Flight of the Avenues

We had a very interesting experience last Saturday. After our benefit show for Johnfest in Fairmont (great show, by the way; I think we might have a few new fans), we had some van trouble. Jeff was driving. I'm not saying this to point fingers It wasn't any one's fau-JEFF'S FAULt. Our van ran out of gas... Carl [the van] was not happy. But, being the boy scouts we are, we actually had a spare gas tank in the trailer. When we tried to start Carl, he said, "no way, sucka!" The battery didn't even work. We had no power what-so-ever.

Lucky for us, Lala had a AAA card. All those years or sobriety finally paying off! Ahem, yeah... Anyway, while waiting on I-35 for a tow-truck, an SUV blew a tire RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR VAN [CARL]. Ash concluded that we were in the dreaded stretch of I-35 known as the Lakeville Triangle.

Ben had a pretty amusing conversation with a very nice highway patrolman about our treacherous stretch of highway and about breaking a road flare in half before figuring our how they work. You just whack them on the ground, right???

Within a few minutes, our hero, the tow-truck driver came and hoisted Hot Carl up on the bed of his truck. The problem was, it was 3 am Sunday morning and we didn't have any trusted fans in the area to drive us back to Bloomington. We convinced our hero that Summit Avenue would be brave enough to ride in the van while it was being towed. I KNOW! We're such rebels! It was actually pretty fun. Tony had a little freak-out, though, thinking we were going to smash into a bridge. HA!

P.S. we didn't die.

That means we're going to need some fan $upport at O'Gara'$ ($t. Paul) and Torge'$ (Au$tin) thi$ weekend. Fixin' Carl won't be cheap. Along with the new CD, we've got some nice t-shirts and new stickers. Oh, and it's my birthday on Friday...

Peace,
$hua

The long awaited return of the Shua

So, as you may or may not know, this is Josh that updates the website blog. I also update the tour dates page, so now you have someone to blame when the calendar isn't up-to-date or just plain wrong. The next time you see me, you can kick me in the arse a couple times.

I'm going to start updating the website blog more often. I may not have much to say, but I'm going to update it, gawd damnit!

Update1: The CD Release was a huge success. We sold a bunch of CDs and merch and packed the Fine Line, but most importantly, so many of you came out the show and supported us. We'd be nowhere without our fans and we're so priveldged to have such a cool group of people support us. Uh, oh,... Starting to feel the love... Getting a little weepy...

Update2: We'll be getting the new album up on ITunes as soon as we sort out some copyright issues we're having. I'm acutally working on getting the music up on Songza as well, so you can stream the songs or free (i'm getting too techy nerd, aren't i?)

Summer is quickly approaching and along with the warmth, a lot of exciting things should be happening with Summit Ave. I'll try to keep up. :D

Peace,
Shua

For a good laugh at my expense, enjoy...