Japan
The flight time between Dallas Ft. Worth (DFW) and Osaka, Japan (NRT) is 12 hours, 51 minutes – which is a distance of 6,428 miles or 10,344 nautical kilometers. I think it is safe to say that is the furthest I have ever traveled in my entire life. And I’m trembling at the thought of being in a seat for that long – because flying three hours from O’hare to LAX is enough to make me antsy. However, not everyone gets the opportunity to travel to Japan as part of their job description – so I’m not going to complain. Even more baffling, its not quite my position – as on this tour instead of selling cotton I will be handling the responsibilities of making sure the Relient K guys have their gear set-up and ready for playing. It seems I’ve taken this opportunity before outside of the states when I tech’d a couple shows in Canada on Warped Tour. I’m gonna push for the title ‘International Tech Service and Management Employee’ – ITS ME!
I’m really excited to be going to Japan. Over the last couple of years – this band and crew has become like a family to me, and I’m glad that they are some of the best friends that I have. The thought of being in a foreign country, with no way of communicating, with my friends is very exciting. I can’t help but think about two of my favorite actors in the movie ‘Lost In Translation’. I’m a huge sushi fan as well – and even though I’ve been eating a highly modernized American version of the food, I’m really looking forward to experiencing the real deal. Maybe we’ll get to go to a place where we have to take our shoes off and bow to the chef before we enter. Not sure how much time I will have to take it all in, but I’m very much looking forward to being over there for several days and thankful for the opportunity. I have no doubt that RK will be widely supported by the people there – it’s going to be great!
ALNR at EarX-Tacy
A Lion Named Road recently played its first show at earX-tacy to support the release of our new album. We were overwhelmed by the turnout, considering half of our band and a short setlist. We donated the proceeds of our record that day straight to earX-tacy in response to the situation they have fallen into. We were astonished to hear that we were one of the top selling artists at the store this week. Thank you to everyone who went out there and bought the record and stayed to listen to us play. Our photographer/guitarist Billy Grubbs came out and captured some cool shots. Thanks Billy!
Billy Grubbs Photography