Chaotic Times

Geeze! These past few days have been rather chaotic. First off, the day we left chicago, I lost one of my blue era vans. Haha, I looked all over the room for that missing shoe and it set us back 45 minutes on the road which caused us to be late to the gig that night but it wasn't that big of a deal. The aforementioned show in Akron, Ohio was pretty cool, but lame at the same time. It took place at this big college auditorium and the guy working the monitors was a really grumpy/life-loathing version of Santa Claus and the house lights were on the entire set! If you've ever been to a concert, you probably know that usually the room is dark with lights shining on the stage... well, somewhere along the line, some moron screwed up and we played to a completely lit up room, which is incredibly awkward when you're onstage... Haha, I actually had my back turned to the audience at all times in between songs and for "Can't Sleep It Off". The next day we had off, that was awesome! We got to sleep in 'till noon and then spend the rest of the day hanging out in Cleveland. It's a really cool city! We got to visit the Alternative Press Magazine headquarters and we saw a bunch of really cool stuff. I also received a cool AP shirt and an early version of the magazine coming out on May 5 with Taking Back Sunday on the cover. Score! Yesterday was a complete mess! We drove the five hours to (Insert City Name), Pennsylvania and as soon as we got to the venue, the sound guy told a lady holding a clipboard "See, I knew they'd show up even though they're not on the list". This confused me. Soon after, we found out that there was a huge mixup and we wouldn't be playing the show due to insurance reasons... They didn't have any sort of reassurance that we wouldn't sue incase somebody got hurt, which we wouldn't do, but the college would rather be safe than sorry... which really sucks for us! It was painful watching Madina Lake go on because there were so many people there and the crowd just went off! It was awesome at the same time though, because Madina Lake are incredible to watch live. Today was another day off which we spent driving and the duration of the day in Oswego, New York. The day was fine, we went swimming in the hotel pool and bowling at an alley nearby. I got a big gash in my acoustic guitar today in a freak "Falling-bed" accident... I won't go into details, but it's repairable and my guitar will be in great shape in no time.. Luckily it's still completely playable and sounds perfect.. just some exterior issues haha.

Peace,
Chris/