Our friend Autumn is a tour manager.  We met Autumn while playing with Jim’s Big Ego.  A tour manager is a person who handles all the details (venue, hotel, gear, food, money, etc.) for a band so that the band can concentrate on things like playing music and watching DVDs.  Basically, Autumn is kind of a big deal.

So, when Autumn rolls through Pittsburgh with a band she’s working with (including The Weakerthans and Tokyo Police Club), she usually gives us a call to hang out.  Recently, Autumn was working with Tina Parol, and invited Trevor, Megan, and I to the show.  Across the street, Kate Voegele was playing, and Angel Taylor was opening for her.  Well, it turns out Autumn knew Angel’s guitarist, so we went over to that show.  I was fairly curious because Kate Voegle is on MySpace Records, and if you’re anything like us and have a MySpace page (I refuse to link to ours - we loathe it), you receive automated messages from Kate ALL THE TIME.  Basically, I feel like Kate and I are good friends, so naturally, I wanted to catch up.

Well, we had a lovely evening with Autumn (she’s in the pic), but all we got from Kate was a pic next to her giant tour bus.  We’re planning on sending MySpace records tons of press kits with this photo on the front - think they’ll sign us?

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Last week we played an amazing show with Anathallo.  To be honest, I have never been impressed with their recordings, but if there ever was a band you should see live, this is it.  Their live show is ridiculously good, and the recordings mean a lot more to me after seeing them live.  My friend’s Gchat status said “I miss Anathallo very much” for days after the concert.  If you follow the Good Night, States Twitter account, you definitely want to find the tweet that has my “Where the Wild Things Are” t-shirt and Jere’s “Where the Wild Things Are” tattoo.  That encounter with Jeremiah was probably one of the best experiences of my life - not top 10, but at least top 100, right (no offense Jeremiah!)?

We also were at the Launch Music Conference in Lancaster, Pa listening to panelists, and hanging out with sweet bands.  Here’s to new and old friends - The Jealousy Curve, The Duhks, Perkasie, Hugo, and many more!  Shout out to Eastern University and Kris for hosting us!  Thanks for being there, Hannah, as well as to Jeff and crew (now I know what “‘Nola” stands for, and I’ve since looked it up on Google Maps to know where it is). Shout out to Joe at WFNM at Franklin and Marshall College for having us on the live show - perhaps we’ll release that online here someday…?  Thanks for giving us a place to sleep in Lancaster, M & H & K!

We were also putting some finishing touches on a song we’re recording at Singleton Studios in Charlottesville, VA this upcoming weekend, which we’re pretty stoked about.

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