2*Sweet Dudes & Guys!

oh hey you guys. we're watching the departed at vudu right now. i just had a magical shower so now i am a clean boy and in my jammies.

today we tracked drums. mikes yamaha set sounds HUGE. i swear to god the toms sound like fucking cannons. dan was a regular nick menza today. tomorrow we're doing bass and getting as much guitar done as possible. i cant wait to lay done some heavy riffs. RIFFS DUDE. FA;SDHFA;

some of the hopesfall dudes have been hanging out and theyre pretty rad. their new record has been getting some good reviews and im curious to hear it.

petes trying to play a right handed guitar right now (hes a southpaw in case you didnt know FYI LOL). dave is upset because hes stoked on the scene where captain queenan gets thrown off the roof.

alright, thats all i got. i think i update this thing more than my actual livejournal.

hello chief lets talk why not? ANDY

so our boy deadxstop had a show last night in chicago, hes leaving for tour, and i think its fucking great that hes going out there so you can hear his shit, the new book is fucking amazing. i heard the show went well, im bummed that i wasnt there. good luck man

last night we played a highschool in bethesda maryland, our awesome friend jennie and her family let us stay in their house, i finally got to shower, my hair was in bad shape, now its poofy, what can ya do...


brooklyn tonight, VUDU tomorrow, i cant wait to do these new songs, they are gonna be heavy

luv

-j and the sweaty sweeties

So last night we played in middle of nowhere north carolina, it was amazing, anyone who watched the live feed of the show knows the insanity that persued, and I want to know who watched it. but if you didn't see it, all you need to know is that an extremely wasted stranger wandered onto the stage and demanded that we play christina aguilera's "dirty" and refused to give me the mic back, it was awesome. Brian danced with her and then she freestyled. It was a beautiful show. We are 3 for 3 so far...

After the show I drove a few hours and we stopped to sleep in the parking lot of the mall that has been our home all morning in virginia, I bought the new AP, I suggest you do the same, and I just ate some pretty good vegetable fried rice.

Maryland tonight, can't wait to see our friends there, dave is still kinda sick, I don't know what his deal is

Multi functional lazer tigers are my life

God bless the south
-j

north carolina, the show was amazing, all the dudes working at the venue ruled, brian got wasted and stopped making sense

dave is still super sick, we are hotel aheading it again, that dude needs to get better


pool tomorrow, another show...

i read deadstops book, its fucking great, do yourself a favor and get that thing, im so proud of what that dude does and i love his words, i wish they were mine.... maybe they will be.....


hotel rooms feel a little more like home, but nothing compared to strangers floors, the sad part is im being serious

i like to be nowhere, i like to feel like no one, is that weird? god i hope so

-j*Sweet

we are in a hotel in ohio, just outside of kentucky, dave has a terrible fever, but hes being a trooper

andy and pete and i are sharing a room, dave, dan and brian are in the next one over

tonight we played in kentucky with set your goals and fireworks. there were tons of kids in attendance and syg got an insane reaction, omar and the hit the lights dudes rolled out and there was mad hangouts and dude touching.

it has been a year almost to the day that we met fireworks and went on our very first tours together last summer, i truly value these dudes friendships more than anything, they are our brothers, and this last year has brought us together closer than any other band we have ever met, they are insanely talented dudes and will soon be taking over the world. im going to edit a video for one of their songs when we are at vudu, its going to be awesome...

first day of tour was amazing, it was so great to see friends from chicago come all the way out to send us off right, you mean the world to us, also thanks for the amazing gifts and goodies, i dont know what we would do without you, we probably wouldnt be doing anything, we would be lazy losers...

tomorrow we are playing in north carolina, we have to wake up early and hightail it to the show, i am excited to be out east again, i cant wait to go back to vudu studio and get rowdy with mike, these new songs are totally wild, i hope they turn out how i think they will, and i hope you love them

because i love you



=j*sweet

im getting up at 630 tomorrow so i can be packed and at daves by 8.  of course its 1:15 am im still awake. 

i need to finish drawing a silly flyer for the fireworks/thistimenextyear/julian vena trio show at dave cronins house.  i will probably drink some more coffee and watch the sopranos. 

jeffree star hung out at the practice space for a bit today.  hes a nice boy and has pretty hair. 

our good friend brian blake is coming on tour to do merch for us.  he is very cute and will charm your socks/pants off.  be sure to give him lots of tips because he got kicked out of his house and is coming on tour with us partially because he is homeless. 

its always awkward/terrible explaining to my coworkers (when im not on tour, im working at TARGET) what tour is like. 

manager: "what kinds of places do you play?  like bars or something?"   

me: "well, sometimes.  more often smaller venues and stuff."

manager: "oh, like the riviera?"

me: "not exactly..."

its funny, because even though we all grew up playing in metal/hardcore bands, doing this band (a POP band) has been one of the most punk rock things ive ever done.  we dropped out of school/quit jobs to go on tour, we're unsigned, and booking our own tours.  well, WE arent booking them, stevie does that because hes a moon master.  but still.  we're all taking huge risks...  financially, relationship-wise, et al. 

trying explaining to your civilian friends why playing a show in delaware to 30 people is worth dropping out of school. 

it IS worth it.  we're a band, and there seem to be a few people who enjoy our music.  people who cant drive 14 hours to chicago every couple of months.  so its our job to go to them.  and in the meantime, we get to hang out and take off our clothes in a van.  we love playing music, and if we ever want to make playing music something we do completely fulltime, then we need to tour.  simple as that. 

i wont even go into how much it pisses me (and all of us) off that there are REAL BANDS, on BIG LABELS who seriously dont like to and dont want to tour.  i cant even explain how fucked up that is.  but thats another rant. 

i have things to do and this entry came out way longer than i anticipated. 

come see us when we're in your town!

so last night was the most insane thing ever


we drove out to aledo illinois, its super close to the quad cities, definitely in the middle of nowhere. we roll up to this all day metalcore fest pretty late, but in time to see our boys the hero estates play. after they play i went out on the roof and watched the most unreal storm clouds roll in while the dudes set up to play, our merch gets blown over when the clouds finally pass, so we closed some windows and i went over to start the set.
we open up with antrhax and dudes immediately start moshing, it ruled, then it began to storm super crazy and poured, so everyone from outside came in, so the room filled up quick and there were about 200 or more people there. we went into our set and i was expecting these "metal/hardcore/whatever" kids to be bummed out, but they all completely flipped out and went off like nothing i have ever seen for 2*Sweet before, it was pure mayhem. dudes were climbing up into the rafters of the ceiling and diving off, i saw one of them do a flip off of them, it was completely wild. tons of new and familiar faces singing along, nonstop mosh antics and dancing the whole time, it was so fun, it was seriously the last thing i expected, i loved it.
then we lit some insense (i cant spell) and devils pie dished out some sick riffs, those dudes are rad even when they dont cover down so dan could go into blind rage mode, but its all good. pete fed stix beer while he riffed and bled all over his guitar.

all in all, an awesome night, thanks to everyone who came out and was a part of it, for real a night i wont soon forget, now im still in my bed, hoping that it doesnt rain today because im going to ride my bike to my grandmas and do some yardwork for her before we leave for tour on tuesday.


i cannot wait to tour, it is the life, and live is for the living

i am rather upset because brian snaked his way into coming, i dont know about that dude....


SIKE!!!!!
-Jsweet