Tour Blog : Part 3

So it seems as if Maurice has come and gone (if you missed the earlier blogs, Maurice was the name given to the flu that was traveling around the band). Kellen ended up having a bout with it; though Jonathan and Alex (our good friend and photographer) were able to slip through with full health.

To Recap the last couple of days:

linnaea's jan 17-09
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fort bragg
roads
sit and stare
molly
lions park
so cal
morgan
goodnight
last dance with mary jane (tom petty cover)
may it's raining
broadway
she's suddenly
fine

For anyone who has stopped by Linnaea's in San Luis Obispo, you know that it has the smallest little stage in the entire world. There was only enough room to fit Jonathan and his drum set and the rest of us stood on the floor. We had a great turn out. People were standing out in the halls and sitting out in the back.



The moment of our SLO stay came when Jonathan convinced Kellen and I that there were ghosts present at the house of the Papathakis' where we stayed the night. A light mysteriously flickered and answered questions by flashing once for yes and twice for no. At one point the fan that was attached to the light started spinning and I swore for the first time in my life that I was communicating with the dead. Kellen and I were tripping out until Alex Dita realized that there was a remote control. Jonathan had been controlling the fan the entire time with his foot.



Before we left SLO we took some pictures at GUM WALL ALLEY



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We played a great house show for some great people in Santa Barbara hosted by my good friend Brennan. We set up and played in his living room right in the world of crazy 20 somethings in Isle Vista and it is safe to say that if we hadn't tricked Kellen into getting into the van to leave, we may have lost our bass player for good. Girls in bikinis in the middle January on the beach is close to his own personal heaven.



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After a day of rest and driving to LA on Monday, we went to Disneyland on Tuesday thanks to my friend Megan Rabone. This was Kellen's first trip to the magical kingdom (that's what they call it right?). Our "Set List" for Disneyland went something like this:

Indiana Jones ---> Pirates ----> Big Thunder Mountain ---> Space Mountain ----> Buzz Lightyear (jason had the best score) ---> The Matterhorn. A pretty natural progression from ride to ride if you know Disneyland.

Then from there we went over to California Adventure and ended the day with Tower of Terror and Soaring over California.



-Andrew