| Road Update from Benny! July 9th | |
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Stalls_Standing The '59 Sound
Posts : 1269 Join date : 2008-07-03
| Subject: Road Update from Benny! July 9th Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:16 am | |
| Hey Everyone. I had a few minutes of operational wireless (a rarity these days) and figured I'd tarnish all your good standings with society by making you read my words.
We're now nearly 6 weeks into this two month tour, and amazingly enough, spirits are still high and we're only halfway delirious and having manic Taco Bell cravings just a couple times a day. Even though I write you from Spain (not Mexican food, I know). There is something about those pasty re-fried beans I just can't get out of my head. And seriously, could anything but an American corporation put sour cream and guacamole into a caulking gun to serve you? I leave you that to ponder.
Collectively we've had some incredible shows, some decent ones, have had the opportunity to see a lot of amazing new places and meet a ton of people. Some incredible, some decent. Scandinavia in the summer is bad-ass, but good luck sleeping in the sunlight. Nothing really terrible has happened, and I'm thankful for that. It's our first time ever on a bus, and with the exception of waking up with the spins for a week and constantly being sandwiched with other people. It's a pretty good deal. Definitely a new experience from the usual Sprinter van over here, and Bob Gnarly (the van) in the states. I like having cold cheese and somewhere to piss all the time. Speaking of the bathroom, I think I'm sold on the baday toilet, seems weird I know. But I'm pretty sure it beats shoving crumpled wads of paper up your ass. Just me.
We just recently did the Hurricane and Southside festivals in Germany. We played the same stage as our Jersey brethren Bouncing Souls and Dillinger Escape Plan on both days. It was a little slice of home and I forgot where I was for a couple days. Partly due to McDermott. That was a major highlight. Now we're in Bilbao, Spain. After this I'm going to check out the Guggenheim, a monstrosity that certainly seems worth seeing. Then we head to the festival to play and later tonight, see Depeche Mode. Then about a week more of shows, all festivals, and we head to Japan. It's everyones first time and am really looking forward to something that new. All this touring sometimes leaves you a tad desensetized, and I'm stoked to be hit with culture shock once again.
As usual, thanks for all the support. We wouldn't be doing any of this shit if you didn't listen.
Cheers! Benny. | |
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ktp I'da called you Woody
Posts : 622 Join date : 2009-01-19 Age : 39 Location : London, UK
| Subject: Re: Road Update from Benny! July 9th Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:00 pm | |
| nice one cheers for posting! always good to know what's going on! | |
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tdawg Wooderson
Posts : 554 Join date : 2009-07-02 Age : 36 Location : Dallas, TX
| Subject: Re: Road Update from Benny! July 9th Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:53 pm | |
| Haha, very cool. Bidet FTW! Hope they enjoy Japan. It's a fun place to go. | |
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steph The Navesink Banks
Posts : 7938 Join date : 2009-04-21 Age : 39 Location : arizona
| Subject: Re: Road Update from Benny! July 9th Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:46 pm | |
| oh taco bell...used to love that place. but they really dont have many vegetarian options. glad they are enjoying the tour and the bidet toilets, haha | |
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steady now steady now The Navesink Banks
Posts : 3277 Join date : 2009-04-03 Location : England
| Subject: Re: Road Update from Benny! July 9th Thu Jul 09, 2009 4:22 pm | |
| If you want to leave a comment on the blog, the original is here: blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=34699066&blogId=499324783
And that's one reason I love Benny, he tells it how it is. | |
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kieran The '59 Sound
Posts : 1091 Join date : 2008-09-02 Age : 34 Location : Portsmouth/Plymouth
| Subject: Re: Road Update from Benny! July 9th Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:12 pm | |
| - tdawg wrote:
- Haha, very cool. Bidet FTW!
Hope they enjoy Japan. It's a fun place to go. Indeed I loved Japan funny yet extremely interesting. I ended up eating raw octopus on that trip. I was a rubbish vegetarian on that trip but I wasnt given much choice with my limited Japanese. Anyway good to here it how it is. | |
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tdawg Wooderson
Posts : 554 Join date : 2009-07-02 Age : 36 Location : Dallas, TX
| Subject: Re: Road Update from Benny! July 9th Thu Jul 09, 2009 6:31 pm | |
| Yeah, I'm not a fan of octopus. My mom is Japanese, so I grew up with Japanese food and love it, but not everything takes my fancy. And though you were goin vegetarion, did you get to try any donburi bowls? (Katsu-don, Gyu-don, etc) | |
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kieran The '59 Sound
Posts : 1091 Join date : 2008-09-02 Age : 34 Location : Portsmouth/Plymouth
| Subject: Re: Road Update from Benny! July 9th Thu Jul 09, 2009 6:49 pm | |
| Yup I did actually some beef variety couldn't tell you names everything was done on visuals. Those tiny models of the meals on the menus at the front of some places where very useful if there where no other visual ques. | |
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tdawg Wooderson
Posts : 554 Join date : 2009-07-02 Age : 36 Location : Dallas, TX
| Subject: Re: Road Update from Benny! July 9th Thu Jul 09, 2009 6:56 pm | |
| Yeah, the plastic food was awesome! Great food everywhere, just expensive though Where exactly did you go in japan? | |
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kieran The '59 Sound
Posts : 1091 Join date : 2008-09-02 Age : 34 Location : Portsmouth/Plymouth
| Subject: Re: Road Update from Benny! July 9th Thu Jul 09, 2009 7:05 pm | |
| Tokyo for about a week and a bit but did stuff outside of the city to like getting stuck in a typhoon while up a mountain. Im hoping to go back though. Iran is my next goal or it was until the recent troubles so dont know when I will get there now. Its a shame as its a real interesting place.
Anyway ermm yeah Benny... | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Road Update from Benny! July 9th Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:36 am | |
| On of the best things about touring must be getting to see loads of amazing places at the record companies expense. It's good that even though the band is getting bigger they're still blogging!! |
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