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
