Right when I got to the club I got driections to a far off Guitar Center. Grant (bass in F.G.C.) went with me to repace a mic stand the I idiodically broke of Eric (Theramin/Vocals in F.G.C.) After we picked it up I got a box from a nere bye store and put the mic stand in with some of it sticking out of the the side. Then at Hallmark I got him a ard, wrapped the gift, filled it with tissue, and tapped a ballon to it. Then back to the club to appoigise and present the gift to Eric. Everything was forgive, we hugged and the national anthem played softly in the back ground.
The club was cool, there was a toilet in the middle of the back room where we were all hanging out. No, no, no I didnít use it inn\ front of everyone, orrrrr well maybey I did. The first two bands A.S.D. and Moot Point were great, and cool guys. We hit the stage and yes, yes, yes, it was sad that it was our last show. We were all so psyced to play, and the Crush was there up front. We played our hearts out, it was so fun. F.G.C. and Florez jumped the stage, with fore they took us all down. Rondah a friend in the area did the middle of ìShe Wonít Ever Figure It Outî, it was cool. After, the show it was so crazy. The fact that tour was at its end was saddening. However, First Grade Crush hit the stage and we all went nuts. They played so great and they went nuts. So, thankís to Chris, Eric, Grant, Dan, Jeff, Kurt, Ryan and Fellcamp for a great fuckíen time. At the end of the show we took pictures, said our good byes and traded shit. It was kinda like the end of camp.
So Crush, itís been a real good time, you guys are so awsome and the best to hang with.
Right now, itís 5:00pm we drove through the night and are about 6 or 7 hours from Boston, from HOME. Weíre all getting real excited and talking all about the last 4 weeks. Were talking about first out week with The Sellouts and about the Boston show were

Tour Update 8/19/00

OK here we are waking up early to an impatient housekeeper at the motel 6 (we forgot to put the do not distrurb sign on the door so they were knocking all morning) FGC left about a hour before us so we had to get going quick. We met up with johnny hotpants again, (FIH street team) he was going to follow us to memphis! We headed out for a long drive after smoothies and bagels for breakfast, and arrived hours later at ìthe last place on earthî right smack in the memphis ghetto. A pretty metal looking club (cannibal corpse had flyers there for their upcoming show) with an abandoned car in the back lot. So immediately after exiting the van we all jump on the car and start kicking, punching, smashing, and breaking everything that was left on the car. (donít worry we didnít start this, the windows were already smashed and most of the remains were already destroyed. Dave tried to smash a mirror off with Eric FGCís mic stand. Lets just say the car won that battle. it was hard dragging ourselves from the car but we went in to play a rockiní show, while I was tagging everything I possibly could within the club. I killed 2 markers, and used around 100 stickers in this place. The show was great with kids freaking out for us it was great. And just when we were about to pull away from the club I discovered a can of spray paint and we tagged every available inch of that beat up car. (weíll post pictures when they get developed.)
We finally got away from the ghetto and headed for our nightly hotel. Unfortunately the first one off the highway had about 15 police cars in front and all the cops were playing with their dogs in the parking lot (you know those huge arm gloves they put in so the dogs go nuts and attack themÖ) well that was too sketchy for us so we went to the next one down the road. Tennessee has been a very exciting place so far but what lies ahead?
Florez

Tour Update 8/17/00

SEAN P. ROGANíS BIRTHDAY
First he spent it doing an all night drive to Atlanta, and at 6:00am Sean was woken up in the van to drive for about four hours to a Motel 6. While everyone crashed in the 2í x 2í hotel room, Steve, Jason and myself watched ANIMAL PLANET (our favorite program on the road). The MTV movie awards were also on. Man, Iím convinced that the most untalented rule Hollywood. When showers were taken, we knocked on First Grade Crushís door and we all went to down town Atlanta. S & M shop after S & M shop after S & M shop, thatís Atlanta, at least from what we saw of it.
So, we played at the 513 club, it was cool, cool, cool. After, we celebrated Seanís birthday with the F.G.C. It was crazy, weíll just say ski masks, big glasses, parked taxi, Waffle House, and hmmm, well, trouble.
Dave

What better way to spend my birthday than with First Grade Crush and the Big D crew? The show was another fun one, too! The stage was very uneven, I think it was because Steve broke it last time we played there! We also saw some cool stuff in Hotlanta. Ted Turner field, home of the Atlanta Braves, was my personal favorite. After hanging out in the city and playing the show, Motel 6 was the site ofÖwell, weíll just say the site of ìfunî. A good time was had by all. Some good friends from Boston hung out with us too. Thanks Aaron, Sharon and Klaus.
Weíre on our way to Memphis right now-home of The King!!! Unfortunately, I donít think we have enough time to hit Graceland this time. Weíre being accompanied by Johnny Hotpants, a member of the Fork In Hand Street Team in Atlanta. We all appreciate the effort put in by all the members of the street Team! Well, thatís all for now. 2 more shows, then weíll be back in Beantown! Rock on.
Sean P. Rogan
Tour Update 8/16/00

Well, we all went to the beach with First Grade Crush. Now, that means 16 white ass dudes hitting the beach in big shorts, and black shirts in hand. We swam, we dove, 6 of the Big D dudes did their synchronized swimming routine. The water was so goodÖÖÖwait Iíll stop talking about that yaíll might get mad. So, Iíll tell you that Paul is SOOOOOO FUCK'N SUNBURNED. I feel for him, red , red, red. The salt water was good for all our show wounds. So, hmmmmmmmm four days till weíre home. Donít forget to vote for us on the Too-Hep Metalliska poll (www.toohep.com), we would appreciate it. We went in a music store with F.G.C. and caused so much trouble. Now weíre off to Tampa, then a 10 hour drive to Atlanta. Ok, ok, ok talk to you later.
Dave
P.S. - check out the new Dirt Lip web site, get you the address later. Get pictures ready, and if you know any Mullet sites lets get some links ready.
Watch out--Mullets here come Dirt Lips.

Tour Update 8/15/00

We played at the Light Painter in Sarasota FL. Very, very fun, First Grade Crush rocked. We had some old Big D fans show up and met some other cool people. Dawn, a bad ass from the area brought us to the beach after and we all swam in the Gulf Of Mexico. It was so good, the water was warm, we were the only ones on the beach, and the moon rocked. However, Rogan stole my shorts while I was in the water. Ya see, I ripped them off, wanting to swim naked in the warm Florida Ocean (donít worry Iím just getting weird), anyway when I left my shorts floating behind me Rogan stole them. I figured they sank and continued swimming. However, when the swim was over I, welllllllll gave the palm trees an eyeful. Back at the hotel we hung out and watched Animal Planet, ahhhhhhhh rest.
Dave

Tour Update 8/14/00

WAKE UP ---------- GO-CARTS - GO-CARTS-GO-CARTS -
The coolness of the air conditioned game room hit us hard when we entered, with only thoughts of go-cart destruction on our minds. We spread out to get a feel for the place. No time for breakfast this morning: we had carts to break and employees to panic. Take our 5 dollars and give us your funny red ticket, but hurry, cause weíre already talking shit to each other.
ìYouíre all dead,î I said.

ìIím after you, Dave!î laughed Steve, hot on my trail.
We entered our machines of speed and destruction, like Voltron entered the five lions, like Michael Knight entered Kit, like Force Five entered GuyKing, like Spike jumped in Bumble Bee when Optimus Prime gave the call to transform. Click of the belt, secured, ready, ready, ready. The smell of gasoline, the anticipation to kick ass. RED LIGHT, YELLOW LIGHT, GREEN , GREEN ,GREEN -----WE ARE OFFFFFFFF.
Steve and I were positioned in the back and even though neither of us held first, we were the biggest pains in the ass there ever were. Rogan, Jason, Flores, all held first for awhile. The people working would shut off your car if they thought you were being bad, but that didnít work out for anyone cause Iím going full speed and see a helpless Big Dír stranded. Well, weíll just say thatís when things got real violent . . . Whiplash, Whiplash, Whiplash!
Finally, my car skidded out and Paul and Keith were nice enough not to slam into me even though I was waving them to. My car was stuck and it couldnít move, so I unsnapped myself and had to use my feet to push out till I was free. But, since my belt was off and my legs were now flopping around, the ride was over, but we all had some good wholesome fun.
Ok, off to eat and talking about GOCARTS 2000. Well, we ate at a place next door to the GOCARTS that was delightfully tacky yet unrefined. Yes, Yes, Yes it -IS-- SEAN FLORESí 21st birthday. Now Sean had never had an alcoholic beverage sooooooooo at tonightís show he said he would check it out. I think he did it for us, so we were soooooo excited. Food, food, food, almost got in a fight with some trucker/biker types. The problem started with four rednecks when I think they got mad that the waitresses were saying, ìso like youíre in a band, WOW thatís cool.î Then the waitresses said they were going to go to the show that night buuuuut they didnít.
Now the Sapphire Supper Club in Orlando, FL is one of my favorite clubs to play. Itís all ages and the set up of the club is real cool. Hope youíll all get see it some time. We saw an EMO band called PREFERRED 53 and they were really good, check íem out. This show was especially fun. We drank with Sean Flores for his birthday and, well, just had a good time. Best First Grade Crush show Iíve seen on tour yet. The Spitvalves also ROCKED. Our set was so fun, the crowd was nuts--THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to everyone who enjoyed the show. During the show there were a lot of new wounds introduced. After the manager Sandy from the Spitvalves jumped on me, my right hand is just cut, cut, cut up. Man, my foot, both elbows, and my right hand are just fucked. To end the night, me, Sean Flores, Keith, Dan, Jason, and Tiffany all got drunk at Keithís, to celebrate Seanís 21st. We went to bed around 6:00am.
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY FUCKIN BIRTHDAY SHAWN ----YOU FUCKIN ROCK
p.s. to anyone who doesnít know who Shawn is he makes all the Fork In Hand merchandise. He keeps us afloat. He started to make us stuff cause he would get mad that we never had any t-shirts or patches or anything. We didnít have any money to do anything, so he just showed up to a show with patches and said here sell these. After that, Shawn and I designed all the Big D, Drexel and Fork In Hand merch. Without Shawn we would have no merch. Shawn's the Best!!!
Dave

Tour Update 8/13/00

Ok!!! Today we played in Gainesville, FL at the Purple Porpoise, right next to the-no kidding-the Lavender Mullet Bar. That makes Florida the official Mullet Capital of the World . . . weíre still looking for the Dirt Lip Capital .
The show was real fun, the Spitvalves played and of course the mighty First Grade Crush. We met a lot of cool people at this show and the coolest may have been Road Dog. Now Road Dog was a drunk trucker from Vegas. Him and his buddy were whack! They let us mess up their rig and they gave us a case of Gatorade. However, when Road Dog found out we had a CB that was not attached he made it his mission to rehook it up. So, while F.G.C. and us were hanging outside the show with some others, Road Dog was busy ripping wires out and hooking up our CB. When everything was done we went to a Sketttchy diner with everyone, even Road Dog & companion. On our way there we noticed that Road Dog broke our rear air conditioning (note: weíre in Florida). But it was it was ok, we fixed it, and we didnít fry. Food and water were very interesting, it reminded me of the restaurant the Fratelliís had in the flick The Goonies. Now, weíre off to Keithís. Keith is a real cool guy who has done a lot to help Skif Dank (a great Florida ska/punk band on Too-Hep records), kinda like Flores has helped us.
Sleeeeeeeeeeeeep!!!

Tour Update 8/12/00

Still in HoustonÖstill hot. More good food from the Creek Johnson family was eaten by all. Weíre heading to Bourbon Street in New Orleans tonight. We have the night off so weíre going to hang out with First Grade Crush and take over the streets of New Orleans! Itís about 7 hours to Louisiana and then another 5 or so to FloridaÖthanks Felcamp! A drive from Boston to Northampton sounds nice rightabout now.
Weíve got ìComing to Americaî and ìThe Gooniesî lined up for our viewing pleasure during the next van ride. ìRuth, RuthÖBaby Ruth!!!î I guess thatís all for now. Weíve got one more week left, then a lovely 24 hour drive home from our last show in St. Louis to BostonÖthanks Felcamp! Rock on.
Sean P. Rogan

p.s. - The show at the Oven was cool, it was small and HOT. Chris from F.G.C. requested Apology and during the mayhem the bartender jumped the bar and grabbed Jeff ( trumpet in F.G.C. ) and tried to throw him out. Music stopped and the bartender we told to Caaalllm Down. It was funny. We also hung with Scott from Missile Command. I think weíre on 3 or 4 hotel rooms now that are completely trashed and I have all these cuts and bruises that I think might have been from leaping off Grantís ( trombone in F.G.C.) shoulders on to the the T.V. / bureau of the last hotel. The bureau was full of shit, cans, bottles, and more, fun, fun, fun. Anyway, Texas, YA itís a real cool place . . . Punk-rockers and cowboys, how can you go wrong?
Dave

Were we glad to get to Houston! We got to stay with the most wonderful Sinclair family! For those of you familiar with Drexel, The Sinclairís are Creek Johnsons parents and boy are they some of the most wonderful people we have ever encountered in our lives. We didnít have a show today but thatís ok because Mrs. Sinclair made us Fajitas and let us swim in the pool and all sorts of wild crazy stuff. She bet Jason $20 he couldnít figure out how to turn on the tv, but that Jason is one smart cookie, and he sure enough figured it out. Props Jason! We also ate some of the best cake we had ever tasted. Iíll post the recipe later on. After the feasting we all piled into bed for some well deserved rest. More to come!

Anyway, back to the rock. We played at a place called the Ridglea theatre, it was awesome. We played with a band called Whereís Arnie, they rocked. The theatre was awesome because they projected big pictures behind us when we played. They put up a giant moon behind us and it looked like big d made some crazy moon landing. Dave kept making shadow puppets between songs, the kid is talented, let me tell you. The show was great and the kids were awesome. Flores got a texas haircut while we were there. Paul had been raving about them ever since arizona, but Flores didnít seem to think it was all that and a bag of chips. Other highlights of the evening included my victory over bush in a game of pool and Grant of FGCís almost victory over Stoppelman. Over all the evening was a success so we piled in the van for the 10 hour drive to Houston, thanks felkamp.

Greetings! after mesa arizona, we charged ahead into more desert towards Albequerque, New Mexico. Having been reunited with First Grade Crush, we were all in high spirits and ready to attack the southwest with much fury. The drives have been crazy, thanks felkamp, and there is a phenomenon I would like to discuss, not to get off the subject of rock, but check this out. There are 9 people in the van, 9. Thatís a lot of people. you would think that out of 9 people at least one person would have the courtesy to relieve the driver since it is 3a.m. and the driver deserves a break. This never happens. What happens is this. We all pretend that we are asleep, have no idea that we stopped and hardly EVER volunteer to drive until we realize that if no one drives, we arenít going to go anywhere and be stuck at a really sketchy truck stop for a few hours. This is usually when someone pipes up and says *&#%&#@(, Iíll drive. So tonight we played a place called the cellar on the university of new mexico campus. Pre show highlights include Dan getting busted for skateboarding and having the campus cop threaten to call his parents to come pick him up, and Eric from FGC letting me play with his theremin, which is a crazy instrument that you should all check out if you havenít heard of it already. FGC played incredibly, like the madmen they are, including a new trumpet player and drummer, Jeff and Kurt respectively. We played our rock n roll, cheered on by flores and the FGC posse, then piled in the van for the 10 hour drive to FT. Worth, thanks felkamp.

Mesa, Arizona...Desert...Hot.

Ok, well not much happened this day we played a coffee shop and began another million hour drive back to L.A.. We dropped off Jade (She Wonít - Vocals) around 4:00am, and then headed towards Phoenix.

Night time
We played a show at the Odd Fellows Hall. Steve from Link 80, Steve from the Chinkees, Miya and Mike Park from the Chinkees came. The show was real fun, and after we began a billion hour drive to Chris Bushís.

Weíve been San Joseíd second day in a row. After a nice stay at my brotherís apartment I was reunited with the rest of big d. My bro and I went to Fryís electronics (the computer store of computer stores!!!!!!) to get the right adapter for our digital camera to give you guys updated tour pictures, but we had no luck so far. Afterwards we drove to the Asian Man Office A.K.A. Mikeís garage. From there we kidnapped Mike, Steve Chinkees and Steve Link 80 and went to Taco Bravo for a most delicious meal.

Back at Skipperís house now everyone been swimming, jumping off the roof into the pool, swimming, more jumping and a little jumping. We are departing for the show soon. Bush is the official winner of the ping pong tournament beating every single opponent with a shut out. He even beat me with his eyes closed for the entire game.

Our show tonight was awesome. The Asian Man crew came out to support us as did our families and friends. Cassie and Ann from western Mass, our friend Keith from Florida and Enrique from Boston all gave us surprise visits. It was great to see so many people from across the country at our show. We played with two great bands Corrosive 8 and Short round.

After the show we packed up the van and split town for Vacaville, CA, home of Christopher Bush and family. After being attacked by Sugar, the vicious watch dog we all fell asleep. That wraps up our experience today. Donít forget to catch up with us tomorrow.
Steve

Hello Everyone,
So, whatís new for today? Well we played a kick ass show in Anaheim last night with some great local bands, Suburban Legends and more. Anaheim proved that the scene is still going strong in LA. We embarked on our Journey up north to San Jose. It was a long journey involving cards, chips salsa, two bloody noses, 15 pee breaks and an emergency stop on the side of the highway to allow me to puke the chips and salsa up. Thankfully we keep a trashcan in the van with us. Once we arrived at Skipperís Padreís abode we began the BBQ. We were reunited with our long lost brethren Christopher D. Sallen, and we met up with our Mentor Mike Park and Mia from Asian Man, Steve from the Chinkees and Adam from Monkey (great traditional ska from Northern CA.) Everyone had a blast, and the ping pong tournament is going to be continued tomorrow.

Hey, hey everyone,

After that most of the guys crashed, some stayed awake in the AMAZING hotel 6 (acctually a piece of crap room). Jason and myself went to talk to some truckies that were hanging out. We shot the shit, showed tatoos and discused how much a kick ass cab would cost. Now, did you know that for $200,000 you can have a cab (Truckerís cab) with a T.V., VCR, sink, shower, kitchen, washer and dryer, and more more more. Pretty crazy huhÖÖÖÖÖ.Our friend Tom had some of those extras in his truck and also drives a two rig. Now ,thatís two trailors, I can barrly back up the van with the trailor.

Around 3:00am Jason and I noticed a mountain behide the hotel, itís a platoe or butte. (a buttes are those mountains in cowboy and indian movie) The Buttle was real big, we climed and climed and finally got to the top. The view looked out so far over Wyoming, it was extremly beautiful. The moon was crescent orange and the only thing we could hear were crickets. Jason and I sat on a small overhang at the top of the buttle, it hung over the most amazing view.

Later that morning, we went to a Firework store, called ìJolly Jacksî. We all bought some, later youíll hear something bad Iím sure. Anyway, when we got to our show in Ogedn Utah there were about 7 men outside trying to shut the show down. After some time the show was cancelled, something about the niebors and wo dudes that were living in the venue were being evicted so there was to be ìNO SHOWî. People showed up though, so we hung out talked about everything. Later John and Luke brought some food by, actually two six foot subs, chips, and sodas. John and Luke set up the show, and hey THANKS FOR THE FOOD it realy helps. I was inpressed with everyone there, they stuck around and a lot of people new Fork In Hand and the bands on the lable. In all EVERYONE there real cool, real cool. Now weíre headind tword L.A., weíll get there about 10:00am. When we get there weíll sleep at Steveís parents. Weíll also see Jade there, she oviosly is the girl on the song, ìSHE WONíT EVER FIGURE IT OUTî.So bye for nowÖÖÖ..and thanks to the store cleck in Wyoning and everyone in Ogedn Utah.

Dave

Hey, hey everyone,

DRIVING - listen to music, talk about where weíre going, drooling

EAT - weird place in Nebraska
DRIVING - talk about Alyssa Milano, listen to (The international) Noise Conseracy - NOFX (The Decline) - STRUNG OUT (Element Of Sonic Defiance) - SKID ROW (Skid Row)
CHIPS - MUNCHOES
DRIVING - most people asleep, others arenít making any scene their so tried, however ìFireworksî was said.
SLEEP - everyone now
THE REST OF THE CHIPS - MUNCHOES
HANG OUT AT WEIRD REDNECK GAS STATION - One million dergrees, desart on both side of the endless road, sun blasting on the dirt floor, our steps tword the small convenet store make a dust around us, that makes the air taste like how we all look. The hand full of people stair and stair and stair, and we say,ÖÖÖîHey you got any Fireworks.î
DRIVING - Talk about stuff, listen to Victory Style 4, talk about buying ski masks, dark glasses and get fire works,
STOP TO PISS - buy ski masks, dark glasses, no fireworks yet
DRIVING - Talk about what were going to do with the new toys
Now Iím writing to you. Our plan is to drive as far as we can. Where not up for two all night drives back to back so weíll drive until we find a motel we can afford. It was just said that weíll stoparound 1:00am. Ok Iím off to hang out talk to you soon.
Dave

DRIVING HOURS as of July 31st - Aug. 1st
Sean Florez - 7 hours
Dave - 6 hours
Paul - 3 ‡ hours
Dan - 7 hours

Hey, hey everyone,

On the 29th Big D played an insane show at the Fireside Bowl in Chicago with The Sellouts, River City Rebels, Entertainment and First Grade Crush. The show was CRAZY, everyone was nuts, and the girls were awesome. ERIC (theremin/vocals) from First Grade Crush had a party afterwards that left many us waking up sprawled out on the kitchen floor or sleeping in closets. Ericís house is always big fun and big trouble at the same time. The next morning Steve got a new Tattoo, Chris and Paul accidentally went to a baseball game and the rest of us watched Animal Planet, our channel of choice out on the road. Later, FGC, Sellouts, and Big D played a great show at The Corral just outside of Chicago in Western Springs. Water--like always--spilled everywhere and we all CRASHED and CRASHED and CRASHED the whole set. We had a blast, though, and sold tons of naked pictures of Bush.

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO WENT TO BOTH SHOWS, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT!!!

That night, the SELLOUTS and BIG D--17 of us in all--stayed in two smmmaaaaalllll single motel rooms. Again, it always ROCKS when we get to hang out with the SELLOUTS. Even though we had two rooms we all partied in one room and had to stack all the furniture to fit us all. Today, MONDAY the 31st, weíre starting our drive to Utah. Weíll be in Ogden on Wed. for our next show. So thatís all for now. THANKS EVERYONE in Chicago from Big D and The Kids Table and The Sellouts:

Dave

Hey, hey everyone,

Well, Day One and Day Two of Big D and The Kids Tableís July - August tour has been nothing but GOOD OLD TROUBLE. This morning before Marc was fully awake Steve shaved him up a red (D.R.I./Suicidal Tendencies) MO-HAWK. So far weíve driven 18 hours, to play at The Intersection in Grand Rapids Michigan. The bill is Big D and The Kids Table, First Grade Crush, and Mustard Plug, should be good. The tour has had one draw back - Steve has been crying for his mother continuously and Paul has been screaming for his ìblankieî. However, donít worry weíll have them smiling soon. Last night we got a one person room at some SHITTY hotel called TALLYHO-tel. We snuck all 9 of us in the shit box, and had to stack all the furniture on the TV and bureau just to make room. AHHH, we just saw a sign for Fireworks and everyoneís pooling their money together, youíll probably see a later update of one of us in jail for arson or learning to get by with 7 fingers. OK, OK I guess that is all for the dayÖÖÖ.talk to you tomorrow

Dave

Hey everybody, here's what's new...

We are also playing a Free show in Boston on
Tuesday July 11th.  It is at 1140 Boyleston St.  (1 block west of Mass
ave).  The performance is at 7 pm.  This is Just big D and no one else we
will play for roughly 45 minutes.  It is going to be really tightly packed,
so bring all your friends!

We're getting excited about our upcoming summer tour with our friend First Grade Crush.  Please check out the "shows" section of our website to find out cities, dates and venues of the tour.   Most of the shows are all ages, so everyone can come out!  Before we hit the road, we'll be keeping busy in the northeast.

Also, thanks to everyone who has supported the Too Hep Records release "Metalliska" with our version of "Iron Maiden" by Iron Maiden on it.  There's a lot of great bands on the compilation and a lot of great covers!  That's all for now, keep checking the website for updated information.

Rate "She Won't Ever Figure It Out"  on a scale of 1-5 (5 is highest), as
well as tracks from 4 other upcoming Boston bands, at this site:

http://wbcn.com/music/mp3/main.asp

Thanks for the support!

Rock on!