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New York, Dallas, and beyond....
Posted by Hildee on Oct 31, 2010 @ 1:05am

Hey Bloomers...Hildee here, I wanted to catch everyone up on the latest happenings in the world of MB. Presently, I'm laying on the floor of an empty house with a pillow and a sleeping bag trying my hardest to remember the whirlwind of events that have unfolded over the last 7 days. In that time we have: traveled to NYC, back to Nashville, then to Dallas. Ridden transit trains, subways, an RV, and an SUV. Walked a million miles. Met a ton of people. Consumed a variety of cultured food. Watched street performances and Broadway plays. Chased squirrels and played for sleep deprived college students. Shot tons of video and took hundreds of pictures. Fought for ten more minutes of sleep and stood in the shadows of a world series. Went to bed early in a town that never sleeps and stayed awake through the night in a state know for its simpler ways of life.

All in all, we have lived a lot of life in a pretty short amount of time. I'm writing this from Arlington, Texas, where we are here for a college conference called NACA. We played last night at 11:30 in a hotel ballroom for a hundred college students from schools all throughout the central part of the US. We rocked so hard the hotel actually shut us down. We got stopped as we were about to play our last song which was a total bummer because it was gonna be our best part of our set, Never Back Down. We felt like Rock Stars to say the least. But, alas, we didn't want to ruin our chances for playing next year. Maybe then they'll let us play in a better place then a hotel ballroom that sits underneath 12 floors of sleeping patrons. Either way, we made a lasting impression and will hopefully see some bookings come out of it.

New York was spectacular. I, myself, walked away from the experience forever changed. I told Matt that it didn't take but ten minutes for me to fall in love with the city. Even now the whole experience feels like a dream. I can't wait to go back. Our performance there for CMJ went really well. Mike, our manager, said it was our best show yet. We all played and sang really well to a crowd that was largely unaware of who we were. So it felt good to travel to such an esteemed place as NYC and deliver a show worthy of its prestige.

We took so much video while we were there that Matt (our resident film maker) has decided to break the trip down into videos by day. So be on the look-out for those on our YouTube page. I've watched some of them already and they are hi-larious.

That's it for now. We've got to get up early tomorrow and leave for Manchester, Tennessee. We've got a Halloween show to play and yes, we will be dressed up in costumes. This will surely be a show to remember. Fear not, photos and videos will abound.

I'm out!

Hildee

P.S. Here are some pictures to hold you over!!!