Thursday, April 1, 2010

Google, Kansas (Goodbye, Topeka)

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In a nutshell, Topeka is a wonderful place with a great history and culture.  Topeka found its worldwide notoriety as the hometown for Dorothy in the classic film The Wizard of Oz, and more recently the town has been home to some notorious characters that I care not too mention.  In fact, Topeka is so fantastic that Google the greatest search engine in the world,  announced today it is changing its name to "Topeka" in honor of Topeka changing its name to Google, KS. You can read about the reason behind Topeka's change HERE.

For the last 3 years, we have made it a point to stop in Topeka, KS on our Midwest tours. They have some of the kindest people we have ever met on tour and look forward to returning every year. In some way or another we end up having some of the craziest and most intimate nights in this town. It has become an oasis for us and it isn't uncommon that I ask myself - "When are we returning to Topeka?". Whether I am in the middle of a gunfight, running a slow jog, or in the middle of a bath, when I think of heaven - I think of Topeka. Call me weird but you can't knock it until you try it.

Our first trip to Topeka was on the "No Sex - Illegal Immigrant Tour" with Million Dollar Reload of Ireland and The Black Mollys. The Black Mollys took us on as opener. We had a blast on this tour and learned a lot from both of these bands. When I first saw that we were playing Topeka I didn't know what to think. We ended up having a blast and played at The Boobie Trap Bar. You can view pictures from that tour HERE.


The next year we played at The Brass Rail. You can read about our 2009 experience in Topeka HERE.


We look forward to our show at The Boobie Trap Bar in Google, KS this April 20th.  I am sure Google will not let us down.






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