day 73 MAR 31 Off, San Diego, CA (7h) 400m

The plan: Beach! Plan B: The pool!
Reality: Good food, a long nap, in a nice city.
Do I get bored? I hope not.
Oh, don't forget: PRETTY GIRLS CAN MAKE GRAVES...

day 72 MAR 30 Tempe, AZ - The Marquee w/ Alkaline Trio (20h) 550m

Tempe is a suburb of Phoenix. The best weather ever. Maybe 95° dry and sunny. just great.
Met some street punks. really interesting and nice talk. had the first time egs for breakfast since a long time.

day 71 MAR 29 Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pat 10h (500m)

New Mexico. First Contact. Every restaurant on the strip was open but dead empty. Finaly we ended up with a delivery service at 2am. I met a guy named Mike and he had a nice present for me and Ted. see ya in Tempe Arizona...

day 70 MAR 28 Austin, TX - EmoÕs w/ Alkaline Trio (4) 200m

Austin again. Nice one... At Emo's. A wonderful venue. I really like the atmosphere.
I met Dave Dondaro again. He says hi to Christoph, Martin, Jan and Eike. I hope you read this. Needed to find a good toilet really urgent and ended up in a Hilton 5* hotel and couldn't find one. So, I had to ask at the front desk. Shit, 2nd floor. I made it last second. ok, enough TMI (Too much information). but I almost shit myself.
Great show, a lot of funny cookies, I faded out and woke up in the desert of New Mexico.

day 69 MAR 27 Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom w/ Alkaline Trio (4.5) 250m

what to tell?

best shower ever, best massage ever, great show, cool after party and a song written for me by my massage therapist. Can you believe it?

Right it down....

I gave you my card. i hope you're doing fine.
I gave you my card. and when you're the next time town.
I hope you hook me up the next time you're in town.

day 68 MAR 26 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live w/ Alkaline Trio (6.5) 350m

Houston... we got a problem...

We don't have a problem. I'm just eating a sandwich. Made of pita bred, peanut butter, chopped celery, raisins and hot sauce. Is this weired??? 

I think...

...'Mama, I'm Satan'... 

You're going to do what I say
And say what I say
You stretch your peacock feathers
You're always on display
Don't act so goddamned conflicted
You wouldn't have it any other way

You're going to write down these words
And pass them along
You're going to fill your book
With your rights and wrongs
You're going to tell your lurid world
The true intentions of these songs

I'm writing out a confession
Every record I've written has left me smitten
A career in masturbation
All in all we're pawns
The ego of mankind stirs in us all

You want to wipe that slate
And start all over again
You want to hide your face
In shame of what your grandpappy did
Pretty soon here we'll all be grandfathers
And our offspring will sing the same shit

The world was built on ego
It was built on slaves
The world was built on a tickle
Between our legs
Come on, you big strong man
You wouldn't have it any other way

I'm writing out a confession
My fathers and brothers
Raped your sisters and mothers
We are the sons of butchers
All in all we're pawns
The darkness of mankind stirs in us all

I cast you out
I cast you out
I cast you out
I cast you out
I cast you out
I cast you out
I cast you out
I cast you out

I'll drag you out
I'll drive you out
I'll drug you out
I'll tear you out
I'll cut you out
I'll kick you out
I'll push you out
I'll pull you out
I cast you out
I'll curse you out
I'll shut you out
I'll shit you out
I'll clean you out
Grab a rope and hang you out to dry
Now I'll damn you out
I cast you out
I'll shove you out
I'm staying
All in all we're pawns
The darkness of mankind stirs in us all

We're all connected as human beings, including the bad parts. We're all in a way responsible for all the wrong that society has been built upon(ego and slaves), and we must realize; accept; and then "repent" before any good can come.

Good 0 Bad

'by Cursive from 'Mama I'm swollen 2009'  

day 67 MAR 25 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues w/ Alkaline Trio (7h) 390m

I guess I'm dreaming all day. Because my back feels again really bad. That's why I can't tell a lot about today besides that I took it really easy. New Orleans is a great city I guess. But I could tell you my dream I had a while ago...

I dreamed I was on tour, in a van, in Canada. Guess with who. It was just one guy. Singer songwriter. Just him, me and an accoustic guitar in a van.

???

It was Elvis. Elvis Presley...

I asked him: 'hey Elvis, why is it just me and you in a van on tour In Canada?' He said: Oh, it's just because I'm not so big in Canada.'

HA.

That's it. really. it happened. Even in English.

see ya tomorrow.

day 66 MAR 24 Tallahassee, FL - Florida State University – The Moon (10h) 480m

a show without Alkaline Trio. By the way, I wrote yesterday about Poker and so. This happened today or better tonight. hm, I'm confused. Whatever.

Love you...

day 65 MAR 23 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution w/ Alkaline Trio (5h) 230m

What a great hello. It was like coming home. I can't believe that we haven't met with in a year.
Honestly it will be the best time ever I guess because I'm not in charge for anything. I'm just helping here and there and have a good time. Haven't met the guys from Alkaline Trio yet but the Cursive show was just great. I defn. make them come over to Europe asap. I'm addicted to sunshine and now I have sun every day and heat and ... I'm happy... and then at night... a serious poker game... fun... exiting... and finally I lost 5 bugs... what the BIEP!

day 64 MAR 22 Austin TX - Orlando FL via plane

I think there will be not a lot to write about today but let's see. I'll arrive in Orlando by midnight. so, after the show. I'm sitting here at a Dunkin' Donuts, drink one coffee after the other and have to kill 2h before a cab is picking me up for the airport. Can't wait to see the guys in Cursive and crew again. Will be for sure a good time. The tour will take place only south east all the way to the south west and ends up in Las Vegas. Where I can go married...finally... At least Tim K. told me a few days ago that he wouldn't mind to marry me. ok, this prob. is solved. here is the tour and the sun...:

CURSIVE & ALKALINE TRIO
day 64 MAR 22 Orlando, FL - House of Blues w/ Alkaline Trio
day 65 MAR 23 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution w/ Alkaline Trio (5h) 230m
day 66 MAR 24 Tallahassee, FL - Florida State University – The Moon (10h) 480m
day 67 MAR 25 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues w/ Alkaline Trio (7h) 390m
day 68 MAR 26 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live w/ Alkaline Trio (6.5) 350m
day 69 MAR 27 Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom w/ Alkaline Trio (4.5) 250m
day 70 MAR 28 Austin, TX - EmoÕs w/ Alkaline Trio (4h) 200m
day 71 MAR 29 Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pat 10h (500m)
day 72 MAR 30 Tempe, AZ - The Marquee w/ Alkaline Trio (10h) 550m
day 73 MAR 31 Off San Diego, CA (7h) 400m 
day 74 APR 01 San Diego, CA - House of Blues w/ Alkaline Trio (0h) 0m
day 75 APR 02 West Hollywood, CA - House of Blues Sunset Strip w/ Alkaline Trio (3h) 120m
day 76 APR 03 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues Las Vegas w/ Alkaline Trio (5.5) 300m
day 77 APR 04 Las Vegas, NV - Raleigh, NC via plane

day 63 MAR 21 SXSW - Austin, TX

Again a lot of sleep, food and Basketball. I also walked around in the sun. But I'm so far out of town here that it is quiet boring but relaxing and hey, I enjoy the sun so much.

day 62 MAR 20 SXSW - Austin, TX

just sleeping and eating and enjoying the silence. For sure… also watching a lot of Basketball.

day 61 MAR 19 SXSW - Austin, TX

First day on my own and I sleep in and find my way downtown in a cab for 40 BIEP! bucks. I meet up with Tone and and hey, this was great. Say say hi to Ingo as well. later on I meet up with Voices Voices. Great hello after we toured together this rough winter tour in jan/feb. afterwards I find my way to the Les Savy Fav show. My back is killing me again but I give a shit. after the show we have some time to talk. It was really good to see the guys again. I just want to sleep now but it takes me 1 1/2 hour to find a cab. I make it back to my back by 5am. SLEEEEEEP…

day 60 MAR 18 SXSW - Austin, TX

Second day at sxsw and third show. I took place in a real garage. right in between oil and spare parts. but it was cool. That's it for Title Tracks and we go out for dinner. After the we have to say good bye after a long and really good tour. I stay in Austin for another 3 days before my flight to Orlando FL. I den. miss John, Andrew, Nick, Michael and Eamonn already.

day 59 MAR 17 SXSW - Austin, TX (8h) 400m

First night at South By South West SXSW. Two shows and both good. What a hectic place can Austin be. huh, everybody is crazy but in a good way. To bed asap.

day 58 MAR 16 Off - Oklahoma City, OK (14h) 750m

Ha, 750m, 6h of sleep and keep on going. But I can smell the summer.

day 57 MAR 15 First Avenue - Minneapoles, MI w/Ted Leo And The Pharmacists (4h) 180m

last show with Ted Leo and the best one. I was running into Blake an old friend I toured with on a Bright Eyes tour. What a surprise. Lauren and me just have good times and the venue is so full of history. For example here was made the Prince movie Purple Rain. everybody is a little sad on the and but we have to keep on rolling down to Austin. Just 1150 miles. What the BEEP!

day 56 MAR 14 High Noon Saloon - Madison, MN w/Ted Leo And The Pharmacists (2.5h) 150m

The temperature is going up but still some snow on the ground. First time since a while we had a couple drinks after the show before we left to the hotel.

day 55 MAR 13 Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL w/Ted Leo And The Pharmacists (5h) 300m

Back in Chicago. Got my left behind luggage back. Cold and rainy. Crazy show. Ted is a sweet heart and he remembers Ingo and says hi to Ingo...

day 54 MAR 12 The Crofoot - Pontiac, MI w/Ted Leo And The Pharmacists (3h) 200m

Back in Pontiac. Good to see Graig again. what a beautiful venue. Still cold but it's over soon.

day 53 MAR 11 The Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH w/Ted Leo And The Pharmacists (7h) 350m

just to let you know. We had only good times but from now on, we only will have better times.
First show tonight with Ted Leo and it was a blast like every upcoming night. ...only sleeping can sometimes 'hard'...

day 52 MAR 10 The Black Cat - Washington, DC (0h) 0m

and now showtime again tonight. but I had to fight my hang over the whole day but hey, I won.
the show was fucking great like you can imagine. after show it was a short night because we had to go up quiet early to get the rental van, load the gear and drive 350m to Cleveland, OH.

day 51 MAR 09 Off Washington DC (0h) 0m

the plan was to do some sight seeing today but Andrew and me ended first up in a cafe where we met some friends. yes, even me. then we went to this wonderful mexican restaurant and had the best dinner of my life. the day was sunny and warm but at 5pm it went a litle cold again and we had to walk back to Andrews place to get our coats. We were so full that we decided to relax for a while.

later that day we went, if you believe it or not, to a New Age DJ Night. I think it was cool but also weird. huh, how relaxing is this music. It's so much easier to drink… ;-) afterwards we went to the Black Cat bar where Georgie James is playing tomorrow. For some reason, all the whiskey and the beer was for free. An now, while I'm writing this I have to pay the bill of my horrible headache. A coffee and an OJ and a shower will help. On the way back home I couldn't walk anymore I really thought I have to die or something but we made it. I had later that night a secret meeting with the toilet but nothing bad happened. So, this was Washington DC sight seeing. hm, at least I wont drink anymore...

day 50 MAR 08 Off Washington, DC (4h) 300m

not much to tell about the day. sleeping in. 'breakfast' at 5pm. i talked to Ingo via Skype a lot today what was really good.

49 day MAR 07 The Cake Shop - New York, NY (0h) 0m

and again. Pete and his wive took us out for some sight seeing and for dinner. I had time to shopping and at night I met my longtime friend Gabe. the show was BIEP! great and we left NY right after and drove all the way to Washington DC. to bed at 6am. It was also Eamonn's last show with Title Tracks on bass guitar. from Washington on Michael is with us on the bass. He couldn't make it for the first three weeks because work. I hope Eamonn is not too sad. we had a great time.

day 48 MAR 06 Union Hall - Brooklyn, NY (4h) 300m

wonderful relaxed day. easy drive, great show and we met Pete who is running the Title Tracks label Ernest Jenning rec. Him and his wive are wonderful people. we stayed and his place and had a nice midnight dinner and talked and talked and talked and slept…

day 47 MAR 05 isThe Middle East (Upstairs) - Cambridge, Massachusetts (6h) 400m

this can be a day on tour:

11.00am start driving

02.00pm a lot of traffic around NY

02.00pm a stop, a go and a crash. (nothing bad happened)

03:30pm the police finally let us go

04.00pm car rental station

04.30pm keep on driving

08.30pm load in and set up gear

09.15pm finally I found parking

09.25pm start setting up CDs and shirts

09.50pm load out gear and CDs and shirts

10.00pm start driving to the hotel (30m)

11.00pm start eating food

12.00am going to bed

strange, isn't it?

day 46 MAR 04 Kung Fu Necktie - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (3h) 200m

and again a really good night. honestly that is all I can say. We stayed at John's friend place and we had Bezel with mustard at midnight. Sorry that I can't remember his name.

day 45 MAR 03 Golden West Cafe - Baltimore, Maryland (3h) 150m

Golden West Cafe… yes it was a cafe, no it was a restaurant and when we arrived everybody was eating and it was really busy. even the stage had tables and chairs. at 10 they started setting up a small PA and cleaned the small stage. at 10.30 was showtime. the whole evening turned into a great show inside of restaurant. strange but cool.

day 44 MAR 02 Gallery 5 - Richmond, Virginia (2.5h) 165m

wonderfulf venue. a bunch of people came out and the best show so far. everybody is happy and we drove over night to Washington, DC. sleeping in, great breakfast and chill.

day 43 MAR 01 Local 506 - Chapel Hill, North Carolina (8h) 450m

cool venue and a really good show but not that busy again. but a BEEP! great night. we wnt out with Michael G from Fin nag Foom. first we dropped our luggage at his place and then we went to a bar wrier Eddy is working. he invited us for a beer and a Jage shot. then we went to the other bar were I got invited for more beer and Jager by the guy from Auxes. But I forgot his name… sorry. then we went to Michaels place and had a relaxed night with a lot of cirrus tickets. wonderful… half of the time for me over here is gone. 

day 42 FEB 28 Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, Georgia (7h) 400m

long way to go. fast night again and not busy again but a great show.

day 41 FEB 27 Will's Pub - Orlando, Forida (3.5h) 220m

nice venue and people. not that busy. fast evening and then sleeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

day 40 FEB 26 Club Downunder @ FSU - Tallahassee, Florida (8h) 450m

university show. not really busy and the youngest audience I've ever seen…
Pretty and Nice are great.

day 39 FEB 25 off day Baton Rouge, Louisana (8h) 450m

driving driving driven through the sun from Texas to the sun in Louisana.

day 38 - FEB 24 The Mohawk - Austin, Texas

great. I sleep barley 3h, woke up and lifted my BIEP! up back up. faster bathroom meeting ever and I stepped outside. everything was white again. new snow. what a BIEP!. But there was this big black limo and the guy with sun glasses and black tuxedo. waving at me and opening the trunk.

what is this, a dream, the end of the world as we know it or just the City Car I ordered a day before.
whatever, I just joined the back seat and had a nice slow and icy drive to the airport. The check in and security check took forever and I arrived at the gate5 min before departure. ha, half an hour delay. perfect. Had a guy sitting next to me acting like he was fat but he wasn't. strange. the next time he should buy 2 tickets for himself. what a BEEPER!.

Austin, TX. SUNSHINE!!! a little chill but great great great. I had to wait an hour outside and this was great as well. when the picked me up we had a lot of hugs and started driving to the radio station.

- radio interview
- radio show
- dinner at a nice Japanese restaurant
- load in
- 6 bands tonight!!!
- good show but too many bands

- I was tired and had a hang over

sleeeeeeeeep… see ay tomorrow.

here is what is coming up...

TITLE TRACKS and PRETTY & NICE
38FEB 24 The Mohawk - Austin, Texas
39FEB 25 off (8h) 450m
40FEB 26 Club Downunder @ FSU - Tallahassee, Florida (8h) 450m
41FEB 27 Will's Pub - Orlando, Forida (3.5h) 220m
42FEB 28 Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, Georgia (7h) 400m
43MAR 01 Local 506 - Chapel Hill, North Carolina (8h) 450m
44MAR 02 Gallery 5 - Richmond, Virginia (2.5h) 165m
45MAR 03 Golden West Cafe - Baltimore, Maryland (3h) 150m
46MAR 04 Kung Fu Necktie - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (3h) 200m
47MAR 05 isThe Middle East (Upstairs) - Cambridge, Massachusetts (6h) 400m
48MAR 06 Union Hall - Brooklyn, NY (4h) 300m
49MAR 07 The Cake Shop - New York, NY (0h) 0m
50MAR 08 Off ((4h) 300m
51MAR 09 Off (0h) 0m
52MAR 10 The Black Cat - Washington, DC (0h) 0m
53MAR 11 The Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH w/Ted Leo And The Pharmacists (7h) 450m
54MAR 12 The Crofoot - Pontiac, MI w/Ted Leo And The Pharmacists (3h) 200m
55MAR 13 Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL w/Ted Leo And The Pharmacists (5h) 300m
56MAR 14 High Noon Saloon - Madison, MN w/Ted Leo And The Pharmacists (2.5h) 150m
57MAR 15 First Avenue - Minneapoles, MI w/Ted Leo And The Pharmacists (4h) 180m
58MAR 16 SXSW (20h) 1150m
59MAR 17 SXSW
60MAR 18 SXSW
61MAR 19 SXSW
62MAR 20 SXSW
63MAR 21 SXSW
64MAR 22 Austin TX - Orlando FL via plane