shows have been smooth, its like driving now. I barely remember what each day was like unless it rained or something disastrous happened. yesterday during the last band my attention was entirely diverted to a storm behind my monitor world. there were cloud to cloud lightning strikes and a ton of rain below. It looked pretty far off and the wind seemed to be in my favor so I wasnt concerned. then, 10 min into loadout the wind just takes off and it starts sprinkling. I yell to the local crew to get everything electronic upstage and just leave all the cables. sure enough about halfway through moving stuff it starts pouring, luckily i got the console covered in time. after a few min of rain it turns to hail, this is, of course, after an 80+ degree day. the hail slams everything as we scramble to get everything packed. in the end everything looked pretty dry except the sidefills and subs, which were the most exposed when the rain hit.
Kansas
Architects play their hometown and Adams high hat craps out on him, forcing a fast changeout right in the middle of their set.
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Rocking continued unimpeded
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and that was it for the 8 day run. Now we get two days off and the rest of the runs are not nearly as long.
Some Photos
The Akas rockin strong
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Getting some big crowds recently
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TV says chance of percipitation 0% while it is quite obviously raining outside
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Raining and the stage is on an extreme incline
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The day, however, was far from rainy
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Therefore I Am
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Due to some shit breaking TV/TV had to try out and alternate bass head
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An interesting phenomonon
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For some reason people in line each morning feel the need to run as soon as the gates open. I dont know why or where to.
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Hotel Rooms!
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More misc photos
Night rocking
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Lost the trailer at 7:30 am durring an 11 hour drive.
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Arriving at the field before the stage
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Someone on my stage is secretly a squirrel and has stockpiled water
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Right next to the amphitheater. Steps made a mini amphitheater of our own.
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Rain
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Pouring rain
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Rain and rocking
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Love struck fans
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Misc Photos
Long since forgotten where some of these were taken.
The crowd during Attack Attack
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Apparently someone had the genius idea to put an open coffee container in the Architects cooler and it went everywhere. The Architects are one of the tough bands doing the whole tour in a van and trailer, no bus, so thats extra bad.
Interparty system rocking out
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Branden from the Architects guitar.
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Jessie from Interparty System in Cleveland.
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Some venues are more serious about fence jumping than others.
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Massive security contingent for Brokenside
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Shad preforming with the benefit of my very advanced anti water system on my wedges.
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Getting stuck in the recycling device.
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My wide angle view of the stage, mostly artists have to lean around the side fill to signal me.
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Digital Board
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