And now, without further ado..

A NEW KEYBOARD!

It is way more intense than I need it to be. Mad drum kits, thousands of unnecessary amazing sounds and I'll probably break it on tour. It's definitely a bit more flimsy than the digital pianos I lug around, but it's also lighter and has more options. Get ready for the craziness!

Oh, and it has the drumbeat to "Sexyback" programmed in it.

Writing new songs, eating lots of polenta and catching up on sleepies!

Hey all!

Just kickin' back at my parent's house in Long Island this week.. I came home to help prepare for Thanksgiving a week early since I'll be in the city working the three days prior. It's very exciting times here!

Anywho, Tom and I played a show last Friday at Death By Audio with our good friends Lemuria, Cheeky and Get Bent, and that shiz was rad. Gordan Gano's Army from the UK was on tour with Lemuria, so you should check them out too! Tom and I are gonna lay low this winter and write some new songs so we're ready to kick butt in the spring. I'm sure we'll be out playing shows here and there, but we're gonna try to keep it to a minimum! We wanna have brand new songs and a healthy Tom for you all!

Besides that, all is well on our front. Just relaxing, cooking lots of food and cuddling. Winter definately equals lazy days.

xo!
Car!

Also..

I had one of those days at work that wasn't necessarily bad, but definatley didn't make me feel pumped at the end of the day. My girl Doreen totally felt my stress, as she's going through some tough stuff on her own, and said she felt my uneasy "energy" when I walked in. Anyways, she was right. I watched Six Feet Under when I got home to unwind, and it was that one episode (#7, Season One.. sorry Tom!!), where Claire questions going to college because she wants to do something that makes her time here meaningful. It was also the same episode where Nate stuck up for the dead army veteran who wanted a proper military funeral because the veteran felt that his service in Iraq was very meaningful.

Anyways, this episode and the new Iron Chic song (I'm plugging the shit out of them) just made me want to do something meaningful with my life even more. And I feel like we're trying pretty freaking hard but sometimes it's hard to remember that there is way more to living then serving burgers.

Car

Lubrano

If you want to find a new favorite band, you should definately be listening to Iron Chic or Small Arms Dealer. I know, I know, my favorite man Phil Douglas is in both of these bands, but the most amazing part is Lubrano. His lyrics and voice blow me away every time I listen to anything he sings. I'm seriously probably one of the harshest music critics I know, and I can admit it probably even took me a while to get into Small Arms Dealer. But I'm hooked.. Please support these two bands, or check them out. Maybe it's because these past few months have been really crazy and emotionally draining, but his lyrics are meaning more and more to me every day.

Car

Thank you (and updates etc.)

Hey everyone!!!!
I just wanted to write to thank everyone for the outpouring of love and words of encouragement.... it all means so much to me, and it really has helped to keep me in a positive frame of mind.
As you all might know by now, in April of 2005, I was hit by a car while riding my bike. Ever since, I've been in some form of pain from that date, and by the time we reached Jacksonville, it was completely unbearable. I had trouble carrying our equipment, and during our set, it became extremely painful to move my right arm. After we played, I couldn't bend over to take the pedal off my bass drum. Carly and I made the difficult decision to cancel tour and drive home... it was hard because playing music is what we love to do, and we love driving across the country hanging out with you all and sharing our passion with you.
Right now, I'm not playing my drums, and it's tearing me apart... but I know it's for the best - I have to heal. We're still planning on playing the Fest in Gainesville at the end of October. We'll probably play two or three shows on the way down. After that, we plan on taking a break from playing live so that we can work on new songs... we have 3 almost finished now! also, we're also trying to convince a certain sweet band from Philly (hint: a.c.) to do some sort of tour with us this spring. Yeah!!!

Other stuff....
-I posted our new shirts for sale! Everything is up on the myspace page.

-I'm starting to work on the art for Carly's classical piano album... her music is unbelievably beautiful!!!! The cd will be out by the end of the year. Check out her music at: http://www.myspace.com/carlycomando


Sooo....
Again, thanks so much for all your support! Stay in touch!!!


Love!
tom p.

Tour Cancelled.

Hey every​one.​.​

We'​re reall​y reall​y reall​y sad to say that the rest of our tour has been cance​lled.​ Tom was hit by a car 3 years​ ago, and has been suffe​ring back and neck injur​ies ever since​.​ He goes in and out of feeli​ng the pain,​ but when we were in South​ Carol​ina it came back in full force​.​ We tried​ to get throu​gh a set in Jacks​onvil​le and he just could​n'​t do it. We'​re reall​y upset​ and bumme​d out, but tryin​g to stay as posit​ive as possi​ble.​ We'​re going​ to take this time to get Tom the prope​r medic​al help he needs​,​ and rest his crazy​ drumm​ing muscl​es so that he doesn​'​t risk perma​nentl​y damag​ing his back.​

We are so sorry​ and we apolo​gize to every​one who has worke​d so hard on booki​ng our shows​ and helpi​ng out with this tour.​ We will make it up to you when we'​re ready​ to get back on the road,​ hopef​ully in the sprin​g.​ We are also going​ to play the Fest in Gaine​svill​e at the end of Octob​er,​ and then take a rest so that Tom can conti​nue to get bette​r.​

Thank​ you for your suppo​rt,​ under​stand​ing and for makin​g the short​ tour we had an amazi​ng one.

We love you all so much!​

Love,​
Carly​ and Tom P.

Is our tour vehicle a lemon?

I don't know. Probably not.. but I guess when you've put at least 20,000 miles on it from touring it's likely to have some problems here and there. Sadly it happened on our first day of tour but luckily we were close to Tom's house to have it fixed. Tom's dad is da bomb mechanic and totally awesome dude, so with his help, we should have the minivan taking over the world in no time!

Every tour the Service engine light comes on, but we were told when it blinks to start worrying. After Berea Fest 2008, it started blinking. The source of our troubles has been the Spark plugs not firing correctly. See diagram:


Fun, right?

We will test the Chevy today on our drive to Philly to see if she's ready for more driving..
We'll keep you posted!

Love,
Carly and Tom!