timmy + the awonderfuls winter jam '07 (part one)
i told myself i was going to blog the whole trip and i found myself at home last night, after the last few dates fell through and we had returned home, with nothing written. this could be due to a couple factors, one being laziness, but let's actually give the credit to little internet access the whole trip. so here goes my best attempt at a recount of nine days on the road as the drummer for a wonderful. we met a ton of people and caught up with old friends in the best way; a road trip filled with playing shows in different towns (mostly) each night, all of which seemed to be hazed with smoke (cigarette of course) and tinged with a bit of alcohol (this too, we did responsibly). there's a whole lot to write so i'll not keep things too long and break it up into a few parts.
nov. 17th, 2007
the first night of tour, we played in geneseo where we were greeted by some of the nicest people in the world (you'll find that there are a lot of them out there and that it's a recurring theme throughout this recap) who met us with several steel reserve 22's. the show was filled with tons of positivity, and was opened by a number of acoustic groups (most of which were friends of the people who hosted the show and piggy backed off of each other). i was also asked to play this show as little yellow bird and decided to take the chance to play a sort of last show as a one man band; playing some newer songs which might make their way to some very different places. the response was nice and luckily the transition into a wonderful was smooth since all the amps were set up. the set was really fun, most likely because it was in a living room and everyone crowded around. we learned that night to write set lists before playing any other sets, and i was deemed the "worlds worst quarterback" or something to that effect. we ended the night with good drink and good friends (some of which travelled some distances to see us). this was such a rad show too because it was also a fund raiser for a worthy cause and i think things got hooked up. we woke up the next morning and started a quick drive to albany.
nov. 18th, 2007
we arrived at the space pretty early and met this really awesome promoter/friend in albany named alex. the show started at 3 and didn't last more than a few hours so the space could host a potluck afterwards. this show was full of such positivity. everyone was singing along when ever they could to all the opening act's songs. everyone received so much attention, it was awesome. it's sometimes hard to find that kind of response in other cities. the venue itself was of note : the capital district federation of ideas. the space reminded me a lot of the a/v space as it was run by the curators and on an "underground" level. i even noticed a mural on the wall in which a friend of mine from rochester had done. a friend of mike's who lives in albany caught the show and afterwards we stopped at the famous bomber's, a burrito place with a bar upstairs. no one but mike and i seemed to enjoy the food which is a bummer, but they had good beer specials before a certain time and we capitalized on that. after that we got some ben and jerry's for erik because he's down with chocolate ice cream and headed back to mike's friends apartment to drink alcohol straight, where erik and i stayed up real late talking to vanessa (mike's friend) while everyone else passed out and watched kids in the hall. we woke up the next morning to get on the road to potsdam.
nov. 19th, 2007
potsdam was awesome. again, some of the nicest people in the world reside there. we played at the house of man and mouse, of which the man and mouse half were really nice. they had a potluck for us so we were fed really well. some awesome vegan food, and some awesome non vegan food was served. many a pasta dish, and many a good plates were eaten. our friend ben and eric (who lived at the house and plays in this band) played in the first band called "hi!" they were an experimental band with two bass players and drummer. this other girl elise played, and she knew of rochester hardcore music. she was super nice and sang really well. kids should have keep quiet and been respectful of her songs while she played. another band that played was mouse and the love and light orkestra who started their set with a grand entrance. there was a flute, an accordion, an upright bass, a trumpet and some other instruments to start. the band then somehow turned into a three piece and mellowed out a bit. i'm pretty sure we played before them, but i was a little under the influence of good food and drink. our set was really fun; house shows are the best for their atmosphere. i ended up with two blisters from playing a kit that wasn't mine, but it wasn't so bad. the rest of the night was something like a typical college party but better because of the people who were so nice to us.
nov. 20th, 2007
i ended up getting pretty sick in the middle of the day with some chills, aches and pains and a sore throat; see also: feeling like complete shit. this was the worst thing to feel like when having to play in NYC. but it was okay, we got to play with our friend alex's band "graphics." it was really nice to see him, since it was my first time really seeing him since he graduated. i eventually started to feel a little better before we played, which was nice. i think for this night, we played every song we knew and even satisfied some requests. after the show, we went in search of pizza and found some. i started to feel like complete shit again and took some advil and eventually felt better again. which was good again because alex took us to this little english pub in brooklyn that had great beer. though i didn't drink all that much because i was sick. we then returned to alex's where we watched some "curb" and just relaxed. alex's was great because we got to shower. i think it was at this point i might have planted the seed as to become the "clean one" since i have such oily hair and like to wash it every other day to avoid looking like my hair is thinning/looking like an 80 yr old dudes. in any case, it was nice to see alex and hit NYC, as i've never played there before.
(end of part one)
nov. 17th, 2007
the first night of tour, we played in geneseo where we were greeted by some of the nicest people in the world (you'll find that there are a lot of them out there and that it's a recurring theme throughout this recap) who met us with several steel reserve 22's. the show was filled with tons of positivity, and was opened by a number of acoustic groups (most of which were friends of the people who hosted the show and piggy backed off of each other). i was also asked to play this show as little yellow bird and decided to take the chance to play a sort of last show as a one man band; playing some newer songs which might make their way to some very different places. the response was nice and luckily the transition into a wonderful was smooth since all the amps were set up. the set was really fun, most likely because it was in a living room and everyone crowded around. we learned that night to write set lists before playing any other sets, and i was deemed the "worlds worst quarterback" or something to that effect. we ended the night with good drink and good friends (some of which travelled some distances to see us). this was such a rad show too because it was also a fund raiser for a worthy cause and i think things got hooked up. we woke up the next morning and started a quick drive to albany.
nov. 18th, 2007
we arrived at the space pretty early and met this really awesome promoter/friend in albany named alex. the show started at 3 and didn't last more than a few hours so the space could host a potluck afterwards. this show was full of such positivity. everyone was singing along when ever they could to all the opening act's songs. everyone received so much attention, it was awesome. it's sometimes hard to find that kind of response in other cities. the venue itself was of note : the capital district federation of ideas. the space reminded me a lot of the a/v space as it was run by the curators and on an "underground" level. i even noticed a mural on the wall in which a friend of mine from rochester had done. a friend of mike's who lives in albany caught the show and afterwards we stopped at the famous bomber's, a burrito place with a bar upstairs. no one but mike and i seemed to enjoy the food which is a bummer, but they had good beer specials before a certain time and we capitalized on that. after that we got some ben and jerry's for erik because he's down with chocolate ice cream and headed back to mike's friends apartment to drink alcohol straight, where erik and i stayed up real late talking to vanessa (mike's friend) while everyone else passed out and watched kids in the hall. we woke up the next morning to get on the road to potsdam.
nov. 19th, 2007
potsdam was awesome. again, some of the nicest people in the world reside there. we played at the house of man and mouse, of which the man and mouse half were really nice. they had a potluck for us so we were fed really well. some awesome vegan food, and some awesome non vegan food was served. many a pasta dish, and many a good plates were eaten. our friend ben and eric (who lived at the house and plays in this band) played in the first band called "hi!" they were an experimental band with two bass players and drummer. this other girl elise played, and she knew of rochester hardcore music. she was super nice and sang really well. kids should have keep quiet and been respectful of her songs while she played. another band that played was mouse and the love and light orkestra who started their set with a grand entrance. there was a flute, an accordion, an upright bass, a trumpet and some other instruments to start. the band then somehow turned into a three piece and mellowed out a bit. i'm pretty sure we played before them, but i was a little under the influence of good food and drink. our set was really fun; house shows are the best for their atmosphere. i ended up with two blisters from playing a kit that wasn't mine, but it wasn't so bad. the rest of the night was something like a typical college party but better because of the people who were so nice to us.
nov. 20th, 2007
i ended up getting pretty sick in the middle of the day with some chills, aches and pains and a sore throat; see also: feeling like complete shit. this was the worst thing to feel like when having to play in NYC. but it was okay, we got to play with our friend alex's band "graphics." it was really nice to see him, since it was my first time really seeing him since he graduated. i eventually started to feel a little better before we played, which was nice. i think for this night, we played every song we knew and even satisfied some requests. after the show, we went in search of pizza and found some. i started to feel like complete shit again and took some advil and eventually felt better again. which was good again because alex took us to this little english pub in brooklyn that had great beer. though i didn't drink all that much because i was sick. we then returned to alex's where we watched some "curb" and just relaxed. alex's was great because we got to shower. i think it was at this point i might have planted the seed as to become the "clean one" since i have such oily hair and like to wash it every other day to avoid looking like my hair is thinning/looking like an 80 yr old dudes. in any case, it was nice to see alex and hit NYC, as i've never played there before.
(end of part one)
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