Sunday, February 10, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Berkeley - January 27th
Dita and I stayed the night in Berkeley
and during the day made a music video for "don't forget"
it was filmed in berkeley, ca
we were lucky to have a beautiful location thanks to amanda bensel and we were also lucky that no cars were driving on the street during any of our takes. the video is one long shot with Alex Dita on the steady cam backtracking the whole time. Amanda also guided Alex and i have to thank Erin Jenkins for playing the part of "the chess player"
there are so many people i have to thank for their support and devotion to helping make this tour possible - the list goes on and on and i will probably forget some but here it goes:
alison mcfarlane, patty and mike garcia, pete miller, chas prior, rob bean, sayre miller, the haymer family, dan byers, spencer williams, caitlin fanning, eric papathakis, brennan maloney-krips, the frank family, cole dutcher, matt power, brian "daz" dezzani, john and jill wallen, deborah "barb" lyon, amanda bensel, erin jenkins, as well as everyone who came out to the shows and all who told friends to come out to the shows - we really really appreciate your support and that support is the reason we able to do this tour.
thank you for taking the time out of your busy lives to support us.
it means more then i can possible tell you.
look for some solo shows in California in April and another full tour in the Summer.
Forever Grateful
-Andrew, Eric, Kellen, Jonathan, Jason & Max
Dita and I stayed the night in Berkeley
and during the day made a music video for "don't forget"
it was filmed in berkeley, ca
we were lucky to have a beautiful location thanks to amanda bensel and we were also lucky that no cars were driving on the street during any of our takes. the video is one long shot with Alex Dita on the steady cam backtracking the whole time. Amanda also guided Alex and i have to thank Erin Jenkins for playing the part of "the chess player"
there are so many people i have to thank for their support and devotion to helping make this tour possible - the list goes on and on and i will probably forget some but here it goes:
alison mcfarlane, patty and mike garcia, pete miller, chas prior, rob bean, sayre miller, the haymer family, dan byers, spencer williams, caitlin fanning, eric papathakis, brennan maloney-krips, the frank family, cole dutcher, matt power, brian "daz" dezzani, john and jill wallen, deborah "barb" lyon, amanda bensel, erin jenkins, as well as everyone who came out to the shows and all who told friends to come out to the shows - we really really appreciate your support and that support is the reason we able to do this tour.
thank you for taking the time out of your busy lives to support us.
it means more then i can possible tell you.
look for some solo shows in California in April and another full tour in the Summer.
Forever Grateful
-Andrew, Eric, Kellen, Jonathan, Jason & Max
Living Room Set - Last Show
Berkeley - Living Room Set - January 26th
Last day of the tour.
We got over to Berkeley in the early afternoon to set up and then went over to Eric's Parents place again for some more fantastic food. His Parents have been so amazingly supportive.
We played the set at our friend Amanda Bensel's place near UC Berkeley. It was my favorite living room set of the tour - it was literally a very full house. We played the usually set but we added the new songs "I know you well" and "so in love" with eric on dobro and myself on the guitar with the special tuning i use for these songs. C G C E G C . we also ended the set with summer roof but upon request played one more song - which ended up being racecar and by the end of the song everyone was playing which hadnt happened on the tour and it turned into a great jam. for this last song the band felt really connected and tight.
the set list was:
fort bragg
sit and stare
molly
don't forget
southern california
roads
so in love
i know you well
a thousand years
love to see you smile
shes suddenly
summer roof
racecar
as kellen, jason and jonathan drove back to sacramento and eric to los angeles after the show i realized how much of a family/community we had become. through all our differences in race, religion, morals, musical tastes, etc. we all came together as a group to play this music and these songs the best we could and each person providing their own musical fingerprint. and it was a lot of fun indeed. this really sounds like cheesy bullshit but we all bonded in a way that you only realize once you come to the end of being together consistently for a month.
we drove over 4500 miles together
we played for over 1150 people
at 20 shows in 3 different states.
for the first time in a month i was without
the rest of the boys which felt pretty strange.
Last day of the tour.
We got over to Berkeley in the early afternoon to set up and then went over to Eric's Parents place again for some more fantastic food. His Parents have been so amazingly supportive.
We played the set at our friend Amanda Bensel's place near UC Berkeley. It was my favorite living room set of the tour - it was literally a very full house. We played the usually set but we added the new songs "I know you well" and "so in love" with eric on dobro and myself on the guitar with the special tuning i use for these songs. C G C E G C . we also ended the set with summer roof but upon request played one more song - which ended up being racecar and by the end of the song everyone was playing which hadnt happened on the tour and it turned into a great jam. for this last song the band felt really connected and tight.
the set list was:
fort bragg
sit and stare
molly
don't forget
southern california
roads
so in love
i know you well
a thousand years
love to see you smile
shes suddenly
summer roof
racecar
as kellen, jason and jonathan drove back to sacramento and eric to los angeles after the show i realized how much of a family/community we had become. through all our differences in race, religion, morals, musical tastes, etc. we all came together as a group to play this music and these songs the best we could and each person providing their own musical fingerprint. and it was a lot of fun indeed. this really sounds like cheesy bullshit but we all bonded in a way that you only realize once you come to the end of being together consistently for a month.
we drove over 4500 miles together
we played for over 1150 people
at 20 shows in 3 different states.
for the first time in a month i was without
the rest of the boys which felt pretty strange.
Luna's Cafe
Sacramento - January 25th
Eric, Dita (the documentarian) and I got up early, well early for us at least, and went and played at American River College. An old teacher of mine from High School, Keith Atwater, set up the gig for us. It was another lunch time show in a cafeteria and it is always nice to have the opportunity to play for new people.
I haven't talked about Alex Dita much because he has tried to stay neutral to the band and just be a quiet observer. He has filmed the entire tour which includes every show we did as well as moments of us in our down time and on the road. the footage is completely priceless for us and as a little, independent, unknown rock band - its awesome to have the ability to get the whole thing video documented. he will be making a full length documentary and whatever footage he doesnt use in the documentary we will post online and have some new web content.
We played in a cafe in Downtown Sacramento called Luna's Cafe. Very cool venue but really small. Jason said he counted only 40 seats. 45 minutes before the show started the seats were already filled up. It is a hometown show as Jason, Jonathan and Kellen live there now. At some point they had to stop letting people into Luna's which as an artist you cant really complain about - its actually one of those bragging rights type of things - to try to see how many fire codes you can break. We guessed that there were about 100 people there.
the set was:
fort bragg
sit and stare
molly
don't forget
southern california
roads
racecar
goodnight
a thousand years
love to see you smile
shes suddenly
summer roof
this was the set list we used pretty consistently for the last half of the tour.
thomas cunningham opened the show - we played second and justin farren played last. i wish the order of it had been a little different as the place really cleared out after our set and about 25 to 30 stayed to see Justin who deserves better. he is a killer songwriter/storyteller and a fantastic performer.
It was so nice to be back in Sacramento. I am planning to move back there in the coming months to continue with this band.
Eric, Dita (the documentarian) and I got up early, well early for us at least, and went and played at American River College. An old teacher of mine from High School, Keith Atwater, set up the gig for us. It was another lunch time show in a cafeteria and it is always nice to have the opportunity to play for new people.
I haven't talked about Alex Dita much because he has tried to stay neutral to the band and just be a quiet observer. He has filmed the entire tour which includes every show we did as well as moments of us in our down time and on the road. the footage is completely priceless for us and as a little, independent, unknown rock band - its awesome to have the ability to get the whole thing video documented. he will be making a full length documentary and whatever footage he doesnt use in the documentary we will post online and have some new web content.
We played in a cafe in Downtown Sacramento called Luna's Cafe. Very cool venue but really small. Jason said he counted only 40 seats. 45 minutes before the show started the seats were already filled up. It is a hometown show as Jason, Jonathan and Kellen live there now. At some point they had to stop letting people into Luna's which as an artist you cant really complain about - its actually one of those bragging rights type of things - to try to see how many fire codes you can break. We guessed that there were about 100 people there.
the set was:
fort bragg
sit and stare
molly
don't forget
southern california
roads
racecar
goodnight
a thousand years
love to see you smile
shes suddenly
summer roof
this was the set list we used pretty consistently for the last half of the tour.
thomas cunningham opened the show - we played second and justin farren played last. i wish the order of it had been a little different as the place really cleared out after our set and about 25 to 30 stayed to see Justin who deserves better. he is a killer songwriter/storyteller and a fantastic performer.
It was so nice to be back in Sacramento. I am planning to move back there in the coming months to continue with this band.
Le Salle's
Chico - January 24th
We have had really great luck with weather on this trip for it being January and all. It has rained twice: once on the way to monterey and once in seattle. well... today the weather decided to catch up with us a bit.
We left Eugene at 10:30 am. Mapquest told us we'd get into Chico about 5 which was when we need to set up at the venue. As we were coming down thru central Oregon it started to snow. We started to get a little worried but with nothing sticking we made it down to medford to stop for gas and lunch. As a side note, what the heck is the whole - you cant pump your own gas - deal? i cant be public safety - ive personally never seen, had or heard of any blowing up a gas station because of a gas pumping accident. it has to be some kind of jobs thing but when you have ONE guy working 15 pumps and you end up waiting longer for the dude to come take the hose out of your car then the entire time it took for the gas to be pumped thats not cool.
Anywho - so we get into Northern California near Shasta and the weather hits. SNOW. no much was sticking to the road - but it was really slushy and the snow was making everything else around look like a winter wonderland. No chains were required but we ended up driving 35 miles an hour all the way to redding. At this point it was already 6 o clock.
The gig was supposed to be a 3 hour bar gig - which in all actuality is not fun at all - so it kinda worked out in our favor as we got there about 7 - went on at 7:30 and played our hour and a half set. The bar was pretty large and a little bit lifeless into a group of friends came in with 7 girls screaming for Jason to take off his shirt for the last three songs. it was definitely a hard show to get into the music for us and we ended up driving back to Sacramento to spend the night at Kellen's after the show.
We have had really great luck with weather on this trip for it being January and all. It has rained twice: once on the way to monterey and once in seattle. well... today the weather decided to catch up with us a bit.
We left Eugene at 10:30 am. Mapquest told us we'd get into Chico about 5 which was when we need to set up at the venue. As we were coming down thru central Oregon it started to snow. We started to get a little worried but with nothing sticking we made it down to medford to stop for gas and lunch. As a side note, what the heck is the whole - you cant pump your own gas - deal? i cant be public safety - ive personally never seen, had or heard of any blowing up a gas station because of a gas pumping accident. it has to be some kind of jobs thing but when you have ONE guy working 15 pumps and you end up waiting longer for the dude to come take the hose out of your car then the entire time it took for the gas to be pumped thats not cool.
Anywho - so we get into Northern California near Shasta and the weather hits. SNOW. no much was sticking to the road - but it was really slushy and the snow was making everything else around look like a winter wonderland. No chains were required but we ended up driving 35 miles an hour all the way to redding. At this point it was already 6 o clock.
The gig was supposed to be a 3 hour bar gig - which in all actuality is not fun at all - so it kinda worked out in our favor as we got there about 7 - went on at 7:30 and played our hour and a half set. The bar was pretty large and a little bit lifeless into a group of friends came in with 7 girls screaming for Jason to take off his shirt for the last three songs. it was definitely a hard show to get into the music for us and we ended up driving back to Sacramento to spend the night at Kellen's after the show.
Cozmic Pizza
Eugene - January 23rd
The first two weekends of the tour were mostly Central and Southern California - places where we had played before and knew that we would have people attend the shows. Driving to Oregon last week i warned the boys that this was the risk end of the tour - playing places where we weren't quite sure who would show up.
Tonight we played at Cozmic Pizza and musically we came off stage feeling like it was our best show yet. The crowd was small, somewhere around 25, but really attentive. This was our first show as a 4-piece (guitar, bass, sax and drums) and it worked out really well. It is nice to know that the extra flare of Eric (guitar, vocals) and Max (piano, organ) are awesome but not essential.
This would be a really cool venue on a weekend night with more people out. It was nice to have the crowd we did for a Wednesday night though.
We leave earlier tomorrow to head back to California.
The first two weekends of the tour were mostly Central and Southern California - places where we had played before and knew that we would have people attend the shows. Driving to Oregon last week i warned the boys that this was the risk end of the tour - playing places where we weren't quite sure who would show up.
Tonight we played at Cozmic Pizza and musically we came off stage feeling like it was our best show yet. The crowd was small, somewhere around 25, but really attentive. This was our first show as a 4-piece (guitar, bass, sax and drums) and it worked out really well. It is nice to know that the extra flare of Eric (guitar, vocals) and Max (piano, organ) are awesome but not essential.
This would be a really cool venue on a weekend night with more people out. It was nice to have the crowd we did for a Wednesday night though.
We leave earlier tomorrow to head back to California.
University of Oregon
Eugene - January 22nd
we played on campus at the University of Oregon in the Fishbowl around noon. for those not familiar with the fishbowl its a cafeteria pretty much - but not in the converted gym type of way. you never know what you are gonna get when you play these kind of shows. There were a lot of people hanging around though and we definitely had attentive listeners which was awesome.
One super cool thing about this band is how each member brings their own influences and abilities to the songs - which has given all the tunes this "Folk/Rock/Jazz/Funk" sound. The bummer though is that our cds don't reflect this sound because of how new of an ensemble this is. Even though we are playing songs from the last 3 albums its a completely different experience and i hope that doesn't disappoint people when listening to the albums.
We are looking into dates as to when we can record these tunes with the full band and release somewhat of a live album with songs from & we hope, Unfold and It Seems So Long Since Yesterday.
Without a show tonight, We had a quiet night back at Rob's house where we watched a little of Jim Henson's Dark Crystal and got ourselves some mongolian barbecue.
We got some good news tonight - our guitarist, backup vocalist, ladies man and beat boxer Eric Frank will be with us for the Sacramento and Berkeley shows to wrap up the trip. Eric not only provides much to the music but is an awesome guy to have around as his personality and humor bring a lot to the group energy.
we played on campus at the University of Oregon in the Fishbowl around noon. for those not familiar with the fishbowl its a cafeteria pretty much - but not in the converted gym type of way. you never know what you are gonna get when you play these kind of shows. There were a lot of people hanging around though and we definitely had attentive listeners which was awesome.
One super cool thing about this band is how each member brings their own influences and abilities to the songs - which has given all the tunes this "Folk/Rock/Jazz/Funk" sound. The bummer though is that our cds don't reflect this sound because of how new of an ensemble this is. Even though we are playing songs from the last 3 albums its a completely different experience and i hope that doesn't disappoint people when listening to the albums.
We are looking into dates as to when we can record these tunes with the full band and release somewhat of a live album with songs from & we hope, Unfold and It Seems So Long Since Yesterday.
Without a show tonight, We had a quiet night back at Rob's house where we watched a little of Jim Henson's Dark Crystal and got ourselves some mongolian barbecue.
We got some good news tonight - our guitarist, backup vocalist, ladies man and beat boxer Eric Frank will be with us for the Sacramento and Berkeley shows to wrap up the trip. Eric not only provides much to the music but is an awesome guy to have around as his personality and humor bring a lot to the group energy.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Driving back to Oregon
Driving back to Eugene - January 21st
I have had a lot of band members over the last couple of years. Though I have loved them all - this group of people is my favorite. I think it has a lot to do with the bonding experience of being on the road and really becoming a group. As well, this is the "sound" i want to keep - the Folk/Rock/Jazz/Funk blend. Every person adds more than their fair share to this band and I feel like this is the perfect unique blend of musical influences which also really compliments my songs.
I started talking about wanting to keep this group together early in the tour. I felt that way from the first Placerville show. I want to continue to build upon this group because i think it has a lot of potential and i think that the musical personalities fit together just right. Responding to this thought, Max tried to convince me that I would find good players wherever i located myself and have just as good if not better of a group but I really don't think this is true.
It's possible that as individuals we aren't the best players - but when this group comes together and brings their musicianship to these songs i truly believe it is something special. There is strength in coming together as musicians and over time learning how to work together and how to best play as a group.
My favorite part about this group though is that we are all friends and have a great time together on and off stage. Jonathan mentioned to me the other day that he's played in a lot of bands but none have had this energy and this much fun onstage. I believe that it is one thing to be great musicians but another to have a great energy and ability to work together as a group.
and i dont think that is something you can find anywhere.
we have plans to record an album of previously released songs like the ones we are playing on this tour with this band in the coming months.
I have had a lot of band members over the last couple of years. Though I have loved them all - this group of people is my favorite. I think it has a lot to do with the bonding experience of being on the road and really becoming a group. As well, this is the "sound" i want to keep - the Folk/Rock/Jazz/Funk blend. Every person adds more than their fair share to this band and I feel like this is the perfect unique blend of musical influences which also really compliments my songs.
I started talking about wanting to keep this group together early in the tour. I felt that way from the first Placerville show. I want to continue to build upon this group because i think it has a lot of potential and i think that the musical personalities fit together just right. Responding to this thought, Max tried to convince me that I would find good players wherever i located myself and have just as good if not better of a group but I really don't think this is true.
It's possible that as individuals we aren't the best players - but when this group comes together and brings their musicianship to these songs i truly believe it is something special. There is strength in coming together as musicians and over time learning how to work together and how to best play as a group.
My favorite part about this group though is that we are all friends and have a great time together on and off stage. Jonathan mentioned to me the other day that he's played in a lot of bands but none have had this energy and this much fun onstage. I believe that it is one thing to be great musicians but another to have a great energy and ability to work together as a group.
and i dont think that is something you can find anywhere.
we have plans to record an album of previously released songs like the ones we are playing on this tour with this band in the coming months.
Seattle - The High Dive
Seattle - Sunday, January 20th
We got up real late and had a gourmet pancake breakfast thanks to Eric's friend, and now a friend of all of our's, Debra who we lovingly call Barb. Her real name is Debra but she just seems like a Barb.
The gig at the High Dive proved to be one of the best of the tour. Not only was it a great venue but there were a lot of people at the show as we were sandwiched between two local bands - Joe Gould's Secret and The BGP. It was our shortest set length at 45 minutes. We played:
Fort Bragg
Sit & Stare
Molly
Don't Forget
Roads
Goodnight
Love to See You Smile
She's Suddenly
Summer Roof
this was Eric Frank's last show with us unfortunately - tomorrow we take him to the Portland airport on our way back to Eugene. Eric provides an awesome presence onstage. He is definitely our "lady killer" and adds great harmonies and choice backing guitar. We also have added a really cool beat-box and vocal jam into she's suddenly.
Jason has become a fan favorite. Every night we get a couple people, usually attractive women, telling us about how much they enjoyed the saxophone. Jason and I have had a lot of time to talk on car rides and in down time and I'm really happy to have gotten to know him better during this tour.
After the show - we drove back over to Bremerton to stay at John and Jill's. They have a place right on the Puget sound and the band was begging to go back over to spend the night there.
We got up real late and had a gourmet pancake breakfast thanks to Eric's friend, and now a friend of all of our's, Debra who we lovingly call Barb. Her real name is Debra but she just seems like a Barb.
The gig at the High Dive proved to be one of the best of the tour. Not only was it a great venue but there were a lot of people at the show as we were sandwiched between two local bands - Joe Gould's Secret and The BGP. It was our shortest set length at 45 minutes. We played:
Fort Bragg
Sit & Stare
Molly
Don't Forget
Roads
Goodnight
Love to See You Smile
She's Suddenly
Summer Roof
this was Eric Frank's last show with us unfortunately - tomorrow we take him to the Portland airport on our way back to Eugene. Eric provides an awesome presence onstage. He is definitely our "lady killer" and adds great harmonies and choice backing guitar. We also have added a really cool beat-box and vocal jam into she's suddenly.
Jason has become a fan favorite. Every night we get a couple people, usually attractive women, telling us about how much they enjoyed the saxophone. Jason and I have had a lot of time to talk on car rides and in down time and I'm really happy to have gotten to know him better during this tour.
After the show - we drove back over to Bremerton to stay at John and Jill's. They have a place right on the Puget sound and the band was begging to go back over to spend the night there.
Bothell - Lyon's Den
Bothell - January 19th
We stayed the night in Bremerton at John & Jill Wallen's place. They were far too good to us. They had pizza when we showed up last night and a large breakfast for us this morning - not to mention a large basement to call our home. It is this kind of generosity that has given us the ability to do this tour and keep our spirits high. This is a very low budget tour and the kindness of friends like John & Jill are completely priceless. Not only does it help out financially but it brings a sense that there are people in the world who care about your success which means a ton when you are out on the road every night not knowing if people will show up to your gigs.
During the day today, we took the ferry over from Bremerton to Seattle. It was a nice relaxing journey and it was really cool to see some of the surroundings of the Puget Sound. Everyone in the band has a love for Washington.
When I was scheduling the tour, we ended up having a down day in the Seattle area on a Saturday night because we were playing in Silverdale on friday and Seattle on sunday. Not playing on saturday night didn't make much sense so we picked up a gig in a town called Bothell about 20 minutes northeast of Seattle.
It is definitely the gig of the trip that I would leave out the next time around. It was one of those nights where it was hard for the band to get into the performance though i'm sure we picked up a few new fans and that's what this tour is all about.
We stayed the night in Bremerton at John & Jill Wallen's place. They were far too good to us. They had pizza when we showed up last night and a large breakfast for us this morning - not to mention a large basement to call our home. It is this kind of generosity that has given us the ability to do this tour and keep our spirits high. This is a very low budget tour and the kindness of friends like John & Jill are completely priceless. Not only does it help out financially but it brings a sense that there are people in the world who care about your success which means a ton when you are out on the road every night not knowing if people will show up to your gigs.
During the day today, we took the ferry over from Bremerton to Seattle. It was a nice relaxing journey and it was really cool to see some of the surroundings of the Puget Sound. Everyone in the band has a love for Washington.
When I was scheduling the tour, we ended up having a down day in the Seattle area on a Saturday night because we were playing in Silverdale on friday and Seattle on sunday. Not playing on saturday night didn't make much sense so we picked up a gig in a town called Bothell about 20 minutes northeast of Seattle.
It is definitely the gig of the trip that I would leave out the next time around. It was one of those nights where it was hard for the band to get into the performance though i'm sure we picked up a few new fans and that's what this tour is all about.
Silverdale, Washington - The Global Bean
Silverdale, WA - January 18th
In a couple of conversations with Jason about touring life - we have come to the conclusion that when you are a band like us doing a tour completely independently you need to places where people "care" that you are there. To us this means that people actually know who you are and will take the time and effort to come and bring friends.
There are a number of people who have really gone out of there way to help us get people to the shows. Last night in Portland, our friend Brian Dezzani really spread the word and got some friends who'd never heard us to come out. This is the best promotion we could possibly ask for because when i friend tells a friend about a new band - it actually means something. People trust a friends advice and it means something coming from someone you know.
Tonight in Silverdale was the same. My friends Jill & John as well as some friends from Bumbershoot in 2006 came out to the Global Bean and got the word out to a whole bunch of friends. The place was packed and we sold the most amount of CD's since the first show in Placerville.
In a couple of conversations with Jason about touring life - we have come to the conclusion that when you are a band like us doing a tour completely independently you need to places where people "care" that you are there. To us this means that people actually know who you are and will take the time and effort to come and bring friends.
There are a number of people who have really gone out of there way to help us get people to the shows. Last night in Portland, our friend Brian Dezzani really spread the word and got some friends who'd never heard us to come out. This is the best promotion we could possibly ask for because when i friend tells a friend about a new band - it actually means something. People trust a friends advice and it means something coming from someone you know.
Tonight in Silverdale was the same. My friends Jill & John as well as some friends from Bumbershoot in 2006 came out to the Global Bean and got the word out to a whole bunch of friends. The place was packed and we sold the most amount of CD's since the first show in Placerville.
The Buffalo Gap - Portland, OR
Portland - January 17th
We all woke up late at Rob's house in Eugene, had a late breakfast and got cleaned up. Rob Bean is going to be along for this next section of the tour to help out as a tour manager of sorts. It's really nice to have some help with merch, the venue and keeping the boys on schedule.
One of my favorite moments of the trip so far happened in Rob's living room in Eugene. I'm not sure when it happened - but at some point Jason and I thought it would be a good idea to prove our manliness in the oldest of competitions; a wrestling match. It ended up happening about 3 am last night - technically today. Jason's attributes include cat like reflexes and superior intellect but i had an advantage as i had about 50 pounds on him. We stopped after two draws because jason threw me into a storage container.
We drove up to Portland in the early afternoon to play at the Buffalo Gap. It was the smallest crowd we had had on the tour - we played for about 20 people but they were all into it and it proved to be a lot of fun. Sometimes its hard to get into the show if you arent feeling the energy from the audience but this energetic crowd gave us the power to rock the house. We played 3 sets. the first was an acoustic set with Jason on Sax and Eric on percussion. We played a lot of songs that we hadnt touched in a long while like Hold My Hand, Can't Find Love and Crazy Sexy Beautiful Wonderful.
We are crashed here tonight at Brian "Daz" Dezzani's here in Portland.
We all woke up late at Rob's house in Eugene, had a late breakfast and got cleaned up. Rob Bean is going to be along for this next section of the tour to help out as a tour manager of sorts. It's really nice to have some help with merch, the venue and keeping the boys on schedule.
One of my favorite moments of the trip so far happened in Rob's living room in Eugene. I'm not sure when it happened - but at some point Jason and I thought it would be a good idea to prove our manliness in the oldest of competitions; a wrestling match. It ended up happening about 3 am last night - technically today. Jason's attributes include cat like reflexes and superior intellect but i had an advantage as i had about 50 pounds on him. We stopped after two draws because jason threw me into a storage container.
We drove up to Portland in the early afternoon to play at the Buffalo Gap. It was the smallest crowd we had had on the tour - we played for about 20 people but they were all into it and it proved to be a lot of fun. Sometimes its hard to get into the show if you arent feeling the energy from the audience but this energetic crowd gave us the power to rock the house. We played 3 sets. the first was an acoustic set with Jason on Sax and Eric on percussion. We played a lot of songs that we hadnt touched in a long while like Hold My Hand, Can't Find Love and Crazy Sexy Beautiful Wonderful.
We are crashed here tonight at Brian "Daz" Dezzani's here in Portland.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Driving to Oregon
Driving to Oregon
Today is our day to get up to Eugene and without any gigs tonight we were in no hurry. after a fantastic at kellen's place we went to pick up Jonathan and head up I-5 or the 5 as you so cal folk like to say.
At the beginning of the tour we named our 2004 ford econoline van Bruce. it seemed like a fitting name of a van of his size. Max started calling it Brutus - which is a good nick name indeed. Jason and i have taken turns driving the van. we have the cleanest driving records.
in other news - jonathan "found" my keys in his bag. im not sure how they wound up there but at least they are back. i knew they were close by!
once we got into oregon we threw on Dave Matthews Band live at Piedmont Park in the van. we set Jonathan's laptop between the front seats and bumped the audio threw the car speakers.
i hope to see a day where my music starts to go places. it might take a while and i have a while to give so we shall see. its an interesting postion to be in - an unknown band. so many out there - but i think the songs and musicianship are unique enough - at least i hope they are. i love this band and i hope to keep this group of guys together. the add of jonathan on drums has really taken the music to a new level and i think jason and kellen and i are all learning to work with each other musically more and more everyday even though we have been playing together for years. though max and eric are completely different musicians though add perfectly to the band.
we have been having people listening every night and not once have we felt like we were playing a worthless gig. for right now we are cool for playing for 50 people at a time.
Today is our day to get up to Eugene and without any gigs tonight we were in no hurry. after a fantastic at kellen's place we went to pick up Jonathan and head up I-5 or the 5 as you so cal folk like to say.
At the beginning of the tour we named our 2004 ford econoline van Bruce. it seemed like a fitting name of a van of his size. Max started calling it Brutus - which is a good nick name indeed. Jason and i have taken turns driving the van. we have the cleanest driving records.
in other news - jonathan "found" my keys in his bag. im not sure how they wound up there but at least they are back. i knew they were close by!
once we got into oregon we threw on Dave Matthews Band live at Piedmont Park in the van. we set Jonathan's laptop between the front seats and bumped the audio threw the car speakers.
i hope to see a day where my music starts to go places. it might take a while and i have a while to give so we shall see. its an interesting postion to be in - an unknown band. so many out there - but i think the songs and musicianship are unique enough - at least i hope they are. i love this band and i hope to keep this group of guys together. the add of jonathan on drums has really taken the music to a new level and i think jason and kellen and i are all learning to work with each other musically more and more everyday even though we have been playing together for years. though max and eric are completely different musicians though add perfectly to the band.
we have been having people listening every night and not once have we felt like we were playing a worthless gig. for right now we are cool for playing for 50 people at a time.
Sebastopol - Infusion Tea House
Sebastopol - January 15th.
we spent the night at eric's parent's place. when we arrived after our santa clara gig we were showered with food, food, more food, alcohol and a great place to sleep. the menu included meat loaf and spaghetti. after dinner jason and kellen crashed early while eric, jonathan, alex and i spent some time in the hot tub. it was a great way to end the day. the perfect way in fact.
we got up in the morning and were again greeted by some fantastic food. eric's dad makes scones that are to die for. scones are usually dry and taste like cement - but - these were quite frankly the best scones i've ever had.
after a walk over to indian rock in berkeley we packed up the van and drove up to sebastopol. when i got the gig - i wasn't sure where sebastopol was to be honest. i knew its general location and i knew we would be driving through that area so i took it.
we played the infusion tea house. it was a small but very intimate room. before the show we realized that my capo was no where to be found. so while jason and i went through every bit of the van - eric went over to his aunt's house and got one from there.
the set list was:
fort bragg
sit and stare
southern california
don't forget
molly
a thousand years
roads (solo)
your song (solo - elton john cover)
circles
love to see you smile
morgan the conqueror (by request)
she's suddenly
goodnight
summer roof
the set list has been pretty similar to this for most of the tour so far.
after the show we packed up and drove to sacramento. we took jonathan to his place while the rest of us went to kellen's place known as the Moddison Manor. jason and i passed out in our clothes on the couch.
alex dita has been along on this tour as a video documentarian. he will have tons and tons of hours in HD video that he hopes to make a documentary out of. we have recorded every show so far and i hope to have some good highlights up on youtube at some point.
we spent the night at eric's parent's place. when we arrived after our santa clara gig we were showered with food, food, more food, alcohol and a great place to sleep. the menu included meat loaf and spaghetti. after dinner jason and kellen crashed early while eric, jonathan, alex and i spent some time in the hot tub. it was a great way to end the day. the perfect way in fact.
we got up in the morning and were again greeted by some fantastic food. eric's dad makes scones that are to die for. scones are usually dry and taste like cement - but - these were quite frankly the best scones i've ever had.
after a walk over to indian rock in berkeley we packed up the van and drove up to sebastopol. when i got the gig - i wasn't sure where sebastopol was to be honest. i knew its general location and i knew we would be driving through that area so i took it.
we played the infusion tea house. it was a small but very intimate room. before the show we realized that my capo was no where to be found. so while jason and i went through every bit of the van - eric went over to his aunt's house and got one from there.
the set list was:
fort bragg
sit and stare
southern california
don't forget
molly
a thousand years
roads (solo)
your song (solo - elton john cover)
circles
love to see you smile
morgan the conqueror (by request)
she's suddenly
goodnight
summer roof
the set list has been pretty similar to this for most of the tour so far.
after the show we packed up and drove to sacramento. we took jonathan to his place while the rest of us went to kellen's place known as the Moddison Manor. jason and i passed out in our clothes on the couch.
alex dita has been along on this tour as a video documentarian. he will have tons and tons of hours in HD video that he hopes to make a documentary out of. we have recorded every show so far and i hope to have some good highlights up on youtube at some point.
Santa Clara - The Bronco
Santa Clara - January 14th
This was the one day that i had to hang out at home in Carmel Valley and take a shower in my own shower and do laundry and hang out with my sister and dog - the list goes on and on of things i could have done. of course - none of that got done. i went into town to run some errands one of which was getting Bruce (our tour van) a oil change and tire rotation.
they told me it was going to be a while before for oil change which bugged me but i had my iphone and i recently found a site for games so life was good. about an hour later they come out and tell me that "it was good we did the tire rotation because the brakes were worn down to nothing." we bought Bruce (our tour van) from this place recently so they did the brakes for free - which was awesome - but it was gonna be another two hours before it'd be done. so i spent 4 hours sitting in a car dealership only to race home, get the boys in the van, shove food down my throat and get up to santa clara.
i was in a bit of a bad mood having not been able to spend any of the day at home but that was quickly remedied by the wit and humor of the boys.
i knew this was going to be an interesting show. it was a show on a monday night in a college hangout at Santa Clara University. we showed up and there were two bums playing pool and that was about it. By the time we had set up - there were about 15 people sitting around waiting for a show - which is enough for me. this was our first show without max and though he is missed it wasn't as big of a change as we thought. by the end of the show we had a good amount of people listening.
the highlights of the show include: a 50 year old man named Guy who stood about a foot from the stage most of the show asking for John Prine covers - at other times he went around the crowd with the tip jar getting tips for us and selling CDs (we didnt ask him to do this so it made us laugh a bit) and he also got us free pizza as well somehow.
another highlight was when part of a dorm came in and they were on one of those video scavenger hunt type of things where they have to do things while video documenting. one of the group named Kevin said they needed video of him on stage singing a song - we asked him what songs he knew and we ended up backing him in a rendition of What I Got by Sublime.
the show turned out to be a lot of fun and we got CDs out to a lot of new people. i feel blessed that we have had audiences to play to every night so far.
after the show we made our way to berkeley.
This was the one day that i had to hang out at home in Carmel Valley and take a shower in my own shower and do laundry and hang out with my sister and dog - the list goes on and on of things i could have done. of course - none of that got done. i went into town to run some errands one of which was getting Bruce (our tour van) a oil change and tire rotation.
they told me it was going to be a while before for oil change which bugged me but i had my iphone and i recently found a site for games so life was good. about an hour later they come out and tell me that "it was good we did the tire rotation because the brakes were worn down to nothing." we bought Bruce (our tour van) from this place recently so they did the brakes for free - which was awesome - but it was gonna be another two hours before it'd be done. so i spent 4 hours sitting in a car dealership only to race home, get the boys in the van, shove food down my throat and get up to santa clara.
i was in a bit of a bad mood having not been able to spend any of the day at home but that was quickly remedied by the wit and humor of the boys.
i knew this was going to be an interesting show. it was a show on a monday night in a college hangout at Santa Clara University. we showed up and there were two bums playing pool and that was about it. By the time we had set up - there were about 15 people sitting around waiting for a show - which is enough for me. this was our first show without max and though he is missed it wasn't as big of a change as we thought. by the end of the show we had a good amount of people listening.
the highlights of the show include: a 50 year old man named Guy who stood about a foot from the stage most of the show asking for John Prine covers - at other times he went around the crowd with the tip jar getting tips for us and selling CDs (we didnt ask him to do this so it made us laugh a bit) and he also got us free pizza as well somehow.
another highlight was when part of a dorm came in and they were on one of those video scavenger hunt type of things where they have to do things while video documenting. one of the group named Kevin said they needed video of him on stage singing a song - we asked him what songs he knew and we ended up backing him in a rendition of What I Got by Sublime.
the show turned out to be a lot of fun and we got CDs out to a lot of new people. i feel blessed that we have had audiences to play to every night so far.
after the show we made our way to berkeley.
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara - January 13th
We stayed the night at Eric Papathakis' place after the SLO gig. For those of you who remember the Eightfold days he was one of our drummers. when we woke up, Max got to watch his football while i went and rounded up eric and kellen from a friend of ours in SLO.
we got back to Eric Paps' and took some band photos and while waiting for Dita to download some video we played an exciting game of ultimate frisbee. the problem with the game was that we were playing too close to a house and frisbee wound up on the roof every 13th throw. it was much fun none the less.
we got on the road and back tracked from San Luis a bit down to Santa Barbara. We played in a Living Room on Del Playa in Isle Vista. Thanks to my good friend Brennan Maloney-Krips for hosting the event. we have had to adjust the sound some days in order to accommodate the venue and not blow people away - Jonathan played brushes for much of the show. This was Max's last show of the tour. He will be missed greatly but we will adjust.
When i first started writing the song Goodnight there were some times when the song would get overly emotional for me because of the subject and lyrics - the words really resonated in my body. It has been some time since it really effected me and for some reason it choose to again in a living room in Isle Vista today. it may be that I am a little worn down from sleep and the road - it was also a little emotional knowing that it was the last show with Max. he has added a lot to the sound.
we have found a sound on this tour that i would like the be "the sound" for the band. The addition of both jonathan and max add a very jazz/funk element - so we have started to describe our sound to people as folk/rock/jazz/funk which is really appropriate though it may be a mouthful to say. we have tried to compress it to Forock- Jafunk or even further as Fock Junk. I am interested in doing a live style CD with the whole band sometime in the next couple months.
The living room was packed with a good 30 people and we got some cds out to some new people which is really exciting and what this tour is all about. Before leaving Santa Barbara we ate some HUGE burritos at Firebirds. We drove up to Carmel Valley and i was looking forward to spending some time at home.
We stayed the night at Eric Papathakis' place after the SLO gig. For those of you who remember the Eightfold days he was one of our drummers. when we woke up, Max got to watch his football while i went and rounded up eric and kellen from a friend of ours in SLO.
we got back to Eric Paps' and took some band photos and while waiting for Dita to download some video we played an exciting game of ultimate frisbee. the problem with the game was that we were playing too close to a house and frisbee wound up on the roof every 13th throw. it was much fun none the less.
we got on the road and back tracked from San Luis a bit down to Santa Barbara. We played in a Living Room on Del Playa in Isle Vista. Thanks to my good friend Brennan Maloney-Krips for hosting the event. we have had to adjust the sound some days in order to accommodate the venue and not blow people away - Jonathan played brushes for much of the show. This was Max's last show of the tour. He will be missed greatly but we will adjust.
When i first started writing the song Goodnight there were some times when the song would get overly emotional for me because of the subject and lyrics - the words really resonated in my body. It has been some time since it really effected me and for some reason it choose to again in a living room in Isle Vista today. it may be that I am a little worn down from sleep and the road - it was also a little emotional knowing that it was the last show with Max. he has added a lot to the sound.
we have found a sound on this tour that i would like the be "the sound" for the band. The addition of both jonathan and max add a very jazz/funk element - so we have started to describe our sound to people as folk/rock/jazz/funk which is really appropriate though it may be a mouthful to say. we have tried to compress it to Forock- Jafunk or even further as Fock Junk. I am interested in doing a live style CD with the whole band sometime in the next couple months.
The living room was packed with a good 30 people and we got some cds out to some new people which is really exciting and what this tour is all about. Before leaving Santa Barbara we ate some HUGE burritos at Firebirds. We drove up to Carmel Valley and i was looking forward to spending some time at home.
San Luis Obispo - Linnaea's Cafe
San Luis Obispo - January 11th
After getting out of the pit that is LA - we made our way up to San Luis Obispo.
I love SLO. i really really do. i think its the fact that its a small town with a sweet downtown area and location-wise its kind of isolated there in Central California. I have played there a lot over the last couple years at the Farmer's Market, on campus at Cal Poly and at coffee shops. Always a good experience.
Linnaea's is a real small coffee house - especially for a 6 piece band. we all ended up fitting though and the place was packed with people. standing room only out in the hallway and people were even sitting in the isles - im sure the fire marshall would have shut us down if he'd caught wind of the haps.
we made the mistake of not clearing out the room and starting from a clean slate prior to the show - the chairs weren't organized enough in the audience and we never got an adequate sound check - which i will never go without again - so there was a bit of adjusting during the show. The show went real well but the band felt like we fell apart in the last couple of songs. which was really frustrating especially after playing great for all but the last 3 songs. it's probably not something that the audience noticed but we tend to be perfectionists so it got to us a bit.
i understand why people tour with tour managers now - there is just too much to think about sometimes - and its wearing to devote yourself to music and business.
our drama of the night was that someone lost the car keys. of course when i started asking everyone started pointing at some else. we searched the venue at the end of the night but they were no where to be found. we are still hoping they are just buried in the van somewhere.
After getting out of the pit that is LA - we made our way up to San Luis Obispo.
I love SLO. i really really do. i think its the fact that its a small town with a sweet downtown area and location-wise its kind of isolated there in Central California. I have played there a lot over the last couple years at the Farmer's Market, on campus at Cal Poly and at coffee shops. Always a good experience.
Linnaea's is a real small coffee house - especially for a 6 piece band. we all ended up fitting though and the place was packed with people. standing room only out in the hallway and people were even sitting in the isles - im sure the fire marshall would have shut us down if he'd caught wind of the haps.
we made the mistake of not clearing out the room and starting from a clean slate prior to the show - the chairs weren't organized enough in the audience and we never got an adequate sound check - which i will never go without again - so there was a bit of adjusting during the show. The show went real well but the band felt like we fell apart in the last couple of songs. which was really frustrating especially after playing great for all but the last 3 songs. it's probably not something that the audience noticed but we tend to be perfectionists so it got to us a bit.
i understand why people tour with tour managers now - there is just too much to think about sometimes - and its wearing to devote yourself to music and business.
our drama of the night was that someone lost the car keys. of course when i started asking everyone started pointing at some else. we searched the venue at the end of the night but they were no where to be found. we are still hoping they are just buried in the van somewhere.
Irvine - Anthill Pub
Irvine, January 11th
We did another roadtrip nation interview - this time with Peter Erskine. He is a drummer who played with Weather Report and on a ridiculous amount of albums with other artists and bands. It's funny talking to people like him because he was always in the "scene" - he was such a good player at such a young age that his path sort of fell into place.
After the interview i took the boys over to Shoops in Santa Monica where we got some lunch/breakfast. After that we headed down to Orange County and with some time to spare we hung out on the beach at Corona Del Mar. in our time there, Kellen and I tackled the challenges of tic-tac-toe and we have realized that it is a pointless stupid game if both people know what they are doing. so what we learned is only play tic-tac-toe with stupid people.
We went over to Irvine and picked up some food at Trader Joes. it was very strange for me to be back in Irvine. i spent the last 4 years of my life and all of my adult life there and for some reason coming back gave me this feeling in my stomach that was really hard to shake. It's a place a feel extremely connected to but also a place where i no longer belong. i think that's just about the worst feeling ever - not feeling like you belong. Post-college is a harsh transition but life goes on and i'll get use to it in good time.
i have been playing a song on this tour currently titled Roads. It's about that place where you could curl up into the fetal position and stay there for a long time. It started as random thoughts written down when i was in Placerville, CA last summer. though i moved around a lot as a kid and i dont think i ever officially lived in the town of placerville, i lived all around it in the outlying areas and it is the place i connect to as home. though i have not lived there for a while - i go back there often and during these visits i felt this feeling that you get with an ex girlfriend. you know each other so well but you distance yourself once its over and when you bump into each other you try and act like you don't know each other anymore. its weird feeling like a stranger in your home town even when you still think of it as home. it is this tragedy/paradox of life that i love to write about in my songs.
i dont write songs unless i need to say something these days. i dont think its far to waste peoples time on songs that are meaningless lyrically.
the show in Irvine at the Pub on Campus was awesome and it was great to see a whole bunch of friends and family there. the place was packed - with lots of people standing against the back walls.
We were without Eric Frank tonight but he will be with us on the tour until the 21st and he'll back to LA from Portland.
all of us with Peter Erskine
We did another roadtrip nation interview - this time with Peter Erskine. He is a drummer who played with Weather Report and on a ridiculous amount of albums with other artists and bands. It's funny talking to people like him because he was always in the "scene" - he was such a good player at such a young age that his path sort of fell into place.
After the interview i took the boys over to Shoops in Santa Monica where we got some lunch/breakfast. After that we headed down to Orange County and with some time to spare we hung out on the beach at Corona Del Mar. in our time there, Kellen and I tackled the challenges of tic-tac-toe and we have realized that it is a pointless stupid game if both people know what they are doing. so what we learned is only play tic-tac-toe with stupid people.
We went over to Irvine and picked up some food at Trader Joes. it was very strange for me to be back in Irvine. i spent the last 4 years of my life and all of my adult life there and for some reason coming back gave me this feeling in my stomach that was really hard to shake. It's a place a feel extremely connected to but also a place where i no longer belong. i think that's just about the worst feeling ever - not feeling like you belong. Post-college is a harsh transition but life goes on and i'll get use to it in good time.
i have been playing a song on this tour currently titled Roads. It's about that place where you could curl up into the fetal position and stay there for a long time. It started as random thoughts written down when i was in Placerville, CA last summer. though i moved around a lot as a kid and i dont think i ever officially lived in the town of placerville, i lived all around it in the outlying areas and it is the place i connect to as home. though i have not lived there for a while - i go back there often and during these visits i felt this feeling that you get with an ex girlfriend. you know each other so well but you distance yourself once its over and when you bump into each other you try and act like you don't know each other anymore. its weird feeling like a stranger in your home town even when you still think of it as home. it is this tragedy/paradox of life that i love to write about in my songs.
i dont write songs unless i need to say something these days. i dont think its far to waste peoples time on songs that are meaningless lyrically.
the show in Irvine at the Pub on Campus was awesome and it was great to see a whole bunch of friends and family there. the place was packed - with lots of people standing against the back walls.
We were without Eric Frank tonight but he will be with us on the tour until the 21st and he'll back to LA from Portland.
all of us with Peter Erskine
The Mint - Los Angeles
Los Angeles January 10th
This was a gig we were looking forward to playing. The Mint has a long history of really famous people playing there - the likes of Ben Harper, The Wallflowers, Bonnie Raitt, etc. etc. etc. a lot of people still play it and its considered one of LA's good best night clubs. I had never actually been in to the Mint but from the website - it looked really clean. As well Eric was going to rejoin us for this gig.
Well... it wasn't a great gig. in fact, it will probably end up to be one of - if not - the worst shows on this tour. the sound man was text messaging through our performance. as well we didnt get on and playing til about 11:30 and half the place was talking loudly through the entire set. the venue was really dirty as well. Unless i get into the hotel cafe next time through - it may be a while before i play Los Angeles again. its a hard city.
for lodging this week, half of us stayed at Max's and the other half at Eric's which proved to be very hard on us. i look forward to getting on the road - in the next 17 days we have 15 gigs. its nice to be busy and productive.
We listened back to the recording and we sound better than we originally thought - though the effects of not being able to hear my own vocals onstage are evident.
Jonathan and Kellen
This was a gig we were looking forward to playing. The Mint has a long history of really famous people playing there - the likes of Ben Harper, The Wallflowers, Bonnie Raitt, etc. etc. etc. a lot of people still play it and its considered one of LA's good best night clubs. I had never actually been in to the Mint but from the website - it looked really clean. As well Eric was going to rejoin us for this gig.
Well... it wasn't a great gig. in fact, it will probably end up to be one of - if not - the worst shows on this tour. the sound man was text messaging through our performance. as well we didnt get on and playing til about 11:30 and half the place was talking loudly through the entire set. the venue was really dirty as well. Unless i get into the hotel cafe next time through - it may be a while before i play Los Angeles again. its a hard city.
for lodging this week, half of us stayed at Max's and the other half at Eric's which proved to be very hard on us. i look forward to getting on the road - in the next 17 days we have 15 gigs. its nice to be busy and productive.
We listened back to the recording and we sound better than we originally thought - though the effects of not being able to hear my own vocals onstage are evident.
Jonathan and Kellen
KPIG and Fresno
Fresno - January 6th
we got up early and drove to Freedom, CA to play live on KPIG which broadcasts all over California. we played Fort Bragg, Don't Forget and Summer Roof and did an interview as well. the radio station was in an old motel and had a chill vibe - lots of cool people hanging around during the set and poking their heads in the studio.
we packed up as quick as possible to get over to Fresno for our first living room set. the boys were questioning me about this gig and it is a strange concept setting up and playing in someone's living room. my main goal on this tour was to get the music out to new people and these living sets seemed like a great way to do that.
this show was at my Aunt Sari's place and it turned out to be a great show. we had plenty people who were eager to listen and the room was real large. we played two sets. mucho thanks to Sari for getting people to come out and hosting a great show. the boys didnt question why we played it afterwards.
my moment of the day was when we stopped in los banos to get some food on the way over to fresno - max and i ordered some burritos from a hole in the wall taco place while jason, jon and kellen went over to fosters freeze. while max and i were waiting for our burritos we thought it would be a good idea to have jon get us 2 milk shakes. unfortunately we ordered these on an empty stomach and once we got done with our burritos we were stuffed. max and i tried to force down the milk shakes but we ended up giving them to jason and kellen. i was in literal pain but still trying to get the shake down....
Monterey Live
Monterey - January 5th
We stuffed Bruce (the van) full and went to go pick up Max at the Sacramento Airport. We were supposed to play a living room show in Novato but the gig got cancelled as the house had no power thanks to a huge storm that hit northern california. so we drove straight to Monterey.
The venue, Monterey Live, never told us that the show was 21+ so we spent awhile seeing if we could get some of the underage folk in. But it worked out and we ended up having a packed house. Monterey Live is a real cool venue - has a jazz club type of feel and it was very clean. People are sitting which has actually been the case with every gig so far.
Our old drummer Matt came down and played a tune with us and he brought a whole bunch of folk from the Defensive Language Institute with him. Matt is now studying Dari in monterey in the airforce.
By the time we got out of the venue it was really really late and we had to get up early the next day to go play on KPIG.
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