a bit dirty

Posted on 3 July 2009 | No responses

but we survived. thanks to our friends, old and new, who made our 3rd cornerstone so enjoyable. here’s a couple pictures, we’ll have many more soon.

now I’m going to unpack. and then pack again.

driving to chicago at 3:30 am sunday to get on a plane. see you guys soon.

Cornerstone 2009

Posted on 30 June 2009 | No responses

Here we come!

Here’s our schedule for the week:

Tuesday: anchor stage @ 10:30pm
Thursday: encore 2 @ 5:30pm

Come say hi this week, we’re in exhibition tent 1.
See you guys there,

ld

home

Posted on 27 June 2009 | 1 response

for 3 days.

then cornerstone.

sleep. now.

I love New York City. Oh yeah, New York City.

Posted on 21 June 2009 | 1 response

 We had way too much fun with our friends, old and new. And yes, that is who you think it is. No joke.

 

Thanks to Jeff, Hillary, Carly, and Tom. A big thanks to our new buddy John for letting me, Chad, and Kev sleep in your basement. Sorry you missed the show in NJ buddy. We love you.

-Brad

Europe 2010

Posted on 19 June 2009 | 6 responses

just letting everyone know, we’ll be heading over to europe in june 2010. we’re working out the details right now, and are all very excited to head over. if there’s one place in the the world i’ve always wanted to go, it’s europe.

we’ll keep everyone posted on dates and details as they come up. hope to see many of you there. it’s been a long time coming.

show last night was great! met lots of new friends.

now, off to NY! thanks to kara and her amazing aunt and uncle for hosting 11 guys for 2 nights in a row. you guys are real champs.

(australia is less than a month away. my mind is blown. make sure to check out the dates if you live down under.)

-brad

cliff jumping, super mario 3, more cliff jumping

Posted on 17 June 2009 | 1 response

finally have a working internet again, so here’s the last few days.

burlington, vt was beautiful, we drove out to this waterfall to take a dip.

it was a bit scary, but summers and blake paved the way.

next we headed to kittery, maine. we stayed with some new friends and played a nice little show in the living room.

afterwords, vass did some sewing for nick and himself,

dan was the dj for our sing along hour,

*imagine 12 dudes with arms around each other singing dmx and blink 182, as painful as that may be to imagine*

and jordan spent the entire night conquering super mario brothers 3.

the next morning we headed out to our new friend blake’s house in west newbury, ma. he had some handsome horses. we should have rode one.

we had a day off, so we decided to go cliff jumping again. the jump was over 70 feet and blake was the only one to make the jump, besides a guy we met there named tom who played us some alice in chains on his acoustic guitar. nope, i’m not kidding. it was sick.

now, we’re off to boston.

hope everyone is doing well, I’ll leave you with this video.

Lost Dispute episode 2 from La Dispute on Vimeo.

bradley

Montreal

Posted on 11 June 2009 | 2 responses

We arrived in Monreal last night, and today we set out on foot to explore the city.

The street ended and we hit a mountain so we decided to climb it.

At the top we snapped a few pictures and admired the view of the city.

After conquering the mountian we all crashed back at the house.

This is our last night in Canada. We’re all exausted from our 20 mile walk today but are excited for the show tonight. Canada has been good to us, though it will feel good to go back to the states where prices are a little lower and our cell phones will work again.

So to all of our friends and family: We miss you. And if we’ve been ignoring your calls, it’s nothing personal. Talk soon!

until,

-chad

A Day Late, A Buck Short, I’m Writing the Report

Posted on 10 June 2009 | 3 responses

Aside from my aforementioned voice loss, Canada has been treating me very well. The people are very nice.

Before we came to Toronto, we ended up on the island from Lost in a little bit of a predicament. We were exploring the forest just fine.

but I got seperated from the group and had a run in with the smoke monster.

Lost Dispute from La Dispute on Vimeo.

This morning, we’re in Toronto but I believe we’re goin to Montreal this afternoon. Toronto is an awesome city; its a lot like Chicago but without all the things I hate about Chicago. While in the city, Jord, Chad, Bob, Dan, and I went sushi hunting. After a vigorous walk seeing a ton of places, we settled on Sushi on Bloor. The outside looked a little dismal, but the price was right.

Upon entering the restaurant, however, it looked to be the best sushi place in Toronto. I meant to get pictures of our food but forgot. Suffice it to say it was delicious. My spicy california rolls were only 4.50.

Last night we played in the smallest space we’ve ever been in. We have played in plenty of small places, but this takes the cake. It was the aptly named “Murder Room” of a house, while Native was upstairs in the probably just as small kitchen.

A guy literally crowd surfed off of my bass. The ceiling in this room was no taller than 6′6″. My mind was blown. Then I crowd surfed in the kitchen during Native’s set, with Killer surfing on top of me, and all of our combined weight on top of Jordan’s face. He was displeased.
Then we hung around the house and met a bunch of cool people. Such is every night on tour thus far and I’d imagine most of the rest of tour will be similar. I’m very content. Now if only I could speak at normal volume without my voice cracking and my throat swelling.

-Vass

P.S. two days ago i got to play with this bad ass snake and watch it eat a mouse.

sway

Posted on 9 June 2009 | 2 responses

here’s something from a book I’ve been reading called Sway by Zachary Lazar. check it out if you have the chance.

the rolling stones, charles manson, and kenneth anger come together in a very interesting way.

here’s a piece from a fictitious book in Sway, called The Sephiroth.

“Speak to me of desire. Of the endless, coiling desire of the Self. Of how the Self, goaded by desire, becomes like an animal, compelled by need, caught in its sway. Now speak to me of the Soul, whom we see only in glimpses of others, in the blur of music, in the senselessness of dreams. Not who we are of what we believe, but the blinding shimmer from the void.”

Canada is a nice place to be!

hope everyone is doing well,

Brad

Hanging, Maple Leaf Style (Tour Update #2).

Posted on 9 June 2009 | 1 response

Serious NW Indiana local music scene reminiscing going on around me. Always interesting to hear people from other areas discuss the music they grew up around.

More interesting than that, the unbelievable hospitality and generosity people are capable of showing others in the right situation. Every time we have the opportunity to tour I’m floored by how friendly and accommodating strangers are when they’re aware of your situation (being away from home, poor, and all that). Its encouraging. At the same time, that type of indiscriminate and all-encompassing kindness in the midst of strangers can be frustrating in that it reveals our own neighborly inadequacy whilst spending time at home. 

What I mean is, we shouldn’t have to rely on extreme or pressing circumstances to encourage us to be hospitable towards others. Instead, we should be operating always with the idea that every opportunity to show another person kindness–whether we live with that person or only see them when they roll through our town on tour–is one that should not be overlooked. We’re all in this together, after all.

Anyways, Bushra’s mom made us lunch (they made us breakfast earlier, and let us sleep in there basement last night) and if I don’t scurry upstairs, I’m going to miss out. Dan is playing Third Eye Blind on guitar right now. Life is awesome.

All my love.

Yrs, Jordan.

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