Poughkeepsie, NY

Tonight was absolutely amazing! This was the biggest, most exciting show
the guys have ever played. The show was sold out (900 kids), and at
least 700 of them were there by the time the Grad played. The guys
played really well and they got a GREAT crowd response!!

The label (Matthew and Amena) came to the show. As always, it was great
to see them. We (all 7 of the gang) got a copy of the full-length. It
looks awesome! We were all really excited to finally have a copy in our
hands.

Tonight was the first night we ever got things that were in our rider.
(A rider is a big list of things you want provided for you.....ex: green
m&m's.) I didn't think we'd get those things for a while down the
road. Pretty sweet.

Tonight was also the first show that we ever got all-access laminates!
I've been waiting to get one of those for a long time! Everyone was
pretty stoked about it.

We have tomorrow off. (We were supposed to be on the show tomorrow, but
there was a curfew issue and we couldn't play.) We are going to go to
the show (in Asbury Park, NJ) to watch and hang out.

*Tonight was a huge step for the guys. It felt like they finally made
it to the big leagues. Great night. So exciting*