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I’m going on tour with these dudes in a couple weeks. I cannot wait, it’s going to be awesome. Please come out to a show! I will take your photo and sell you a sweet band tee.
Dear Mom and Dad,
We’re going on tour again. Please don’t be mad. It seems there are troves and troves of screaming girls that want to throw their underwear at us while we play rock n’ roll music for them. It’s what we want though. We’re living the dream, I promise. Yes, we’ll probably drink heavily. That’s what you do when you’re in a rock n’ roll band. Well, Nick doesn’t; but he has other weird vices he uses to cope with living in a van. I’m sure those will surface on the internet about a week in. Anyways, here’s where will be for about a month:
6/23/2012 Atlanta GA @ Uner the Couch
6/24/2012 Greenville SC @ Earshot Records
6/25/2012 Greensville, NC, @ Pool house
6/26/2012 Christensburg, VA @ Lucie Monroe Specialty Coffee
6/27/2012 Richmond, VA @ House Address
6/28/2012 Philadelphia, PA @ TWOB HOUSE
6/29/2012 Brooklyn, NY @ Suburbia
6/30/2012 Robbinsville NJ @ 7 donna st r
7/1/2012 New Haven CT @ Taco Hut w/ Two Humans
7/2/2012 Providence RI @ Dusk
7/3/2012 Lowell, MA @ The Ant Cellar
7/5/2012 Burlington VT @ The Monkey House
7/6/2012 Montreal, QC, @ Casa Del Popolo
7/7/2012 Kitchener, ON @ White Lodge
7/8/2012 Toronto @ Parts & Labor
7/9/2012 Rochester NY @ A Park (TBA) w/ Slingshot Dakota
7/10/2012 Pittsburgh PA @ Mr. Roboto Project w/ Souvenirs
7/11/2012 Ashtabula OH @ West End Art Space w/ Souvenirs
7/12/2012 Louisville @ Chestnut House w/ Souvenirs
7/13/2012 Bloomington IN @ Indy Hostle w/ Souvenirs
7/14/2012 Grand Rapids MI @ DACC w/ Souvenirs
7/15/2012 Chicago IL @ 4206 N. Westen w/ Souvenirs, Spoon Boy
7/16/2012 Milwaukee, WI @ Scheme City w/ & This is Hell lo
7/17/2012 Minneapolis MI @ The Beat
7/18/2012 Cedar Falls, IA @ The Space
7/19/2012 Springfield IL @ Blacksheep Cafe
7/20/2012 St Louis MI @ The Foxhole
7/21/2012 Kansas City MO @ The Headquarters
7/22/2012 Oklahoma City @ Bad Granny’s Bazar
7/23/2012 Denton TX @ TBA
7/24/2012 Austin TX @ Trailer Space
7/25/2012 Lafayette, LA @ Jason’s House
7/26/2012 New Orleans @ TBA
7/27/2012 Tallahassee, FL @ TBA
7/28/2012 Gainesville, FL @ Turkey Town -
The Swellers. I’ve been listening to a lot of these guys recently.
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I don’t know where to begin, but I have never felt this way before. The past four years in Harrisonburg changed my life. I remember standing at the top of East Campus when I was 17 and thinking, yeah, I could see myself here‒the valley, the school, the streets‒they felt right.
I never realized how much I belonged here; now that I am graduating in a week, I feel it more than ever. I am going to miss this school. As I walked past my freshman dorm the other day I stared at my old window. A crippling nostalgia came over me. I realized some things are coming to an end.
What I fear most about graduating is losing the title of student. For the past 16 years of my life, I was a student. The classroom is one of my favorite places to be. Here, exposure to new ways of thinking and writing have redefined my place in the world. Percy, Dillard, Alexie, Sedaris, Edgers, Oates, Griffith. Through writing I have understood myself, and found ways to deal with the experiences that haunt me.
I am excited for the future, but I will never forget my experience at Madison. I love the person I have become, and I love the people who have encouraged me along the way. But I have let people down, and I have disappointing several others. All I can say is that I’m sorry, I couldn’t be the person you wanted me to be. I have spread myself too thin, and reached lows I didn’t think possible. But even then, there was always something out there that I cannot attribute words to.
It feels like every season passing at the same time; and I’m caught in the middle, trying to remember how I felt 4 years ago. I am beginning to discover what it means to be truly happy. I don’t have everything figured out, but I know the person I want to be. I am afraid. I am wide-eyed.
For me, this is Heaven
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wow, i never thought this would end up back on my dashboard. with over 500 notes, im a little embarrassed. this was the first warped tour I shot, and my watermark is so cheesy. hahah oh man how things have changed in 2 years
(via ccolenicholss)
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This one is slightly different from the others, but I think it works well. It’s hard to take bad pictures in such good light
