Taking it to the streets

Posted on 28 September 2006 | 4 Comments

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While road trips can be fun (to Austin, Massachusetts for example), spending 9+ hours in a car with a fidgety 11 month old can be a bit of a challenge. On our drive home from a long weekend in Pennsylvania on Monday we actually discovered that our daughter is a Gnarls Barkley fan. We left to come home early on Monday morning even before sunup and drove pretty much straight through until we stopped for gas and a much needed break on the Indiana Toll Road. We got Hailey out of the car and gave her a chance to stretch her legs a little (fidgety kid, remember?)

All was good and well until the strangest most unlikely most coincidental thing happened. I went inside and who did I see? My former band mate, Tim from Allister, that’s who. Seriously, I’m not kidding (fuzzy picture above as evidence). How totally random.

Now although I was a founding member of the band Allister (read more about it here) I don’t see those guys too often anymore because of my (and their) busy schedules. Evidently they were on their way back to Chicago from a short east coast tour and headed into the studio to record a new EP before they leave for Japan in a few weeks.

It was great to catch up with them a little and introduce them to my daughter. If you live in or around Chicago, come out to see them on October 8th at Chicago’s Beat Kitchen before they head off to Japan for 2-1/2 months.

MP3 | Allister – Moper Dead Ends And Girlfriends
MP3 | Allister – Somewhere On Fullerton Last Stop Suburbia

I can make a really big mess When the clouds fill in by the lake