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SLC>Denver>Kansas City

Jeremiah Edmond — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:21:01 +0000

We didn’t arrive in SLC until almost noon. Luckily I had been able to get some decent sleep in the van so I spent the day catching up on e-mails and phone calls and trying to finish the new photo blog page.
I was a little bummed at first when I realized we were playing the smaller room at the venue because it meant we had to share drum kits but it actually ended up being a really fun show. Somehow we have a pretty great fan base in SLC and they were an awesome crowd. Thank you SLC!
We stayed the night in town and woke up early yesterday morning to drive. I slept the first few hours and then woke up and watched the Sigur Ros DVD with Tim. It was incredibly well done and really inspiring. That band blows my mind.
The denver show was pretty cool. I liked the venue other than the dressing room being colder than it was outside. It was absolutely freezing!
We decided to take of after the show and drive through the night to save on hotel costs. I took the first shift riding shotgun while Joe drove. We listened to some Jay-Z, Saves The Day, Get Up Kids, and some further seems forever. I gave him a crash course of Wilco records. He had somehow missed out on Wilco all of this time. He then introduced me to Mew which I really liked. I decided to get some french vanilla cappuccino to help me stay awake. I don’t ever drink coffee because I have always hated the taste but this wasn’t too bad. I did burn my tongue though which is really annoying. We finally traded shifts a little after 5 AM and I got some sleep. I kept getting woken up but some asian women who had the wrong number and WOULD NOT stop calling.
We just checked into our hotel in KC and are hanging out here for a few hours until we have to load in to the venue. Last time we played here the club has a mechanical bull. I am hoping it is still there and we can ride it tonight.

Back On The Road

Jeremiah Edmond — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:32:13 +0000

My last week at home was great but went by way too quickly. I went back to Daufuskie with Erin and my parents to help them back up some stuff. I love going through junk and found some great stuff. I finally found my sports cards that had been lost forever and some old family photos.I spent some time working of Favorite Gentlemen stuff. The website is almost finished. We got the I Married My Highschool Sweetheart album mastered as well as a new track from Winston Audio that will be available on the FG/Gnome Records download card. The download card should bring some good attention to the bands.This evening we flew from Atlanta to LA. We flew Delta which is annoying becasue they charge for all the food and entertainment other than music. Luckily they have some good albums to listen to.My ATL to LA listening consisted of:Robert Plant/Allison Krauss – Raisin SandMadeleine Peyroux – Half The Perfect WorldBob Dylan – Modern TimesThe White Stripes – Icky ThumpKevin Devine – New DemosThe New Frontiers – Daytrotter SessionsI browsed through some other random stuff too.Our new tour manager Joe and merch guy Tim picked us up at the airport and we headed to the hotel. We are staying on Sunset right down the street from Vine so we aren’t far from the Avalon which is where we play tomorrow. We also aren’t far from In-N-Out, so we walked over and got some food that we are already regretting. Tomorrow is our first show which should be fun. I am looking forward to seeing the Say Anything guys again.Joy In Tomorrow is also in town tomorrow night so hopefully we will be able to hang out with them after the show. I am still on ATL time so I am going to head to bed.

Brisbane>Sydney>LA>HOME!

Jeremiah Edmond — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:27:27 +0000

The Brisbane Laneway Festival was small but good. Looking back now I am realizing that I somehow didn’t take any pictures. Out set went alright but had some random tech issues with monitors and gear. It was incredibly hot on stage and they didn’t have any towels. Caught Okerville River, Feist, The Cool Kids and Still Flyin. The after party was really lame. Had a drink or two with the Okkervil guys and then went back to the hotel because we had an early flight the next morning.

The fight to Sydney was really early. Luckily I got pretty good at sleeping on the flights. We saw Santana at the airport. Got asked for our auograph by some guy. I think he was just hanging out looking for people who had gear and was asking them ask if he knew who they were. It looked like he was looking at picures of us on his phone with his friend and figuring out who was who. It was really weird.

Our set in Sydney was amazing. The crowd was packed and seemed really into it. It was a great way to end the trip. I felt like it was our best set of the tour.

we stuck around the rest of the day hanging out and catching a few shows. Ended up on stage with Still Flyin and a million other people for their last song. Got to watch Broken Social Scene from side stage. Got to watch CYHSY side stage. They played an amazing set. My favorite of the tour by far.

We decided to ditch the after party and went with Okkervil River to a karaoke bar. It was probably the highlight of the trip for me. Highlights of the night: J & Robert singing Rock Lobster, Andy & I singing Danger Zone, Chris and Patrick singing EVERYTHING.

The next morning Chris and I did a quick interview with Channel V tv which is supposed to be like MTV. The woman called Andy Allen, Called Chris Jeremiah, and called me Chris. She also spoke very loudly all of a sudden when the camera was on and didn’t pick up on our names even when we would answer her question by referring to each other by name and pointing. It should turn out pretty great.

We flew home on Quantas which meant tons of movies to watch. This time I watched American Gangster, some Italian movie, and……I can’t remember what else. That is the problem with watching so many movies at once. I can’t remember any of it. I got some decent sleep. Lost my passport in LA. Found it. Had to pay a ton of money for all our extra bags. The Delta flight home sucked. Rough flight. No food. No movies. Lousy headrest. I have never been happier to be home. The trip was amazing but I could not have gone another day. You would think that it would get easier every time but now that I’m married it seems harder and harder every time.

I am incredibly tired now and it is only 7:30. My body still hasn’t gotten used to the time change. Hopefully I will get some decent sleep tonight. The last two nights were awful.

I am working hard to sort through all the picture from the last 3 trips and post them to my photo blog. It should be up by the time we leave for the next tour in a week.

Brisbane

Jeremiah Edmond — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:30:08 +0000

Yesterday we flew into Brisbane. We had a show at The Zoo which was very hot. The crowd was a little smaller than the last couple shows but there were a few kids there that already knew our record which was really cool. I felt really good about our set. I wandered around outside the venue for a little while and Brisbane is infested with BATS! They were everywhere. It was insane. Huge bats too. I tried to get some pictures but had no luck. I took some pictures I was excited about at the venue but the lighting was so dark they turned out really noisy.

Today is a day off so we are all just hanging out at the hotel. Right now the rest of the guys are watching It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. I am working on updating the blog and getting my photo blog page ready. I need to finish getting all of the Favorite Gentlemen website content together as well while I have decent internet access. Hopefully the site will be up and ready to go by the time we leave for the Say Anything tour.

Melbourne>Sydney

Jeremiah Edmond — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:51:40 +0000

It has been a few days since I have had decent internet and the time to write. We played a show with CYHSY in Melbourne the day after Laneway. We didn’t really do a whole lot that day other than hang out at the hotel and then play. The show went well. I was really tired afterwards and we had to wake up early the next morning for a flight so I didn’t hang out much after the show.

The next morning we woke up early and caught a flight to Sydney. It was an off day for us but we had to do a bunch of label and promo stuff. As we were going to pick up our luggage we ran into Lenny from My American Heart. We had met him at a party in L.A. a few months back. As we were talking to him we looked outside and saw Kevin Devine and Aaron and Mike from mewithoutYou! We had all been bummed knowing that Kevin was going to be in Melbourne the day we had to leave so it was awesome running into him. It was nice to see Aaron and Mike as well as Mike’s wife Sarah. It had been a good few months since seeing them. Pretty mind blowing running into friends and people we know halfway across the world.

The press stuff all went well. We got to go do an interview at JJJ which was really cool. It seems like an amazing station. We went out to dinner with a few people from the label here that night. They took us to a cool italian/pizza place and had an amazing time hanging out and eating and having some good conversation. Afterwards Mariam was kind enough to take us to the beach to hang out for a little while.

Once we made it back to the hotel we watched a bit of I’m Not Here. We didn’t make it all the through the movie though becasue we got distracted hanging out. The hotel was filled with other bands who were playing the Soundwave festival. It really seemed like there was nothing but bands at the hotel. I tried to watch the movie again once we got back to the room but was just too tired.

Chris, Robert and I all woke up early the next morning and got some breakfast and then caught a cab to go see the zoo. We caught a ferry that goes by the Sydney Opera house and then we took the sky bucket over the whole zoo. The ferry ride was beautiful and the sky bucket thing was pretty awesome too. We ended up making it to every exhibit I think. The zoo was absolutely amazing. The coolest zoo I have ever been to by far. Robert got to touch a kangaroo. I don’t think he was supposed to, but it came out on the sidewalk and he did. As soon as he touched it the kangaroo brushed his hand off of him. He didn’t like it much. You are able to get so close to all the the animals. I would recommend it to anyone going to Sydney.

The show that night was really great. We were exhausted from walking around the zoo all day but the crowd was really responsive which made it a bit easier to get into playing. A lot of the label came out to the show and we hung out afterwards. We are really excited about the label team over here and it has been really great getting to meet them all.

I was absolutely exhausted by the time we got to the hotel and passed out trying to upload pictures. We have to go to the venue now so hopefully I can upload a bunch tonight when we get back.

Manchester/Bristol

Jeremiah Edmond — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:42:19 +0000

Last night after the show Robert downloaded the latest episode of LOST so I really didn’t have time to write or update any photos. We all gathered around his computer on a mattress on the floor in he and Chris’ abnormally large and awkwardly shaped hotel room and watched the episode together. As always we were left spouting off random theories on what could be happening but really just being completely clueless. It was kind of nice watching One Tree Hill today after missing 6 or so episode and being able to catch on to what is going on within a few minutes. Those writers are pretty clever how they make you love and hate certain characters and then totally change you emotions towards them in an episode or two. WB shows are some deep and groundbreaking stuff. Last night’s show was fun. The monitor guy had the balls to fall asleep during our set with his feet up on the console and leaned back against the wall. I watched him for almost 2 songs and then threw my drumstick sleeve at him and hit him smack in the center on the chest. He woke up extremely confused fixed what I asked him to fix and then went back to sleep. After our last full band song I walked to his side of the stage and yelled at him a bit and made sure he was able to keep himself awake for the last song. It was really quite impressive actually. He must have either been very tired, or very talented at sleeping as we are a very loud band live and the light guy had strobes going every single song.I walked around a bit before the show and went into an old Catholic church that was across the street. There was an organist up in the balcony playing a HUGE organ. It was really pretty awesome.Today we drove to Bristol. One Tree Hill along the way as I mentioned earlier. Lucas has been making some bad decisions and Dan is somehow making me think he just MIGHT have a heart and some good in him. MAYBE. I’m just glad Lucas is alive actually. Today was a close call. Tomorrow is a long drive so hopefully I won’t get stuck in the front seat and cal watch more OTH.Tonight show was at this crazy venue that is actually the hull of a big boat that is docked in the harbor. There is a restaurant upstairs and a venue and bar downstairs. A large metal tank isn’t exactly the best place for a good sounding concert but it made for a really cool experience. We had never played in Bristol or really anywhere nearby and somehow had 200+ people come out. Anathallo even had some real fans tonight which was awesome. We ran into some guys from New Mexico that we had met at shows before. They were staying in Spain I think and were in London for a bit and saw we were playing so they took a train to bristol to see the show which was pretty awesome. It must be amazing being able to have that freedom and opportunity to just travel around for fun. Obviously I get to travel alot but always on a strict schedule for work without many chances to just wander around and do things like that on a whim. It would be pretty awesome.Everyone is pretty under the weather still. Bret is actually suffering through an awful cold/fever and I am sharing a bed with him tonight praying that I don’t catch it. I will have to double up on the vitamin that my wonderful wife so thoughtfully bought me so I would stop coming home sick from every trip.Here are a couple photos from the last 2 days

February 10, 2008 Picture Of The Day

Jeremiah Edmond — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:57:25 +0000

Orlando

Jeremiah Edmond — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:36:11 +0000

Orlando. The Social. Sold Out. Another absolute surprise. Tonight was amazing. Andy and I are at the hotel watching Reaper. The rest of the band is driving back to Atlanta tonight to drop off the van and then fly to Ohio. Andy and I have to fly out in the morning in order to do some radio stuff in OH. I don’t expect the next few shows to be anywhere near as good as the last few shows but hopefully they will turn out being pretty good. Off to watch Reaper.

Day 1 and 2 Wrap Up

Jeremiah Edmond — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:48:37 +0000

Last night we played our first show of the year. Our first show in 5 or 6 weeks actually. The Loft was kind enough to ask us to headline the night which was part of a Georgia Music series that they were a part of . Joy In Tomorrow Opened the night with a great set. My first show with Manchester Orchestra was actually at Smiths Olde Bar with Joy In Tomorrow so it was cool that they were able to be part of some a big show for us. Winston Audio played after them and really impressed us all. They have always been good but they have really stepped it up recently with their songs and performance. Andy Lee was filling in on drums as their drummer Benji is out with an injured back. It felt really great to have so many people out to see us. Especially in Atlanta where it seemed to take so long for us to gain any sort of fan base. Unfortunately we didn’t feel like we played all that great but the crowd was very forgiving of our sloppiness. Having not played in 6 weeks took it toll and we were all pretty worn out and just feeling it bit off. We introduced two new songs that we wrote during out break that seemed to go over pretty well. It was our first time playing them live which was a little stressful doing in front of the sold crowd. We all got home pretty late and had to meet at 7 this morning to head to Tampa, FL to start a 3 day Florida run. We have unfortunately had to cancel 2 or 3 tours in Florida this year so we needed to make it up to our fans there with at least a couple shows before we leave the country again. It was a 7 or so hour drive but it went by pretty quickly. It felt good to be in the van again. It has been a while since we have done a normal tour in our van. We were surprised to find a few fans/street teamers already outside the venue when we arrived at 4. The venue wasn’t open yet when we got there so we wandered around the town for a few minutes and ended up going into a Scientology center to see what it was all about. We really were just curious what they were telling people and what kind of “free stress test” they were doing. The whole thing was pretty ridiculous and I still think they are all crazy.The show ended up selling out a little while into the night which was a great surprise. We really weren’t expecting it at all. All Get Out has joined us for these Florida shows and they killed it tonight. We are really excited to have them with us and to be able to watch them each night. John Ralston is with us for a couple of the shows as well and it is great seeing those guys again. We did a few shows together in Texas last year around ACL. They were great tonight as well. Our set felt much better than the set at The Loft. We all felt more comfortable and were able to really have fun. We changed up the set list which made a big difference and the new songs seemed to go a lot more smoothly. The crowd response the whole night was amazing. We headed to our hotel where we had a couple rooms booked afterwards with the hopes that All Get Out would be able to get a room there also, but it turned out that everywhere in the city was sold out due to some big event. We had two rooms so we invited them to just crash with us. Which bring us to now. Im in bed writing while the rest of the room is falling asleep while watching Final Destination. sex, drugs and rock and roll? Showers, pizza and sleep.

January 25, 2008 Picture Of The Day

Jeremiah Edmond — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:11:26 +0000

The Marquee the other night at our first home town sold out show at The Loft. No the other names on the marquee did not play with us.