Hometown Bro-down / Ship Out

Hometown Bro-down

Hometown shows are priceless so wasn’t this one. The bus seemed to be the central hang location, or more like a full-blown party. One instance I saw kids in the middle of the street throwing bottles down a pipe only to make and echoed crash as store owners looked in aww. Cheap brews and the Bruins winning a playoff game, kept us in good spirits. Some retarded fights broke out, we won’t get into that or the after party.

Ship Up to Ship Out
Tuesday morning was spent battening down the hatches and getting our shit settled into Sacred Blue, our home for the next month. A smooth and successful 5 hour drive landed us on the shores of Jersey. Upon exploring the boardwalk and enjoying the scenic waves we had the pleasure of meeting Tyrone. Tyrone was a crazed homeless man who claimed to have both types of sex organs and who also had an insatiable need to polish things. But what else could you expect on the shores of this great American state?
The show was sick, it was in a bowling alley. We also got free chips that magically turned into drinks when redeeming them at the bar. We had a sufficient amount, keeping us occupied throughout the night, not to mention complimentary bowling.
The next day I awoke in some god-awful truck stop, our previous night’s mission was to get out of the great state of Jersey and escape its decrepit smell. But it became a reality that we were still here, while taking a piss in some greenish goop of a puddle a huge fucking bus with a shit ton of people came rolling through. We then got in the bus an headed for Richmond Virginia for our day off due to a canceled show.



oh and here's some quick vid grabs of what we've been currently getting weird with. With so many daily adventures, it is nearly impossible to snaggle-hag some time to edit.


Learning to Surf with Glenn and Rhea


Jake's on da beachhhh



Bean in Georgia




Free Skating, Kona


Hit the Switch @ Kona Skatepark




Smartbomb @ Kona Skatepark, FA

First of Days

The First of Days
The first days of tour were on the unordinary or even weird side. I woke up the time I was scheduled to meet up with Smartbomb in their compound located in the depths of the boonies somewhere westward in the outskirts of Worcester. Dazed from events from the night prior, I booted back to my house to gather the items I carelessly packed.
We planned to meet at Guitar Center in Millbury Ma. Driving faster than Flash himself I met up on time, meted and greeted and planned to leave. But a speed bump prevented us from leaving the parking lot let alone show in Haverhill. We didn’t know we’d be spending the next 7 hours in this very spot. The bus was broke down, this fine triton V10 bus known as Sacred Blue wouldn’t even turn over.
All of us being ‘novice’ mechanics, to put it lightly, analyzed the problem and came to the conclusion that is was the starter. Perkins, while getting down and dirty underneath the bus somehow managed to get a chunk of rust stuck in his eye. With the help of Widing’s surgical skills, he extracted the huge chunk of decaying steal with finesse and the help of a condom wrapper. It seemed that our steak of unfortunate events would never end.
Not knowing how to fix this problem we gave Perkins’s pops Darrell, a jingle. The next few hours were skating, Frisbees, burritos, and anything else to keep us occupied. After we spent $250 in parts and installed them with the help of Darrell, we went to try to start it for the 167th time. One little trick to starting a vehicle: YOU NEED TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK IN ORDER FOR IT TO START. We fucked up and had a good time doing it. We ended up making it to the Haverhill show.
The venue was Welfare records, located on the banks of the Merrimack river. A scenario similar to where mobs dump bodies after a ‘hit’. We met up with our fellow tour partners Hit the Switch for the first time. They are a bunch of rad guys fro So Cal, and we are all amped to be touring together. The two bands are definetly a killer combo, be sure to check them out.

The First Days

Ok so if you didn't know, Smartbomb is on tour. And I, Adam Metterville, have been graciously invited on tour. The past weekend was quite adventurous. Here's a quick little something of what's been happening. We play a show in Jersey tonight. Well this isn't that interesting....