"With every word you say, say something sweet..."

We play chi-town last night and in the bar I watched a lil bit of the Cubbies/Black Sox game...saw chitown fans going nuts...I guess it was the same back in NY with my Mets and those damn Yankees...I hear it was all or nothing as the Mets destroyed the Jenkees 15-6 I think it was in
the first game of the double header and then got shredded in the second game, getting shutout....ah well...ya win some and ya lose some..but this season the Mets beat the Yankees more times...we rock...even though we're suckin up this season...

So anyways...the show was awesome...a lot of peeps came out to support...I popped a string in the last song of our set and was saved by Matt Friction who tossed me up a new guitar in time to finish out the song flawlessly...haha we also played with this band from Texas called
'Girl in a Coma'...awesome chicks...and they rock...check them out for sure...tell em Fitz from Drive By sent you...

Now we drive to Detroit Rock City...its gonna be a good show...I can feel it...Detroit is always fun for us...a lot of friends come out and we might even go out on our boy Big Dave's Pirate ship...for real...we rock eye patches and swords and swash the buckle and swab the deck and maroon shifty pirates and make em walk the plank matey and ish...ya know...
...danny fitz...

Some say...you only hear what you want to...

We walked into Wendys earlier...and everyone customer stopped what they were doing and stared at us...we were so not wanted...they were hiding their kids from us as if we were gonna "kill them and eat them alive"...which is stupid bc its not possible...at all...once u kill
someone...how do u eat them alive...they're thoughts were dumb...but we had a good laugh and threw out some "ill kill you and eat you alive" looks just to entertain their dumb thoughts...and I went outside and did some pushups..bc that's my thing now...everytime we stop I do
pushups...I was on 10 and now I do 20...but that's 20 everytime we stop...and Jae's little bladder keeps me workin hard...haha aahhh...Pushups...working my way up to 500 a day...so I can beat jae up haha...I'm only on 200 a day now...but I'm showing progress and I will
beat Jae up...nah Jae's kinda like my personal trainer...he's a good push to eat healthy and work out with the downtime we have on tour...

I ordered a Venti French Vanilla Iced Coffee from Starbucks...and I drank it and it was deliciously satisfying...so of course I went to get a refill and was stoked on the 55 cent refill policy they have...so I was like "Hell Yea" drop another Venti on me...she of course messed up
and gave me what Jae had ordered earlier...5 shots of esspresso on ice...lets just say I was all sorts of tweaked on esspresso shots...and I quickly crashed and napped for a bit...no one should ever have that much energy...its a ridiculous amount of energy...don't do it...seriously...don't be stupid...ok fine try it...and let me know if you can hang...

I miss Mikey Avalanche...its a band thing to meet dudes in bands and use their first name and dominant band name as their last name...Mikey from I Am the Avalanche, is just to long...when I get home we're chillin and jammin on some folk songs...

I also have some movie, websites and book ideas that I'm workin on at the present...I cant let the cat out of the bag just yet bc I don't want ya'll stealin my thunder...but lets just say, "poop", "creepy dudes on swingsets" and a "movie about me, and my friends" are all in the works...

Time after time we drive through Gary, Indiana...and everytime I sing the song...if you don't know "the song" look it up... from 'the Music Man'...but we're here and I'm gonna complain about the mammoth stench that leaks through our vents as we stroll on through...its pretty damn gross...
...danny fitz...

Seacrest-Out!

Ok...so last night we were drivin back to the hotel from Buffalo Wild Wings where we demolitians 62 wings...and if you know B-dubs-dubs(BWW)'s wings, they're not skimpy wings...we had buffalo, asian zinger and Jerked...so good...ok, so on the way back we get a call from a friend of
ours saying that we were just on E! Entertainment Television...Ryan Seacest was introducing us and they played our video in the back...we didn't know if we should believe it...no because we think she's a liar but it just seemed weird to us...so we get back tothe room and try to
figure out the next time they'll rerun it...of course it was 3 AM, I was too tired so I passed out and was woken up by jae jumpin on my bed like a little school girl readying up for a pillowfight with her mates...talking all this nonsensical jibjab about how Ryan Seacrest was
playin air guitar to our song Boring...of course I told him to go away and I waited til noon to catch Seacrest shredding an airguitar saying, "that's Drive By with Boring and then they cut to the next segment...I'm pretty sure it went "the Kardashian's" than Drive By...

Its now time for waffle house...we're takin a walk there to get a little excercise after all them wings...late!
...danny fitz...

The Venue...

We played this place called "the venue" in Dalton, Georgia...and it was a small DIY punkrock club...the Venue was run by the nicest lady ever, I felt like I was home...two of her daughters helped her run the place and it was just a sweet spot for the kids in the area to hang out...all in
all it was a great night for me...I got to see some friends, make some new ones...and play a rock show for a Dalton...I just wanna say thanks to everyone at the show for being so cool...

My hair was a great success...b-t-dubs..(btw)

I just did laundry and I'm stoked to have clean clothes...and then it's off to Indiana tomorrow to see Natty-Nat...
...danny fitz...

Yea...I got a haircut...chris snipped my ish and now I have sort of a mohawk...I need to get some hairspray or knox to hold my hawk up about 8 inches high...
...danny fitz...

Love, Life and a Kingdom United

This is our 12th or 13th show day in a row...which is kinda crazy..but we're still truckin...its nice to see familiar faces...kids coming out to see us that we've met at shows previous to this tour...
I got to speak with a girl named Tracy from the UK...she won a contest that the Lil DriveBys put on and I got to personally congratulate her...she was still in the UK and it was 1AM by her...so I called and chatted for a bit...goodtimes...and she's got an awesome accent...'brilliant'!!!...its good to know we still got out UK friends behind us..
...danny fitz...

Zombie Nation...

Its 3am and we're in a Howard Johnson Hotel/Motel thing...and the rain is pouring like a monsoon...like loud rain...its whipping around in the harsh wind...and its making our door whistle...its hard to miss the crashing thunder as well...I hope I can get some sleep...we DO have a
show in Dalton, GA tomorrow...see ya'll there...
...danny fitz...

Oppside down...

Sorry..forgot the pic of the grenade...
...danny fitz...

Hot-lanta Crunk jams..all the night long...

We bought a real grenade...its the sweetest thing ever and its hot in Atlanta...I guess that's why its called HOT-lanta...I gotta change my strings but I just got word that Atlanta, GA has Whirlyball...hmm...I love it...oh and a man has already showed up to the Drunken
Unicorn..where we're playing tonight superstoked on seeing the Drive-By Truckers play hahaha...I think he just left to get drunk at a local bar and will be back in time to hate us royally hahahaha...later all...
...danny fitz...

I'm Batman...

If you thought you'd never find the Bat Cave...I got some clues for
you...64 East...
...danny fitz...

I'm playin sandbag toss with the pink spiders in the back of the Snug
Harbor in Charlotte, NC...

We were sitting in our van getting ready to leave the venue and we see
this white Tahoe fly around a corner squealing its 3 tires...yes...I
said 3...one was missing...the passenger side front tire was gone and
the fender was smashed and the dude driving obviously did not wanna
stick around for the police...so of course we took a detour to see if we
could see what had happened but no luck...I thought he was gonna smash
into us bc when he made the turn he lost control of his car(plus he was
3-wheelin) but he got control enough to miss us...thank God...and now we
drive...Nashville-bound...I don't think the Pink Spiders are playing
tomorrow...but we'll see...

Oh!!! New addition to our van..we have a "no lot lizards" decal on our
window...so if you're a lot lizard...you've been warned...stay the "F"
away...Drive By don't want none of you...haha...Lot lizards are hookers
that hang out in truckstops...incase u didn't know...

We were just discussing names of DJ's that would be cool...I don't know
if someone has taken this name yet but...DJ Tanner...? Maybe? Ya know
'Full House'?

Whatever...peace!
...danny fitz...

"Don't lose the ship"

So last night was cool...Virginia Beach...we weren't actually on the
beach though...I feel if ur gonna name something 'beach' there sure as
hell better be a beach at least in site...other than that the show went
well...I broke a pedal...but I think I figured how to use it
anyway...um...our boy Hunter Smith came out to hang...we actually ended
up sleeping at his house...jae and I passed out bc we were so
tired...but Chris and Todd stayed up til like 3am playing Nintendo
Wii...
...danny fitz...

Hire Wally Backman Petition...NY Mets

Go to the link...and sign this petition and send it around and tell ur
friends to sign it and pass it around...please...for me...thank
you..goodnight!

http://www.petitiononline.com/backman/petition.html
...danny fitz...

Click click...Pow! pow!

'I'm the king of California...straight out of Tennesee'...I can't seem
to get the Pink Spiders' song out of my head and I feel really weird
dorkin out to them...like walkin around the venue, half singing/half
whistling them while I stroll past the dudes...but they're the catchiest
song ever..and they fun...the dudes seemed realy cool...we hung for a
little bit at the show yesterday...we did the whole...'hi I'm Fitz, from
Drive By' intros...very formal...and today it'll be chillzville...
...danny fitz...

"I got the keys, so let's put it into drive"

IATA are the raddest dudes ever...this tour has been awesome...we made some kickass new friends in I Am the Avalanche...check them out...they're my new favorite band...night after night they catch me off gaurd...'Summertime', 'Brooklyn Dodgers' and 'My 2nd Restraining Order' are my mother flippin JAMS!!!! Last nights show was awesome...Hamden, CT knows how to thrash...lol...we played with a CTHC(Conn. Hardcore) band called 'Dead Up'<CC>...and of course IATA and Jetlag Gemini...tour is over now and its time to say goodbye to Jetlag Gemini and IATA...sadness...but its also time to move on and get our tour on again with the Pink Spiders...we haven't met them yet but we've chatted via myspace and email and they seem like awesome dudes so Drive By is stoked on it all...today we play Baltimore...tomorrow Virginia Beach...see you there...
...danny fitz...

"I shed a tear when Mickie died in Rocky 3"

Good morning...I get the first shift driving...and we're driving across upstate NY towards Vermont...Rochester is really nice in the summer...as is the whole drive so far...I'm thinking of packin up my stuff and movie here...just me and Todd and a lake and a 2 floatie chairs with cupholders...I'm diggin on the peacefulness of the wilderness...'Deercrossing Next 58 Miles'...anyways...not many exciting things up here as of now, but I'm sure somethings funny lurking...I can see jae in the rearview with this look like he's about to do something funny or stupid or maybe he's just eating a handpacked pint of Peanut Butter Ice Cream from Stewarts...if you don't know Stewart...you should get up on it...its greatness churned into ice cream and served to you in a cup or a cone...or even shoved into a delicious Stewart's Creme Soda...whatever tickles your fancy...

Yea he's just eating ice cream for now...ill be back later though...

We're takin a ferry!!!!!this is rad!!! I'm straight moving to vermont...
...danny fitz...

"Even spiders...have a corner they miss...when they're done...killing things..."

The trailer is all sorts of registered and we set off to Rochester, NY to play a venue called the Penny Arcade...I drove the first 4 hours and now I'm sleepy...didn't get much sleep last night...I got in at 2:30am bc I had to drop Todd off at home and then Jae and Chris at Jae's house...and I woke up this morning at 8:54...I had set my alarm for 7:30am bc I wanted to get to the DMV at 8 so I I could be the first jerk in line and get out early but I was soooooo comfy in my own bed I didn't wake up when my alarm went off...so I jumped up and got my ish together and jet over to the DMV and got all the paperwork squared away...

I really hate that place...if anyone ever says "its not that bad", then they are a jerk and are lying and you should never believe anything they ever say from there on out...bc it really IS that bad...how could something 'always' go wrong...is it that way with everyone? Bc everytime
I've had to go to the DMV its miserable...'someone' doesn't know what they're doing and tries to tell me I don't have the proper paperwork or somethings not right and I can't get what I need...it feels like fast food drive thru...you know..when they mess up your order...and you think to yourself, "what are the odds, they messed up MY order AGAIN!!!!!!"....think to yourself...how many times have they messed up your order...I don't know maybe ur extremely unlucky? Or they mess up EVERYONE'S order...its ridiculous...Can I get a number 6 with onions and mayonaise ONLY!!! That would be a spicy chicken sandwich at wendys with ONLY onions and mayo...ONLY being the key word...a fave of mine...and somehow...I get ONLY a tomato...they even mess it up wrong..they disregarded MY order...and make it how they would regularly prepare one...but they even forget the lettuce!!!!! I didn't want any lettuce to begin with...but if ur gonna mess up my order..at least give me everything that should be on it...ya know?

So yea...the DMV is like a bad fast food drive thru...but its takes 3 hours longer...just imagine waiting for your chicken and you get a burger with every topping you hate...and you gotta wait 3 hours on a line with 50 other miserable people...the only way to fix the situation would be to mess up my french fries as well...and fill the box with sweedish fish...then and only then would you make up for the horrible service...
...danny fitz...

"There aint no party like my Nanna's tea party!"

So yesterday we had a bunch of stuff to do before we even left...and we
got to the show a little late... we got there right before the 2nd band
started there set...Redlight Greenlight played 3rd...then we played 4th
then Jetlag Gemini and then biggity bam! I am the Avalanche...it was
roughly 100 million and a half degrees on stage when we played and I was
completely drenched in sweat and it was fun...the coolest thing
happened....I was walkin out and Vinnie from IATA stops me and was like
"do you remeber be?" and I played it off cool like...yea! We played with
you at 'the Downtown' in Long Island, which was this rad venue we played
a bunch...but Vinne was the frontman to one of my fave bands growning up
"the Movielife" and now I'm wrapped up in a conversation with him just
shootin the sit talkin about our bands and such and he looks at me and
goes..."oh shit, they're start the set without me....so he bolted back
inside and on stage...if you don't know em already...they're called 'I
am the Avalanche'..Pittsburgh is the city of overpasses and
Pirates...Allentown today...see you there...
...danny fitz...

My lyrics are bottomless...I'm back kids!

Here's what has been going on since I've been home ...

My softball won, we're the Finnegans 'Go Gettaz' and we're undefeated
this year...I can only play when I'm not on tour...but baseball is a
huge part of my life...its kinda like I cheat on music sometimes just to
get a fix...sshh...don't tell...I've played baseball my whole
life...ever Spring, Summer and Fall...and I'm a huge fan of the
'amazins'...the NY Mets...Los Mets for anyone spanish speaking fan of my
blog...I am however upset bc I hear they might not bring the big homerun
apple, that pops out of an oversized tophat, to the new stadium in
Queens, NY...its such a staple to the Mets organization nd the fans and
to not have it follow them would be obsurd...and I officially stated
that I will no longer root for my Mets if the apple does not join me to
Citi Field...period!

Anyways, tour is comin up, we had a show at North Eastern University in
Boston, Mass....the show was cool...very small but small isn't always
bad...and then we rocked a hometown benefit show for the Ronald McDonald
Family Room foundation...which provides a hotel room for famlies of
seriously ill children near the hospital so they can be with their child
while he/she gets the care they need...that all took place in Valhalla,
NY...and a lot of friends ad family came out to support us and a good
cause...some friends of ours played as well...a Jersey band called
Street Crime and an old friend in a band called Looking Glass
Wars...check them both out on myspace or whatnot and tell them I sent
you...Danny Fitz...that's me...

Jae almost killed a kid the other day, while driving through our
town...we we on the major parkway that cuts through and this kid wearing
a backpack jumped into the road and stopped to look at us and then
continued to sprint for his life as jae pulled out some car-ninja moves
to avoid splattering this child all over his grill and the road...props
to jae for standing strong and saving the life of a child as well as
ours...
On top of saving kids, playin some fun low key shows and playing Halo 3
with my brother and sometimes Bob Briar...I've been spending my time
drinking Iced Coffee from Dunkin D's...and rehearsing...we now added a
new cover song to our set...and just been anxiously stoked for tour...
My boy jay jumped on the Dan-wagon and started
Singleservingjay.blogspot.com...check his shit out...

And now...we're back on tour again...we got a trailor now...a friend of
ours, and founder of Rebirth (his clothing line) anthony gaeta, is out
with us helping out with a few things...we're currently cruisin to
pittsburgh to meet up with I Am the Avalanche and Jetlag Gemini...lets
start this tour right...we've seen 6 dead deer on the side of Interstate
78 Westbound...in the past 3 miles...

And now its time to say goodbye...M I C K E Y M O U S E!! Mickey
Mouse!!!

...danny fitz...