Awesome Tour Diary

Holy Shit! What a tour! We had no clue all of you lunatics were gonna come out and help us rock this thing every night. It was an unreal experience that we'll never forget. Thanks to everyone who sent us their great photos and videos. There will be a full tour documentary on the Season 2 DVD! BOSTON Our first night! We've never played Boston before! We are pumped! Although I was very nervous about playing two shows in one night. In fact I enlisted the help of a man to get my body prepared for such a battle. I wasn't used to dancing my ass off in spandex for hours straight. But we did it! And the people of Boston were so cool and warm and smelled a little like lobster. Balls Ready for action:

Boston Backstage

Flying ball leap:

Tim and Eric dance:

Tim's balls are blonde:

Mine are black like the night:

Sox:

NYC Got into a major traffic jam on the way into the city. Of course! Welcome home! Mugar almost had a heart attack, but we made it to the show on time. The Highline Ballroom was beautiful and humungous. Two shows of 700 people each. We've never performed to a crowd that size! Uh oh! MAJOR tech problems before the show, the security guards were making fun of our outfits, I was drinking pepto bismal like water, yikes! But everything went great. Lots of BFF's in the crowd. Good to be back east. Crew:

Jon Mugar- Tour Manager/Stage Manager/Honkman.

Ben Berman- Lights/ Sound/ Shot and edited "Not Live" our tour documentary. Btw, if you haven't seen this epic: http://www.superdeluxe.com/sd/series/tim_and_eric_not_live

Clark Renking- Production Master/ Merch Wiz/ Beardsman

Doug Lussenhop- Audio Visual Master

DJ DOUGGPOUND Pound ripped it up this year. NPR joke just took him over the edge. I prefer the corned beef stuff, but everyone has their fav. Doug's greenroom:

In the mix:

Pace:

Cool flyer:

PHILLY Got off the van and headed directly for DiBruno Bros. Italian hoagies!!! Played at the North Star. Boy that place has changed. I had such fond memories of that club living there, but oh well. Sorry it was so hot and impossible to see. Should have stayed at the Franklin Institute! Mom and Dad showed up. They didn't wear their matching leather jackets like last year. Bummer. PETITE FEET

Gearing up for what a man sounds like:

ASHEVILLE The best show on this trip hands down. Possibly the greatest show we've ever done. And don't get me wrong, most of the cities ruled, but there was something very special about this Asheville show. I think we were all so exhausted and sick of the large city vibe at this point. It felt good to roll into a beautiful mountain town and not know a single soul there! Actually, that feeling is equally scary. Will anyone show up? Will woodsmen rape us at the after party? Well, Asheville came through in a big way. It was truly awesome. And you chippies were totally insane. This was the first show I couldn't hear myself sing over you lunatics. Thank you Asheville. (except the raver in the big hat that got mad at us cause we wouldn't do the beaver boy dance for him. We're not monkeys bro) Outside the club:

ATLANTA Visited the sad remains of superdeluxe. Lazzo brought us amazing brownies. I hid Harrigan's laptop behind his fridge. We played in the Plaza movie theater. Super cool space with a massive screen. Had to get out of their quickly due to a Rocky Horror screening at midnight! CHICAGO Total deepdish! Doug brought us to a whacky art show where he performed. He put his mom on the guest list plus 14! They all brought cut outs of doug's face. And when something funny happened, they would hold up their doug cut outs and shake em! So awesome. We met Jeanine. She protected the projector. Pound fans:

A talented man brought us this:

FYE signing:

ST. LOUIS Had to stop back in St. Louis. The people in this city are just amazing! Visited my cousin who just got back from the hospital. She had height reduction surgery. KANSAS A contender for most enthusiastic crowd EVER. Maybe it's because you guys are soooo far from the ocean? Who knows, but you guys rule. Oh, and I crowd surfed for the first time in my life! I grew up in the punk scene and always wanted to participate in the sweaty fun, but I'm a LARGE man. And Lawrence is strong! Backstage in Lawrence:

Crowd Surfin in Kansas:

PAPA JOHNS Friends and fans both agreed that this may be the best bit for the 08 tour. Tim and I are obsessed with fake advertising, (and some real advertising- ABSOLUT) so we jumped at the chance to put on a informational chat about The Papa's new email service. And who doesn't like free pizza thrown at their faces? It's all about the graphics:

Photo op:

Papa screams:

Jpeg signature (free of charge):

Pie launch:

Reaching people:

AUSTIN Last time we were here we had a shitty time due to SXSW lameness. But this show was killer. Youngest fan ever attended. Casey & His Brother

Cops and Robbers:

Feeling some sunsets:

Burger jump:

Fav photo from tour:

Dog toss:

Big Ben:

Train:

Tangled:

2nd best photo from tour:

SEATTLE The rest of the talent arrives! David Leibe Hart, James Quall, Palmer Scott (Sit on You), and Ron Starks (Do Dah Doo Doo) Tim and I are excited to change up the show a bit and see how people react to the new guys. Had a day off. We love this fucking town. So beautiful and clean and fresh and hilly and yummy. David Liebe Hart

David tells us a story about how James "spit up" in the hotel room.

Pierre

PORTLAND Another super beautiful city. I may live here at some point. We played another old movie theater. This is the way to go. Late night house party afterwards! Marty on drums! Backstage in Portland. Yes, we are on a 45 degree angle in a hallway. Kinda made it perfect:

James Quall

James had new jokes for each city. He kinda blew our mind on this trip. A true jokesman. Doug was a little jealous. SAN FRANSISCO Ok, yet another beautiful effin city. Michael Schmidt

Palmer Scott

He was favorite part of the show for sure. LA We're back home! Thank god Tim had the smart idea of playing two days back to back instead of two shows in one night. We were fucking exhausted. Lot's of BFF's and family in the house. Thought LA was gonna be way too cool for school, but turned out to be some of the best shows. The first night Bob was our stage manager. So good to hear the roar when he takes the stage. He's still the fucking man:

The second night Rainn did the same thing. Karlor?

FINALE! Warming up the crowd with my tinsel:

Glitter drums:

Red Dragon:

First tier- find that dragon:

Trust me friend:

Celebration:

Gross:

Richard and Tanese closed the show with a lovely poem about the tour:

Apologies To all the janitorial staff that had to clean up after our shows: