Tag Archives: misadventures

Overcoming with Optimism on the road to Winter Park

Overcoming with Optimism on the road to Winter Park

The booking game is a crazy world... we finally confirmed the show that was supposed to happen on December 10th exactly ten days before it was to occur. On December 9th, I got a call from the booking ..
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The Spider Dome

This is a bar that is seriously about 7 miles down a dirt road off the highway, about 7 miles outside of any major town. You're literally drinking on some farmland. It used to be a crazy little d ..
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Life is what we make of it in Ypsilanti

We're one hour outside of Ypsilanti, MI, when I get a phone call from the booking agent. "Yeah, so the venue doesn't have power. I'm sorry, but its not going to get fixed. Tonight's show is cancele ..
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Tour: Night 1!

Hello all of my Achachillians! I write to you from a lovely coffee shop in sunny El Paso. Last night was the first night of the tour and it was a great start to our 2nd west coast (western US) tour. ..
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You’ll wind up sleeping in a van in Wyoming!

So the title is a terrible Chris Farley reference.... But on our way from Boise, Id to Ft. Collins, CO (a 14 hour drive) it’s absolutely beautiful driving through the mountains in Idaho and Oregon. ..
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Boise rescheduled and more couchsurfing

After our Washington shows, and a few days spent exploring Seattle, we traveled to Boise, Idaho. We drove straight to our show at a place called Bouquet that was on the main drag in downtown Boise ..
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That New Orleans Voodoo: Rolling an ankle

Friday at the Frat House in New Orleans we played a great show, with one exception. I rolled my ankle. Really hard. Achachay and New Orleans have a rich and storied history. On our first tour, th ..
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Marooned in the land of the Ragin’ Cajuns

Ho Bus pt 1 Ho Bus Part 2 The resolution The basics of this story, our night in Lafayette: - Get to the Artmosphere, turn around to park and the car stalls. I realize immediately th ..
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Body Shots

There's a reason 6th street is famous around the world. Last Monday night we stopped playing so that everyone could see and hear a birthday girl take a body shot off a kind stranger. Yep, you heard ri ..
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More tour stories: Fun in the hot tub

One fine evening at our great friends the Sortes, we decided to relax in a a hot tub.  Out of nowhere GASP! bubbles formed before our very eyes. Within minutes there were feet of bubbles covering the ..
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