///woke up to an epic brkfst at Denny & Joan’s. they were unbelievable hosts. 5 star hospitality. impossible to thank them enough. they even came down to Bloomington for the show at Rhino’s All Ages that night. and danced. on stage. as did everyone else that night during the Jared Mees & The Grown Children set… despite bunches of kids outside the venue, they were all apparently uninterested unless the music inside was “christian hardcore”. talk about a limited worldview.

so yeah. big room. not that many people. only a couple for the local opener Sean Magwire’s set…. our set was booming around the empty building and the 30 or so people there now were scattered around the room… so when The Grown Children took the stage they insisted that everyone join them on the big big stage… which effectively shrunk the performance space and made for a fun set. lots of sing-a-longs and booty shakin. and Cam setup most of his drums and played the whole set with them. Jake dangled from the rafters. it was awesome.

Rob Freeman of Kevin’s former band Stranger Lazy closed the night out… with Kevin on drums and a bass player… show was over before midnight… which led to a really really fun afterparty a little outside of town with a campfire and some tasty beverages. some serious family tour bonding went down. it was pretty stellar.

more photos from the evening:

///reporting for all of us finn rigginses
///WIZARD ROCK FEST indeed
///gilbert

///rolled into Indy in the late afternoon to an amazing welcome from Joan and Denny Fitzpatrick (parents of Grown Children drummer Kevin Fitzpatrick) who would be our host for the evening and the following morning… they had cooked up a bunch of spaghetti and salad and bread and all kinds of other goodies for us. it was quite the smorgasborg. we heart Joan and Denny. they are some of the sweetest most fun people we’ve ever met. they were incredibly generous and a blast to hang out and chat with. our stop there really set the tone for the rest of the evening.
Kevin grew up in Indy and used to play in a band around the area called Stranger Lazy so he was super stoked for this stop on the family tour… he had helped recruit AMERICA OWNS THE MOON — his favorite Indianapolis band. and wow, we all know why now. def. check them out. really killer stuff.

show was at a super classy place called Radio Radio ran by Tufty — the bass player of the Zero Boys and now Bigger Than Elvis as well. Radio Radio was obviously ran by musicians. it was an incredible pleasure to play there. and Tufty and Ronnie and Jeff were all super cool. got a good chance to talk music and history with Tufty. what a rad guy.

a bunch of Kevin’s friends and family came out to the show, which was really fun. it was a really really great night. spirits were very high. here are some more photos from the evening:

JARED MEES & THE GROWN CHILDREN

AMERICA OWNS THE MOON

KEVIN and his friend MEGAN

///reporting for all of us finn rigginses
///THANK YOU JOAN AND DENNY FITZPATRICK!!!!
///gilbert

\\\woke up to this sign in some small town in Michigan… hmmmm….

\\\with the gas prices rising as we traverse the country… we jumped into our first expedition into Indiana… where we crossed paths with the Obama campaign once again…

\\\we played at a cool indie film store / movie house called The Cinemat

\\\balloons hauled from some other event by Addison from Busman’s Holiday. helped the mood amp up to festive.

\\\Busman’s Holiday was fantastic and fun. check them out at www.myspace.com/busmansholiday

\\\here’s a video for another taste… super hammy.

\\\we decided to treat ourselves to a hotel room — only the second splurge out of our pocket for a hotel room on this tour. it was nice on the outside. and surprisingly cheap. once inside we understood the low price…

\\\we slept well though. and slept in.

\\\reporting for all of us finn rigginses
\\\gilbert