Holy shit what a fun time I had on tour! I’m sad it’s over. All the positives outweigh the negatives, which makes it easy to justify the lifestyle and the decision to tour in the future. I will post my … Read More
The tour is over. We had an awesome time, met great people, dealt with a few frustrations pretty gracefully, and just generally experienced things that I will remember for the rest of my life. You can’t beat that. First, I … Read More
Driving back from Texas was the longest I’ve ever spent in a car in two days in my entire life. My legs cramp up just from thinking about it. Watch the videos for any funny stuff; especially Pat getting pulled … Read More
Here’s a list of the artists and albums we listened to in the car: Artists: Aaron Katz – Simplest Warrior Air – Talkie Walkie Air Supply – Forever Love Aloud – Leave Your Light On The Arcade Fire – Neon … Read More
The journey home was brutal…we went a little crazy during our 37 hour drive, but we made the best of it. We stopped in Memphis and visited Beale Street, possibly the worst place on Earth. However, in the parking garage, … Read More
See videos of Hope, Arkansas, The Austin 4, Memphis, TN, Patrick’s Confession, Darkwing Duck Car, Czech Stop Bakery, and The Long Journey Home at: http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/tour2008/video-0315.html
So… the last day of the tour. We had two shows and an interview planned; I knew this would be a long day. After we awoke from our relatively decent slumber from the previous evening had to get a move … Read More
Austin during SXSW was an overwhelming experience. When we first arrived, I was sure that I would have a bad time. It was crowded, I wasn’t hipstery enough, there was cacophonous resonation with every step. We’d already been on the … Read More
SXSW Day 3 Videos including: Billy Bragg, She and Him (M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel), Le Loup, Interview with Beangrowers, Beangrowers live @ Wests, Super Pal Universe, Beso’s Cantina, and The End of our visit to SXSW at: http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/tour2008/video-0314.html
I’d like to apologize for the lack of updates; we’ve had sporadic internet access for the past few days and when we are able to find the internet it has been painfully slow. Austin is pretty awesome, and make sure … Read More
From the moment we arrived in downtown Austin, until the second we left, I was on sensory overload. You can’t walk 5 feet without either being assaulted by someone handing out free advertisements, CD’s, flyers, etc. You also can’t walk … Read More
After fighting with the internets, we stopped at the nearby Starbucks (yes… again) and headed into town. We were playing at 4:30 at one of the venues on 6th street; which is where all the major SXSW shows were happening. … Read More
SXSW Day 2 video including: Agave Bar, Angelina Eberly, Changing Strings in the Parking Garage, Mike’s Fingernail Status Update, The Motion Sick, Benjy, Kelly, and Heidi – Photographed and more…, Patrick Retrieves his Phone, Pimped Car, Street Band, Interview with The Cicerones and … Read More
We’ve got some pretty poor connectivity lately, so the updates may be delayed for a few days. We’ve got tons of video from Tulsa, Houston, Dallas, and Austin…we’ll get it out to you eventually…
In the morning Jason made us some fantastic French Press Coffee… It had been a good two days; nice coffee without hitting a Starbucks at all, quite a rarity in this part of the world. After some chatting, we hit … Read More
See videos of Arrival at SXSW, Pedicab, Security at SXSW, SXSW Day 1 Bits, Going to Bikini’s, Lisa’s Tour of Bikini’s, Interview with Larissa Ness, Meeting Kelly Davidson, Shot: A Sniper Love Story, Street Performers, and Tunnel of Life at: … Read More
We stayed at my girlfriend’s cousin’s place in Houston; Phuong and she was amazingly gracious and nice. I have to admit; we’ve been very fortunate to run into and meet great people on the road and I personally have to … Read More
Videos of Entering Dallas, The Door Tour, Innerpartysystem, After the Show, Silly Tour of Dallas, Tour of Erica and Jason’s Apartment, and The Motion Sick get stir crazy in the car to Air Supply at: http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/tour2008/video-0311.html
On the way from Houston to Dallas we stopped at a park that had a huge statue of Sam Houston. Pretty awesome looking. It was really the only freaking thing to look at on the way back north. To be … Read More
After our wonderful visit to the Sam Houston statue, we headed on down to Dallas. We arrived at the door before it opened and we sat in the van in the parking lot with about 10 other vans full of … Read More
Well, I can only sum this one up as “adventure.” It was definitely a night for the memoirs. We drove for over 8 hours to get down to Houston. It was a pretty brutal journey this far into the trip. … Read More
What a fucking day. Mike has said most of what happened; but all I’m going to say is Texas is a big state and the mouthpiece for my trumpet is now lodged in there; unable to be removed by human … Read More
I’m not sure what I can say about Houston that hasn’t already been said. I will say that the drive from Tulsa to Houston is VERY, VERY long… The scenery sucks and there aren’t many places to stop off the … Read More
Videos of Mike’s Chuck E Cheese’s Clown Story, Sam Houston Statue Tour (2 Parts), Mike’s Fingernail Status Update 3/10, Travels to Houston, Boondocks Tour 1, Boondocks Tour 2, Antarctica Starts Here Live, and Leaving Houston at: http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/tour2008/video-0310.html
We trucked down to Tulsa through Missouri. I have to be honest; but Missouri wasn’t really the greatest state I’ve ever been to. Perhaps I missed something amidst the vast nothingness, but overall it was a pretty boring place. We … Read More
Other than the really friendly people, Tulsa did nothing to impress me. The city was dead as dead could be. I did really dig the staff and patrons of The Sound Pony, they were all mad cool. The bartender was … Read More
Videos of Travels to Tulsa, Tour of Tulsa, Sound Pony Tour, Interview with The Silent Years, Neptune Live in Tulsa, and Kate’s Awesome Record Player at: http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/tour2008/video-0309.html
We arrived in Oklahoma and stopped at the visitors center. Patrick struck up a conversation with the women working there and they pulled out the Tulsa World newspaper and it turned out that our show was the “pick” show of … Read More
After a nice restful sleep; I headed downstairs to the famous Drury Hotel HOT! Breakfast. I made myself a Belgian waffle as well as a biscuit and some yogurt. We spent the rest of the morning figuring out what we … Read More
We’re back on the move again. We left the hotel this morning after doing some free printing there to try to get some more flyers out to new shows added to our Austin plans and for the changes in times … Read More
Springfield turned out to be a much cooler city than I expected it to be. When we arrived to the venue (we were wicked early), the street was already hopping with people. The Front Porch was located on the main … Read More
Videos of Travels to Springfield, The Front Porch Tour, The Hard Lessons Interview, Nathaniel Carroll Interview, The Hard Lessons Live 1, The Hard Lessons Live 2, Nathaniel Carroll Live 1, Nathaniel Carroll Live 2, The Silent Years Live 1, The Silent … Read More
All I know is, Satan hates church enough to post a bulletin board about it. This probably says it all. Some random gigantic cross on the side of the highway; probably in Missouri —- For a change of pace; if … Read More
Video of Travel to TN, Rockabilly Hall of Fame, and Snow in TN at: http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/tour2008/video-0307.html
Update… the snow flurry, which looked harmless has now turned into a decent sized storm. After several phone calls with the other bands and the venue, we made the executive decision to cancel the show. On a side note, a … Read More
Today was a day of many small let downs. We left St. Charles to head on over to TN. It was about 30 degrees when we left, but I expected us to reach warmer ground on our journey. The travel … Read More
We had to hightail it out of Jay’s place, since both he and Jason had to go to work so no shower today. We headed out and I realized early on that those chicken fingers and finger foods at the … Read More
Well, it’s now 12pm on Friday. We are on our way to Jackson, TN. Still haven’t had any coffee and my head is throbbing. The mid-west apparently doesn’t believe in giving Americans the addiction they so rightfully deserve. We all … Read More
Videos of Travel to MO, At the Arcade, The Pit, The Mirror Stage Interview, Love and a Sidearm Interview, and After the Show… at: http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/tour2008/video-0306.html
We were up and out of The Peggy Sues house at like 10:30. We found a café in downtown and had some latte’s. We had to go to the post office to mail out some CD’s that people ordered on … Read More
This was the first morning that I actually felt really good waking up, perhaps a full night’s sleep without any interruptions (I forgot to mention that Patrick and I had shared a bed at Ken’s place). We stopped so I … Read More
I am still recovering from a couple of days of limited sleep, but we rolled around through Indianapolis and hit a coffee shop and the post office (to mail out some orders we’ve gotten on the road). We drove out … Read More
It still felt like Tuesday when I woke up at 4:59am. I had gone to sleep just a few hours before at 2am. I actually felt better than yesterday; which surprised me since I basically had absolutely no down time … Read More
We got up and out before the sun came to visit. We trudged through a tiring 10 hour drive to get to the high school in Pendleton, IN, home of WEEM 91.7 FM. WEEM is a great radio station run … Read More
The best part of the tour occurred on this morning. My alter ego was born. I was sleeping and Travis came to wake me up and called me Starman. He and Mike deny it but he definitely did and it … Read More
For photos from the Air and Space Museum and the special exhibit of American Treasures (Albert Einstein’s Pipe, The Ruby Slippers, Prince’s guitar, Abraham Lincoln’s hat…) head over to: http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/tour2008/photos-0304.html
Videos of The Long Journey To IN, Travis and Pat: The Brownie Incident, WEEM Profile, WEEM Visit 1, WEEM Visit 2, Birdy’s Tour, Interview with The Peggy Sues, Interview with Jascha, Interview with Kendall Ludwig, The Peggy Sues Live, Jascha Live, andThe … Read More