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American Songwriter just posted an acoustic session and interview. Check it out HERE.

Hello friends,

I apologize for the lack of updates. My added responsibilities on this tour have proved quite time-consuming. I hope we can still be friends.

I write to you from Columbia, South Carolina – a surprisingly cool town in a weird state. Lots and lots of people are here, being cool and buying merch. We’ve been so many places since we last talked, please allow me to recall them individually for you.

Springfield MO – Randy Bacon Gallery : The meth capitol of the world I was told by a local. I didn’t meet too many meth-heads, but I did meet a lot of twelve year olds. All ages shows are fun. I also got to see my friend Phil from the fantastic Springfield band Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. Randy Bacon gallery is a nice place with a very luxurious green room. They also gave us cheese cubes. Huzzah!

St. Louis MO – Old Rock House : The Old Rock House is one of the nicest clubs in the nation. The performance area looks like an old theater (it’s a very old, very large building), the bar is isolated well from the stage area (always a plus), and the green room has a television and air conditioning, amenities we’re not fully accustomed to.

Newport KY – Southgate House : This being the second venue in a row we played with the name “house” in it that is not a house at all, I felt a little betrayed, but the people of Newport/Cincinnati were very kind and welcomed us with horrible bar food across the street from the venue, tales of a haunted upstairs, and warnings of an alley notorious for van break-in’s. Luckily, our van remain unscathed, as did Big T’s Tavern. Big T’s Tavern is what the Headlights van is called. It’s where we drink when we play no alcohol/no liquor venues.

Day off in Nashville, TN – I live in Nashville. Being home with my special lady friend and getting to see my friends and family almost smack dab in the middle of a tour seemed way too good to be true. I ate fried things, slept well, and generally enjoyed myself.

Nashville TN – Exit / In : Exit/In is a great rock club, and we had a great show, with the highest attendance of the tour. My good friend Jeff Baker filled in behind the soundboard as our regular dude. the legendary Chris Colbert, had left us for two days to do sound at SXSW for his regular gig, The Walkmen. It was a great night, except my hometown showed no love for Headlights, which made me sad and embarrassed. Nick compensated by beating up his bass at the end of their set in a fit of Punk-ness.

Asheville NC – Grey Eagle : Asheville is a wonderful and weird town where hippies go to retire and young folks go to become hippies. The staff treated us well and cooked us delicious Cajun food. We ate at a place called the 51 grill in a gas station. It was delicious. Then we ate breakfast at cracker barrel. All we do is eat.

Photos : Vegas, Phoenix, Drive day through the desert, Norman.

Hello friends,

Much has happened since we last spoke. We played a show in Visalia, California : a weird town that sneaks up on you. After driving through empty fields for an hour there was a Target and a Guitar Center and a sign that said welcome to Visalia. We played a rock show at a wine bar called the Cellar Door. The security guards there wear earpieces – because it’s serious.

The people of Visalia were great, as was the Cellar Door, but our hotel (The Lamp Liter Inn) while nice felt like the set of a 1970’s zombie movie. Not a reccomendation.

Next we drove to Santa Barbara, a town full of people with lots and lots of money, and home to Jeff Bridges, who finally won his first Academy Award for best actor while we were in town. We celebrated by quoting the Big Lebowski all night   – that is to say, it was a night like any other. SOhO is a nice venue, and the crowd (though they seemed a little Sunday) was big and appreciative.

I write to you now from Alex’s Bar in Long Beach, California. Home to NWA, pretty good Mexican food, and the ghetto. Alex’s Bar was apparently the bar where a bunch of scenes from the television show True Blood was shot. I wouldn’t know, because Vampires are for the birds. Lots of people here, they’re buying lots of merch, cheering really loud, and generally being cool. Tomorrow we drive to Las Vegas, where it will be my birthday after load-out It’s going to be a good day.

Photos : Blake’s inconveniently huge bag, Please Baby Please harmony practice in Long Beach, The Presidio Motel in Santa Barbara, Bazan w/ his painted look-alike.

Here are some pictures from our last two days on tour :

Places (in order of appearance) : The Blue Lamp (Sacramento, CA), In-n-Out in Redding, Mountains along I-5, Richard Swifts envy-enducing home studio, Sam Bonds Garage (Eugene OR), The side of the interstate (somewhere in Oregon, out of gas,)

Goodnight.

Mar 3, 2010 : Salem OR – Ike Box

Hello again,

Caleb here, Merch seller & Tour Manager. We hope you’ve been good since we saw you last way back in late 2009. Tour has begun, and there’s some photographic proof up there.

I flew into Seattle two nights ago, Bazan picked me up and we headed to Casey Foubert’s house for some last-minute amp repair. Yesterday consisted of tour prep and the final band rehersal – my fingers are sore from folding t-shirts and Bazan’s are sore from building pedal boards. Also, yesterday we went to Paseo, undoubtedly the best sandwiches available for consumption anywhere in North America.

After a shockingly-on-time start this morning, we arrived at the first show on time, something that Bazan claims has never happened on a tour he’s been involved in.

We picked the dudes up, got some coffee, and headed for the interstate, waving goodbye to the majestic mountain-and-sea landscape of Washington and saying hello to the majestic mountain-and-sea landscape of Oregon. After a stop for lunch in Portland at Elephant’s (OMG) we pulled into Salem with time to spare.

The fine folks at the Ike Box treated us well, and aided us in putting on a great show. They have an icee machine there. We ate at a mexican restaurant in a weird, Epcot Center-esque open-air market type place in Downtown Salem.

Make sure to check the dates for this tour to see if we’re stopping by your ‘hood. The band is a 4-piece this time, and everyone agrees that such a setup makes for a way more exciting rock-and-roll show. Lots of Pedro the Lion jams are being played, and also most of C your B’s. See you soon.

David and his band will be headed out on tour in the USA in March and April with the Headlights.

03/03/10 Wed – Salem OR – Ike Box
03/04/10   Thu – Eugene OR – Sam Bond’s Garage
03/05/10   Fri – Sacramento CA – Blue Lamp
03/06/10   Sat – Visalia CA   – Cellar Door
03/07/10   Sun – Santa Barbara CA – Soho
03/08/10   Mon – Long Beach CA – Alex’s Bar
03/09/10   Tue – Las Vegas NV – Beauty Bar
03/10/10   Wed – Phoenix AZ – Sail Inn
03/12/10   Fri – Norman OK – The Opolis
03/13/10   Sat – Springfield MO – Gallery Sounds
03/14/10   Sun – St Louis MO – Old Rock House
03/15/10   Mon – Newport KY – Southgate House
03/17/10   Wed – Nashville TN – Exit/In
03/18/10   Thu – Asheville NC – Grey Eagle
03/19/10   Fri – Columbia SC – New Brookland Tavern
03/20/10   Sat – Richmond VA – Alley Katz
03/21/10   Sun – Baltimore MD – The Ottobar
03/22/10   Mon – Philadelphia PA – First Unitarian Church
03/23/10   Tue – Brooklyn NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
03/27/10   Sat – Grantham PA – Messiah College
03/28/10   Sun – Columbus OH – The Basement
03/29/10   Mon – Bloomington IN – The Bishop
03/30/10   Tue – Grand Rapids MI – Calvin College
04/01/10 Thu – Iowa City IA – The Mill
04/02/10 Fri – Urbana IL – Canopy Club
04/03/10   Sat – DeKalb IL – House Cafe
04/04/10   Sun – Milwaukee WI – Pabst
04/05/10   Mon – St. Paul MN – Turf Club
04/06/10   Tue – Fargo ND – The Aquarium
04/08/10   Thu – Missoula MT – The Palace
04/09/10   Fri – Spokane WA – Empyrean
04/10/10   Sat – Bellingham WA – Western Washington University

* Headlights will be opening March 3 – April 5.

The fine folks at Aesthetic Apparatus designed and printed these beautiful posters for Bazan’s Spring 2010 tour. Only 400 posters will be printed. 100 are available for pre-order directly from Bazan’s webstore. 200 will be available at Bazan shows and the remaining 100 will be available directly from the printer after the tour.

Michael at Aesthetic Apparatus kept us updated on during the printing process.

David and the band recently stopped by KEXP in Seattle. That’s Bazan on bass and vocals; Blake Wescott on guitar and backing vocals; Eric Elbogen on guitar; Andy Fitts on keyboard, guitar, backing vocals; and Alex Westcoat on drums.