Hometown shows are where it's at. Whatever it is.

You know the saying, "If you lived here, you'd be home"? Well, last night our show was in DC, and All Time Low sure enough live there (OK, technically they live in Baltimore, but I don't know how picky Baltimore residents and DC residents are about being lumped together. ATL kept saying it was their hometown show, so I'm gonna go with it.)

Anyway, I was pretty excited to be at the 9:30 Club since it's got tons of history and loads of really great bands have played there over the years. The crew was phenomenal--SUPER helpful. We didn't have the best spot as far as our table, but hey, people still found us.

And speaking of finding the AP table, we had some very special guests stop by last night. First, Zack from ATL's aunt and uncle came to the table to say hi and drop off their sub cards. They actually knew my name (heehee) because they have been reading this very blog! After giving them some posters featuring their nephew, they returned later with Zack's mom, sister and grandmother. Oh, my goodness--she is one of the most adorable grandmothers I've ever seen. His entire family was cute, gracious and friendly, and his grandma came back later and filled out a subscription card. :) Anyway, it was really great meeting some of the bands' fams--it was a nice vibe to have bands playing in a familiar place, and it seemed like everyone was having fun playing. I also have it on very good authority (um, from the Matches) that last night was the best sound monitors they've had on the entire tour. So good work, 9:30 Club sound dude!

Right now the bus is currently en route to Philly. Today's show will be interesting as we don't get to keep our bus. We have to be ready to hop off as soon as we pull up, unload anything and everything we'll need for the day, then say goodbye as John the bus driver takes it away to park it at his hotel. We'll see how well this works out...