Hello from Fargo everybody!!
Well, after a 16 hour drive we made it from Laramie to Fargo, ND at 2 in the morning on Sunday. We parked to find a Pheasant that I hit earlier in the day lodged in the grill of the van, but that had to wait until we got some sleep (the fucker cracked the grill of the van, but I got the last laugh). We are crashing with Casey's parents here and had the day off yesterday. We did absolutly nothing productive and got pampered like gods by Casey's parents. We stayed in their lake cabin in Minnesota, a short drive from Fargo, which was absolutly amazing, everything about that place said, "well young fellow, why don't you just relax and read or perhaps take a nap." We were fed to the max with amazing food that Casey's mom made (insane meal with cream/mint peas, baked potatoes, and one of the best Turkey's I've ever had!!!), taken out to another amazing dinner tonight and overall just treated with an amazing level of hospitality, they have raised the bar for the rest of the tour and we are eternally gratefull. We really had to focus tonight because we had spent a day and a half in total relax/pamper mode.
Tonight we played at The Eastgate Lounge in Moorhead, MN, just 2 miles from Casey's house in Fargo. Kind of a big rocker bar, with an odd layout, but definalty for those who love to rock. We got there a little early so we could hang out and get ready to rock. The show was supposed to start at 10, with an opening band and us going last. Well, by 10 the opening band hadn't showed up yet and were getting flashbacks to Laramie. So, being the rockers that we are we said "Fuck it, we'll just play two sets, no problem." The bar guy wanted sound from 10-1 because that's how long ladies night lasted. He found a guy who played some acoustic stuff and he would play in between us. We played the first set and rocked the shit out of it, people really dug it and were really enthusiastic about us, people were so happy we were not some shitty Metal band, which is becoming a common theme on tour. There was lots of ladies there and I think they were so excited someone as great as Nova rocking the guitar and vocals. The acoustic guy went up, then we rocked another fine set for the folks of Moorhead. People were stoked and we hung out for awhile, playing pool and chatting with people who were so friendly. I kept on hearing the term "apehangers" for the level that I put my cymbals at, which will make it into my vocabulary for sure.
The good feelings we have been getting are amazing, people have been great to us and Moorhead was no different. People were so excited and just wanted to hang out and chat with us about whatever, they didn't just bail after the show, they wanted to play pool and have us sign shit and it was rad (Jenna, Sara, and your crew were all amazing). People in this area are very nice and very sweet people, with great accents!! I've found people here are very genuine and just great overall. I don't mean to be all gushy, but it's 3:30 in the morning and I'm really touched by those fine people in Moorhead and Casey's family and friends in Fargo who came to the show, it meant a great deal to us all. Well tomorrow we drive 8 hours to Madison, WI. Another adventure for tomorrow, have a rad day, I'm going to sleep for a couple of hours.

Matt