SO IT IS NOW 3:22AM AND I CAN'T SLEEP. THE REASON BEING, AS LAME AS THIS MAY SEEM FOR A GROWN MAN, IS THAT AVAIL IS PLAYING TOMORROW ( TONIGHT IF YOU WANT O GET TECHNICAL ) AND I AM FUCKING EXCITED. AS WE ALL KNOW, THEY ARE BY FAR MY FAVORITE BAND.
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WHEN I SAY "FAVORITE BAND", I DO NOT MEAN IT LIKE LOTS OF PEOPLE SAY "FAVORITE BAND" AND THEN NEXT YEAR IT ALL CHANGES. WHAT I MEAN IS THAT THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD THEM WAS 11 YEARS AGO AND 2 MONTHS LATER I KNEW IN MY HEART THAT THEY WERE TO BE NUMBER ONE FOREVER SO I GOT THE AVAIL LOGO TATTOOED ON MY WRIST ( WHICH I AM PROUD TO SAY HAS BEEN PROMINENTLY FEATURED ON THEIR WEB SITE PHOTO SECTION FOR YEARS). NOTHING SINCE THEN HAS CHANGED HAS CHANGED.
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THEY ARE THE ONLY BAND ( WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SMALL BROWN BIKE WHO ACTUALLY BROKE UP ) WHO HAS NEVER LET ME DOWN AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ME. THEIR MUSIC IS THERE FOR ME WHEN I AM SAD, WHEN I AM HAPPY, WHEN I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FUCK I AM. THEIR MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ME AND HAS NEVER FAILED TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER IN ANY SITUATION.
IF YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD THIS BAND, I AM SORRY. I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT AND WILL WRONG THAT CRIME WITH MANY MIX C.D.S OF THERE MUSIC.
WE ARE HAVING A PRE-AVAIL BBQ PARTY AND ALCOHOL EASTER EGG HUNT AT OUR HOUSE TOMORROW, THEN OFF TO THE SHOW AT THE BEAT KITCHEN. THEY HAVE NOT PLAYED AT A SMALL VENUE IN CHICAGO IN ABOUT 4 YEARS SO IT IS GOING TO BE NOTHING SHORT OF COMPLETELY FUCKING NUTS...AND I WILL BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT DOING THE WAVE DURING "SIMPLE SONG".
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.
LOVE,
ROY EDWARD BURGESS III