This is a very wasted Claxburg
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It's no Switzerland, but...

This is where we stayed. I have no cellphone reception
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Blacksburg, VA
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Permission Grease
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'55

For dad.
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The Priorities of Matt Garfield:
1. Locate Vegetable Oil
2. Decide whether oil is good or bad oil.
3. Determin how much oil is available
4. Gather Vegetable Oil
5. Anything having to do with the bus (engine matinence, make sure the
stereo works, etc)
6. Get to the show on time.

Its 11 and I have been up for an hour and a half but I went to bed 6
hours ago and fuck my life right now. I feel like I'm misspelling
words so badly that they aren't even coming within the ballpark of my
phone being able to recognize and then fix them.

I left my Pillow in Fredonia, NY (Oct 6) but thank holy shit for the
euro tour pillow I bought in Nijmegen.

Bus Sleep.

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Rob Fucking Gordon

Seriously, i dont feel like I am a music snob, but here in a few sentences, I will probably negate that sentences, it takes me just shy of an hour to get from Fishtown to West Philadelphia (15 minutes of walking, 15 minute train ride, 20 minute walk), and, this has been my "Fishtown to West Philly" playlist:

1. "Knifeman" - the Bronx
2. "Young Bloods" - the Bronx

on repeat. For an hour, all I have been listening to is these two songs over and over and over again. I just recently got two Hold Steady Records and the Thermals records on my computer, and have a wealth of new music at my disposal, but, all I am interested in are the two new Bronx songs. And I have been ok with that.

But then i realized that I could probably condence my whole iTunes library down to less than 25 songs that Id actually be interested in listening to. And guess, what, I totally did. And here they are.

1. "Where's My Myagi" - Army of Ponch
2. "Wendy Clear" - Blink-182
3. "Not Now" - Blink-182
4. "So Single" - Braindead
5. "Young Bloods" - the Bronx
6. "Knifeman" - the Bronx
7. "Posterchild" - Crossbearer
8. "Fire Back About Your NewBorn Baby's Sex" - Don Caballero
9. "Real Problems is SRQ" - Fake Probems
10. "Seconds Before the Bottom Drops Out" - Glass and Ashes
11. "Exit Wound" - Glass and Ashes
12. "Stuck Between Stations" - the Hold Steady
13. "Communique" - Jena Berlin
14. "Hawaiian T-Shirt" - Lemuria
15. "From Me 2 U" - Reggie and the Full Effect
16. "Get Well Soon" - Reggie and the Full Effect
17. "Vinegar and Baking Soda" - Scream Hello
18. "The Cannons and the Tanks" - Small Brown Bike
19. "Here's Your Future" - the Thermals
20. "Drinks are our Amnesty"- Young Livers
21. "The Small Hours" - Small Brown Bike

these are the only 21 songs i am remotely interested in listening to. i'm ok with that

409 Haus

In a punk house in West Philadelphia with a mouse running around, an 8
foot projection screen seems extreemly out of place. And awesome
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It's always awkward when the guy who sets up your show is totally
sweet, but his band is just terrible. I know that's terrible to say,
but it's the truth.

Also, today Chad Muthard asked what is that word that means you are ok
and happy with everything around you. Said it started with a "C."
content

We hit the road again on Friday. Hopefully something interesting will
happen.
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the Tron

I've been slacking on the pictures, so for no reason, here is a
picture of me and Jason Kyle Knight

My mom sent me this...these are the two things I miss the most about
being home

Vegan Straight Edge FTW

Starting as soon as I post this, I am going to start to refrain from
cheese, stuff made from eggs, and any gummy product, just so I can be
an even more boring human being. And if I can sharpen up that edge
some in the process...

I'm gonna miss pizza, though.
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I dont really like music. This is not a lie nor is it me being ironic...I genuinly dont have any interest in listening to music or finding new bands. Until the Shitty Music Contest comes up, these are the only albums I am remotely interested in listening to for the sake of "pleasure"

- Braindead - "No Consequences"
- Crossbearer - Entire Discography
- Punchline - About Half of "37 Everywhere" and Half of "Action"
- 6 out of the 10 songs on Scream Hello's "Everything is Still Happening"
- The Hold Steady - "Boys and Girls of America"
- The Thermals - "The Body, The Blood, the Machine"

The last two are new additions, and I have Jena Berlin and Mose G to thank (blame) for that.

Tour is going well. Playing some good shows, making enough cash to survive, bout to start heading down south.

We are spending a week in Philadelphia, and I feel very comfortable here. I love this city and the people I am meeting are all decent enough. Something to think about.

A bungie chord came undone and fought my neck

"It doesn't hurt so much here...or here...but RIGHT HERE"
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Day Off
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This is all exactly what you think it is
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So let's not ask for opposites of what we have, like if it's hot let's
try and be cool with that, and if it's cool sit by a fire, fly a kite
if you're bored take a nap if you're tired.

I love touring.
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We just collected about 70 gallons of vegetable oil in Rochester, and
now Matt is huffing it out to just outside Boston. If my life was a
movie, I had the standard classic rebirth scene in a parking lot
collecting oil in the rain and I'm real interested in how the rest of
the tour turns out

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Matt Mose, Kyle Knight, Handsome Owen. This was not set up
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This is Jeff Claxton
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Fredonia, NY

This is where we played tonight. I was leaning against the wall in the
back of the room.
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Matt Mose
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Things I've Learned from 2 Days Worth of Touring With Mose Giganticus and the Emotron
- Aldi throws away a lot of perfectly good bread.
- Dunkin' Doughnuts does not allow you to take their soon to be thrown away doughnuts.
- Kids born after the year 1988 have no idea what or who Temple of the Dog is.
- Kids love to skank in Ithaca, NY
- Aquacore
- Two hand tapping gives the illusion that you are way better at guitar than you really are.
- Not only do you have to pay to get into New York City, often times you have to pay to leave too.

Since August 25th I have taken 11 showers, which is a shower every 3.5 days, which is actually better than I do at home when I am working.

Congratulations on the wedding Ashley. I'm sorry I couldn't make it.

Syracuse tomorrow, my second time there over this whole adventure.

Hopefully you can read the "goal"

God I hate punk rock.
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Syracuse, NY

Ugh
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Brooklyn, NY

They built this PA for the show. We bring our own PA. ha
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I should make a book out of this shit. Worst idea ever.
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Done.
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During
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Before
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