Fobtour's Journals

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World Tour Part 1 : DONE!!!

We did it. We successfully did shows in Japan, Singapore, Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand. After a very uncomfortable flight back to America we did two more TV shows and then back home. It's nice to sleep in a bed that's yours. It's nice to be able to grab a Coke out of the fridge and not pay 5 dollars for it. It's nice to see the corner bar and know that I can probably go drink for free all night and all I have to do is regale the bartender with stories of world travel. We're modern day pirates, minus all the killing and pillaging and raping. Can't get used to be home though, next part starts in 4 days. See you lot in (not so) sunny England! P.S. I'm working on a video compilation of stuff we saw, etc etc... Once i figure out how to work it properly you'll see it posted on here.

Blurry times in Melbourne, Victoria

I almost forgot all about this journal. Mostly because of this :

It made us look like this :

After all this I decided it may be a good idea to make mimosas until 4:30 AM. I'll let you in on a secret... NOT a good idea.

Australia, you're wearing us out. Too much party, not enough sleep.
*BKD

(R)Adelaide, Australia

So far so good here in the land down under. Yesterday was a marathon exercise in drinking beers
and sitting in the beautiful weather out in Adelaide. I even met Brian Setzer (Stray Cats/Brian Setzer Orchestra) in an elevator in our hotel! He somehow knew I was with FOB. Weird. We talked about Long Island and Spinal Tap in the span of 45 seconds. He looks exactly the same after all these years. He's like Dick Clark, he just doesn't age.

Here's a picture of a lotus we found in the botanic gardens of Adelaide, the city that lays in a bizarre half-hour-off time zone. For real... look it up.

Take it easy.... see ya out there.
*BKD

Things we have eaten...

Being overseas is always an adventure. Some of us like to leave the comfort of the hotel, explore, and get ourselves entrenched in the local culture. The best way to do this is to eat the local food. Sometimes it's something as tame as chicken, but other times... well, other times it's more of an adventure. As a precursor the first installment of "The Grown Ass Man Show" starring Kadaver and Diaz here is a list of things we may or may not (we did) eat....

- raw horsemeat in Japan
- balut (fertilized hard boiled duck egg), Philippine specialty
- dry squid in a bag in Japan
- McDonald's
- unidentified meat jerky, also in a bag in Singapore
- sardine sashimi in Japan
- raw beef and raw egg
- cod guts
- lots of Pocky
- street meats in Singapore
- some really dry cardboard tasting street snack in Mexico

You get the idea. Keep an eye out for The Grown Ass Man Show coming soon to Friends or Enemies!

stay safe,
Diaz

this thing is way too complicated for our simple minds

We are going to try to update this thing more cause we've heard ppl actually read it!?! haha We're gonna take a little while to figure out how to use this cause even email confuses us. Oh yeah and we're in Asia/Oz/NZ/Europe for a while if you're around come to the shows I hear they're always awesome!

we are back...

new pics and posts on the way... contact the web guy and tell them to make us a VIP page!!!

Time Off

So, we are doing some updates. Keep watching this page. UPDATES are closer than you think. -Kyle

New - Old - Pics

I decided to post some pics before we leave for the next trip. Some are from Japan last time, all of them are about a year old. I found them tucked away in my HD. - Kyle PS. There should be a ton of pics and updates coming, we will be touring through the world again. If you want to know, DIRTY, will be with us through out Mexico, j-pan, europe, and the UK. Make sure you give him hugs!!!!

More New Pics. Crew dude Updates

Ahhhh, Home at last. Africa was....interesting? 18,000+ @ the Coca-Cola dome. Thanks for everyones comments, I will try to keep the behind the scenes pics coming. We dont really check the mail here, sorry. Everyone in the crew tries to keep you folks updated as much as we can. The Band dudes kinda know about this site, but it is maintained mostly by the Crew that holds FOB together. We appreciate all our friends and enemies. CREW UPDATE: as of 7/22/07 AJ - Andy's Drum Tech DIAZ - Pete's Bass Tech KADAVER - Patrick's Guitar Tech MATT - Joe's Guitar Tech ESTEBAN - Lighting Design BAHLER - Monitor Engineer, Audio KYLE - Front of House Engineer, Audio DRE - Security MARCUS - Security HENRY - Production Manager welp, thats the actual skeleton crew as of today... I hope you enjoy the site. Cheers, Kyle