spring tour wrapped up like this:
///Day 56: 4/30/08. driving day across minnesota and montana. slept in the van. went a little stir crazy with home looming oh so close.
note how far till our destination... 1140 miles!! 18:57 hours!!!
///Day 57: 5/1/08. played at FRIEND FRIEND FRIEND FEST at The Badlander in Missoula, MT. a rad three-day festival hosted by Dead Hipster Productions. we helped kick it off on the first night. it was a sweet bill with 7 other rad bands. they had two stages and banged out band after band after band. also on our night: We Vs. The Shark + His Mischief + Tuff Mo + Apples of Dischord + Arrows To The Sun + Good Neighbor Policy + Deny The Dinosaur. all were pretty sweet. we hit it off particularly well with We Vs. The Shark. rad rad band. and awesome people. look for more meetings between Finn Riggins and WVTS in the not so distant future...
WE VS. THE SHARK (athens, ga)
///Day 58: 5/2/08
crossed into Idaho for the first time in 2 months. it seemed more beautiful then ever. althought we had two days before we'd actually be home home, we were all pretty excited to be back in Idaho.
we played a really cool show at Agenda Clothing in Rexburg, ID that night thanks to our good good buddy Brent who hooked it up and played with us as his super duper self THE AWFUL TRUTH. also on the bill that night were Johan The Angel + Canoe.
afterwards we "partied" super hard into the wee hours drinkin Dr. Pepper and watching Molly Shannon. it was epic.
THE AWFUL TRUTH:
///Day 59: 5/3/08. ended the primary 9 week stretch of the tour on a super high note headlining THE REALLY BIG SHOW in Pocatello, ID... an all day festival to benefit KISU 91.1 FM and Poky Free Bikes... it was held at the Portneuf Brewery. all day the bands played outside. it was a great lineup. included our buddies Low Red Land (san francisco) as they played an acoustic set and The Future of The Ghost (slc, ut) who we had played with 3 weeks earlier in Vermont... pretty wild. also locals A.W. Feldt, Warbonnet, Jessica McAleese and Libbie Linton. it was a fantastic day. then the evening ended with a super long Finn Riggins set inside the brewery... it was cramped, but made for a lot of energy. what a blast. afterwords, we ran over to the First Nash to try and catch the end of Low Red Land and Dusty Rhodes & The River Band... but missed them and settled for some late night antics over at the Best Western where we were all staying... all in all, a rad way to end tour. (even though we'd only be home for three days... we'd be home nonetheless...)
LEVI & CHENOA -- KISU Djs and super cute hosts of The Really BIG Show
WARBONNET (pocatello, id)
///Day 60: 5/4/08. home.
back to the HELIBASE:
as a reminder, here's what our yard was like when we left for tour:
we were home for three days before continuing on for the final leg...
///Day 63: 5/7/08 played at the Great Pacific in Pendelton, OR. a dark horse show indeed. really really cool crowd. especially for a Wednesday night. great show. great food. thanks to Peter and Ken and everyone else that played a role in it. we hung out for awhile afterwards then hit the road for Moscow...
///Day 64: 5/8/08 woke up in Moscow!! thanks to our buddy Sara Foster for letting us roll in super late night... our long lost pal Liz met us bright and early... waking up in Moscow is almost more like waking up at home then at our actual home... we were pumped to be there... despite knowing it would be short lived. we played that night at the infamous John's Alley. our friends THE MAGIC MIRRORS opened the show and what a rager it was! wowzers. us and the sweaty dance party rocked right up until closing time... the bar quickly pushed everyone out the door, we packed up and hustled home for our 3 hours of sleep that were awaiting us...
///Day 65: 5/9/08 got up at 6am and hit the road as we had an early appt. with Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) in Portland at 2pm to record an interview and live performance for later broadcast. here's a link to the OPB site that has photos, video and audio of it all: http://opbmusic.org/performances/45-Finn-Riggins
after the OPB session, we caught a quick bite with Jared & Brianne Mees and Mr. Jerome Nobles, then piled in and headed for Salem, OR for a show that night at the IKE Box with Insomniac Folklore + Seahorse + Breviamor. Jerome joined us. it was a fun show. we were glad it was an early one. we cruised back to Portland, dropped Jerome off then crashed super hard at the Mees's comfy pad after an incredible 36 hours.
///Day 66: 5/10/08 played an absolutely epic house party out in Southeast Portland that night. it was off the hook. completely incredible. packed basement. lots of sweat. lots of "totes". lots of "not my chair not my problem". lot of banter and sweat and unruliness. what a blast.
///Day 67: 5/11/08 Mother's Day. we all called our moms, then honored them by first rocking an in-store at Music Millenium in Southeast Portland in the early evening. then we packed up super fast to run over to Berbati's Pan to load-in for the TENDER LOVING EMPIRE 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY. which was amazing. just a big 'ol happy family. and truly the end of our monster spring tour. it was an action packed show with Nadine Mooney + Super XX Man + Saw Whet Sideshow + Southern Belle + Newspapers + Jared Mees & The Grown Children + Boy Eats Drum Machine... and we polished the night off just after midnight. incredible turnout. especially on a sunday. we ate birthday cake and whooped it up. so blessed to be surrounded by such good good people. very very very thankful we are. thank you all for being in our lives and being inspirations and support for all that we do!!
here's a link to nice summary of the evening... and from there you can link to all kinds of photos thanks to Sam G:
http://tenderlovingempire.blogspot.com/2008/05/happy-birthday-tender-loving-empire-by.html
SARAH LONG (the cutest ever) with the special Finn Riggins cookie she made for the party:
///Day 68: long long drive home. but home at last... for atleast 3 weeks this time...
reporting for all of us finn rigginses:
luv,
gilbert
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