Mockingbird Airbag

Heading home

*This post is from yesterday but I couldn't upload it until today*

Jeff is Mysting, Neal is staring at Bob Sagat, and Andrew is learning how to drive.

On the way back from Austin - we're getting a feel for how the Toronto trip will be. Cramped quarters, multiple stops for beef jerky, discussions on the next president, etc etc. we are so pumped for the trip. Plans are in the making for shows in Norman, Chicago, and Nashville on the way and the way back. I am trying to make contact with a few music bloggers in hopes of building some buzz. Rumor has it that attendants at the Canada Music Week prefer to see the out of state/out of country bands because they see the Canadian bands all the time. Seeing as how we are one of the only bands from not-Canada, I think we can have a good crowd. In fact, we are the only band from Texas and one of only 4-5 bands from the US. I am also in contact with a band from Canada, some of which who play with Broken Social Scene, so hopefully they come out. It would be awesome to actually meet up.

A few sports notes....the Stars are in a funk. 3-game losing streak is the longest of the season. As my friend Brian once put it, "Turco must have gone to seminary, because homey is HOLEY!" He has been very inconsistent this year, to say the least. But I'll stick with him; he's still one of my fantasy hockey goalies and cumulatively puts up great numbers every year. They seriously need to get back on track, especially by this weekend. My buddy Justin is coming up from Houston and we're going to see the Stars/Wings game Saturday afternoon. He's from the Detroit area, so he's a huge Red Wings fan. We're gonna show him how we play hockey in Dallas.

NFL conference championships are today - I'm pretty much rooting for the Steelers to win it all. Roethlisberger (sp?) is a stud and I love how they play smashmouth football. Their game should be on as I'm typing this....time to check ESPN Radio.....

A little more about Austin:
Funniest/oddest moment - walking down Red River St after loading in at REF, we strolled by Emo's and noticed Pleasant Grove was playing with Centromatic. While noting this very loudly, "hey pleasant grove! cool," take a few steps past the van out front and see pleasant grove the band and note very loudly, "Hey, Pleasant Grove! Cool!" They are super nice guys and we LOVE to see them play. Unfortunately, they were playing at the same time as us, so we didn't get to hook up later that night, but it was still cool to see them.

Satisfying moment - hearing "Man, these guys sound like the Clash" recorded on andrew's video camera by some random guy in the background while between songs.

Austin-is-weird moment - getting invited by a random girl to sit in her car in the REF parking lot and smoke out. How considerate....

posted by Airbag1 @ 1:01 PM