christmasjones

2nd US tour this year. DONE. We are officially naming the tour "Stressbomb Balls Deep Tour 2010"

6600 miles
21 days

Cities visited:
NYC, Lancaster PA, Howel MI, Chicago IL, Peoria IL, St. Louis MO, Nashville TN, Atlanta GA, Baton Rouge LA, Houston TX, San Antonio TX, Austin TX, Dallas TX, Memphis TN, Knoxville TN

States driven through:
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland

Rivers Crossed:
Connecticut River, Hudson River, Delaware River, Ohio River, Illinois River, Tennessee River, Mississippi River, Cumberland River, Colorado River

Cheapest Cigarettes:
Kentucky 2.49 Camel Lights

Cheapest Gas:
Arkansas 2.68

Wal-Marts slept at:
2

Van Repairs/malfunctions:
Change tire in PA (belt broke)
$50 repair in Atlanta for loose bolt that made steering THUNK
2 fuses blown from overuse of cigarette lighter charging devices

Best Shows(turnout):
Michigan, Atlanta

Worst Shows:
Austin, Lancaster (fuck the launch music conference)

SG Members met on tour:
Spectr
slots
pabstblueretro

Cigarettes smoked:
several cartons

Beers drank:
easily a couple hundred

Shows we got stiffed at:
2

# of times a band member threatened to quit the tour:
none!

Inside jokes from the van:
"You're a bum!"
"You'll never be nuthin!"
"Fail"
"Now you fucked up!"
"WTF are we doing in texas?"
"they got guns, oh yes, they all got guns"
"sorry mom I'm driving through a subtropical rainstorm hungover with a bad alignment while adam keeps shooting me in the leg with an airsoft gun, can I call ya right back?"

opening band: "how much did the promoter fuck you guys tonight?"
my reply: "well he didn't quite go entirely balls deep"