Tennessee, TENNESSEE, Tennessee!

Hello all..

So we are amidst our southern tour.. so far its been great! we left tuesday night, headed down to Roanoke, VA to stay the night.. the weather was terrible on the way down.. raining buckets! we finally arrived at the quality inn hunter and i called dibbs on beds.. los and patrick decided to hit up the Waffle house at 4am... they came back full o' bacon. los slept in the car, patrick on a towel (suckers!)

11am Wednesday! Waffle house, round 2.. All-Star Breakfast all the way around. during the middle of breakfast Los professed his love for waffle house bacon and said "i could probably eat 50 of these" LOS... didnt you learn from last time?!?! stay tuned for The bacon challenge Round II..

We arrived in Knoxville, TN around 5pm to play the preservation pub. The club was really cool.. to be honest.. i wasnt expecting much from Tennessee. We played with the boys of summer from ashville. They were awesome! (and really cool) We didnt eat anything all day and decided to go for the liquid-lunch and dinner

We went on stage around 11pm. played a set Chock Full o' New tunes..

set list:
shorty reprise (new)
brief physics
fits and stops and starts(new)
7/8 (new)
a/non-a
gray sparkle(new)
we can build you(new and improved)
rhythms of waking and sleeping(new)
insect politics

after the set we met a TON of cool people.. Alexia, Josh, Michael just to name a few..
we got to know our new friends a little bit more.
Alexia and Josh offered their house to us so that we didnt have to drive to ashville post-show. they were uber hosts and will forever be friends of the flur

Michael Dennis.. where do i start.. he missed our set but was super cool and we got talking about music and all the good things in life (gear) He's a jazz whistler, with a 4 octave range! he convinced us to play another set and we were super stoked to invite him to share the stage w/ us for our second set. kaoss pads and whisters go hand and hand...

our second set.. we went on about 1:30am
(after not eating since 11am and drinking since 5pm)

well we tried to eat the bars version of "food" which was super hard "soft pretzels" and nachos that made movie theater nachos look like they came from the ritz-carlton..

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we closed the bar down and then headed over to josh and alexias place.. when we arrived there was pizza and chocolate covered dates waiting ! (which were like HUGE rasinettes) Josh has a super cool cat, is a dj, makes art and homemade digeredoos. Alexia is a cellist and had to get up at 6 to go work! what a trooper. With a nice nights sleep we headed onward to Ashville, NC! We had a blast in Knoxville and will be back soon! we promise. word is they have happy hour in the sun sphere!

along the way we had a run-in with the law.. carlos got a speeding ticket.. but luckily the cop was sorta cool..
we were all Starving!!! and where did we stop.. yes, Waffle House... (round III) Our waitress kept playing songs on the juke box.. classics.... Sweet child o mine, barracuda, and many more....

we got to Ashville and are now at Hunters moms place showering up, eating, and getting ready for our show tonight w/ Kovaks and the polar bear at The Emerald Lounge!

sorry for the random, half written sentences.. but my head hurts and I need some more sleep.

-tom
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