CD Release Tour...DAY 03

Tour. Day numero tres.
9:44PM
Currently I'm feeling some serious altitude sickness - nausea, sore, tired, blah. But the show must go on, ya know. So I'm sitting in the green room at Bender's in Denver. Its a sweet venue and it'll be fun playing with Kyle Gallenal and Dore Taylor.

Today we did some scenic driving up Boreas Pass just behind Breckenridge. It was breath taking...but that was just the altitude sickness. After that we ate on Dillon Lake and enjoyed our time there. Colorado is perfect.
The venue tonight has a bar side with a small stage and a venue side where I'm playing. Denver Joe is playing some honkey tonk over there and he is quite a "doobious" character; a 70 year old doobious character!
I suppose I'll sign off. I'm about 70 pages into the new Rob Bell book and I want to get back to that.

Peace,
Ross

CD Release Tour...DAY 02

Tour. Day numero dos.
8:02PM
I'm sitting at The Laughing Goat in Boulder, CO. I was supposed to load in and sound check at 7, but alas no sound guy...so i'll wait a bit longer before throwing a complete conniption.

So to pass the time, i'll tell you about our day. We did some hiking this afternoon. We went about 3 or 4 miles up to a beautiful mountain lake. When we got there we unpacked and fed Cora. These big fuzzy birds started flying close by and were all stalking like. Then all of a sudden, one came right at Kate and we decided it was too much Alfred Hitchcock for our taste and we took off.
After that, we cleaned up and headed to Idaho Springs for dinner before the show in Boulder. We grabbed a bite at Tommyknockers - a great local brewery.

8:06PM
OK...the sound guy just came in, so I gotta get my lines set and sound check.

Peace and talk to you tomorrow!
-Ross, Kate, & Cora

CD Release Tour...DAY 01

Tour. Day numero uno.


12:09PM
Currently I'm sitting in back as we're cruising along I-70 at 77 mph. We took off out of KC this morning at about 6AM, stopped at a truckstop in Salina, KS for a delicious breakfast feast - $3.99 (2 eggs, 2 pieces of bacon, hashbrowns, 2 pieces of sourdough toast, and a coffee). The gods shall be pleased!

Now, passing through Quinter, KS I swear I can begin to see the faint outline of the mountains ahead. But Kate says I'm full of it. She is a nay-sayer.


8:41PM
We arrived in Frisco, CO tonight just in time for happy hour at the Dillon Dam Brewery. Had a drink and shared split a Mediterranean quesadilla. It was all goot!

After that we headed out to Breckenridge to hit up one of our favorite coffee shops; Clints. After we caffinated ourselves we headed back to the hotel in Frisco and now were settling in for some Chris Rock on HBO. I'm pooped from driving - how can sitting in a car all day make you so tired???

Last point I'd like to make for today's blog...in honor of Columbus Day, try and pillage something - or at least use the word in a sentence.

Good luck and we'll post again tomorrow from Boulder, Colorado.

~word
Ross, Kate, & Cora

Mizzou Loss

Welp, Mizzou may have lost today, but at least we have this little video gem...


-Ross

Colorado here we come

Tomorrow we hit the road on tour for my new album. I'm pumped! This will be Cora's 1st Colorado trip and that should be fun. We're staying in Frisco up in the mountains - beautimus. We'll be sure to keep everyone updated, day to day. Here's the concert schedule:

TUESDAY - The Laughing Goat - Boulder, CO - 8:30PM
WEDNESDAY - Bender's - Denver, CO - 10PM
THURSDAY - Border's IN STORE CD SIGNING - Park Meadow (Denver), CO - 7PM
SATURDAY - Grace University - Omaha, NE - 9PM
SUNDAY - Jerry's Bait Shop - Lenexa, KS - 8:30PM
MONDAY - Jerry's Bait Shop - Lee's Summit, MO - 8:30PM

Peace,
Ross

money woes and woahs

I am not an economist. I wasn't even a business or finance major in college. I have a degree in English with a focus on American Literature and Political Science. But I also am not blind or deaf. I watched the news yesterday. I watched the stocks yesterday. Did you?

Certainly I don't expect the 800 billion dollar bailout to work overnight, or even in weeks or months. My best guess is that we'll see the full implications of it in 3-5 years. Do understand however, that I was against government action and overhaul. I think we as individuals thrive and don't need legislators and taxed programs to enable our potentials.

Two weeks ago as the bailout was being discussed in the House, in almost certainty that it would be passed, we watched as the DOW plummeted the largest single-day loss ever. The next day, as congress voted the bailout down, the DOW had one of the largest gains in US history. Nearly a week later as the new 458 page document passed through the Senate and House and was signed by the President, we again watched the DOW plunge below 10,000. I imagine many "un-educated, non-economist types" were confused.

But in the sidelines, the US dollar began to gain in value, oil dropped to $90 a barrel (down from $150), which also drove down the prices of commodities such as milk, cheese, produce, etc. Its a cyclical climate that seems to have risen as high as it could, popped, and is leveling itself back out. Have we seen the worst of it...who knows? Did the bailout do any good...i hope so - i truly hope I was WAY wrong in being against it!

But one has to wonder, what's going on?

-Ross

some vids to get you through the week

so these are some great video clips to get you through the week...

enjoy!



and this one...christian music is SOOOOOOOOOO bad!




i don't know why this is funny, but it just is...




my good friend o'mazing grace:



just really really impressive!



so, that does it. have a good week everybody!
-ross