Started Up Huustlin...

Ricky just texted me; apparently, the Boston date of our upcoming tour with Secondhand Serenade and Cute Is What We Aim For has sold out. This tour is going to be jam-packed with new experiences and I'm super excited... and yes, a lil' nervous. Thanks for the good news Ricky and thanks for a ridiculous night at my Provi homecoming. The Provi-squad was in full effect and shit got noodles... quick.

The crew we have now on the road is meshing very well, Shane Haase joins us November 3, and what a day it will be. Shane is like a big brother I never had the chance to really get to know so him coming out is huge for me. Morale is high!!!

Meet our new Tour Manager, Shane Fucking Haase.

This last tour was nothing special for our wallets or egos; however, I gained a lot of friends and because of that, I'm so glad we took it. The Lives of Famous Men, The Urgency, and A Cursive Memory are going to be missed for sure, and of course Brighten it was great to tour with them again. It was hard to say goodbye to Auggie, Tyler, and Toad because I never meshed better with any group of dudes I met on the road. Good times are ahead of us though when I trek North to their little planet they call "Vermont." Stay up brothers!

I haven't eaten meat since the 18th, I haven't eaten animals products of any kind since the 20th. This makes me 10 days vegan and I'm going strong. thanks to anybody that has supported me because while I find it extremely challenging (see how much of your favorite snacks contain animal) I consider it worth it. I feel better than I ever have really, and it's nice to not feel disgusting after each meal. Shane is also vegan so it'll make this next tour a little easier to have a teammate. I'm trying not to fall in the slump of salad and french fries at every restaurant, but it's going to take some creativity. IF YOU PLAN ON COMING TO ONE OF OUR DATES BRING ME THINGS TO EAT!!!

Ended Up Bawlin'

BAM

ps. I'll put up another round of tour pics later, I need to find my wire.

The Tide Stays Silent...

The WORLD wants answers.

We were kids back then,

BAM

I keep losing my appetite.

Have you ever been in the situation when all the people you surround yourself with come back from a great adventure without you with wide eyes and plenty of "had to be there" stories; and then they ask you, "Where were you, man?" Life is a rough gig when the people that are supposed to have your back to begin with leave you walking on a tight rope. Such is my life. I came into this new way of living life with nothing but high hopes and a slim wallet and I'm leaving with less than that. Thnks 4 the mmrs?

Where ya been?

bam 

PS

I'm really starting to earn this awful Tourstache...

Aloha from Hell,

Bam

FUCKIT!!!

If and when I go BIGTIME, I'm takin' everyone wit' me. Let's make things happen. Let's done some deals. Raise the morale. Bat down those damn hatches (we'll teach those hatches,) I want Cannes!

High in hopes,
Bam

5 friends.

some tour pics in no particular order.

Utah

Sleepy Halvo

Ton Up.

Sidewalk Surfer

TM's of the year.

Jeff Halvorsen rules.

Satan Approves of Final Awakening 666.

Colorado

Everyone in this diner looked like John Wayne. Nowhere, Oregon

Reno

Save it Rawlins.

Gold Peak, 8 Mile on VH1, The Bird Brains.

Buy me this.

Alamo City.

Flower Children

Men At Work. Missed.

Halvo is ready to go hiking. Shoobie.

More to come, maybe?

New Kings Of Leon is rad.

 

Kill me quickly,

bam

Do You Know The Importance Of A Sky Pager?

Hi fiends.

Remember me?

Tour has been taxing to say the least. I've only been out since August but it feels like i never left the road in June. I won't be "home" until December and that seems light years away.

I need a vacation.

I'm not tour managing Rocket anymore which I was uneasy about at first but it is giving me more free time to take everything in and relax. I have a lot of ideas brewing on the back burner that might be coming to fruition in the next few months now that I don't have to worry about babysitting my best friends for little to no pay. I'm making the best of what started out as a sticky situation. It's not like I'm taking a pay cut or anything. If you come to a show, make sure you come kick it with me at the merch table. Bring me Gushers, Limeade, Dr Pepper, and other treats.

I have meet some truly incredible people and I could name them all off but it would just make me miss everybody more. I might do a photo update if i can figure out how to get my iphone pics on my computer without emailing them all. Halvo wants me to make a tumblr account so that is another option.

This is Kerri. She kind of sucks and always smells and made me write about her on this. She tries to sell merch for A Cursive Memory but is sooooo bad at it. Ehh, at least she has a sweet Integrity tattoo?

Do you know what I love the most?

BAM

ps. I miss Albert and Rickstaaa the most.