Are you serious? by Travis

So you probably read the title of this and thought, um, wonder what those crazy young chaps in Thanks For Nothing are up to this week. Well, guess what? A whole lotta, that's what going on.

In the last few weeks, we have played at the Ameristar Casino's in Kansas City and Vicksburg, Mississippi, the Peabody Rooftop party in Memphis w/ Cowboy Mouth, The Music Hall w/ Ten years, George's with Rehab, and as of this last weekend, The Miami Quapaw Casino. It has been a blast indeed... Though Brandon has not rubbed anything on his lips to make them look like he has been soaking them in kool-aid, the entertainment factor has been quite high. If you don't think we haven't been living life on the wild side, look at these cannons we just bought to put on the top of our van...



I lied, those are at the National Civil War Memorial Historical Classical Rock and Roll Chicken Shacking whatever place in Vicksburg. Those were actually used to fend off Custard at um, the battle of, blue lagoon hill during um...

So anyway, Jacob has been waiting on us to pick him back up and bring him home.



No but seriously folks, we have had a lot going on lately. The album is still being stewed as we speak and hopefully, it will be out before the turn of the century. It' sounds amazing and we will have some tunes up on the site and myspace before it comes out.

Lately, in case you haven't noticed, Chad and I have been doing some Nick Nolte action, this means playing shows as the Nick Nolte's. If you haven't been to a show, it is very entertaining. Almost consisting of all requests, the Nick Nolte's is basically everything you have ever wanted, see look at this borderline heterosexual promo show...



I know that looks like something you wanna go see...

So anywho, Saturday Night, George's, we will be rockin with Matt Jones. Some of you might remember him from past blogs and from probably seeing him play before. This show will probably blow your mind or just blow, period. Come find out. It won't blow, or suck, it will be the best show you have ever seen.

Actually, when we get video footage of Brandon's red lips after rubbing them with jalapeno's, that will be the best show ever.

Ok, I'm done.

KC Masterpiece

Last week, we spent Wednesday through Sunday at the Ameristar Casino in Kansas City. It was a very entertaining time on and off the stage. I think everyone was happy, except for the raccoon I drilled going 75 in a couple thousand pound vehicle. Not my fault, it turned and ran under the vehicle. Sorry animal lovers, ask Forest Gump what happens.

Anywho, first off check out this place...



This was the most rockinest casino we have played so far. We had a blast. They fed us. Gave us rooms. Let us rock. Aaron our sound guy is probably the coolest person ever.

Anyway, on with the meat and taters. I must share this photo of Chad sleeping. Let me note that this is how he sleeps on every trip. He doesn't know I am posting this, sorry dude. It's a part of life.



Playing 5 days at a casino, one has a lot of time on their hands. Jacob and I decided to partake on the 1 mile journey to Worlds of Fun. A theme park from our hotel. Jacob, being an avid roller coaster fan, couldn't wait to get me, having never been on a REAL roller coaster, scared out of my gourd with twister turns and other kinds of things that make a stew of everything in my stomach. (BTW, the Momma Joe's bbq place by the hotel had to be the worst thing I had ever eaten. Just sayin. Sorry Momma.) After being in state of shock for mostly the whole time at the theme park, the overall review is, yes roller coasters are fun, but I couldn't sleep that night. I kept thinking about spinning upside down with the g-force jerking me around like being stuck on the wrong end of a tugged-on rubber band. Here, this pretty much explains the whole day.



Yeah...

Ok, here is the last thing. Best for last... Actually, to tell you this story, I have to tell you another.

A few weeks ago, we played a private event in Fayetteville that had crawfish. Brandon was new to this fine southern delicacy. He dove right in. As he got done, we noticed his lips were about the color of a fresh strawberry. Chad lost it and couldn't keep quiet about it. Since then, he has been obsessed with making Brandon eat things that would make his lips red. Usually spicy items, Brandon is usually requested to rub whatever chili or pepper on his lips to make it red. This may not be the most intelligent thing to do, but it's all in good fun. I am sure we will have a video posted on this soon...

ANYWHO, this weekend, we sampled the digestive system destroyer that is the Ameristar Casino. They had everything you could think of, therefor we overate. Brandon found some fresh Jalepeno peppers. Usually, this would be a breeze. But for some reason, the Ameristar jalapeno's are a LOT hotter than your average pepper. He bit the whole thing off, leaving the stem and just enough pepper to make him self a fire filled, acid induced lipstick from hell. Everything was well for about 10 second. Then he turned green, requested milk from the waitress, and then shoved his face into the ice cream cone Jacob retrieved for him. His lips ended up being extremely shaded in red and Chad pretty much lost it. Brandon was in pain for the rest of the day. He made comments like "Man I feel terrible, those peppers are hotter than most restaurant peppers" and "They are still warm, but not like extreme burn warm."

I am going to wrap this up there...I am not sure what to say for a good outro, so I will just go ahead and leave you with this picture. Notice the look on his face, as well as the color. It should explain how he felt for most of the day.



Thanks For Nothing Blog by Travis

Land Yacht and more...

Top of the Tuesday to you my good people. It has been a un-splendid minute since I have dropped the knowledge bomb over you. Quit a bit has happened in the TFN world in the last few weeks...Lets recap!

We played Powerhouse's Party on the Patio and watch how many Killowatts it takes to call a taxi, played with Jackson Waters and OneRepublic, rocked a garage in Ardmore, Oklahoma, performed at a high schooling chap's graduation party, busted in a new venue in OKC, rocked Parsons, played in Tulsa for the first time, and oh yeah, we just bought a van, aka land yacht.



This thing has plenty of things that will distract us from making set lists and other wonderful things we should be concentrating on. Basically anything you can think of, it's got. The seats are VERY comfortable. Perfect for taking naps on the way to the next show. You could drive for miles without having to wake up and stretch!!! (Just kidding mom's) Best news in this, you get a cruise...TFN on a cruise? Maybe we can try and get a show on the boat.

Other than that, we are about to spend a week at the Ameristar Casino. For those of you who know me, you know that when somebody says something like "Free food," I am on that like a wombat. I can't tell you how excited I am about this. I may come out of this show 40 pounds heavier. Oh well, at least it's not B-Dubs, very unhealthy. If there was a Buffalo Wild Wings, with a free meal ticket there, in the Ameristar Casino, this would be the best week of our lives.

Other than that, we got a LOT of big stuff going on. Most of it we can't announce but we will keep you posted. Wait here...

By Travis