Gone To Yosemite!

cgerber — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:02:37 +0000

Yesterday the pool party BBQ thing was a lot of fun. I ate so much that I got the meat sweats. Not pleasant, but worth it.
I’ve been in need of a new acoustic guitar for like 10 years, so last night I found one!

New to the TSD family

I’m happy with it, and it sounds incredible. I’m not much of an acoustic guitar player, I love electric and always have, but I need the acoustic for different projects, and I’m going to use it to work on some of the new album while I’m camping this week. It’s nothing super special, just an Epiphone EJ200. Funny how majority of my guitars are Gibson or in the Gibson family (Epiphones are made in Korea whereas Gibson’s are only made in Nashville and Montana).
I’m heading out in a little bit to go camping up in Yosemite. Pretty excited about it too. I love making fires.
Things are quickly progressing with the band even though we’re supposed to be heading into the dead season. The album is coming together, we’ve got this LA show coming up in October, and now possibly some other stuff we just found out about yesterday. This new album… you’re going to love it.
Chad Gerber

Picture Adventures

cgerber — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:43:09 +0000

Yesterday I made a type of scavenger hunt list of things to take pictures of around LA. I wanted to see if they might inspire some album artwork or something for when we get to that stage. My buddy Lambo joined me for the little adventure and we drove all over Los Angeles taking pictures of weird things on the list and odd things we saw. I don’t really know if anything turned out very good cause it was so dark. We had a decent SLR camera, but I don’t know if it was enough. Plus we won’t even know what type of visual vibe the album will have till it’s closer to being done. I did send 2012 a few tracks which I think are really cool. As does other people that have heard them. One is called “Souls” and the other is “Whatever We Are”. I’m getting really excited about this album. I’m dreaming about it lol.
I tried to avoid Labor Day BBQs but I failed. Today I’m going to a BBQ pool party in the valley where I used to live. It will be a lot of fun, but why is it I always fail and avoiding the BBQs on Labor Day!? Tomorrow I’ll head on up into the mountains to go camping and hunt big foot.
Watched “Let The Right One In” again late last night after the picture thing. That movie is so good. I really hope the US version isn’t stupid and full of like romance and action scenes. Why do we always butcher everything?
My sister is coming to visit like next week! I’m really excited. She’s only staying a couple days which sucks, but it’s better than nothing. We’re going to cause trouble! :)
Chad Gerber

New Records On Ocean Piers

cgerber — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:00:44 +0000

Well I spent most of the day tracking a couple things for 2012 to go over for the new album. Good stuff indeed. We met up last night and drove to a party at the Arbor Skate shop in Venice. On the way we went over the album, different production stuff we’re going to do and all that. This album really is going to be incredibly cool. Last album we had to hold back, this one we don’t. We met Cory at the party and ended up walking out on the Venice pier to watch the waves and empty our souls like most dudes do after going to a skate party event thing lol. We mostly just talked about food. To the point where we spent like an hour talking about where to eat haha. We settled on a place called Baja Cabana right next to one of the Venice canals where him and 2012 got some food. I had a little of there’s cause I wasn’t hungry. In all it was a surprisingly boring yet fun night. I just can’t stop thinking about the new album and how I want to record it NOW!
I should be figuring out more Faceless International stuff and this Haiti trip. Maybe I’ll send an email after this. Our show is October 28th in LA at the Viper Room, so if you’re in the area spread the word. We need to raise a lot of money! :)
I’ll keep you posted on the new album progression. There is going to be a slight lineup change with the bands team, but nothing else is changing.
Goodbye.
Chad Gerber

I Travel Through Time

cgerber — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:00:08 +0000

Man last night was messed up. I had weird dreams all night interlaced with some music I’m working on so it was like an incomplete sound track I was trying to finish while walking around. One dream I traveled through time to my 8 year old self. That was really weird. I was at my parents house and people I never remembered staying there were there. I also figured I should take some long lost guitar gear back to the future with me so I started searching for my pedals. The other dream it was me, some old dude, and a little girl, and we were like ghosts or something that took over armies. I don’t know… it’s way confusing and hard to put in a blog.
I was up last night tracking some stuff for the new album. Sketches and concepts for 2012 to go over. I need to finish them up and email them over to him today if I can.
Looks like I’m going to a BBQ after all on Labor Day. I tried, but I failed. It’s a pool party movie night thing so I don’t know if I would count it 100% BBQ. It will be fun. Monday I’ll head camping and miss all the weekend warrior camp hogs.
I need to find out what’s crackin tonight. I’m feeling energetic.
Chad Gerber

Expendables Was Awesome

cgerber — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:12:06 +0000

I went to The Expendables last night and it was awesome! Way better than I thought it would be. I could go on and on about it, but I don’t want to on here lol. Lets just say it’s refreshing to watch a guy movie where the dudes aren’t all dramatic and weepy like most movies make us anymore.
Have a meeting today but I’m really distracted. There’s been some changes in team lineups lately and I’m trying not to get worried about it. The more people involved in something, the quicker it moves, but the more complicated it gets. That part makes me want to quit and open up some kind of tiny shop somewhere and sell trinkets or something. Maybe be a butcher? Stupid part is if I actually ever did that, I would go insane 5 months later and have to start over again. Unless I just sailed around the world… I wouldn’t really have a choice lol.
I don’t know for sure yet what I’m doing for this weekend. I think going out of town, but there’s some details that are still up in the air. Like the fact that all the campsites are full. Awesome. I wouldn’t mind maybe just renting a room at one of those incredibly creepy roadside hotels! The ones that say “color tv” on the sign lol. Yeah I don’t know. I’m a bit indifferent as of late.
I just read another oil rig blew up down south. What is going on!?
Chad Gerber

Auto Pilot

cgerber — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:42:45 +0000

Here I am, neck kinked against the wall as I try to type this. I have no idea what the weather is like out, although I can assume it’s 75 as usual. I wouldn’t mind a hurricane though. Or a tornado….. maybe hail! I’m not really sure why I’m talking about the weather.
Yesterday was sort of miserable. I felt like every text and email I got was from the wrong people, and the right ones never replied lol. Last night 2012 and Amelia came by and we met about the LA show coming up and a Nashville show next year. We went over things and took care of stuff, then ended up playing video games. Feeling a bit disconnected last couple days. Like I’m on auto pilot and forgot where the switch is.
Tonight I’m going to grab some sushi and hit a comedy show at my favorite secret spot. All kinds of big name pros go to this place right along side horrible newbies. It’s cool.
I’m skipping town this weekend I think. I might go camping yet again. I’m finding it a perfect escape cause not all that many people go camping. Anything to avoid a BBQ. I think everyone does a BBQ every year, which is fine, but I don’t want to do one this year!
I better get moving. I’m slipping into a coma.
Chad Gerber

Spoiling Banans

cgerber — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:13:07 +0000

I’ve lost all interest in news and media. I mean, I stay in it cause it’s apart of what I need to know or whatever, but it feels like I’m watching WWE wrestling knowing it’s fake with real elements to it. None of it is real real. It all has a financial angle, political angle…. all kinds of angles. It’s annoying.
I saw a black stallion in my dreams last night. That’s the 2nd dream I’ve had with large free roaming animals in it. The other night I killed a buffalo.
We’ve got an LA date lined up for a Faceless International show in October on the 28th at Viper Room. Need to raise more money for this Haiti event going on! Looks like we might be doing a Halloween show in San Diego as well if it works out. I’ll keep you posted of course.
Yesterday I was at the DMV for 4 hours. Yes, 4 hours. As were many other people I’m sure. Hundreds and hundreds of people. I’m still angry about it lol.
Meeting tonight with 2012 and Amelia about show stuff, then we’ll probably go do something or watch a movie… maybe skin a cat. That whole saying “skin a cat”, did people used to do that.. and why?
Got to bed pretty late last night and the dog woke me up with heavy breathing, whining, tripping over things, and wanting to go outside. Kind of annoying.
Just remembered…. I bought too many bananas and now they’re spoiling!
I still need to get my amp fixed too. There’s too many things and not enough bananas!
Chad Gerber

Break Your Legs

cgerber — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:50:01 +0000

Yesterday I met up with Red Eye near downtown to do some inner city stuff with people. We took over a laundry facility and did people’s laundry, fed them food, and put people in dryers. Literally. It was kind of weird, but nobody got hurt.
I’m up yet again today cause I MUST get this DMV nightmare over with. If a cop were to pull me over right now I would be in a huge mess.
Last night some friends wanted to me come to San Diego and hang out but the DMV killed my plans. Me and the DMV are not getting along right now.
Did you watch the 2 part documentary on the tour? It was in the last blog. You should check it out. 2012 made it.
Well since I’ve been back it’s the same ole thing again. Nobody returns my emails who needs to, so I end up having to track them down with large thugs and break their legs. Not my favorite form of communication, but some people just don’t get things done lol.
Half of what I’m saying in this blog I don’t know what I’m saying.
I had weird dreams about hunting buffalo with a bow and arrow, and weight rooms and music stores in Flying J truck stops last night.
Chad Gerber

Spread Denial Tour Documentary by 2012

cgerber — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:09:26 +0000

Though it was a long and difficult battle the last day, I have just about defeated the ever annoying “new hard drive file transfer”! Got a 2 terabyte HD from Fry’s yesterday cause my 500Gig was full. I’ve been moving files around ever since. I really hate this little task. In the middle of it last night I went to Yogurt land and the beach. It was a little chilly but I liked it.
Today I’m doing laundry for strangers inner city style. The underwear part of this thing is a little hazy for me.
I dreamt about banans all night because I have so many in the kitchen and I can’t eat them fast enough. They are literally causing me a tiny bit of stress lol.
I need to talk to Tanya Brown (video director of I’m Sorry LA) cause I think she saw a UFO last night! Actually a few people around LA were talking about weird lights and stuff so that’s kind of exciting. Of course I saw nothing. This ins’t the first time lights have been seen flying around LA of course. In fact in WWII the only time the US opened fire on anything from the mainland was in San Pedro on a weird flying machine lol. Look it up! San Pedro UFO WWII. I saw it on the history channel. Pretty weird. My friend saw one in the same area years ago too. I want one.
Now that texting is as common as scratching ones self, I get a lot of texts from friends looking for friends. “hey is so and so with you? if so, tell him I’m ready”. I don’t know if I should feel important or stupid. I’m trying to make it a good thing.
I totally forgot to post the new tour doc vids on here! You need to watch these! 2012 made the doc!
Chad Gerber

Another Pete Wentz Sighting

cgerber — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:09:04 +0000

Last night I was going to eat snacks and watch a movie with someone but I ended up going to the Red Eye offices to drop in and see some friends since I’ve been gone a while. I gave Lambo a souvenir from Yellowstone Park and turkey tapped Ben in the nuts cause it was his birthday. It was a good time. I caught up with Justin, Lambo, Ben, Sarah B. about her deformed knee, and met a knew guy from Australia. It was fun. After we headed to the grocery store to get some milk for cookies and it happened again… I was mistaken for that dude from Fall Out Boy! I’m standing in the line and I can see this guy looking at a tabloid to my left, I see he stops on a page with that guy Pete Wentz walking his baby with his wife, and I knew the guy was going to look at me since this wasn’t the first time. Sure enough the dude starts to look up towards me, I slowly try to turn away and then comes over to me with the magazine and asks if it’s me! I tell him no, I laugh, then go back to standing in line. He’s still looking at me! Me, then the pic, then me, then the pic, then talking to his friend. He may have been just comparing the pic to me, but from experience in this whole Pete Wentz/Chad Gerber saga, I’m pretty sure he thought I was lying to him. I got my milk and left quickly. I don’t look like Pete Wentz! And why is this dude even in magazines? Neither him or his wife do anything! This is just another reason why I might shave my head into a mohawk, or do something weird to it. I mean.. I’ve been mistaken for Pete Wentz at red carpet events too! You would think the picture people would know the difference between the 2 of us?! Oh well, it’s always worth a good laugh.
Tonight we’re watching the tour doc and will probably end up playing some xbox live. Pretty chill day really. I still don’t know what’s going on with charity fundraiser stuff but I’m hoping to know ASAP lol.
Gotta go
Chad Gerber

Him

I DON’T LOOK LIKE HIM!