walt whitman. learn it live it.

“This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence towards the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown, or to any man or number of men; go freely with the powerful uneducated persons, and with the young, and mothers, of families: read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life: re-examine all you have been told at school or church, or in any books, and dismiss whatever insults your soul.”

warped tour 08

I will be tour managing Norma Jean on main stage warped tour all summer.

Here are the dates for what I think is the best way to spend a summer.... punk rock summer camp.

6/20 Pomona, CA
6/21 San Francisco, CA
6/22 Ventura, CA
6/25 Phoenix, AZ
6/26 Las Cruces, NM
6/28 Salt Lake City, UT
6/29 Denver, CO
7/1 St.Louis, MO
7/2 Kansas City, KS
7/3 Dallas, TX
7/5 San Antonio, TX
7/6 Houston, TX
7/9 Atlanta, GA
7/10 Orlando, FL
7/11 Tampa, FL
7/12 Miami, FL
7/13 Jacksonville, FL
7/14 Charlotte, NC
7/15 Virginia Beach, VA
7/16 Washington DC
7/17 Cleveland, OH
7/18 Detroit, MI
7/19 Toronto, ON
7/20 Montreal, QC
7/23 Boston, MA
7/24 Buffalo, NY
7/25 Camden, NJ
7/26 Uniondale, NY
7/27 Scranton, PA
7/28 Englishtown, NJ
7/29 Pittsburgh, PA
7/30 Cincinnati, OH
7/31 Indianapolis, IN
8/1 Milwaukee, WI
8/2 Chicago, IL
8/3 Minneapolis, MN
8/5 Saskatoon, SK
8/6 Calgary, AB
8/8 Boise, ID
8/9 Seattle, WA
8/10 Portland, OR
8/13 Fresno, CA
8/14 San Diego, CA
8/15 San Francisco, CA
8/16 Sacramento, CA
8/17 Los Angeles, CA

in other news this tour is going great. Last night was in San Diego with 1850 kids. I made them all laugh. 2 words. anchor man.

tour has begun

We left LA last night about 2am. Drove through the night and made it to outside of tucson,az before I took over. There is something about the desert that is so great. Such a spirit of adventure and mystery to me. Plus I'm way into Indians.

We are driving to el paso tonight and staying at a studio ranch up in the hills where some buds of ours recorded earlier this year. This ranch is amazing and they have a pet racoon. A racoon that is friendly and they feed and hangs out like a dog or cat! If I could be any animal I would be a horse. Just sayin.

I couldn't be happier with the crew we have on this tour. The vibe of our guys is so creative and loving, I'm really excited to see how this tour goes...

I'm on the verge of a bird hog reunion and that is such a good thing. 2 weeks. I'm on the verge of a birdhog same city life. That is even better.

Even as much as I am dissapointed with the human race daily there are people who continue to show such love and kindness it gives me hope. It inspires me.

"Inspiration will take man to places he has yet to go, fight is what he needs to find his way home"

From the middle of the desert...
RH.

today

my friends and I went to the park all day and it was grand.

im so stoked for spring.

now we are all cooking dinner and watching radiohead videos. so goood.

i leave for tour in 8 days and im gonna miss all this alot!