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Weekender Fun

Yo yo yo. Just got back from a weekend of great shows with our pals in Pnltybx and Lunchbox Hero. I can home smelling so so bad my god. I'll try to recount this weekend's events to the best of my abilities. Also if you haven't figured out who writes a majority of these things... it's me Andrew so this will mainly be my perspective and also I already put very low effort in editing any of these posts so this will be no different. Imagine this is just a very long text from your ol' pal Andy Dandy. 


Friday April 8th

I arrived at Garrett's house starving. I have this very unhealthy habit of not eating all day and then feasting in the evening so I arrived at the coach's house already agitated. Fortunately I was riding with Conor so my stress levels were to be kept super low and the other two dopes drove around with all of our stuff. We were headed to Wilmington, North Carolina to the famous Reggie's 42nd Street Tavern. I'd been at this venue several years ago to watch one of the strangest shows featuring a DJ, a cock rock band, a super pop punk band, and another band from Australia. We were supposed to arrive at I believe 6 pm but that's actual what time Conor and I arrived at McDonald's which to my surprise were still serving Shamrock Shakes even though St. Patrick's Day had passed so long ago. I ordered two. We soon did arrive at the venue and reunited with our pals in Lunchbox Hero and Spider Bucket. It was very precious. Also we met Pnltybx in person for the first time as I had only talked to them over Zoom on a special episode of WindleyMania. I met a lot folks at Reggie's who were all very pleasant. Shout out to Vincent the sound fella and someone named Fountain I believe. After the show we went to Waffle House where we met Preach. Preach was our waiter and I assume was a veteran based off of his many military related patches on his uniform. Preach was also aptly named as he spent probably 15 minutes taking our order while reminding us about the broken world we live in the most hysterical way possible. After that we went back to Garrett's and fell asleep to the magic of the late Baba the Cosmic Barber.


Saturday April 9th

I turned 24 years old and our next stop was Charlotte to the famous Milestone Club. We had played there last October at the Welcome to the Family Fest which proved to be an interesting experience. The driving situation was the same as yesterday and remained the same for the rest of the weekend. We arrived in Charlotte at our first stop: Pinky's Westside Grill where we met up with Pnltybx and Lunchbox Hero. We first went to Pinky's with the late and great Chris Garges when we finished recording our first EP. I still order the same thing every time. A ding dong chicken sandwich. I ordered two. After that we arrived at the Milestone Club. We were all cold and stayed by space heater during the hours leading up to the show. The Word Around Town also played. Pretty cool. After the show Conor and I hung out in a taco bell line for an hour. We stayed at a house that another band lived in or something. I don't remember the band's name. Or the people's names. But they were very nice. The one guy looked like Bruce Campbell. 


Sunday April 10th 

We woke up and headed to Sheetz for a breakfast. We were then headed to Raleigh to the famous Schoolkids Records store. On the way there it was finally time for me to defecate. It was very righteous. We met up at Schoolkids and then went to a Guitar Center to watch Conor purchase drum sticks. They had a lot of instruments. We were then back at Schoolkids. We played a show here before in February of 2020. I had a hat on then. I looked around the store but didn't find anything I wanted but it's still a neat place. We met another band called Contact Comfort. I fist bumped Tim around 8 times. We then ate a place called DP Dough who had calzones. I ordered two. We stayed at Ben's house and met his dogs: Eric, Alice, and Computer. One of them was very horny for Conor's sleeping bag. I fell asleep watching wrestling. 


Monday April 11th

The Dope-Mobile had already left and then Conor and I left. I watched Conor suck on a fat burrito at Sheetz. I arrived home and showered. I read some comics and watched some TV. 


And that was this weekend. Fairly painless. Would do it again. Here's a picture...






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