This Distance Is Going To Put Us Under The Ground

I don't even know what this next entry is about. I found it in a stack of papers along with a bunch of bills that I've been neglecting since last month. Actually, it's sort of about our last night on tour with Set Your Goals, Four Year Strong and Fireworks right before we left to headline a couple shows overseas. There are a couple of scribbles that I've been meaning to throw up on the internet but that's kind of hard when you no longer have a working computer. I'm actually typing this up at my other job on the company dime. Hopefully, this will get me fired or institutionalized. As always, this wasn't proof read. Also, Ted AB, if you're reading this, move along. My blog isn't funny anymore, remember? Go work on yours instead, those three readers from six months ago can't be left in the dark forever.

Things got pretty stupid right before we left for our flight to Manchester, England. No, not stupid in a "Oh, man, Goose just shat in a Pringles can" but more like "Fuck, I haven't slept in four days" type dumb. What sticks out in my mind the most was the drive from Salt Lake City, Utah to Denver, Colroado which is around nine to ten hours, I don't really remember. Right after the SLC show it was around midnight and we decided it was best to get the fuck out of that shit hole. The show sucked - no one cared about PBC, a barrier bigger than my student loans was in place, the face tattoo to no face tattoo ratio was too incredibly high and their booze had a lower alcohol content than in other states. Fuck you and your made up religion, Utah!

I don't think the initial plan was to drive the entire trek in one shot but that's what happened. Come 9am the next morning I'd been hallucinating for the last couple of hours. Sure, I love a break from reality like most people but when you end up drawing a smiley face on your hand and end up discussing with Mr. Happy whether Valerie or Brenda was the bigger bitch on 90210 , you know it's time for a nap or hibernation. After checking into a Motel 6 and catching two hours of sleep it was off to PBC's final show on the Gig Life Tour.

So hey, I'm a huge pussy who was raised in the suburbs and I probably met my first person of color in the 11th grade. That has nothing to do with my story today, I just wanted to get that off my chest. Anyway, the Denver show was in a pretty fucking sketchy area but I did experience the pleasure of a man wheeling by on a bike offering me crack rock. A different one toothed hobo with a hell of a switch blade "asked" if he could "model" a PBC shirt strictly for our benefit. It broke my heart to turn down such an incredible offer but I did. My favorite street urchin was the one third navajo, one third canine, one third land beast of a woman who offered to fly all of us on her back to Manchester, England for free. Ok, that last image may have been a result of insomnia but I still considered the kind gesture for over five minutes.

The Denver show appeared to be fun, I wouldn't know for sure, I was busy packing records all night in preparation for our flight overseas the next morning. When I wasn't shoving vinyl into cardboard I was loading the trailer whilst fending off zombie homeless people. Maybe you should ask Emmeett how the show was. He seemed to be enjoying himself while sucking down Newcastle's and noshing on pizza. Or perhaps ask our merch guy Gay Dan who three way kissed a pack of tramps and later ended up digging out one of the previously mentioned slags. God, I hate women. (jokes!) But seriously, years (hours) spent behind the merch table has not once yielded me any type of vagina or even a pleasant coversation with a woman. I blame my parents for getting high on mescaline, touching wet spots and producing me - a cross between a bald Finch from American Pie and a harlequin baby. Wait, add a social anxiety complex, bad tattoos and a fear of growing up and we'll call it a day. As of now my cock is announcing its retirement. He'll only unretire when I have to piss or when the bandage needs to be changed.

Of course the last night of tour was bittersweet. Everyone on tour were genuinely great dudes who all looked out for us. Easily, the best support tour we've ever been a part of (Go fuck yourself, Gaslight!). Either way, after the show, all the bands ended up at Denny's which luckily enough was right next to our motel. Well, not everyone went to Denny's, Gay Dan was busy fucking. But it was late, real late and we were to catch a plane to England in a couple hours. Apparently, Set Your Goals were too as well but I'll let them start their own blog and tell that story. At some point I'll write about the flight over Reading and Leeds Fest as well as my hatred towards fests in general. When? Who cares, I don't owe you shit!

Oh, I was going to add a top five list of dudes from other bands that have become "my boys" but I think I'll just have that be an entry that I'll post sometime this weekend. And lastly, if you don't get a kick of what I write about then just don't read. Most of this shit is made up anyway, it's all in fun. Enjoy it or I'll stop drinking.

***You may notice a new design at the top of this pile of shit. Well, like the last design, it's by my friend Teddy. Polar Bear Club should use his work for t-shirts, don't you agree? Check him out here http://tedcasper.com