It’s no lie. I miss Cleveland. I miss Akron. I miss you Ohio.
I can not tell you how excited I was last night once my Cleveland homies Signals Midwest dropped by for a quick visit.
The boys had a night off of their current tour and I told them they could crash at my pad if they wanted. They took me up on my offer and decided that we should all go see that new Batman movie too.
I was more than fine with that.
After the movie (amazing btw) and many beers later I felt like interviewing them for kicks and giggles. Jeff and Loren were the troopers of the night and not only stayed up late, but were all about a drunken impromptu interview.
BHP: So, what did you think about the movie?
Jeff Russell: There was about 7 scenes that was tied to to my favorite and they all included Anne Hathaway and I was all like me likey likey.
Loren Shumaker-Chupp: Oh Batman… I don’t know. The Restorations flasks were pulling it up. John Blake was getting promoted to detective was epic. I hit a certain point in the movie where I didn’t know what was going on. Bruce Wayne making it out of the pit was it.
BHP: Bane was a little heavy on the Vader.
JR: Ummmmm….I think as a trilogy it ended perfectly and I loved how Christopher Nolan had an all-star cast. If he was a basketball coach, he would have had a dream team. But LeBron James would have been in the new Spiderman movie.
LS: The pit that Wayne was stuck in was easy to get to get out of in New Jersey.
JR: Commissioner Gordon moved to Cleveland.
BHP: Ha ha, and I moved away. Do you feel the movie lacked in anything?
JR: I would have loved to see Mr. Freeze and what he would have brought to the table. I would have loved to have seen his take on global warning. What if Al Gore played Mr. Freeze?
LS: I just think that I have a better memory of Danny DeVito carrying around that umbrella. I just say that because you can’t use the Penguin anymore because he killed it. Jack Nicholson killed it. He warned Heath Ledger to not play the Joker.
BHP: How’s the tour going?
LS: Going great. Played a lot of shows we did not know what we were getting into but had a good turnout. We like playing new places not knowing what were were going into and having a good reaction.
JR: The people that travel to see us is mind-blowing. It sounds conceded, but we made some solid friends in cities that we could not have played in due to cramming in so many shows as possible in a month and not going to as many cities as we wanted to.
LS: This tour is great as we get to see a lot of cities, but not as many as we wanted to. It is great to see so many people thought.
JR: I will say it’s crazy being 2 weeks being Luther and 4 days ahead of Hold Tight!. Having kids still come out to our shows is pretty awesome. It’s tour season.
BHP: What is next for you guys?
JR: We start a week long tour with French Exit.
LS: We will be out with them for 6 days and have the cost.
JR: We ge tho play at our favorite venue called VLHS. Does anybody need a beer?
BHP: Yes.
LS: Vince Lombardi high school. Yeah.
JR: Also stoked to see Sleeping Weather, cause that band shreds. I think they are just a three piece.
BHP: What do you guys think of Las Cruces?
JR: It is not that hot.
LS: I heard some coyotes earlier.
JR: No scorpions. We went and saw Dark Night Crisis with our home girl Brian.
LS: Las Cruces is awesome because you can buy liquor at Walgreens. In Cleveland you have go to a liquor store. Wave Falls, what is that Wallgreens beer?
And that was it. The interview ended and we all went to bed. It was well past 3am and we were all exhausted and maybe a little drunk too. Even though Max and Steve passed out early (Steve, I hope you are feeling better man), it was still great to see the guys. I only wish it could have lasted a little longer. Sadly I had to go to work…really hungover, but I made it and wet on with my good self while Village Inn made breakfast for Signals Midwest. Man I was jealous about that…
Happy touring fellas. Thanks for the great hang.