Conversations with Locals: Tour Journal Week 1

When you’re on a long tour like we are, it’s difficult to appreciate each place. Drive. Eat. Load in. Show. Load out. Party. Sleep. Time rolls by faster than our minivan eats up stretches of American highway. Throw in a hundred names of bands and venues, a little sleep deprivation, some time zone shifts and you start forgetting where you are. For me, every place has a strange sense of familiarity and I often have to remind myself I’m somewhere new.

Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot to appreciate about the places we’re visiting – but it’s like what Vincent Vega says in Pulp Fiction about how Europe is cool because of the little differences. Any cross-country traveler with a keen and experienced sensibility will detect a great diversity of food, accents, architecture, etc., but those are little differences.

In my experience so far on this tour, I think a lot of the bigger, more important stuff is the same for most people of our generation all over the country. The same topics – like figuring out life after college, trying to improve the hometown, fighting social pressure to retain personal integrity – keep coming up in conversations with locals and I don’t think it’s a coincidence. It's a camaraderie I have with other members of my generation facing similar issues and striving to reach similar goals that makes places I’ve never been before seem familiar.

Anyway, we’re a little over a week into the second leg, so check out the dates below or visit www.liketrainsandtaxis.com and come out to a Like Trains & Taxis show near you! Speaking of familiar places, If you’re in Seattle, we’ll be playing at Café Venus, Mars Bar tomorrow night at 9 p.m.

Tour! (Round 2)

The second leg of our tour kicks off Saturday night in Pittsburgh. West Coast here we come! Check out the dates:

Saturday May 15th: Howler’s Coyote Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA
Sunday May 16th: The Summit, Columbus OH
Monday May 17th: The Greenwich, Cincinnati, OH
Tuesday May 18th: The Gramophone, St Louis, MO
Wednesday May 19th: The Dark Room, Chicago, IL
Thursday May 20th: TBA, Iowa City, IA
Friday May 21st: The Beauty Shop, Fairfield, IA
Saturday May 22nd: Acadia Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
Sunday May 23rd: Barley Street Tavern, Omaha, NE
Tuesday May 25th: Rex Lounge, Denver Colorado
Wednesday May 26th: Terrapin Station, Boise, ID
Thursday May 27th: Cafe Venus, Mars Bar Seattle, WA
Friday May 28th: In Other Words, Portland, OR
Saturday May 29th: The Connecticut Yankee, San Francisco, CA
Sunday May 30th: The Bootleg, Los Angeles, CA
Tuesday June 1st: Lightning Bear, Las Cruces, NM
Wednesday June 2nd: The Deli, Norman, OK
Thursday June 3rd: Scissortail Social Club, Oklahoma City, OK
Friday June 4th: The Ghost Room, Austin, TX
Saturday June 5th: The Circle Bar, New Orleans, LA
Monday June 7th: TBA, Little Rock, AR
Tuesday June 8th: P & H Cafe, Memphis, TN
Thursday June 10th: Sapphire, Knoxville, TN

As was the case on the first leg, we're waiting on more details for a couple shows. We're also trying to fill in a few open dates. You can find more details and get updates on our myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/liketrainsandtaxis

Also, if you haven't voted for us in Deli Magazine's NYC Artist of the Month poll, or have access to a second computer, smart phone, etc, please vote; we're in a really close race: http://nyc.thedelimagazine.com/

The poll is on the upper right hand side.

Thanks!!!

Deli Magazine Artist of the Month?

We've been nominated for Deli Magazine's artist of the month! NYC can be a hard place to crack and this may be a sign that things are starting to give a little bit. Please take a moment and vote for us on their NYC homepage:

http://nyc.thedelimagazine.com.

The poll is on the upper right hand side. We really appreciate the support!!!

Update:

Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote for us and help spread the word to others. We were able to amass 816 votes; an unfathomable number to me when I originally created the event.
The three of us are extremely grateful for all the support!

Unfortunately, we fell just short of the other band's 836.

We're all smiles nonetheless!