i haven't posted in three months. mostly because i felt like i had nothing to write about, and with a growing amount of cool blogs with a purpose, mine was getting lost in the midst of mediocrity. i returned yesterday from 17 days in europe with rhythm to the madness. some highlights of the tour would include spinkicking under the eiffel tower at midnight, beating up on the local trying to break into the rhythm van, seeing klaas smash microphones in anger, playing dark ball in trier with jared and rashod...amongst other things. tour in europe is a trying time. lots of long drives in a relatively uncomfortable van, language barriers, etc. the positives outweigh the negatives, but it's still tough. america is full of convenience and you never appreciate that until it's gone. i'm home for about 10 days before we get back onto the airplane, this time headed for japan. konichiwa bitches! playing some dates with other american bands, so hopefully that is cool. then it's a full u.s. tour with have heart, ceremony and the european favorites let down. i'm very excited for this tour. it seems like it might be the last one for us for awhile. i read a few books in the last two weeks. slash's autobiography and hammer of the gods (led zeppelin). both of these books made me want to drop everything and just play guitar. i kinda do that already, but i realize that i need to excel beyond my current state of skill. so i'll be practicing my scales and licks nightly.
if you haven't yet, check out rttm at myspace.com/rhythmtothemadness
also, i have started a smaller-ish booking company in richmond called msmbooking, myspace.com/msmbooking.
here's a few pics from tour.
