We finally got the video online. Please excuse the poor visual quality; we promise to learn how to use our camera better in the future. In the meantime, please enjoy our gas-station-surveillance-style record of part of our show at Kirby's.
Now that all that's done, we're headed out to enjoy the mountains this afternoon. . .

So since you all in blog-land have waited so long for an update from us all at the StereoFidelics camp, we're going to not only post some fun road pictures and show pictures, but also a video. That's right--we have both still pictures and moving pictures!

On Saturday we were in the Lake of the Ozarks, MO braving the oppressive heat to play at Donna's. We love going back there every time we drive through and it's always a surprise to see what we're paired with. Saturday it was pork tenderloin, as you can see. . .delicious and fun. . .
On Sunday and Monday we played both Jerry's Bait Shops in the greater KC area. The pizza at the Lee's Summit location is AMAZING and playing both nights with the Lonely H and the Stolen Winnebagos was on par with the pizza. . .

Last night we returned to Kirby's Beer Store in Wichita and had a blast. Yesterday was exactly one year since the first time we played there. Weird. The crowd at Kirby's is always so enthusiastic and rowdy, even on a Tuesday night--we're excited to be getting back to Kirby's in almost a month on the Eastward bound leg of our summer tour.
Today we drove through Hays, KS on our way west. I was very suprised to see that the official name of the shopping mall in Hays was "The Mall." I guess there's only one shopping mall in Hays.
We always keep a lookout for interesting and strange signs, sights, and smells, and since we found the camera a few days ago, we were able to snap a shot of this thought-provoking truck cab. Hmmmm. . .

Last night in Memphis was great. We played with our pal Jobu Babin at his CD release party at Neil's Music Hall, had great sound (which makes it easier for us to give y'all great sound. . .) and had an enthusiastic audience. Unfortunately, we just found our camera this afternoon, so we didn't get any pictures. Our friend Heath was up in Memphis on business--it's always great to hang out with a friend from home when you're on the road!
This evening we were in St. Louis at the Atomic Cowboy, home of some mighty tasty grub and two stages. Phew. We played for 4 hours, so we're pretty exhausted--gonna try and get some rest for tomorrow night at Donna's in the Lake of the Ozarks. It's been close to 100 degrees the past few days--some swimming tomorrow afternoon perhaps?

Back out on the road! We headed out on Tuesday for Athens, GA and rocked out with Catawba and Romanenko at a pre-Athfest show at the Caledonia Lounge. The Athens music scene has been turned upside-down since the Georgia Theater burned down last Friday. Last night we were in Nashville at Cafe Coco. Gradually we're working our way west! As soon as we figure out where we packed the camera we'll start posting tons of pictures too. . .

Well, we sure have had an interesting finish to this tour. . .last night we got Chris up on his feet long enough to play at Bell's Brewery in Kalamazoo, MI. It's a great venue and we had been looking forward to playing there for quite a while. It was also great to see that we'd be sharing the weekend with another Asheville-based band.
This morning Chris finally decided to go to the doctor about his fever he'd been running for almost a week. Turns out, he rocked out last night with pnemonia in one lung, so we're hanging out in the hospital for a few days until that clears up. We'll both be healthy and chipper when we head out for our summer tour in a few weeks-we're both looking forward to that!

We've been having (mostly) a great time winding up the Northeast part of this tour. In Bethlehem, PA last Thursday we took over the airwaves on WDIY chatting with Little George and then rocked out the Wildflower Cafe with Michael and Tamara Fritz. The next day we drove a short little jaunt into Philly to play at Fergie's before taking Memorial Day Weekend off (just wondering: how can you have a "day weekend"?)
It's a good thing we had a little time off because Chris has unfortunately been under the weather the past few days and we're trying to get him in tip-top shape for the end of this tour. We unfortunately had to cancel tonight's show at the Melody Inn to try to get him to rest some, but we'll be back in Indy on August 5th--looking forward to seeing all you Hoosiers then!

We had so much fun in Jamaica Plain tonight. Midway was a great dive-y little music venue--perfect for a Wednesday night. So good to see some folks we met at the beginning of this tour from Jo Henley Thanks to Harry for snapping this picture and posting it!