107. take the ferry!

tomorrow we have to say goodbye to some newly acquired friends of ours. we’ve been touring with automatic loveletter for the past few weeks and it’s been a blast. tomorrow in virginia will be our last show with them on this tour, but i’m sure there will be more in the future. i dont think juliette missed a single fucking note the entire time. i envy her skills. i’m scared to death of any pranks we have coming to us with their departure. things could get ugly.

last night we played vermont and the venue was amazing. it was fully catered for the bands and we had somewhat of a family dinner before the show. it sounded great too. good sound and good food means amazing venue. on our way home our GPS took us to a lake where it told us to "take the ferry." apparently you’re supposed to drive your vehicle onto the boat and cross into new york. well it wasn’t running at midnight so we had to go around. it tacked on another 2 hours to our trip and we didn’t get home till 6 am. today we spent all day practicing with adam richman. he’s going to be playing guitar for us tomorrow and all of april on our tour with secondhand serenade. give him a shout... myspace.com/ar

night night
sean

106. hi i'm sarah

heyy guys! my name’s sarah. i’m from connecticut and i’m here at the webster in hartford, ct hanging out with MAKING APRIL<3 they’re so amazing and i love them and they even let me write one of their blogs! since they haven’t gotten to write in a while.. they haven’t gone on yet but i hear they’re planning on playing allll of my favorite songs! i’m so excited!! ..well i don’t know what else to say, sooo goodnight!

105. Detroit Rock City

We are on our way to Detroit right now. I'm sitting in the back of the van. This mobile internet is great. Greg is passed out next to me and sean is at the wheel. The weather has been horrible for the last few days. The roads have been covered in snow. This morning we finally managed to get our van stuck and had to push it out. Sean got his jeans destroyed from the mud that splattered from the back tire. So happy that wasnt me. We are looking forward to tonights show. Something about it just feels good. I cant quite explain it. We are also looking forward to our hometown show on friday night in new york city. I cant wait to see all of our friends and family. The fact that it sold out is exciting too : ) Well thats it for now. Talk to you all very soon. Much love from the MA tour van.

Steve

104. indyyyyyy

i think i'm healthy again. we're on our way to indiana for a show w/ a bunch of bands. we got stuck in a snow storm in arkansas last night and couldn't move. the show was canceled and now we're late to this one. the lady at the hotel counter claimed it was the most snow they had seen since '94. glad to be a part of history. now i'm sitting in the back of our van watching 40yr old virgin eating a banana. secondhand serenade isn't on this show so hopefully people still show up!

can't wait to hit the west coast warmth in april. hope to see you all out there.

sean

103. headed to nashville

hello hello. i'm coming to u from the back seat of our tour van. i hear faint relient k coming from the front as we cruise to nashville. i'm extra-pumped for this show cuz i almost have my voice back and i hear the venue is amazing. last night we played columbus, ohio and it was the first time i could sorta sing in over a week. flu fucked my shit up big time. all of the bands went out to a place called lodge bar after the show. it's fun going out on tour cuz everywhere you look there's people from your crew. the night was capped off with everybody packing into the van and riding for pizza. one of the very few perks of not having a bus is the ability to go get food when you're hungry.

hope to see you guys out at the shoooooooows!

sean

102. drive through wisconsin

last night we played chicago.. it was awesome. minus the fact that sean was sick, we still got to play for 375 kids. then we priceline.com'd a sweet hotel in the downtown area for only 80 bucks. today we're off to madison wisconsin to play at the loft. so far more than half of the shows have been sold out so get your tickets in advance if you are coming to a future show!! besides all that business, i think sean is starting to a feel a bit better, so we'll be able to play nearly a full set tonight.

secondhands bus is fun to chill on... we really need a bus:) might have to kick in tour support for next tour but i highly doubt we can justify a bus just yet. (in fact i know we cant). but anyway, i gotta pack up my laptop and head into the venue. see you soooon

g

101. sick dalmations

sorry we haven't been keeping up with the blogs on the road. it's been nearly impossible! we have to load into the venues so early every day and then by the time we get out it's so late... then we sleep a little and do it all over again. there's been strains of sickness running rampant through the tour. i got sick a few days ago and thought i was finally coming off of it until last night in kentucky. by the third song my voice was blown out. i could barely speak the rest of the night. now we're in chicago and our plan is to play a chilled out acoustic set. i'm hoping i can do that much. i apologize in advance for my inabilities for the next few days. our single is now for sale on itunes and amazon so spread the word!

i'll try and keep u posted.

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