Valentine's and Grammy Bliss

Happy St. Valentine's all ye out there!

This will be just a short post, tonight, but I thought it would be nice to send a quick note to everyone...here's a few highlights from the new year thus far:

College Station, TX (Jan 09): Bradley dumps the Juno for the second time in his live career...captured on film, you can see both an astonished and shocked expression on his face. Both he and the Juno made it through, but we're all wiser for the experience; there's now Velcro on the on the Juno keyboard stand to prevent any more catastrophic moments. Aside from that, the show was awesome.

Shreveport, LA (Jan 09): The good folks at KSCL (Centenary University) put a show together in one of their fabulous on-campus auditoriums for Sounds Under Radio, and we had an absolute blast rocking the radio-friendly crowd. We made good friends, had good coffee (and pie!!!), met the campus mascot (some sort of dingo type creature that was fond of our road merch girl, Lorri), and had an amazing show. Oh, and by the way, we came in #5 on their Top 100 for 2008!!!!

San Antonio, TX (Feb 09): Two acoustic shows in one day make for good times in Bradley's hometown; we played a Best Buy in-store in the early evening, followed by a wonderful Valentine's show at the fabulous Cigar Club. It was a "goodbye" of sorts for the Cigar Club, which will be closing its doors at the end of this month...but, thankfully, the club will be re-opening in mid-April under the name "The Gatsby", and will be back as a premier live music venue in San Antonio. Jacob is a good man, and he loves good music. We wish he and the club all the best, and extend our thanks for the good times at the Cigar Club thus far.

....and how have I been spending my Valentine's Day??? (well, it's Feb 15th, but, sometimes girlfriends of band members have to wait until Sunday for an appropriate V-day)...scanning the blogs for videos of Grammy performances that I missed last weekend...and let me say this: Radiohead (Thom and Jonny) doing "15 Step" with the USC Marching Band: BLISSS!!!! Amazing.

...and I feel a little weird saying this...but, JT....wow. That guy is the real-f'in-deal...singing with Al Green? Holy cow. That's right: I just said "holy cow". But it's for JT.

This weekend brings us back to College Station with Flawless Escape and Ars Supernova (dual record release), San Antonio (Sam's Burger Joint w/The Solider Thread!!!), and Austin @ Stubb's for a hometown headlining event!

Much love everyone, and holy cow!
BO