Sunshower Tour w/ Regina Spektor (Day 35)

Seattle, WA (@ the Paramount)

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We spent the night in a swanky-dank hotel across the street and then got hyped for our trip to Seattle...mainly cuz we had a BAG OF GIFTS WAITING FOR US!

As sad as it was to leave Canada, we know this hot air balloon will always be right there...in our hearts.

(but not floating exactly. cuz then our hearts would wind up in our throats or something. so hopefully the symbolic Canadian balloon is just kinda orbiting around in the chambers. just being there. as a reminder. of the good times. and Jenna.)

We hit the road and for those who have been, you know that the drive in Washington is NEVER disappointing...

When we got to the Paramount, Zac and I headed out for some shopping...new underwear time!!!

We also picked Pat up a pair of new socks and a shirt for K .....It's his BIRTHDAY!

The theatre is real real purrrrrrrrrdy....

After our set, we went into the lobby to slap Morgan on the nose and see some friends...The Olsen family's here!!!!

Zac asked them if we could borrow 40 bucks....

(he wasn't kidding, but quickly played it off)

We finally got to meet Val and Bill in real life.....thanks for the presents!!!

Pat's friends Kevin and Jason from High School came down...

We also met some new friends like this girl....

..and Kim Fisher!

During Regina's set we got to spend a lot of QT with Matt Chamberlain's pride and joy...his wife Dan'a.

She's as smart as she is pretty and writing a book right now on vampires that makes Robert Pattinson look like a care bear.

Thanks for a rad show Seattle!

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Sunshower Tour w/ Regina Spektor (Day 34)

Vancouver, Canada (@ the Orpheum Theatre)

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After an interesting night of coked up cougars banging on the hotel door and window at 2 hour intervals, we hopped in the Blaze and headed north. Off to see our friendly neighbors in Canada!! It is without any sense of irony that I say, Jupiter One loves Canada. We have always felt, since our first trip up to T-dot for CMW back in 2008, that Canadians are what human beings are like in our minds. (if that makes any sense)

We approached the border with loads of vodka and unsure if it's allowed. We drank as much water as we could, started pouring the vodka into water bottles, and then re-sealing them.

We crossed over very easily, but now we had two problems.

1) I have to pee. a lot.

2) We don't know which bottles are water and which are vodka.

We decided to make a game of it and set some rules. If you're thirsty and ask for a water...you HAVE to drink whichever one fate puts in your hands. It was fun for awhile, but then it got nerve-wracking as we realized we may be too inebriated to even soundcheck let alone play a show.

Here's the Canadian view from the Blaze....

Those dummy border cops let us through with bananas!!! What were they thinking?!?!!

That was a super fun bridge to cross....We forgot to take pics at the show, but the Orpheum was great and we met a real nice girl with a cool hair-cut named Jenna Ledger. Hi Jenna!

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Sunshower Tour w/ Regina Spektor (Day 33)

Portland, OR (Roseland Theater)

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We woke up on the first of November and drove into town looking for sneakers, coffee, and Amy Dubin. This kid tried to take us off the line...

HA! Nice try kid...

Next time make sure you don't have a fat Dad tuggin' you around...we're in the BLAZE damnit! You didn't stand a chance.

Check out this old school 7UP sign!

We got to the Hawthorne area and tried finding some stuff at the Red Light and Buffalo Exchange, but no luck. We also wanted some pancakes from the Cup & Saucer, but the wait was too long, so we went to Noah's Bagels. It was there that we finally DID find something we were looking for....AMY DUBIN!

After we had some breakfast, Amy walked us around to some other stores for the sneaker quest, but it was fruitless.

The cars in Portland made us sigh...

We dropped her off near her "appointment" and headed to the club for load-in. The Roseland Theater is RIGHT across the street from a really cool bar called "Ground Kontrol." It's got a million old school video games!

This game has significant meaning to us cuz all the cup holders in The Blaze are named after a Ninja Turtle. Zac and I were fighting over who has to be Rafael...

each game comes fully equipped...

Needless to say, we almost missed our show...Pat came running back with the order to get on stage

Zac didn't take it very well....

The show must go on! And so does my Spice Girls T-shirt!

That's the world famous awesome head drummer Matt Chamberlain. McKenzie had to get back in the studio with his band MIDLAKE so Matt's playing drums for Regina now. He's the nicest guy ever and we're excited to hang with him!

We played a fun set for a pretty rad crowd and I think my shirt made Pat rock extra hard (on).

He's always had a thing for Baby Spice....I think that's why he likes K so much.

After the show we paid homage to the greatest PBR mural ever...

...and set out to find the most infamous resident of Portland.

This search started and ended at the Jupiter Hotel where we laid our heads to rest. It's the best place to stay in all the wild west and if yer ever in Portland....get a room!

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