Sunshower Tour w/ Regina Spektor (Day 24)

Westward Bound (Dave AND Pat's B-day)

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We woke up in the morning and got back on the road....Pat always makes fun of me for taking so many sunset pics, but today's my birthday. I can take AS MANY AS I WANT!

(thanks for the card Jack!)

Zac wanted to write some new music....but the acoustic guitar is buried in the back. Give up? Hell no! Zac gets what he wants...I don't know hot to make a "gif" so just look at these real fast and pretend you can see the action.....

There's only an hour left of my Birthday! Time to eat the Cupcake Laura bought me...

And now....we hand off the birthday torch to Pat.

Happy Birthday Pat!!!

We stopped off at a TARGET earlier and I picked him up some presents.......nothing says rock 'n' roll like some Ginger Tea and Pilates Workout Bands!

We decided Amarillo, TX was just as good a place as any to pull over and celebrate Panda's birth.....(we wound up pulling over for a speeding ticket first), but THEN we pulled over for some fun....after another round of my specialized cold-calling technique for "happening" bars:

We settled on a place called "DUKE TRACY's,"

Pat should blend RIGHT in with the "No Gang Colors" policy...

What lied behind those doors...no one knew. But what we found was a TX dive bar paradise!

I knew right away we had found the place....this was perfect. The dance floor was alternating every 20 minutes between country Kareoke and Booty Bass Club Music.....inter-racial dancing on one side of the room while racist skin heads played pool on the other.....this was a room FILLED with tension and good times!

The rest of the guys weren't convinced....

...but give them a few whiskeys with a burrito and all is well...

We even helped this nice girl Kaci win a bet....

Apparently her and some friends were gambling on one of two things. We were either musicians.... or gay. Turns out Kaci is a Chiropractor and Pat needed an adjustment...so we felt it only fair that since we won her some $$, she hook him up with some back-cracks in the morning.

Things started to pick up at the bar just before last call and you can really see some folks workin' the floor...(* see video)

Alas, we were finally kicked out with the rest of the Amarillo socialites and sent to our lodging of choice.....

Now THAT's how you have an Amarillo B-Day....Cheers to us.

D

Sunshower Tour w/ Regina Spektor (Day 23)

Westward Bound (Dave's Birthday)

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So we woke up the next morning....

...still laughing at Doogie Howser as a "bad ass".... but now we had to get to Cali and we're only in fucking PENNSYLVANIA! After putting Los Angeles in as our destination, even Georgine had NO idea when we'd get there...

Nothing to do....but drive. So we did. All day.

And by "we" I mean Zac and Pat...

They've formed their own little driving team called "The Lightning Bandits," where Pat is "Panda" and Zac is "The Cat."

I just watch for storm systems to chase....

Not much else happened.....By the time it hit midnight we were in Missouri and it was officially my birthday! Time to make some calls...gotta find a local bar that's "happening."

We quickly pulled off to a shady hotel and went straight to the weirdy bowling alley bar for a PIZZA PARTY! Only like 2 locals in there playing awful country...not sure if they appreciated my domination of the jukebox, but....who cares. It's my birthday. (boosh)

We were eating, drinking, and listening to Led Zeppelin all night....

Thanks for all the fruity drinks guys!

D

Sunshower Tour w/ Regina Spektor (Day 22)

Westward Bound!

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Today we start our drive to Cali hung over and tired...luckily we had K's daughter buckled in and ready to drive the first 500 miles or so....

just kidding. We didn't REEEEAAAAALLY let a 3 year old drive the Blaze...but we DID let her Mom give us all the food she had in the house for our trip...thanks Keiko and Sola!!!

We kinda got off to a late start....which is why the sun was already setting as we crossed the Garden State....

We were happy to be back in the van and headed to the warmth of Los Angeles so we just listened to a new mix CD sent from FL and ate all the food Keiko packed....

No time to stop Zac! Just EAT it!!!

I think Pat was just screening and eating nuts with an occasional Diet Coke. It doesn't take much to sustain life whilst sitting in a van for 3,500 miles. (THAT's why you need VanPilates. Coming soon...)

That first day of driving was long and hard....we were proud of how much land we covered. So you can imagine the heartbreak when we eventually pulled off at a hotel to find out we were in Pennsylvania...wtf?? That state never ends! ugh.

We needed some help coping....nothing a little Bulleit "Hallie" Bourbon and some Starship Troopers couldn't fix.....

D

NEW MUSIC VIDEO!!!!!!

Check out a typical day for Jupiter One in our new music video, "Made In A Day"....

D

Sunshower Tour w/ Regina Spektor (Day 21)

NYC @ Mercury Lounge (CMJ Birthday Show)

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We woke up the next morning feeling like a long-eared taxi just dragged us up a cliff by our ankles....tonight was our CMJ showcase at Mercury Lounge and a bunch of friends were coming to celebrate our birthdays so we NEEDED to rally. Mine is October 23rd and Pat's is the 24th, but we'll be in the van driving towards the West Coast on those days, so tonight's the night for celebration....we kicked things off at one of Pat's favorite haunts, No Malice Palace....

Among some of the amazing friends that hung that night was our favorite manager Ryan....he got us Sumo Thumb Wrestlers!

(that's our boy Aaron Zimmer in the back. classy as ever)

These bar tenders are on the highest spot on the highest list of the highest person in charge of making really high lists.....

This is Jake.

This is Ron.

I say this because they bought EVERY single person in that bar a shot....

We were very happy to see all our friends, flattered by the party decorations, and hungry for the gifts.....

But we had to go play a show at Mercury Lounge....and there we'd find MORE presents to be thirsty for....compliments of our favorite Swedes :)

(Fun Fact: You'll also see Elinor in the "Made In A Day" Music Video)

Thanks to everyone who came to the show!

We had a good time, but then around 3am reality set in that we had to drive to California in the morning.....One thing was make that drive a WHOLE lot easier.....thanks for the goodie bags and birthday balloons Christina! Oh! and the Simpler Times beers... they'll hurt in the morning... and leave us thinking... "Remember when it was simpler times??"

Thanks for hanging with us everyone...love you!

D