and since they don't 'own' their parking lot, not only is parking in the entire area packed but they charge $20 - $30. It was a heart breaker because not only was it nearly impossible for us to find parking as we were loading in, I had friend after friend txt me and tell me that they couldn't stay because parking was insane.

We still had some diehards come thru and I still gonna refund them their parking fees cause that still doesn't sit right with me. But after my initial disappointment, I looked around and saw we still had a nice intimate group, let's just have a great time and I proceeded to get tanked.

What happened next I still have people come up to me and talk about. Some people who I don't even remember being there because the night quickly became a hectic blur of pandemonium. JB from Empty Vessel played a nice acoustic set which lead into The Hidden Images. These boys are awesome, if you haven't checked them out yet, make that a priority. Then the rowdy boys of Make Your Escape brought down the house and we were headlining.

The little I do remember involved lifting Rick on my shoulders unawares while he was in the middle of a guitar solo, hanging upside from the rafters for a song, and steadily feeding my band mates a steady stream of Lone Star while they played. I remember feeling how the whole set felt like it blended into one big long song. It was definitely a huge blast.