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Ethan Bassford
Mar 1, 20145 min read
Vignette, Olympia
With hours to kill before the show, we all part ways to wander. I stop into a thrift store. Thrift stores outside New York are always a...
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Ethan Bassford
Feb 28, 20144 min read
Electric Balloon Tour, Day 10
The drive from Fargo to Spokane is 17 hours in good weather, but it is not good weather. The first day is all right, freezing cold but...
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Ethan Bassford
Feb 26, 20144 min read
Electric Balloon Tour, Day 8
After Minneapolis, it’s on to Fargo. We drop off our stuff at The Aquarium, which is the upstairs of Dempsey’s Public House, a...
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Ethan Bassford
Feb 26, 20143 min read
Scenes from a gas station; Tomah, WI
Gas stations are an important part of tour. Depending on your gas mileage and average bladder capacity, you’ll be stopping once every one...
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Ethan Bassford
Feb 25, 20144 min read
Electric Balloon Tour, Day 7
Milwaukee gave us a warm reception. We played at the Riverwest Public House, a place I would absolutely hang out if I lived in the area....
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Ethan Bassford
Feb 23, 20144 min read
Vignette, Chicago
In Chicago, the venue is up four flights of stairs. Four amps, a drum set, several boxes of records, and all our instruments must go up...
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Ethan Bassford
Feb 22, 20144 min read
Electric Balloon Tour, Day 4
Oberlin ended up being pretty much the best college show we’ve played. The venue had big delicious cookies and the best root and ginger...
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Ethan Bassford
Feb 20, 20144 min read
Electric Balloon Tour, Day 2
Preparing for tour is a drawn-out, stressful affair. No matter how many times you’ve done it, you always forget to pack something, and...
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Ethan Bassford
Feb 5, 20143 min read
Road Story: High school punk smoothie scene
Working on a long post about abstracting the fretboard, but the visual aspect is taking a while. In the meantime, here’s another road...
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Ethan Bassford
Feb 3, 20145 min read
Road Work
Ava Luna is going on tour! We will be accompanied by Krill, who are an excellent group of musicians and humans. I look forward to...
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