In this picure: Lewis, Anton, Tom (sound man, left) and Mike (merch dude, center)

Tour has officially begun. The tour bus showed tonight at around 10 and we all hopped on board. It’s pretty nice. There is sattelite tv, dvd players, a bathroom, a shower, a refrigerator, bunk beds, individual tv’s in each bunk, wireless internet… It’s pretty swank. Actually, all tour buses are like this, or at least all of the buses that I’ve been on. It’s still pretty sweet though. As much as I love the Judgement Day minivan, this is definitely better. Lewis has never been on a bus before so I think this is pretty exciting for him.

Personally, I’m pretty excited to get on the road. Connecticut is nice and quiet but honestly it was starting to get pretty boring. We did have a fun warm-up show last night though. It went well. People liked it. Here’s a review if you are curious. This Irish guy Glen was there to see us. He’s a really good song writer and he’s got a couple of cool bands – The Frames and The Swell Season. He was also in the movie “Once”.  He was a super cool and he told me that he really liked our contribution to The Mates. That was pretty special to me.

Right now we are all drinking nice scotch to celebrate our first night on the bus. It’s a pretty sweet party so I think I’m going to get back to it. I’m sure I’ll have many more adventures to report soon. -Anton