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7/15/08
7:16pm, right before band practice
inside: 72 degrees
...listening to some Chili Peppers


Hello Friends and Family:

Our summer has been filled with sunshine, cool breezes, the smell of tequila and sounds from the ocean.  After our tour van slowed to a stop in late May, we've all been working part and full time jobs, taking it easy, and playing some local shows.  We played a particularly rowdy rock show in Chapel Hill, right down the street from Michael Jordan's old dorm room.  And we have our first acoustic appearance coming up on August 3rd in Raleigh.  We've never played a gig without our big loud amplifiers and full drumset, so we're really looking forward to how this night is going to go.  It's either going to be very excellent or very terrible; I'm not sure which.  Nonetheless, we will post and distribute the audio and post some videos on youtube.  If you can't be there, you'll be able to check it out from the comfort of your own couch. 

I decided that I'm going to go to some toystores to find a mini electric guitar and buy it for our cat, Momo.  Then I want steal a disposable camera from CVS and use up the whole things taking pictures of Momo holding the guitar in different rock-cat positions.  I'll post some pics and possibly use some of them in album art someday.

We just got word that we'll be playing a wedding sometime in mid-September.  That should be interesting--a nice chance to learn all sorts of strange cover tunes.  I see her in a smoky room, the smell of wine and cheap perfume...maybe not.

Here are some other dates:
Jul 26: Front Row - Wake Forest, North Carolina
Aug 3: Deep South Bar - Raleigh, North Carolina
Aug 16: The Pour House Music Hall - Raleigh, North Carolina
Aug 28: The Lantern - Blacksburg, Virginia
Aug 30: The Irish Cue - Cornelius, North Carolina
Sep 13: Sadlack's Heroes - Raleigh, North Carolina 

Because we were on the road for almost the whole Spring, we didn't get a chance to book as many summer gigs as we wanted.  Hopefully next summer, we'll be able to play about 30 dates with sand on our feet and salt in our hair. 

For those that are interested, we've worked on some new Cougar material that may appear in some of our upcoming shows.  Also, the youtube channel is almost complete and will debut in the next couple weeks.

If you want us to send you a CD of some of the music we played on our Spring Tour, just send us an email with your address and we'll get some free goodies.

Anyway, that's all I got for now...If I think of anything else that's important I'll let you know.

Peace.

-Brandon and Cougar Magnum
First Tour Update
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Hello from Florida!

We have had an interesting first few days. The drive was pretty nice. Yeah, nice and LONG. We covered 830 miles on our way to Ft. Lauderdale. We arrived at 3am and decided to bunk up in the van, in a parking lot. Little did we know that it was next to a Harley Davidson bike shop. At 7am we awoke to the rumble of bikes. The people gave us dirty looks like we were going to try and steal something from them.

We spent the day at the beach before it rained and stocked up on PB&J and crackers: The meal of rockstars. After we unloaded at the Dive Bar we found out that the Magnum Van has a leak. "Our tour van is offically ghetto," says Alex as he mopped up a small puddle. This was nothing that Brandon and I couldn't fix with a tarp and bungee cords.

The Dive Bar show was a success nonetheless and the denizens of Ft. Lauderdale told us that they had a blast. They've asked us back and Patrick, the owner even bought a shirt!

The most frightening thing that happened was Brandon spilling beer on Shane's new wireless system and into his amp. When he tried to mop it up he knocked over his guitar (my foot broke its fall) onto a cup of water, splashing liquid onto Shane's pedal board. Needless to say, that ended that set. Everything was OK (except for Brandon's pride) and we're cleaning Shane's amp right now.

We were taken in by a very wonderful woman named Doreen who responded to a craigslist ad for a place to stay. She's feeding us, giving us a place to rest and shower and providing us with great stories. She has a son who's been on tour before and wanted to provide us with the same hospitality that she would want for her son. She also has three potbelly pigs who are a ton of fun to feed. We will be here until Tuesday when we head to Daytona Beach for Spring Break! More to come later and until then, keep in touch and take care!

John & the rest of Cougar Magnum
We're in Florida!
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Hello Cougar Cubs,

Yes, we are officially in Florida and it is wonderful down here. We're getting geared up after a night in the van (yes we slept in it) and a day on the beach for our first show of the tour. We're pretty excited because the bar we're playing in has a pole-dancer pole in the center of the venue. We're thinking dancer contest for Magnum gear...

More to come later.


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