"I promised I'd write you a song...it's called 'Your Favorite One'..."

So the florida shows with Versa Emerge are "fin" and we have a day off...so we're driving north on I-95 to Willmington, NC...we have 3 more shows and then its time for home...

I need to find out what deja vu means...not the meaning of it but if it means something is gonna happen because on this tour I've been getting it constantly...and I don't know what's happening...ill be on stage playing and ill look around and I KNOW I've seen facial expressions, or a certain settings or noises....I know I've seen or heard it before...or someone will have a convo and I have already heard it...weird?
Yes...very...

One pic is my new hat...it WAS chris' but it was too big...and yes...its ninja turtles!!! The other pic is me after our last show..completely exhausted...

...danny fitz...

"my clothes smell like B.O. and I think I may have pissed myself in sleep lastnight..." (someone said that)

I love...Coffee...that's that...and I can't get this song outta my head...its been a week and at some point I sing it...it goes like this "from the moment I wake up....put on a smile and makeup...say a little prayer for you-oo"...I heard it on the Chapelle Show...Wayne Brady sings it...I'm in Tampa ...doin work...we're eating at a place called Fresh Mouth's...its pretty rad...I guess...if you think burgers and fries are rad...Jae delves into his chili as he awaits his turkey burger, chris awaits his ham sandwich, turkey sandwich, and slider...todd also got the turkey burger...I got the delish...its called a 'bleu moo' a burger with bleu cheese...

I've been looking for this movie for what seems like forever now...its called "Ken park" and it done by the guy that made the movie "Kids", and its supose to my completely messed up and twisted and disturbing...and we walked into shop in Tampa and poof there it was..like a magical
cupcake....

I also just got new specticle...
...danny fitz...

Beach Party!

Me and Todd helped a newborn sea turtle to sea...he was scurrying so hard and the waves kept pushing him back on the beach...Todd picked him up and helped him on his journey to becoming the prettiest sea turtle in school...

I also found a wallet...and Matt Davis had left his whole life on the beach just laying there on the beach...Todd and I called his boss with a number we found on a business card behind his social secrity card...we prolly coulda stole his identity bc he looked like chris but Drive By is a band of good dudes...so we met up with him and he got his life back...good deed of the day...

...danny fitz...

Playing for Peanuts...check it out...IMPORTANT BLOG!!!

I'm posting this to help my brother John promote the show, feel free to do the same, customize it for your self.  (Remove this part of the message...and send it to everyone you know and everywhere you post...thanks!!!)

Playing for Peanuts is television show about independent minor league baseball.  It has been in production for over a year, aired (in part) on the Comcast network this past summer. It is finally finished and ready for release. 

Playing for Peanuts will be released on the internet on September 1st.  At that time, each episode will cost about $2 to download. In order to test the process and to promote the show John has asked me to circulate a free download of the first episode. 

To receive the free download, go to this website:

http://www.playingforpeanuts.com/free

Enter the code: V3D4TDG99Y and click submit.

You will see 5 files there to download...

"Playing for Peanuts" Episode 1 in small & large (280mb) * versions. If you don't mind a small screen the smaller file downloads faster.  You can try both.

three mp3 audio versions of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"

*The video file is large (280mb). It may take as long as 20 minutes on some T1 and cable connections.

The videos are Quicktime files that can be played on i-pods and i-phones as well as computers. 

The entire show runs 23 minutes including three very short commercials and several well timed bleeps. 

If you watch it, let me know what you think and feel free to send this email around. The same code will work for everyone, anytime.  Click the video link below for more info.

Thank you

Playing for Peanuts
...danny fitz...

Fixed...
...danny fitz...

"Yea....you write it down..."

They say the early bird gets the worm...this early bird is goin to get a
tired...I woke up and remembered all the events from last night as I
read back on Danny Fitz's blog...its a nice read...you should check it
out sometime...buy a shirt even from his zazzle.com/iamfitz store....ya know help him get an iced coffee while out on the road...just a thought...

I'm ready, chris is nearing his readiest point of the day and Todd is brushing his teeth...lets do this!
...danny fitz...

Humbug!

So we decided to drop the trailor and head to Hunters and get some
sleep...gnite ya'll!
...danny fitz...

Uh oh...

And...we just popped a trailor tire on the way back to Hunter's house...

Chris is throwing his keys in air bc apparently the bats like to swoop at them...and he's trying to catch pictures of them when they attack his keys in the air...I'm currently running away from chris...
...danny fitz...

"I've been sleepin for a week..."

So the show in North Carolina at East Carolina University yesterday was rad as hell...we pretty much played the first day of school...and school is cool...there was this huge BBQ and we were the entertainment...it was a good time and Jae and Chris put on Sumo fat suits and wrestled for a lil bit...I would say they tied but Jae had a sweet illegal "barrel-roll dropkick" but in the end they both lost, because the suits they put on were filled with the sweat of others and that's friggin nasty...haha but we have some video that we'll post on our myspace and buzznet pages soon...

After the show we rolled an hour and a half to our boy Hunter's house...and we broke out the Rockband, of course, and we shredded til roughly 4 AM...by the Todd was asleep and could here the tapping of TIMMY AND THE LORDS OF THE UNDERWORLD, and the sweet soothing sounds of Jae's Bon Jovi impression...wish you were here...lol

Today we played Richmond, VA...the other bands were rad, and the people here are awesome...there is a Buffalo Wild Wings next door and you know how I feel about that...before I tell you about how I feel... Jae's brother Russel is here!!....he lives down here and comes to hang when we roll through his crib...back to how I feel about Buff Wild Wings...I feel great...ha...so yea the venue is called the Canal Club...and they made us Spaghetti and meatballs...and I don't know why I capitalized the "s" in spaghetti, but I'm far too deep into this sentence to go and change it..so you're gonna hafta deal with it...

We're now driving back to Hunter's house to watch the Roast of Bob Saget...and play Rockband...of course...
...danny fitz...

"I'm not on the spot, I'm totally improv" - Jae

Good morning...I just woke up in the back bench of the van...the way-way back....it was a weird sleep...it was kinda hot...and we picked the busiest rest stop ever...I woke up around 5 am to buy some m&m's, peanut of course, and in my half sleep/walk adventures I stumble upon a dance party between two SUV's...roadtrip families were piggin out on premade sangers(sandwiches), and doin the twist...so...of course I got my eagle on and then continued to the M&M's...and then I fell back asleep...

And here I am...stuck in beach traffic on interstate 95 southbound
...danny fitz...

Golf ball hail?

Ok so we're loading the trailor and we keep getting word that there is a ridiculous storm heading our way...we should get a move on...don't cha think?
...danny fitz...

Let's do this...

Its about that time again...we've been home for a lil bit and now its time...we leave today... southbound...down the eastcoast...its touring time for Drive By...and I'm smiling...I love the feeling I get when I'm about to go on a new adventure...that's what it is...an adventure...its more than a roadtrip, or a show...its tour...its both, mixed with a gaggle of rest stops and funny smells, and even a pickled egg or maybe a 3 lb bag of beef jerky...its F'n tour...keep checkin back and ill keep you updated on all the scandal and mischief...the road is a B-I-itch my friend...but its the only road I know...

Ill be back...
...danny fitz...

And the Go GettaZ take home the gold this year!!! What do you know about that?? That's just the life of a Go Getta! WE WON! We took first place yesterday, not only for the season but in the playoffs as well...it was the Beer League World Series in my hometown and my team, the Go GettaZ, brought home two trophies...we dominated the competition in a 5-1 victory...and I aquired a total of 12 wands, says Wizard Cat...

So I can't seem to get this song out of my head...it's by a Canadian playa named SNOW...and the song is called "Informer" and it's such an awesome throwback but it's ridiculous catchy and I haven't slept in days since my boy gave me a cd with it on it...if you know the song than you know what I'm saying and if you don't know the song...well get your ass to itunes.com OR just go to www.freenapster.com and search for it...freenapster will let you listen to any song for free, for a short period of time...

I came home last night and it was raining so I decided it was best to run from the car to the door...and as I turned a corner there was a skunk waiting at the bottom of my steps and I don't know how it exactly happened but I pulled some crazy as jump/spin/backflip move and avoided the spray...and then I continued to scream like a little girl and ran around to the other side of my house...tiptoe-ing around the darkness to make sure not to startle the skunk a second time b/c I gave myself shinsplints and another backflip was not in the cards...the outside of my house stunk of skunk and luckily I was not covered in the smell...I'd say luck was on myside...

oh!!!! and my sister, Maureen, has a friend who makes clothes and they're rad...he gave me a shirt and I'm diggin it hardcore...Hectic Clothing...when I get more info on the company I'll update you but for now here's a pic...

"Happy birthday to me...and you look like one too!!!"

Ouchies...I haven't drank in a really long time...well, almost for months...not bc I thought I was turning into a lush, but just bc I was over it...and wanted to...but yesterday was my birfday and I decided I would go out with some friends and have a few...a few drinks turned into a dance party and a little Rockband competition...lets just say my 96 percent/126 note streak was no match for the other crew of peeps that my boy Ken Doggy Run brought..haha so Dibenz, DoggyRun and I rocked a little "Welcome Home" by Coheed and Cambria...and we hit it hard and won the crowd over quickly...people were chanting "Drive By" haha ...we slammed the last noted and I tossed my drumsticks to the crowd(my friend Boobie[he threw his bra on stage])...and Dibenz shatter his rockband wireless guitar through a jukebox all in the name of rock and roll while Kenny took out his lighter fluid and set his ax ablaze...I don't know if I just lied a little, someone would hafta read that back to me...but lets just say we killed it...I was on Hard-mode...which is the equivalent to B-difficulty...anyone know that "that" means? So yea, these new cats we were hangin with were all like...rockband = awesome so they jump on and I knew I was in trouble when they picked a little Blue Oyster Cult tune...and they all switched they're modes to "expert" and when I say they destroyed us...i am not a liar...they all got 100 percent...so I'm assuming they have the game...they did not, however, look as good while shredding...that's for damn sure...

so, I wake up this morning and my head was straight pounding and I quickly realized why I stopped drinking for 4 months...and with that headache I watched the Mets lose...again...those dudes need to get it together...they're killin me...

I'm gonna call it an early night...get some rest...ill be in jersey tomorrow with the rest of Drive By...gettin ready for our upcoming tour...and then at around 6:15pm ill be watching a softball game...the winner of the game is who the Go GettaZ will be playing in the finals...so we're gonna do some scouting and intimidation...

...konbanwa...
...danny fitz...