“Try To Understand” - Allison Weiss (me)

Hey I just realized I should post more songs!

I really love how this one turned out on the record. It was voted in by YOU GUYS via an internet poll, and then we recorded it last-minute without really knowing how it would turn out. I was super worried about it until we sent it to Dan Romer, who made it sound BADASS. Notice there is no acoustic guitar. Crazy!

You can get it on iTunes and stuff btw! www.allisonweisswasrightallalong.com

GPOYW.

Oh, wait… no… that’s my new album cover!

I’ll post a song when the preorder starts next week. Album comes out on 11/24. CD release parties 11/28 in New York City and 12/2 in Athens, GA. Spread the word!

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After waking up late and eating breakfast at Cracker Barrel, we made the rest of our drive to College Park, Maryland. It was short and sweet, and we had time before the show to check out a piano store and a used CD warehouse. The no-name CDs we purchased turned out to royally suck, but it was fun to hope. 

College Perk coffee house reminded me a lot of 37 Main in Buford, GA - a haven for thirty-somethings still young at heart. We watched a lineup of acoustic acts pour their hearts out about relationships, politics, and pop songs. During the course of the evening we met a lot of really energetic people. This place was packed with music lovers, thats for sure. We got to play a long set, and I was able to invite Patrick up on stage to play one of his songs as a duet with me. The crowd seemed to love everything! 

Afterwards, the three of us ordered the s’mores platter: a miniature flaming grill with marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate. We even shared it with some Australians who’d never seen anything like it. Awesome. Next thing we knew, it was time to pack up and hit the road again.

We drove as far as we could that night, sleeping half the way and somehow landing at a Motel 6 in God-knows where and sharing a king sized bed. It wasn’t half bad.

When morning hit, we took to the highway once again, passing through the beautiful rolling hills of Virginia on our way to Graffiti Music Hall in Arden, NC. We finally arrived, barely sane, and were allowed to play first! This was awesome ‘cause Arden is only 3 hours from my home, which meant we’d be able to make it back to Flowery Branch that night. 

After IHOP with our new friend Chris and his mom, we headed out on the home stretch of our journey. Conversations revolved around the supernatural, and we scared ourselves back into our home state. We were welcomed home by my pajama-clad mom, who fed us some croissants and sent us off to bed.

Despite the amount of time we’d spent on the road, the three of us stayed up till 5 AM watching scary videos on YouTube and reminiscing. 

And here I am now, sitting in my bedroom. Patrick’s dad came and got him a few hours ago and we said our goodbyes, as we always have and always must. 

Post-Tour Anxiety/Depression Syndrome is a bitch, but I think I’ll get over it.

So here’s to long drives, eating Airborne like candy, IHOP in Hickory, “going to Nashville and cutting a record”, 24, Mike Doyle, the impossible shower, whitecaps on the ocean, freezing cold, huge boots, layering, raspy voices, finally “seeing Connecticut,” the G train, the A train, the L train, the million Starbucks in times square, video taping in the subways, walking 15 miles, playing for the bartender, Union Square, “regular slices”, BAYSTON, losing our GPS, finding the best view of New York, laughing at everything, secrets, swank hotels, Cracker Barrel, granola, “huge fucking beds”, being a princess, the sun in the appalachians, 0 meilen bis leer, The Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon, cursing in Christian venues, orange juice parties, ghosts, love, and music.

I’m currently in the home of Seamonster, aka Todd, who we played with tonight at Volume CDs. He sounds SO similar to Neutral Milk Hotel, it’s ridiculous. AND he has the most awesome house I’ve ever seen. He’s got tons of stuff, but it’s all perfect. There’s a TV fireplace in the corner, a foosball table, and a framed photo of Kiefer Sutherland (in honor of 24) just to name a few things. Expect a tour on the video we’re gonna make.

We got to Volume CDs today at around 6pm, right on time. We got a little held up in the morning at Cracker Barrel with Dylan Gilbert, but it’s all good! Any time spent with Dylan is time well spent.

Speaking of him, our show last night in Hickory, NC at Tee & Coffee Co. was awesome! Hickory is a great town to start a tour off with. I love everyone who lives there! We played with two really great bands too: Dear Cavalier and Linus Van Pelt. And of course, we were followed by Dylan, who put on an amazing show, as usual. Afterwards, we all went out to IHOP and got an extremely long table - I think it’s become a tradition! I met some great people who I can’t wait to see again. We’ll be back to Hickory soon!

Unfortunately, we soon realized that we had left our camera charger at Tee & Coffee Co. so we won’t have any photos from the tour!!! At least not until we get ourselves some disposables. But, we will have lots of video footage.

Anyway, last night we stayed in Dylan Gilbert’s house and finally got to see “where the magic happens” (as they say). We rolled in at 3am and were greeted by walls covered in pictures documenting the life of Dylan, courtesy of his parents, who were sleeping upstairs. When we woke up the next morning at 8:30 we took showers and got ready to hit the road, but not without first seeing Dylan’s home studio in the basement. Imagine the coolest vintage one-room studio you could possibly imagine. There were more guitars in there than I could count. And I got to play his THEREMIN!! Holy god. That was fun.

Then it was Cracker Barrel time. A game of checkers, a long wait, an egg sandwich, and a ton of biscuits later, we hit the road for real. We had to make one Wal-Mart run halfway through the trip, but we successfully got in and out with no trouble. Thank god for the $0.97 travel aisle!

As said before, we got to Volume CDs at 6pm and set up to play the show. The crowd was minimal but ALL awesome people! We made some new friends and formed a conga line around the store (which was awkward but wonderful). Afterwards we hit up Taco Bell like demons, and followed our GPS (Garmin Sandiego) to Todd’s house, where we watched two episodes of 24 with him and his roommates. We learned about Mike Doyle jokes (MIKE DOYLE: THE PERFECT STORM) and found out that Todd is not only a great musician, but a really talented cartoonist who draws for Nick magazine and has his own books!.

And, here I am now!

Tomorrow we head to Philadelphia to play at The Palindrome.

That’s it. More tomorrow, or the next time I have internet!