If we played stoner metal we'd be called High on Food

First day off on the This is New England Tour and after a fun night partying with people we met at the show and waking up to little toddlers running around...we decided to head to Cracker Barrel. Between Vanna and us we had a table of 12 and the old people who are probably there daily were not happy about it. We're not that crazy looking or anything but we still get looks like we are aliens when we go into places like that which makes me wonder what it's like to be in really ridiculous looking bands like ICP or Marilyn Manson. I can only dream how much fun that is. Our servers were delightful and the biscuits and gravy were flowing like water. Cracker Barrel, TIA gives you two thumbs up! I am now high on food and starting to get blurry vision but I feel like 10 bucks. On our way to Michigan to hang at Evan from Vanna's mom's "roll n tumble" exercise studio...this will be a great one.

All good thing,
-Brian

THIS IS SPARTA...er...NEW ENGLAND TOUR!!! Kicks off with a bang.

Last night kicked off the This is New England Tour with a sold out show at the Webster Underground in Hartford, CT. Felt amazing to be playing with our good friends Vanna and A Loss for Words again and it started off with a bang. The room was small and packed and sweaty. Everyone was pumped for all the bands and everyone fed off eachother's energy making for a memorable show. These next couple weeks are going to be one for the history books I can already tell. Thanks to everyone that came out last night and we hope to see you all at Lupo's on Dec 19th as well. If you haven't bought tickets yet check out http://www.myspace.com/thisisnewenglandtour for more info. See you out there.

Tri-Force.

-Brian

Let the Wild Rompus Begin!

After a fun show at Hangar 84 in Vineland, NJ we braved torrential downpours as we packed up and if you can see in this photo, the street had become a river and over a foot of water was rushing against the ramp to our trailer almost making it's way up into the trailer itself.



The following day we had off and spent in NJ with Travis' girlfriend who lives there. We all went to see the movie Where the Wild Things Are based on the Maurice Sendak children's book and directed by Spike Jonze. This book has a special place in my heart much like it does the other guys in my band. The book was given to me when I was roughly 3yrs old from a family friend I called "Nanna" that we lived with. Anyways, it was a defining moment in my childhood and pretty much the basis of my imagination and mindset going forward in my life. The movie was great. It was sad and dark but in that way it was true to life and Spike did an amazing job creating the same excitement and innocence in the movie that came out of Sendak's book. If you didn't like it or were disappointed by the movie - well, you have no heart, sorry.

Yesterday we played at Webster Hall in New York City. It was our first ever show in NYC proper. Weird right? We just never had any luck getting into the city. We've played all around it but never in it. It was a pretty cool experience albeit more stressful than usual maneuvering a van and trailer around and parking. A lot of our Warped Tour '09 friends came out which was the best part. It was a mini-reunion of sorts.

Now we are on our way to the Great White North...Canada. Poutine, strippers and bars! 3 things none of us can afford. We play Montreal tonight and Toronto the next night. Canada has been great to us so far so we're always excited to go back. Border crossing is a bit unnerving but we should be all set. The internet card won't work up there but we'll see if we can sneak some wifi and get a blog in while we're up there. Can't stop thinking about poutine...

-Brian

And so it begins...the daily TIA blog.

With the internet cluttered with all sorts of social networking sites and widgets and ways to update and deliver news popping up everyday - we decided to streamline and get more connected. All these new technologies are very useful but they fall short of providing people with the human experience and seem to keep bands and audience at a safe distance. So we started this blog to give our audience a more in depth view into our lives on the road, in the studio and at home in more than just a quick photo or 140character text and leave plenty of space for reciprocation. I know a blog is nothing new but it's more the intent that is new on our part and something we look forward to. We want to be able to carry on our conversations we have with people we meet beyond the little time we get to see them in person at a show. So this is going to be one of the handful of outlets which we will try our best to stay on top of so we we can all be a part of each others lives one way or another.

We are also working on a very extensive and informative www.thereforeiamrock.com which will become the central nervous system for all things TIA so stay tuned for that.

Speaking of streamlining, here are the best ways to reach us or to find out what we're up to in almost up to the minute fasion:

Email: band@thereforeiamrock.com
Website: http://www.thereforeiamrock.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thereforeiam
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thereforeiam
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thereforeiam
Blog: http://www.thesoundsofhumanlives.blogspot.com

We're also on the road right now on tour with From First to Last, Greeley Estates, The Color of Violence so check the dates below and come hang out with us:

10/24 Vineland, NJ @ Hangar 84
10/26 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
10/27 Montreal, QC @ Underworld
10/28 Toronto, ON @ Kathedral Room
10/29 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
10/30 Madison, WI @ The Loft
10/31 St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
11/01 Orland Park, IL @ Mojoe's
11/03 Denver, CO @ The Marquis Theatre
11/04 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
11/05 Boise, ID @ The Venue
11/06 Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
11/07 Portland, OR @ Satyricon
11/08 CA @ TBA
11/09 CA @ TBA
11/10 Phoenix, AZ @ Phix
11/12 Austin, TX @ Emo's
11/13 Fort Worth, TX @ The Door
11/14 Houston, TX @ Meridian

Thank you for being a part of this band.

-Brian, Travis, Alex, Chris, Jim