Hollywood Jr.

Short post... our internet has been questionable.

We've been rocking out super hard in TX, LA, AR and OK this past week. Its been HOT HOT HOT and our Air conditioning is busted...We are sticky sweaty and smelly. All good S-words.

This week we learned that Allen has NO IDEA how to pump gas. Apparently he'd been hiding it from us for all this time.. but Seth walked out of the RV at a gas station the other day and totally busted him. Hey AL.. You're DOING IT WRONG!



We're stoked to be in Texas right now, because one of our top favorite "regional" restaurants is here. When we're in the East.. we eat Dunkin Donuts. When we're in Cali.... we eat In'n'Out... when we're in Texas? TACO CABANA. We're planning on hitting it up something fierce after our show at Emo's in Austin tonight. Then its on to Phoenix for our very last show with our good Friends Saving Abel and the Sick Puppies. Sad times.. hopefully we'll have some cute group shots to share with y'all.

The other big thing going on this week is that APPARENTLY Texas is filled with Celebrities. At the Dallas House of Blues the other night Seth was hanging out at merch and looked up to find Kumar Pallana standing right in front of him.. he was STOKED. For those of you unfamiliar, Kumar Pallana has been in The Darjeeling Limited, The Terminal, The Royal Tennenbaums, and Rushmore. You've probably seen him and you don't even know it... Check him out:



And tonight in Austin while we were hanging out in the RV enjoying some Water Ice (Its like a snow cone kinda?) Rob came running back to the RV to tell us he'd just met the Kids in the Hall. Yeah.. The Kids in the Hall from like.. the 90s.




Its too bad we aren't making it out to CA on this tour.. at this rate we'd end up meeting Burt Reynolds or some shit.

Next up we're headed out for some dates with From First to Last....So be sure to check out those dates on the Myspace (And tons more.. we're never going home, its great!)

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The week in DDLand

hey all! We know it has been a bit since we updated our Tour Blog. We have been having such a nice time thawing out our Frozen Minneapolis bods in Florida, that it was tough to pull us out of the sun.







Sebastian turned 25 on March 28th while we were in Florida. He started off our show saying" we are Dropping Daylight and it's my Birthday!". We decided to have a cook-out before the show and invite are good friends Sick Puppies and Saving Abel. We wanted to get in the mood for the party so we made some birthday hats out of our own posters.





After eating some good grillin and unbuttoning a few more buttons on our cut-offs it was time for the birthday song. I hope everyone at some point in there life can hear three bands that actually have good pitch sing the birthday song. Maybe it will be on our next record.







It was great to have the following two days off for some much needed rest and showering. We decided to find an RV park and do some more cooking out and storytelling around the empty pool. We love taking advantage of nice weather. Its about time we got our swim trunks and flip-flops out and put away our gloves, Long underwear and snow scrapers...at least for now.

Easter in the sun

We haven't been able to journal for the last couple days...we've had a crazy week with few moments to relax...

Last Wednesday we played Boston, MA at a little bar called "Great Scott"...we were impressed that the tour even fit in the club...but we made room and it ended up being a great show...and even better...we ate Dunkin' Donuts ALL DAY.

Thursday was Philly which turned into a CRAZY day. We drove through the night so we could head over to Drexel University and shoot a video for "Waiting through the Afternoon". Our concept was to do a video about making a video. We'll see how that turns out...but it was fun to make regardless.

Last night we rocked Columbia, SC...and let me tell you...those people are insane...in the good way. The crowd had more energy than any other crowd so far on the tour...I got into the music a little too much and momentarily paralyzed my hand by crushing it against Al's ride cymbal...ahhhhhh the punishments we take for the Rock and Roll. Everyone was up all night for some partying and shenanigans.

Tonight is Myrtle Beach, SC for the warmest Easter we've ever had. ;-)

Sebastian

Burlington Vermont.. Our first tour injury.

Tonight we got to rock the HIgher Ground in Burlington, VT. What a fantastic night! The first sold-out crowd of the tour and every single one of you was amazing.

We had a lot of time to hang out back stage, and we got to eat some great food.. Teriyaki tofu and Garlic Salmon.. right up our Alley! We also got to check our emails and myspace pages.



During the show Rob jammed his finger into his bass really hard and tore his finger nail in half.. G.R.O.S.S. Seriously. We're going to have to go stock up tonight on emergency medical supplies so he doesn't bleed all over us. Beyond that..the crowd was awesomely rowdy and got their mosh on. We appreciate that so much.. it takes balls to mosh to a piano rock band.





We found this sign at the club, too.. and we thought we should pass it on. Important information.. might do you good someday.

So Much catching up to Do...

We had a great weekend in DDland. It was great being back in Cleveland for a few days and catching up with all of our friends and family, and eating AMAZING FOOD. We hit up our one of our favorite restaurants... The Melt. Gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches with almost any kind of cheese you want and amazing bread, and a huge beer selection. Thats always a big plus.

Saturday we were fortunate enough to dine like KINGS at Al's parents house. They grilled up some MEAN Lobster tails because Seth had never had fresh lobster before. Absolutely incredible. After the show, Allen got to go hang out at The Winchester... one of his old haunts for the night. They had something crazy like 6 members of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra there, and He met the singer for Megadeth. Strange combination?

7am Sunday morning we left our safe haven in Cleveland to trek up to Lancaster, PA. Its a rough drive at 7am when everyone went to bed at 6. Fortunately we made it in one piece and were able to rock some faces off at the Chameleon. There is an awesome burrito place across the street that we all wanted to hit up, but it was CLOSED! We can't wait to get back to play again for our new friends and fans and eat some burritos.

CLEVVEEEOOOOO!!!

Thursday was our long awaited return to the House of Blues in Cleveland. In addition to HOB being the best places in the country to rock out... Cleveland is our Drummer Al's Hometown, and also sometimes Sebastians. We all love it here!



We all got a lot of hanging out backstage done.. Allen adopted what he called his "Sexy" pose and held it for a full hour before doors opened, and Rob got his fill of streaming tv shows. I think he's fully caught up now on almost every episode of Felicity.




A lot of our awesome Cleveland fans came out to check out the show and the crowd RULED. We played some of our new songs "Kidnap Kings" and "Suburban Life" and played our top-secret cover that we've been whipping out sometimes on this tour.



Now we're looking forward to spending 2 rocking days off hitting up all our favorite spots in Cleveland... The Melt, The Winchester, The West End, Two Bucks, Merry Arts, and a bunch of other places we havent been able to hang in Months!

Riddikulus!

The show in Cincinnati on Wednesday was awesome.. the weather could not have been more perfect for a COOK OUT. We've been waiting this whole tour so far for a chance to get to bust out our grill and cook up some fish and veggies. Once this tour gets rolling and we hit up the south we're going to be doing this every day. Cant wait!