Officially on the road!

OH BOY!!!

After a THRILLING show at SubRosa in Santa Cruz, we hit the road and didn't look back... Tender Tour 2011 had officially began.  Seven weeks on the road!

We picked up this rideshare guy who totes helped us with gas money. (He ended up liking the music and buying a t-shirt!)

We rolled into San Diego around 8:30pm where we picked up our wonderful friend Ian.  Then it was straight to the Tin Can Ale House!

maria, dale, dylan, + other dude at the tin can

 We had a great time at the Tin Can.  Kelsey, the booker, is so awesome.  She saw us setting up our BOATLOAD of gear and instead of telling us to get it the F together, she said, "A bunch of stuff.  ... COOL!"  The bartender and door guy were also awesome.  We shared the stage with our dear old friends, The Vaginals, who have changed their line-up since we last saw them.  They played a really great set.  After we played, Boreas from AZ played and their *AHEM white rapper friend Mossferatu did a set after that.  (key lyrics: Alien hell is worse than human hell.  Especially if you're human.)  All in all a good hearty fun time!

vaginals on stage

That night we went to get a final last call drink at a nearby locale.  Ian was slightly toasted and Andy and I were playing pool.  Ian, with nothing better to do, was staring at his legs in which were AGLOW in his SHORT SHORTS and said, "How is this even fair?!?!"  MEANING: how is it EVEN fair that his legs should be such stunners while others are afflicted with lesser legs.  YES, ladies and gentlemen.  That happened.  You can judge for yourself in this next photo where we were at Ace getting a few items the next day.  Andy is of course the one NOODLING around.

ian (+ his legs) and andy hanging at ace hardware (sd, ca)

As an added bonus, we also watched some of the fireworks that go off NIGHTLY outside of Ian's apartment.  (They are from Sea World I guess.)

from ian's balcony.  NIGHTLY fireworks.

It's Thursday now, and we are headed to Phoenix where we are going to play a hell of a show with French Quarter, Sungsang, Russian Tsarlag, SHV, Secret Boyfriend, and James Fella (Gilgongo).


Prettttyyyyy exciting.


-ammo.