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Our short tour made a profit of $16.81.  Possibly more, if you count merch, but merch is so inextricably caught up with production costs for those CDs and tshirts that we didn’t bring along to sell, fees to the label, mailorder costs, etc that I’m not even going to ( Read more... )

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I know this tour was pretty short, compared to some of the long worldwide hauls many bands go on.  Our tour-mates, TDC had two more dates and another few thousand miles to go when we headed back for the homeland.

Still, for me, this was a pretty Big Deal.  It’s the ( Read more... )

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Interesting and useful statistics from the 2010 Fading Belief tour:

• 9 days
• 9 shows
• 2700 miles
• 7 states
• $16.31 in PURE PROFIT

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We’re pretty much into a groove now.  Get up, drive, load, play, load out, drive, sleep, etc.

It’s getting surprisingly easy.

Dan made the comment, though, that the tour lifestyle quickly recalibrates your concept of traveling luxury.  Jim Semonik offered me a glass of ( Read more... )

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Reliable wifi access has been a bit spotty for the past few days, hence the lack of regular substantial updates.

And right now, sleepiness is taking care of the rest.  I just wrote “henche” by accident - typing a full blog entry would take hours at this rate.

So for now, ( Read more... )

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I’m currently in the “backstage” area at The Shrunken Head in Columbus Ohio.  Nice bar.  Tasty schnitzel.  I ate some massive slab of breaded cutlet smothered in onions and bacon earlier.  It was good.  I’m full.

It’s been a long day.  Yesterday was a long day.  We rolled ( Read more... )

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I’m currently in the “backstage” area at The Shrunken Head in Columbus Ohio.  Nice bar.  Tasty schnitzel.  I ate some massive slab of breaded cutlet smothered in onions and bacon earlier.  It was good.  I’m full.

It’s been a long day.  Yesterday was a long day.  We rolled ( Read more... )

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The real panicking began around 11:30.  This was about when it really hit me that yes, I was leaving for a while, and dragging a few grand worth of fragile gear and 3 other band members around the country, jammed into my car with all our stuff, subjecting all to late nights ( Read more... )

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Day 2. I was basically a useless sack of protoplasm for a good portion of the day. I need to get my sea legs.

Another semi-local gig. This time at the recently revamped Club Anything in Milwaukee. Gary and John have done a fantastic job remodeling and updating that ( Read more... )

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Show one of the “Fading Belief” tour is over and done.

Good turnout, really enthusiastic crowd. It’d be great if they were all like that. Of course, not every show can have Wendy’s dad, Eric Goedken, and Jill/Eric’s parents in the audience. Home court advantage, and all ( Read more... )