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North American Tour June 2008

June 30, 2008

By STEFAN ROGENMOSER

The Explorers Club 

 
The Tour Begins
 
Drove to Baltimore, Maryland and stayed with a friend. On the way to Hoboken I drove us through Princeton, N.J. and we went by the university, which has a beautiful campus and is where I probably should have gone to college. We had our GPS set to avoid toll [...]

Northeast Tour April 2008

May 20, 2008

The Endless Tolls Highway Ride…
 
 
On the way to New York City for our first gig we ended up on some toll roads that cost us a fortune. It was a bumpy toll ride—you would think that the toll money might be used on the upkeep of toll roads, but that wasn’t happening on this ride. [...]

Other random notes from our SXSW trip

April 3, 2008

I ate at the Whataburger fast food chain 5 times on our 10 day trip.
 
 
After our second show Neil got very ill and remained so for the rest of the trip, giving his illness to our good friend Brother Will from Brothers & Sisters before we left Austin.
 
 
Our van’s GPS gave us directions with female [...]

South by Southwest (SXSW) 2008!

March 13, 2008

Wednesday March 12, 2008
Went to Convention Center to get Neil’s wristband. Instide it was humming with many voices from crowds of seemingly endless lines. Played Little Radio’s day party at the Red Eyed Fly just a little after 12 Noon. In the parking lot of Red Eyed Fly we helped move a car that wasn’t [...]

SXSW here we come! - Dave

March 11, 2008

Hey Everybody!
This is Dave.  and it’s my first official blog for the band!  We’re going to try and do a better job of keeping this thing rolling along and keeping you guys informed.  At the moment i’m sitting in room 103 of the LaQuinta inn in Denton, Texas.  we played a show last night at [...]

The Road to SXSW 2008

March 11, 2008

Here’s a brief overview of the Explorers Club’s path to SXSW 2008:
 Friday March 7, 2008
Played a fun show in Atlanta. Our friends James and Troy jammed with us on “Freedom Wind” and “Johnny B. Goode.” James wore an enormous fake beard and some Hunter Thompson style orange shades. Troy played kickin’ solos and on the latter [...]

Pitchfork Review of our EP!

December 2, 2006

The Explorers Club
“Don’t Forget the Sun”
[unsigned; 2006]

Beach Boys. Beach Boys, Beach Boys. Beach Boys!!! [...]