...I am Danny Fitz...

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2011-03-05T15:42:00.000-08:00

here...homesick...getting a lot of work done though...i had a dream about you...yes you...it was nice...comforted me while i was so far from home...i'll be moving back to NY once the band gets rollin...there is so much awesome news...i wish i could tell you...i wish i could tell everyone...but i cant...not yet...only you would understand anyway...you've been through it all already...you get it...you got it...anyways...i'm gonna take a nap...might go see Glassjaw tonight...it might be good to get out of the house...i feel a lil couped up sometimes...i almost passed out today at practice...i just got all fuzzy and had to stop playing..it was weird...just wanted to thank you...bc of you, i'm doing what i love...music...you gave me my first shot...rockin a red guitar...it was the best...it's where i came from...that red guitar is home..my beginning...and for that, i owe you everything...wish you were still here...i miss you everyday...

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Danny Fitz...yea yea

new life...it's so cold in the D

2011-01-26T15:43:00.000-08:00

it's almost time...i'll be leaving my home in NY for a new temporary life in Detroit...i'm moving in with Todd to get the new band up an running...i'm excited and yet a little scared...i'll be leaving some people who i care so much about, but it's something i NEED to do right now...and i hope those people don't give up on me while i'm gone...it's the one thing i'm afraid of...

too long...

2010-12-18T12:43:00.001-08:00

i am and will always be Danny Fitz...unless, of course, i change my name to Danny Knuckles, or Danny Muerto...

i lost my way a while ago, and things got weird and hectic and i guess i just stopped caring, and stopped writing and just lost my drive...but i'm finding it now...finding out who loves me, and who i love, and who i am and where i want to go...it's weird how it takes 28 years to find all this out...and who knows, i might wake up a couple years from now and realized that it took 30 years to find everything out..and then 35, then 40 and so on and so forth...but right now, i'm 28 and im seeing what i want and i'm not letting anything get in the way of it...life is weird like that...sometimes you find 2 things that seem so perfect but they're far apart and you need to make choices and neither choice is the right one, or a better one...they're just choices, and i hope it all works out and we can deal with the distance while i'll pursue music...i'll only be a quick plane ride away from home, and with technology, it's split seconds apart...anyways...i'm looking to move to detroit to meet back up with Todd(singer of drive by)...one of my best friends...we've been emailing songs back and forth and developing a new sound that we will be unleashing on the world soon...as soon as i get out there and we get our heads together and record...we're calling it Razor Ribbons...it's rock with a twist...you'll hafta hear it for urself...we'll leave it up to you to name the genre...

but anyways...i'm sitting at home right now, about to get coffee...i will be taking my van, Drive By's old tour van...it's seen better days, but gets the job done...i'm still addicted to coffee...but i've cut down the drinking to almost nothing...with the occasional beer here and there...it's been roughly 3 years without a cigarette as well...and i'm trying to smile more...i feel that is the key to life...you see people smile and it's contagious...surround urself with people who make you smile, and you won't have time to be down...anyways, i'm not right a self help book here...i'm just blabbering with a computer in front of me...so i'll stop

hopefully i don't neglect this page...and i'll be able to post more and more and document my travels and such...until next time...

-Danny

2010-03-15T18:27:00.000-07:00

21 Days of 'no complaining' and 'keeping negativity out'...starts NOW

2010-03-03T11:31:00.000-08:00

i wanna start writing again...i wanna write about EVERYTHING again...i think i just might...i've been sooooo busy recently...but im gonna cut out the bullshit, and make time for writing...i like writing...i miss it...i miss you...i think i'll write...i think i wanna start writing again...i think i'll do it...

Happy New Year!

2010-01-02T17:07:00.000-08:00

I might still use this blog...but i just started a tumblr and i don't know how to link the two...so check out my tumblr blog, bc that's what i'm going to be using...it's www.dannyfitz.tumblr.com ...Drive By also has one...it's www.drivebyunite.tumblr.com ...i just made a personal FACEBOOK page..but that's ONLY for people who i know from my town...and people i grew up with...no disrespect if you sent a request and i didn't add you...nothing personal...

it's 2010...and it's time to move foward...happy new year everybody...

2009-12-07T10:02:00.000-08:00

hey, i just woke up...it's around 1 now but i've been up for an hour i think...i'm still a lil groggy, b/c it's sooooo coooold...it's time for some coffee or tea and some oatmeal...i've been drinkin TEA a lot...it's a good change from the millions of cups of coffee i drink a day...and my brother got me hooked on oatmeal...it's good for your heart...so yesterday i was surfin facebook and this girl that went to my highschool changed her 'facebook status' to "does anyone want to buy a macbook"?? so, because i'm the most random person ever, i contacted her and met up at Finnegan's and bought myself a macbook...and now that is what i'm typing this on and i love it..it's so smooth...it's roughly 2 years old but it's near mint and it's a macbook...they're always good...i'm still learning lil tricks though...but i'll get it down soon and become a full fledged Mac Guy...

I used to get pissed when people filled up photo albums in facebooked labeled "photobooth"...to me it was a waste b/c you keep taking the same friggin picture, over and over with stupid effects...i like real pictures...Chris Perino takes good pictures...i can stare at them and enjoy them...i can't look at your head stretched and skewed for 754 pictures straight...
wow, i think i was more angry than i thought...haha...anywayes...here is a pic i took...just one...

i'm tired...

2009-11-30T15:51:00.000-08:00

I'm tired...

if you don't know this about me already, i'll tell ya...i play guitar in Drive By, but when i'm home, i'm a normal dude...i have a job...i'm a bartender...i work at a Bar and Grill which goes by the name "Finnegan's Grill"...fitting b/c i'm Irish...but this past week was crazy there...i worked last Wednesday(Thanksgiving Eve..aka the biggest party night of the year) it was packed...as it usually is...then i got to work Thursday(Thanksgiving) which wasn't as packed b/c most people eat too much turkey and pass out, but there was a healthy group a friends in the area who kept their binge-eating under control and decided to come out for a couple drinks and watch the New York Football Giants play...it was cool, very laid back vibe...i took off Friday and rehearsed with the band...we wrote another new song...remember? we're writing a new record...spread the word...Drive By is writing...NOT sleeping...well i sleep a lot, i'm very much like a bear, i LOVE sleep...anyways...
Saturday morning we rehearsed again, then i got home, picked up my broski(brother aka deathair) and we head over the bridge (Tappan Zee) to pick up two standup arcade games we had purchased from this dude...WWF WrestleFest and Sunset Riders...once we got home and put the games into our garage i had to take a shower and head straight back to work, i was workin a party at Finnegan's...once again, it was a crazy fabulous night...This guy Mike i know throws extravagant parties with red carpets and whatnot, so i work that party and got home at 5AM only to hafta get up at 10 and be back at work at 11:30 for SUNDAY FOOTBALL!! it was a slow day and night because the GIANTS had already played on thursday and the JETS played early...so it wasn't a busy day at all BUT i was on my feet all day slangin dranks and hot wings...

so....

...i'm tired, i think i'm gonna play some fiddle...or maybe watch some Monday Night Football...or watch season 5 of 'rescue me'

later ya'll

The Danny Arcade...

2009-11-22T16:28:00.001-08:00

I would like to start blogging again...what do you think? i've been kinda down recently so send me some love and let me know i have a reason to keep writing my thoughts down on this spot...

i've been down b/c i ordered a fiddle on Ebay, and it's STILL not here!! I'm pissed...i wanna start learning NOW!!! haha...i apologize for being a lazy dumbhead and slacking on you...i'm really sorry, i need to keep it up...keep me aware of the fact that i get lazy and slip on what i need to do...thank you

that will be all for now, i'm craving Hot Wings...later kids!!

Danny Fitz (aka Danny Arcade) haha oh yea, it's a new thing i'm getting into...standup arcade games) i'll talk more about that soon...

Bone Jorn-oh...

2009-08-30T20:54:00.000-07:00

i just got off the phone with Todd...the two of us are going to paint my parent's porch...i think T-money and i could use some QT and might as well make a quick buck...generally, we'd just paint the porch for free b/c it's family, ya know? But my parents have a sweet wrap around victorian style porch...it's a lot of painting...

i'm also growing a beard...not only do i love having a beard, b/c it's fun and burly, but my sister is getting married at the end of October...and i think it'd be funny to have an epic beard to go along with my date, Jaeson Hertzberg...what do you think?

i'm tryin to finish up on 'Heroes: season 3" right now so i gotta go load up the netflix and be gettin to that...so i bid thee farewell...and get your ass to the theater to see 'Inglorious Basterds'...it's one of the best movies i've seen in a really long time...Humor/Gore/Plot/Directing...it's got all the good...go check it and let me know what you think...

love you all!!
Danny Fitz

hahahahahahahahahahaha....

2009-08-22T11:44:00.001-07:00

Dead Rabbits and Little Girls...

2009-08-17T14:33:00.000-07:00

i just got home from Vermont...it was very nice...i went biking the WHOLE time...ha...ate some delish spicey cheese from CABOT and took a tour of the Ben & Jerry factory...all in all it was a good, relaxing time...we stayed in a creepy but nice B&B in Stowe, VT...it was the Green Mountain Inn...that's right...like Green Mountain Coffee...so outside our room there was a picture of a creepy lil girl...and she is now my new secret lady...i love her...and i don't know her name...if you think you know what her name 'should be', let me know...make some guesses...here she is...

before i left for VT, my boy Anthony gave me a tattoo...he is the artist that brought us my ghost tatt...remember 'Boo'? well now i have a sweet dead rabbit on my leg...here it is...

haha just kidding...here's a couple...

there's the stencil and here is the finished, raw and bloody end

Slap Prank gone RIGHT...

2009-07-17T13:08:00.001-07:00

This is incredible...

2009-07-15T08:10:00.000-07:00

i'm so tired...i don't know why? it may be because i drink a lot of coffee...but i'm tired none-the-less...so i think i'll go for a quick run...i like to run through the woods...it's peaceful...first, i'll eat my cheerios. I love my cheerios...

I just heard some good news...not so much for me..but for family friends...the Grazioli's just won 2 million dollars and 2,000 bucks for life...how rad is that? Congrats to them...Toni, Dave, Mark, the Mr. and the Mrs...

The National League should have won the All-star game last night...bullshit!!!!

ok it's time to head to the woods...later

Here's a picture of an extra dirty pickle martini...Boobie ordered it at Finnegan's and i thought it was delish...yes...i sipped another man's martini...haha

Greenhorns...

2009-07-14T13:44:00.000-07:00

i'm back...'from where?' you ask?...my computer got a virus...it was named 'Security System 2009'...i knew something was wrong b/c i never installed any anti-virus program in my comp...so when this program said i had a virus and started scanning on it's own i knew somethin was up...so first, i screamed like a little lady, then, i unplugged my battery. I screamed again in a lower tone b/c my computer was still on and the virus still scanning, i ruled out a ghost and determined that my power cable was still plugged in...i unplugged that and finally stopped the virus from scanning into my computer...i was too late however..this virus was slowing down my computer, even though i hadn't clicked the button to activate the actual virus...it had already gotten in and was expanding...so i had to reboot my windows XP...oh yea..you didn't know? I'm Danny Fitz, and i'm a PC...so now i have my computer back and it works fine...i did however lose EVERYTHING that was on my comp...well, everything i hadn't backed up...how shitty is that...?

and now...i'm watching "the Deadliest Catch"

hey...

2009-07-10T11:00:00.000-07:00

yesterday was rad as hell...we played a free show in front of the Kensico Dam...the dam is a huge landmark in my hometown...it's a HUGE rock wall cutting off the water from the resevoir which is actually New York City's water supply...yea that's right...so yea, we showed up at around 4PM and were welcomed by very friendly County Parks crews...there was a blow-up movie screen that was roughly 100 ft high...enormousness...ha...just to the right of this monster outdoor IMAX screen which would be playin the cult classic "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" was this transformer...uh huh...a transformer...it was a big rig trailor at first...then before you know it...Megan Fox and Shai Labeouf ran past us and the trailor became a stage...it...transformed...and that is where we would play...the show was fun...but the sun was brutal...i felt sunburn occurring as we rocked out to some of our new jams...Jae and Chris joined Todd and I singing the acapella ending of "No Way"...that's correct...you don't know the song..that's b/c it's new...

we played with our friends band LOVE and LOGIC...click the link and check them out...and spread the word...Drive By might wanna take them out on tour and we want you to know their songs too...hit em up and tell em that you heard about them from Danny Fitz...oh and give me some tattoo ideas...my boy Anthony(founder of REBIRTH) is gonna hit me up with some new ink...but i can't think of an idea for a sleeve or a pant leg...got anything for me?

goodbye diary...

2009-07-07T08:26:00.000-07:00

Dear Diary,
haha...i just wanted to do that...i will never start another one with 'dear diary', don't worry. How is everyone? i'm sure i lost millions of my loyal readers b/c i'm super duper lazy and don't blog as much as i used to when i was on tour...it's mainly b/c i'm not sitting at my computer 24/7 like i would be if i were cramped up in a van with the dudes, eatin beef jerky and drinkin redbulls...(i actually don't drink redbulls anymore..they're really bad for you)...anyways, we've been home for a while workin on a new record, playin some shows here and there...and makin some money...yes, band dudes do have to make some money while they're home...my job/life is music...but if i'm not touring, i'm not working...so i bartend at a bar in town called Finnegan's...some of you may know of it b/c we took some of you there after a hometown show...it's a good time...we actually have played there twice and both times were crazy shows...much fun had by all...we were thinkin of playin again soon before we start recording our new songs...but we'll see...i work there everyone Wednesday and some random shifts if they need help and i'm not in jersey with the band rehearsing and writing...or playing softball with my Co-ed town rec team, "the Dead Rabbits"...pretty awesome name, "don't cha think?"...it's from the movie 'Gangs of New York'...Leo DiCaprio's gang, they hang the rabbit in the center of town to let everyone know that they are there...it's bad ass...and we have a really good softball team...last year we were the 'Go-Gettaz' and took first place in the season and won the playoffs...so there! but if anyone has a softball team and wants to challenge us, let me know...we'll beat you...haha...

hmm...what else is goin on? i just woke up, and allergies are completely winning the fight over my sinuses...my head is pounding and i feel all stuffed up and heady...I'm blogging now, but i'll make some iced coffee in a bit to wake up while i eat some cheerios, maybe even cheerios crunch? i don't know, haven't decided...I'll prolly hang out on the porch and read for a few and probably check the baseball games and make some small bets...gotta bet on the dodgers...Manny is back and the Mets and I don't really get along these days haha...I'm actually going to the Mets/Dodgers game tonight...I'll be rockin my LA hat...i haven't been to Citi field yet...but i heard it's nice...i made it to the new Yankee Stadium first and it was absolutely beautiful...larger than life...you can legit see the whole field from anywhere and even while you're walking around the stadium...that was the first time i found myself rooting for the yankees...i was more rooting for Mark Teixiera though, b/c he's on my fantasy team...ha...

so what has everyone been up to? i don't have facebook or myspace anymore so i don't have instant contact with anyone...but i wanna know how everyone is and what everyone is up to? i'll prolly only get like 3 people responding but it's a start lol...that just means you should get out there and tell people about my blog...start an Army of Fitz's...ya know...go on to myspace and facebook and every other networking place and tell people to come here...free cookies and milk!

oh we have a show at the Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla, NY this thursday (July 9th)...we go on at 6PM and our friends band goes on at 7 (Love and Logic)...and after that there is a big movie screen showing "Madagascar: escape 2 africa"...it's gonna be random and fun...so if you're anywhere in the area..come out and hang low...

goodbye...diary

Daniel, where have you gone?

2009-06-24T09:59:00.000-07:00

Is it weird that when I can finally sleep in, I can't seem to get comfy in my bed and I toss and turn and end up just getting up and starting my day...but I have nothing to do that day...but every other day that I have something to do early, whether it be work, band practice, or a coffee date with Jae(yea, that's right...we like coffee...a lot...), I seem to be in the perfect position to never want to get out of bed...I just sink into my mattress and my body goes numb and then...RING A LINGA...my alarm goes off or someone calls my phone which i always sleep with on and next to my head...just in case of emergencies...how come i can't get comfy when i have nothing to do? And...why am i soooooooo comfy when i hafta get up? Can someone answer me that...?

I should start writing down all my dreams...I think that might make for some good blogging...though some content might be too extreme for some ears...but maybe i'll just censor a little...I'll start that soon...I have some very entertaining or twisted dreams...you'll see...this is your first warning...welcome to my head...

oh bla dee

2009-06-04T09:40:00.000-07:00

i woke up this morning...got my coffee and sat down at my computer to check my fantasy baseball team...yes...i'm a dude...anyways...i was just chattin via text, mainly b/c i don't have facebook or myspace, and i used the phrase "young grasshopper"...it wasn't more than 2 minutes that i opened up the internet to check my team stats...OH! my team's name is the Bronx Obam-ers...but that's not important...ok..where was i? ah nevermind...i forgot...goodbye...

oh yea...ok so coffee, texting, 'grasshopper'...ok..so the phrase 'young grasshopper' is from the TV show 'Kung Fu'...main character - David Carradine...now that we have all that clear...i opened up Mozilla Firefox which is my internet jammy...and the front page story on AOL was this..."David Carradine
Dead at Age 72"

F'in weird...

"there's no place like you"

2009-05-22T15:02:00.000-07:00

yes...i AM all right...some people have asked if i'm 'ok' due to some of my recent decisions...yes...i'll be ok...my last post was just a copy and paste job...my friend had sent it to me because she thought i could use comfort in knowing that i'm not alone...and i'm not...though sometimes alone seems more fitting...that last post was nothing more than me passing it on to whoever feels like everything is crashing down on them, when they finally thought that 'maybe', everything was going right...that's how i feel right now...i finally thought that everything was falling into place, that everyone involved was on the same page...and then...nothing. I have a feeling there is some misunderstanding...and rash decision were made...but isn't that how all of our problems start in the beginning? rash decisions out of love, hate, anger, spite?? isnt that what gets us in trouble the most? i FINALLY learned to love and live and let go and give myself up...surrender to it all..and...nothing.

i've recently deleted my facebook and myspace pages...not to be sketchy...but just to make life easier...i find myself with more time to do productive things..i don't browse when i'm bored...now, i get unbored...i go running with Jae...i have a catch with my bro...i play guitar...i sing...i sing a lot now...i write...i write about you...someone told me recently that i don't smile enough...and i said to them...i smile...but not as much as i used to...i can't seem to find enough to smile about...i smiled a ton when i thought you were back...but i used to smile at funny orange cars...and masterbating monkeys...and red guitars that got me back into music...i smile at farts...thoughts of lil blonde spikey haired kids with orange shorts on...(not in a creepy way)...i also smile at mexican families running through basketball courts with sparklers on the fourh of july...i DO smile...it's just rare...something has to be really amazing for me to smile...

drive by is writing new songs...and i love every one of em...i think you will too...can't wait to let ya'll hear em...

i hope all is well with everyone...be safe on this holiday weekend...see you soon

-Danny Fitz

The Quarter-Life Crisis by unknown

2009-05-15T14:20:00.001-07:00

It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are a lot of things about yourself that you didn't know and may or may not like. You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely know where you are now.

You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those friends that you thought you were so close to aren't exactly the greatest people you have ever met and the people you have lost touch with are some of the most important ones. What you do not realize is that they are realizing that too and are not really cold or catty or mean or insincere, but that they are as confused as you.

You look at your job. It is not even close to what you thought you would be doing or maybe you are looking for one and realizing that you are going to have to start at the bottom and are scared.

You miss the comforts of college, of groups, of socializing with the same people on a constant basis. But then you realize that maybe they weren't so great after all.

You are beginning to understand yourself and what you want and do not want. Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourself judging a bit more than usual because suddenly you realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and add things to your list of what is acceptable and what is not. You are insecure and then secure. You laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life. You feel alone and scared and confused. Suddenly change is the enemy and you try and cling on to the past with dear life but soon realize that the past is drifting further and further away and there is nothing to do but stay where you are or move forward.

You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could do such damage to you or you lay in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyone decent enough to get to know better. You love someone but maybe love someone else too and cannot figure out why you are doing this because you are not a bad person.

One night stands and random hook ups start to look cheap and getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look pathetic. You go through the same emotions and questions over and over and talk with your friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make a decision.

You worry about loans and money and the future and making a life for yourself and while wining the race would be great, right now you'd just like to be a contender!

What you may not realize is that everyone reading this relates to it. We are in our best of times and our worst of times, trying as hard as we can to figure this whole thing out.

ya know what grind my gears?

2009-04-20T15:08:00.000-07:00

i apologize...i haven't been in the blogging mood for a really long time...but the gears are turnin and my mind is racing so i think i'll start venting and/or just jotting my thoughts down...if you wanna read be my guest...

so i saw a clip of the Miss USA pagent...and decided that Perez Hilton is a peice of shit...my facebook status was "Perez Hilton is a peice of shit" and someone asked me 'why?'...this was my response...

""""""he denied Miss California the crown for Miss USA b/c of her views on gay marriage..he tried to corner her with a question by asking her views on gay marriage in the questions portion of the pagent..and she stated that she is glad to live in America, where you can choose, but her views and the way she was brought up was that marriage should be between a man and a ... Read Morewoman...and he flipped out and called her a dumb bitch, and she in turn lost the crown...fuck that...i'm almost positive that the people against the ban on gay marriage are fighting for their views, they're fighting for the right to have their own views acknowledged publicly and legally...what perez hilton did to that girl is the exact opposite of what he thinks he's fighting for...it's as if he's saying 'you're views suck, you should think like me, because it benefits me...'... if he thinks he's fighhting for equal marriage rights for gay couples he shouldn't be putting people down for their rights...that is why perez is a peice of shit...""""""

do i have any right to find that absurd? of course i do, bc this is America...

Let's go Dodgers!!!! woohoo!!!

"Danny is ridin a dolphin...doin flips and shit...this dolphins splash, gettin everyone wet."

2009-03-11T12:47:00.000-07:00

This video is amazing...i have a new found RESPECT for T-Pain...haha..."I got my swim trunks, and my FLIPPY FLOPPIES!"...i've listened to this song roughly 30...thousand times since a minute ago...no joke...when i sleep at night all i hear is T-Pain...lol

oh!! "Green Street Hooligans" is a MUST SEE...i just watched is last night and i thought it was a great movie...GSA!!!GSA!!!

i can't think with T-Pain in my ear...i'll write more later...

"Fuck land, i'm on a boat mother fucker, fuck trees - i climb buoys mother fucker"

Fitz

"two punches for flinching" ...

2009-03-03T14:06:00.000-08:00

I keep getting asked where my cupcake is...after i slap those naughty boys, i realize they meant my cupcake tattoo and i apologize...and then i tell them my right bicep...so just a reminder...don't be naughty...jerk...or you'll get slapped!!

I'm growing a beard...it's pretty epic right now..some people LOVE it and some people HATE it...i am loving it...but it's getting big and weird and creepier everyday lol...we'll see how long it lasts...um...

on a not so exciting note...i woke up, had some coffee, went to rehearsal with the DB Squad, came home, grabbed some food, watched "Stand by Me" (great movie...go check it out)...went for a quick run and now i'm bloggin AND watching Apollo 13 (another classic)...i don't know what i'm gonna do next...it's already been a productive day..maybe i'll sit in my garage and record a song or 2...we'll see...

Fitz

tattoo...almost forgot!

2009-02-27T13:26:00.001-08:00

oh yea...i also got a new tattoo...

pretty badass if you ask me...what do you think?

i saw a dead body...for real

2009-02-27T13:23:00.000-08:00

first thing is first...Drive By is writing new songs...pull up your pants and get your gettin on...i don't know exactly what that means...but i'm positive that it fits the situation...we JUST recorded 3 of our favorite cover songs and one DB Remix...we changed and older song of ours and layed down the tracks...we'll spill those beans soon...i'm not gonna say anymore about that...if you've been to a show recently you might have caught a glimpse of that jazz...

so here's a little story...i left work (that's right, i have another job, i help out my buddy who owns a bar near my house when i'm home) at 5:30am and i'm driving home...a lil tired but awake and alert enough to see some trash on the side of the road down the street from my house...and when it's 'bulk pick-up' day, you can sometimes find some awesome things in other peoples trash...i've gotten turntables, big screen tvs, guitars...all sorts of fun stuff...SO...my eyes glance to my left and i see a rolled up rug...normally i would just see the rug, contemplate whether or not i NEEDED a used rug (which is always NO), and be on my way...this rug had a different twist to it...

i should just cut the story off there...b/c that would be clever and get you waiting for the next part of story...the 'want' building up inside...just yearning for the next part of my drive home...but i won't...i'll just write other things and then come back to it...

la la la...wasting time...la la la...making you wait...eh....here we go...

well, at the bottom of this rug...were feet...legit feet sticking out of the bottom of the rug...black shoes...i got the chills as i thought to myself "did i really JUST see feet coming from out of that rug...did someone really kill someone and then put them out for trash, like it's something to do?"
I thought it were impossible...no one would do that...it must have just been 2 king size snickers wrappers that had blown to the bottom of the rug and pretended they were feet...so i drove back around the block to get another look...as i creeped back to where the rug lay...i got those chills again...and i crept slower and felt even a lil more like a little girl(no offense to little girls)...haha...i then threw my highbeams on the rug, saw feet and screamed like a little lady(is that better? 'lady'?) at the top of my lungs and sped off...i called my boy, his name is 'Boobie', and i told him he needed to come check this out with me...for some reason i didn't wanna unroll the body alone...lol i wanted him there...not b/c i was afraid...but b/c if he were there i prolly wouldn't allow myself to scream and wake up all the neighbors...especially my neighbor the murderer...ya know?
So i picked up Boobs, and we came back...to make this long story short...he got out and straight punted the shoes...and they flew off into the yard...we then started laughing and woke up the neighbor...you know the murderer neighbor...and he came outside and the 3 of us grabbed our swords and continued to have a sword battle and Boobs jumped on his black horse and slayed the murderer neighbor...and me and boobs road off to save the next town from murdering neighbors...THE END...

That was all a true story...well except for the 'me screamin like a young lass' part...the rest is true...i promise...

HAHAHAHA

2009-02-18T19:45:00.000-08:00

Drive By is secretly recording some new tracks...cover songs if you will...get ready...bitches!

Fitz

...get ready for cinematic excellence...

2009-02-10T23:45:00.000-08:00

hey..it HAS been a while...shut up...i know...i'm kidding...well i'd say i'll make it up to you, but i'm sure you hear that EVERYTIME someone lets you down...i don't know even know if anyone still reads my blog...i don't care, because it's for me...not you...if you're enjoying it then i'm happy...ok back to making it up to you...normally i wouldn't say it b/c i'll probably just let you down, again...but i can make it all up to you without even trying...i started a lil project to keep my mind off of winter depression...and it completely is taking over me...i'm having so much fun...and no...i'm not doing drugs and i did NOT become a serial killer...not that i can remember at least...i started a lil club with myself...well i'm the only member so far...i probably will ALWAYS be the only member but i decided to name my club anyway...

side note- is that weird that i started a club and don't care if anyone else is allowed in or not? I mean i can accept or deny anyone and right off the bat i'm detering applicants..eh..whatever...

ok..so the name...i named my 'club'...ready for it? Drop D TOONing...you like? It's a play on a tuning for guitars...it's when you tune all your strings to standard which would be EADGBe...but then you take the low E string and tune it down to a D...DADGBe...it makes shit bad ass and heavy sounding...and TOON as in carTOON...oh yea...i forgot to tell you what i've been doing with my time...i've been making cartoons...or at least learn to use an animation program on my computer...i've made 3 so far...the first 2 are really short and rough and they look like shizzles...but the first episode of my new hit cartoon entitled "Fitz and Jay: make a mess" hit FACEBOOK tonight...here it is...let me know what you think...and Jay is not Jae my drummer...Jay is my homie J. D-Benzito...and he looks very much like his cartoon...here we go...

so...what do you think? i'm gonna try to keep up with this blog...it's tough...i've been home for a lil bit...Drive By has been rockin out on the local circuit...very fun to play locally in the tri-state area...we are looking foward to touring the country and also the rest of the world...don't think we forgot about ya'll..we're coming...you best believe me...i need some sleep...

Fitz

"Nachos, Lemonheads, My Dad's Boat..."

2009-02-03T11:24:00.000-08:00

OK...so we have a couple shows coming up...Feb 14 (aka Valentine's Day) we're playing at my fave bar ever Finnegan's Grill in Thornwood, NY...it's 21+ but they might be cool if you're underage and respectful...it's worth a shot if you can make it...we'll be playing a longer set than last time and we're gonna try to squeeze in another band...all the info is on our myspace and facebook page...and another show we have locally in the Westchester County/NYC area is Feb 21st in Yonkers at the Haunt on Yonkers AVE...that show is a matinee(2PM)...that's gonna be fun as hell...

Don't worry though, we're working on getting on some tours that swing through your neighborhood...so keep your head up and your support is much appreciated...we like to hear your feedback...the only way this whole band thing works is word of mouth..the more you tell people about us and burn them cds and get people to hear Drive By the faster we'll be in your town...let's get this grassroots promotion army up and running...you keep talking, we'll keep playing and writing our songs...let's do work!

i had mentioned, in a past blog, that my brother and I acquired a gazillion new movies...I'm gonna start writing movie reviews...i did take a film studies class in high school...and i know a Red Herring when i see one...or a McGuffin even...i love watching movies...i even love shitty movies...i HATE shitty movies that are hyped up as good movies though...like old horror movies are meant to be bad movies...but that's why they fill the films with hot ladies losing their clothes while running from zombies, as well as little funny antics, such as,

a zombie who was just chopped up by a lawnmower hits the ground...but his intestines and colon pop up and chase the innocent man...to take it even farther, the colon is letting out farts...sooooooo classic...

i LOVE horror movies(All of them)...i love psycho thrillers(saw, se7en)...as well as comedies(Billy Madison, Super Troopers....), chickflix (the NOTEBOOK) (ha ha), I'm a huge fan of movies that make me think (Donnie Darko)...i love all movies for what they are...so now...I'll start watching and writing what i think about em..

but NEVER listen to ANY review and take it as gold...b/c everyone has different tastes in movies...i have a bunch of friends with all different tastes in music...depending on the movie, I'll pick and choose who I'll bring with me to see a movie...b/c i hate when people aren't into the movie that I'm watching and get bored and just start talking and commenting on it...there are movies you can comment on, mainly comedies...watch a comedy with Jae Hertzberg...he makes funny movies a ton more funny..."Scary Movie 2" is a shitty movie...but Jae made it so worth it and jumped it up to a movie that i STILL quote to this day (Hiawatha!!!!!!!)

I'll be back later with some reviews...

stay golden Ponyboy...

I'm Fitz

i've got a backbone...

2009-01-26T23:16:00.000-08:00

Dear Diary...ha

I'm currently in Athens, Georgia...home of Rack 'em Willie...also known as William James Huff...we've been searching for him all day...if you don't know who he is, youtube him...Rack em Willie...so hilarious...he's a homeless man...and these kids follow him around and bro down with him...he tells stories and sleeps in bushes...tons of fun, for everyone...we didn't find him, but we found the Wendy's they filmed at...but we heard some bad news...apparently the last anyone locals have seen of him, he was living in an assisted living home and was sick...they gave him 6 months to live...which is extremely sad...i hope he's doing well...but let us pray that William James Huff is alive and well, and if he has passed, let's hope he went quick and painlessly...

on a happier note....i've been eating like complete shit...haha...it's tough to eat healthy on the road...i'm giving myself til i get home to eat whatever, then it's on...i'm hittin the gym and i'm pretending i'm on the biggest loser...

we also ate at a thai place, and it rocked...Cozy Yum Yum...no joke, that was the name...we walked in and the waitress was extremely persistant "come in!! come in!! you sit down,
make comfortable, you sit down!" so we sat and ordered and the cook came out and said hi...and sat with us, b/c it was empty...she told us of how she just opened the place and it was slow b/c the resturant was underground...she started promoting the band to other customers to try to get them to stay and eat with us...so funny...

we JUST played a fashion show benefit for the American Cancer Society..or association...one of those...it was super duper fun...what more can you ask for...lovely ladies struttin the catwalk, actin way too sexy for their shirts...i'm a huge fan of Lolita Girls Clothing...for sure...also my boy Anthony had his clothes displayed...Rebirth is the shit...he said he'll make me some clothes...so i'm stoked...

i watched the first half of Stepbrothers...absolutely hilarious...now i just hafta finish it...i think i'll do that when i get home...b/c i won't have time tomorrow, we're leaving right from the show and haulin ass home...it's gonna be rough...

i missed LOST...and i'm pissed...

talk to you later...
Danny Fitz

2+2=chicken

2009-01-18T16:24:00.000-08:00

last night we shredded faces...Drive By played Finnegan's Grill in Thornwood, NY, my place of work...it was fun as hell...we finally got to play a real hometown show and it went extremely well...i got to see some friends that i haven't seen since i was in high school...all around a great night...after we played, we packed up all the gear and then i was on the clock..i actually started working at the bar that i JUST played at...it was cool though i made some coinage...i don't mind gettin dirty and workin for some extra cash...the bar was an absolute mess...Drive By fans get rowdy...by the end of the night i was pulling people out of 3 feet of broken beer bottles and i found a sweet pair of shoes under all the wreckage...i'm glad everyone had a good time and I thank you all for coming out and support your boys!

the economy is suffer...which means one thing...stores go out of business...well, i guess it means a lot more than just ONE thing, but the stores shutting down is what i would like to talk about...FYE in a town near me is going under...and i LOVE it...i think i just spent, roughly 3 hundo on used DVDs...everything is the store is half off...and these dvds came out to 3 bucks...you do the math...ok i'll help...that's roughly...hmm...a bagillion movies...i have about a bagillion and ahalf movies now...the whole ROCKY saga for 15 beans, all 3 Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles for 10...i better get crackin...i bought dvds that i never wanna see...sappy movies, chick flicks...for the ladies of course...haha...so 2 things t remember...

shitty economy = great deals on movies
global warming = skinny dipping in the winter

all ya gotta do is see the good side and you'll smile forever!

"i started a war today, and i've never felt better..."

2009-01-05T09:46:00.000-08:00

There's a bunch of cool ish in the works...oh and if you noticed I no longer use 'cuss' words in my blogs, my pops yelled at me...haha...he told me to stop...I'm a gentleman and i wanna stay a gentleman...so...big things...

A couple of friends and I decided we do great things...and we're going to write a book...that's right...we already started on it...it's gonna be a process and it MAY become a series of books...we have a lot of short stories to tell...we were just have a few cocktails and talkin about the good old days and we realized that everyone that we told these stories to didn't believe them...they're that crazy...and listeners tend to be drawn to our story-telling...why not share them with the world...this can be considered egotistical..but who isn't? anyone who has come up with a story and thought it to be good enough to publish is obviously thinking their story is the bollocks...ya know...but whateves...i think writing a book with some friends is a fun idea, to say the least...you all should try it...just start thinking about fun things you have done and jot em down...or maybe even extremely sad or disturbing things...writing is fun when you don't have a teacher telling you what or how to write...if you just keep a notepad filled with random ideas, you can always go back and read through and remember...so today's lesson is to write your thoughts down...with no structure...just write!

i heard the other day that schools are now confused about competition...they are taking competition out of learning...i firmly believe in giving the kids something to strive for...don't you? i don't agree with putting down a child for not doing well in school, but, i don't think if a kid does poorly you should call him winner...false security is not cool...not only does that make the kid who's not actually learning the material feel OK with where he is, but it makes the kid that JUST busted his ass to learn the chapter, or whatnot, feel that his work was for nothing...he/she will decide that he can get praise for doing less work...this is what we called 'dumbing down' and it's what is going on in America...we're not encouraging hard work and work ethic and effort, we're simply making the kid who doesn't do as well, feel better about it...i personally was never a great student in school...my bros and sis' pretty much all destroyed my report cards every year...but i always busted my ass and eventually i graduated with a respectable GPA...i had something to strive for...i WANTED to do well...i was NEVER told that a D or a C was good...they were not the 3rd and 4th winning grades...that's ridiculous...if no one ever reads this, at least i got it off my chest, but if you do read this...please...push your kids to greatness...push yourself to greatness, your friends, your family, encourage them to be great...if everyone stops caring about being great, because less is just as good these days, then the Great Ones will just leave us...we will never have the Babe Ruths, and the George Washingtons and Bill Gates, Dr. Dre, Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Paul Oakenfold...even Madonna, they'll all have no desire to be great...no desire to overcome and succeed...we'll be left with idiocracy...and that's all...nothing to look forward to...the ability to want to better ourselves is our human instinct...don't lose that...

I went bowling last night with some friends...it was, a blast from the past...it's been so long since I've been bowling...i don't think it gets enough credit...bowling is fun as hell...thought i was out of shape and my wrist started getting tired...but i bowled a 189 my first game...which i think is pretty damn good considering my time away from the sport...yea i was a dork when i was younger, and I'm not apologizing for it...i was a dork...i still am actually...I'm just way more awesome now...ha ha but yea, i used to be on a league team with my older bro...get your ass to a bowling alley and practice b/c i wanna know where all the sweet bowling alleys are in every city we're about to play...so on off days drive by can school some kiddies in the art of bowl...bumpers are optional...see you there...

OK, my food is here...I'm gonna go destroy it...later on!

DannyMcFitzMurda (new PS3 gamer tag) if anyone is playin Call of Duty 5

i hope it gives you HELL, hope it gives you HELL...CLUB HELL

2008-12-29T21:21:00.001-08:00

i know i know...it's been really long...I've been dealing with some shit and I'm finally getting my head right...slowly but surely...I'll be back soon...i get depressed EVERY winter...some worse than others...I'm clinically depressed...it's not like one thing that gets me this way..it's a chemical imbalance in my head..and with the help of friends and a strong vision of the future and the things i want to take with my from this life, I'll survive...I'll survive like i always do...26 years...and I'm still surviving...whodathunk...

we're back playin shows...which is my cure...i missed this so much...i missed the feeling of being in front of people and making them happy...that makes me happy...there is no bigger joy then being joy for someone else..i was there...i was once the lil nerdy kid with glasses, thinkin he was super rad b/c he snuck some beers before a concert, and now he's standing in front of a band that is making him feel something inside...and it's not the booze he feels...it's an emotion that has never been named...it's something you can't name b/c it's different in everyone...it's music...it makes you move...it' moves you...it makes you think thoughts...it makes you happy, it makes you angry, it makes you sad, it makes you miss the past, it makes you hopeful of the future...it makes YOU, well, you...

tonight...ah yes...tonight...chris was shredding so hard...he literally caught his gear on fire...it was absolutely ridiculous...we caught a hint of burnt cabbage, Todd made a joke about his neighborhood smelling, and then whoosh!! chris' monitor caught flames and Jae...of course jumped to the rescue...roadhouse kick after roundhouse kick...trying to fight the fire...didn't do any good so we had to unplug it and dump water on the flames...someone should teach Jae that roundhouse kicks on add oxygen to the flames and make them strong...silly Jae...leave the firefighting to the trained professionals...i, on the other hand was run and shoving and pushing woman and children out of the way of the first exit i saw...it was a rush, for sure...and our next song we played just happened to be a cover of a JAWBREAKER song...entitled "Fireman"...ironic!

OK...it's shower time...and I'm gonna catch some ZZzzz's .... g'nite all...be excellent to each other..

kill the cac-a-roach...

2008-12-01T12:25:00.000-08:00

OK...so i finished the book Twilight...you can call me names or poke your lil fun at me all you want...but guys, if you're reading this...chicks dig guys who read twilight...i read it b/c all my lady friends were telling me how amazing it was...i assumed it was a chick flick with words, and i shied awake from those demands...but i was bored one night so i asked to borrow a copy and i started on my journey through Forks, Washington. The book is an easy quick read...it's easy to get into and it's written well...very descriptive and deep...it's also very sexy...haha...all in all i was into it...call me what you will...i enjoyed 'twilight'...and now, i have an army of girls that will beat your ass down for hatin on me...up next is 'New Moon'

what the hell is going on in India? that's some brutal ish...my prayers go out to everyone over there...but please...the media has to stop...stop calling events like that tragedies...they're not...

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tragedy:

noun- a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction

or...

1. a medieval narrative poem or tale typically describing the downfall of a great man
2. a serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force (as destiny) and having a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that elicits pity or terror
3. the literary genre of tragic dramas
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neither of which are technically considered tragedies...a sudden event would be a natural disaster such as an earthquake, or tornado, or a bear attack...those are tragic events...they're sudden and not planned...there is no agenda, no contemplating methods of destruction...the attacks in Mumbai, India are just that...attacks..they were planned out...if a bear attacked the Taj Mahal Hotel and took hostages and started asking for all American and British nationals...or an earthquake hit the Mumbai Jewish center and somehow held bags of grenades and AK's(which isn't possible b/c earthquakes don't have hands to hold bags)...then i would agree...but i feel that calling it a tragedy is somewhat 'dumbing' down the urgency of the situation...to me, a tragedy is done, the people involved deal with it and it's in the media for 5 mins on a quick story and then everyone forgets...those groups are still out there after this event...once the media stops covering it and the effect of the word 'tragedy' withers, we'll all forget about the people responsible...they'll lay dormant until we forget and then they'll bomb and murder another city, looking for Americans...do you feel safe with them still hiding somewhere?...you can agree or not..but it's not really up for discussion...this is my blog...go start your own if you want to talk ha ha...but seriously...even in India we're being targeted by these terrorist groups...so tell me...who wants to travel the world with me...?

Jae's a hero!!!! I don't know if you all know this about Jae...but the other day Jae was coming home from dinner and we saw some flames billowing out from his neighbor's garage...he ran to his house and yelled for someone to call 911...and then his dad and he ran into the burning building...his dad with a fire extinguisher in hand fighting the fire...Jae had another weapon of fire destruction...he started throwing, what some would say to be, the fastest right left punching combo with the occasional left footed roundhouse kick...ever...if there was a measure to how awesome it was he would have been in the record books...Jae's punches didn't actually put out any fire as he though they would...but the real firemen got there and put em out, saving the rest of the house from burning down...and although it wasn't Jae's punches that got him the victory this time...it was his quick thinking to get some to call 911...he did put on quite the show for the other neighbors with his lightening fast hands and thunderous kicks...Jae, we thank you for keeping out streets clean...you deserve a medal brother...he was in the paper...headlines read "Local Drummer Boy, Fast Hands, Quick Thinking Saves a Westchester Home from Fire"...

Ya gotta pay the troll-toll, to get in that boys hole...?

2008-11-24T10:42:00.001-08:00

ha ha...I can't stop quoting last weeks Always Sunny in Philadelphia's season finale...it was absolutely incredible...extremely inappropriate...but hysterical...i honestly don't know how they think of material for the show, but whoever is in charge is a genius b/c I have yet to be disappointed...the reinvention of the Day-man vs. Night-man saga continues, this time acted out by the gang. If you don't remember Day, and Night-man...they were introduced in season 3 when the Gang starts a band...and write a song which makes it into the musical Charlie makes in the season 4 finale...it'll get stuck in your head for weeks...I guarantee it...

here's the lyrics to one of the songs in the music...

"Day Man" - by the Electric Dream Machine

Day Man
Fighter of the Night Man
Champion of the sun
You're a master of karate
And friendship for everyone

Day Man (Aah-aah-aah)
Fighter of the Night Man (Aah-aah-aah)
Champion of the sun (Aah-aah-aah)
You're a master of karate
And friendship for everyone (repeat)

here's a shitty clip from their band...but here are the lyrics in case you wanna sing along with Charlie..

"Nightman"- the Electric Dream Machine

Night Man, sneaky and mean
Spider inside my dreams
I think I love you

You make me wanna cry
You make me wanna die
I love you, I love you, I love you,
I love you, I love you
Night Man

Every night you come into my room
And pin me down with your strong arms
You pin me down, and I try to fight you
You come inside me
You fill me up
And I become the Night Man...

It's just 2 men sharing the night
It might seem wrong but it's just right
It's just 2 men sharing each other
It's just 2 men like loving brothers

One on top and one on bottom
One inside and one is out
One is screaming, he's so happy
The other's screamin' a passionate shout

It's the Night Man
I'm feeling so wrong and right, man
I'm feeling so wrong and right, man

I can't fight you, man
When you come inside me
And pin me down with your strong hands
And I become the Night...
The passionate, passionate Night Man

here's a teaser to make you wanna watch Always Sunny in Philadelphia

In other news...Drive By just played a show in Hoboken, NJ...its was a fun night fill with rock and roll and karate, for everyone...we unleashed a new cover that we've kept hidden for sometime now and Hoboken no longer exists...the whole place blew up, mid-encore...all that was left were four strapping young men...those men...DRIVE BY...sorry about the wreckage and debris...that's my oops...but i guess it's true what they say...you can't bottle up that much awesome into one city and not have it combust into awesomeness clouds of great...that's what they say ya know...El Bandito told me that...he saw it on the news i think...anyways..thanks to everyone who came out to the show and hung out and danced...I'm gonna go check out the 2-hour episode of '24' that i missed b/c i was kickin some ass in hoboken...i heard it was good and my bro DVRed it for me...so if you need me, I'll be in my cave...i also kinda wanna see yesterday's NY JETS game...J-E-T-S! JETS! JETS! JETS! ....congrats to them for man-handling the Tennessee Titans...if you didn't know the Titans were undefeated until the Jets went to their house and slapped their mama's around...34-13 was the score...rock on NY...

see y'all soon...

PS...is it weird that i started reading 'Twilight'?

Danny Partridge...you're my hero...

2008-11-19T20:23:00.000-08:00

i'm watching a documentary on Danny Bonaduce...he's an incredible person...he's had a messed up life for sure...but he doesn't hide it...he's not in denial...he just said, "ya know those situations you get in, where you say to yourself 'this will be funny in 20 years'? well I was in those situations and I thought they were funny then" ...he was talking about life after the Partridge Family when he was homeless and living next to a dumpster in LA off Hollywood Blvd and he would sign autographs...homeless...the celebrity tour buses would stop by his dumpster and point him out as part of their tour...and he laughed at the whole situation...he's my hero...at rock bottom the dude is still making the best of it...he's such an awesome character...i just love how honest he is..he's a real dude...

i'm psyched for our show on Sunday (nov. 23rd) at Maxwells in Hoboken, NJ ...you comin? let me know...

Pa-pa...Pants Man!!!

2008-11-09T09:30:00.000-08:00

OK...enough about my political views...and yours...I'm not over it, but, i hate to talk about Religion, Politics, and Yo Mama...b/c there is no winner...i like to win...that's why i always make bets with my boy Boobie...b/c he's stubborn and is generally wrong ha ha...he's gonna kill me for saying that...not b/c I'm talking smack..but mainly b/c EVERYONE is gonna start betting him on everything and he's gonna lose tons of money...

My brother, Mike, and I were bored last night and he found this Japanese 'toilet training' video...it's absolutely amazing and now I don't make wee-wee piss-piss in my diapers anymore...i use a big toilet with a face that talks to me...watch the whole video..the end is classic but you need the build-up to make it worth your while...

check it

what did you think?

remember...Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ on November 23rd...www.maxwellsnj.com for info on the Drive By show...be there...or be square...

Thank you 'biggest fan' for your feedback...read it fully

2008-11-06T20:48:00.000-08:00

This is a response to a comment i received...

"Obama isn't paying their bills like he said he would"

So you know what’s going to happen in the future? You know for a fact that Obama isn’t going to follow through with what he’s said?
i've watched interviews of people who voted for Obama...people actually think that Obama is gonna pay their bills, and childcare...he's not...that's not in the president's job description...and yes...i KNOW for a fact that he will NOT be able to pay everyones bills...that's just ridiculous...
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"but so did Hitler"

You just compared a man who wants to help this country in ways that he knows how to a man that killed over 6 million people based on their religion, physical disabilities, and their jobs. I fail to see the connection there.
you obviously know NOTHING about history..maybe you haven't gotten to that part in school...you'll get there though...soon enough...the Germans were in crisis and Hitler promised to pull Germany out of their depression..they believed everything he said...hence the ability to rise to power and lead his German's to war...the connection is that people blindly followed promises...without asking questions...I'm not saying Obama is gonna murder everyone...I'm saying no one questioned Obama, much like Hitler's rise to power...

"he somehow resembles George W. Bush? is THAT racist?"

No. The ways in which he resembles Bush are in the way he voted on subjects. The majority of the time, him and Bush were in agreement. People were ready to have Bush out of office, and McCain was not that difference that they wanted. And how is McCain and Bush voting the same way being racist?
McCain and Bush are not the same guy...they voted on a lot of things b/c they believe in America...Bush, believe it or not has protected this country for 7 years after 9-11...or did you forget? that we were attacked...guess so...most people did...it's OK...do you know each thing that they voted on in the same manner? i don't personally, but I'm sure Obama would've voted the same way in a bunch of em...the war on Iraq is 1 subject...and 'my opinion' is that the war is necessary...i respect your father for being in the military...i have and have lost friends due to there involvement in the war...they enlisted to protect this country and they ALL believe in what they're doing...but everyone has a different view...i don't hate you for yours...but we don't share the same views...i sure as hell don't think it would be effective to wave a white flag...and yes if i hear 'we can't elect another old white man into office', i believe that to be a racist statement (coming from anyone from any race) you're taking my words and taking them out of context...you sound like the media...it's pretty impressive...

"and people only dislike Palin b/c of her accent, and the fact that Tina Fay can look identical to her and make herself look stupid"

No, Tina Fey did not make Palin look like an idiot. She did that to herself, Fey just made it a bit funnier.

Have you seen Palin's thoughts on foreign policy?
She thinks that just because she lives in Alaska it better qualifies her to understand it.
i personally don't think she looks like an idiot...i don't see where you're getting any of that from...that's an opinion on her character...not fact...and do tell me...which parts of her foreign policy do you not like? or is it just that she's from Alaska?

'Guiliani of the way North West'
This I don’t know anything about. But I also don’t live in the northwest.
And I looked it up, and if you were talking about Rudy Giuliani, you spelled his name wrong.
my blogs are all typed as thoughts...my spelling is sometimes overlooked...leave it to me to be spell-checked by a 9th grader...she actually cleaned up corrupt politicians in Alaska...much like Giuliani cleaned up New York...i personally believe Giuliani would've been the best president in this election...but his views on abortion didn't hold up as a republican candidate this time around...BUT he would've been somewhere on the McCain team..when you elect a president you elect a team..or did you not learn that yet in school?

"Mr. Barrack's"
Maybe you aren’t happy about it, but he is now the president of the country you are a citizen of. At least spell his name correctly

once again..thanks for the spell check...

When you make claims about someone, you need to make sure you have legit sources for all of this.
And I know that some of this is opinion. But some is fact and can be backed.

all of this is opinion based on facts...this blog is not meant to stir fights...it's meant for me to get my thoughts out...you can read or you can close the website...that's up to you...i could've deleted your comment...instead i read it and responded with my thoughts...that's why I'm here...thank you for reading and i hope my views on the President don't discourage you from reading...i love feedback...thank you again...

Now, everything I just told you came from a 15 year old who never really followed each candidate because I can’t vote. But I have defended both parties from various parties, so I have at least an idea about what’s going on.

And just to throw in some of my opinion. I did choose who I supported for selfish reasons. Obama said he would put a plan to take troops from Iraq. While I don’t know for fact that he will do this, I put my faith in the fact that he would. But if McCain had said that he would take troops out ASAP, I would have supported him in an instant.
I do not want to see my dad going back to the Middle East to fight a war that I don’t know why we are fighting.
Its time for innocent people on both sides of the war to stop dying for un-justified reasons

Tell your dad that I thank him for what he's doing...and I send support...Drive By and I support our troops to the fullest...stay safe

Danny Fitz

"I'm sorry that I kinda laughed...at the sparks that spread the flames..." - Less Than Jake

2008-11-05T22:33:00.000-08:00

if you ask me...the biggest losers in this past election are the insane Obama supporters...the loons that you would see plastering they're kids with Obama buttons and pins and repainting their houses in the cute little NOT-SO-HEALTHY-FOR-THE-EARTH signs that you see on every corner as you drive through Jersey City...it's ridiculous...there's not just one...there's thousand in EVERYONE's yard...well not only do they hafta clean up the complete mess they made of there city...but...now, what the hell are they gonna do with their worthless lives? they've spent the past year and a half devoted to forcing Obama-talk into unrelated convos in coffee shops all over the United States...and now that Obama won the election...what's next...Obama will not need their dumb asses for four years when America is in the midst of another civil war...when people realize they got shafted and Obama isn't paying their bills like he said he would, or affordable healthcare for their families(the kind you hafta 'pick a number' and wait on a list months long just to get a checkup and the doctors are substandard [it'll be like the DMV]), like he said he would...or so that's what they thought he was saying, but he didn't really say anything except 'change' and 'hope'...genius...you say positive words over and over, pretty soon people will believe them...they were voting for 'change' after all...right? i'm not knocking peoples vote...if Obama's plans will legit help you then, great...you got your vote...but...i hope to God that you did your research on him...and you're getting exactly what you wanted...bc he's about to tax the shit out of hard working Americans...i personally believe you shouldn't vote for selfish gain though...you should vote for what's best for the country...Obama is not the best thing for this country...he's a great speaker and he swayed the vote of a nation...but so did Hitler, he was a great speaker too...in the time of need, in Germany, Hitler got up and promoted 'change' and 'hope' in a time of crisis...just remember too...if there was a sex scandal, a presidential candidate would be questioned on his morals and most likely lose an election...we almost impeached a president for that...but for some reason 'sketchy' terrorist links and family ties are nothing to mark as something to look into anymore...how about the Muslim extremist cult that Obama belongs too...or belonged to...i'm not saying that as if being a muslim is a bad thing...but i'm pretty sure the media NEVER questioned it...

so, when the next attack on the U.S. comes...you're gonna wish you had someone to protect you...and it sure as hell isn't gonna be the dude in the office come January who wants to take away your right to bear arms...and i don't mean big hairy arms, with sweet claws used to catch salmon swimming up river...as you can tell i feel America has let America down this election...but i'm gonna move on...probably move in with some friends in England or maybe Australia...anyone got a couch...and i'm gonna play acoustic shows with Todd for the next four years while he rubs it in my face that the old white man didn't win the election and we now have our first pop-n-lockin prez ever...i don't know if you saw him dance on the Ellen show? but he cannot...John McCain at least has an excuse for not being a good dancer...he got the shit kicked out of him by the Vietnamese when he was a POW...prisoner of war...they beat him to near death because they wanted information about the U.S.'s plans...he said nothing...he protected the country then...what makes you think he wouldn't now? he's a real American Hero...and America proved that all they need is a diva with a sweet catch phrase, this election turned into 'American Idol'...but McCain...you need change?...then apparently you can't have him as president...because he somehow resembles George W. Bush? is THAT racist? that's the answer i've been getting from people...they don't want 'another' Bush in the White House...McCain is nothing like Bush...he's as close to a Democrat as you can get without being one...he was actually gonna run third party years back...and who was his VP running mate gonna be? oh yea, Biden...he didn't end up running but Biden thought there wasn't a better man for the job...and people only dislike Palin b/c of her accent, and the fact that Tina Fay can look identical to her and make herself look stupid...if you ask me, she's hot and she completely cleaned up corruption in Alaskian politics...but you wouldn't know anything about the 'Guiliani of the way North West', bc you just blindly followed Mr. Barrack's words into thinking she wasn't qualified to lead the country...she was running for VP...Obama was the presidential candidate and he's not ready to lead a country...if something happens to him, just know that Biden openly admitted that he sure as hell wasn't ready to run the country, he actually stated that Hilary would have been a much better running mate for Obama b/c he wasnt qualified...AND Biden also backed McCain...weird how things work out...

anyways...i'm sick of politics...i hope Obama solves all your problems...because that's what he promised you..and we gotta deal with his socialist views for four years...

on an awesome-er note ...Todd and I just rocked an acoustic show in Trenton, NJ for WTSR radio at the College of New Jersey...it was sweet as hell...first though we got there 2 hours early...and didn't know where to go so we figured driving around the campus would work and maybe we'd see a sign for the building we needed...quickly after making a turn down an alleyway the road turned to a wide sidewalk and we were now traveling through crowds of student walking to and from class...at first we just figured they were in the street..and then we realized we were cruisin on the sidewalk...everyone was lookin at us funny...so now two random dudes in a white saturn SUV are tearin it up through the sidewalks of the school drawing TONS of attention, we find an exit...lucky for us there was a police officer at the exit of this sidewalk...he quickly jumped out of his car screaming for us to pull over and he ran up to the car..we KNEW we were done...Johnny Law had finally caught up to Fitzy and the Todd Bandit...el Bandito they call him in parts of Mexico and North Dakota...this guy looked like he was gonna ream us one...so he took my info and went back to the car...we could see students walking by talking about us, "those are those sexy dudes who were speeding through campus, i think one of em is el Bandito from Cancun" no joke someone said that...Todd heard it...i did not...come to think of it...i think he gave himself the name 'el Bandito' and told everyone to use it...anyways...we got soooooo lucky and the cop played guitar and we chatted about guitars and the show and poof...he disappeared...not really, he gave me my liscense back and told me to stay off the sidewalk...we did not have any encounters with Johnny Law until 5 mins before our show...he showed up!!!! he wanted to see us play so we gave him a cd...how badass are we...we turn the law onto ourside...this is not the first time we got a police officer to come a show...the first time was in australia...we get questioned by an airport cop...and the next day when we came back through that city, guess who was front row at the festival...my homeboy the Aussie P.O. ...yea i know...i'm great...

um...what else...election coverage, the acoustic show...oh yea...two days ago i got the first half of a root canal done...major suck... i finish up on tuesday...gonna be tons of fun...i'm sleepy...gnite neverland...

Danny Fitz...

Green Man!!

2008-10-23T17:12:00.000-07:00

Drive By is headlining a show November 23rd...at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ...with the Bigger Lights and Street Crime...i hope you all come out to see us...it'll be a fun night...jae will be giving out free hugs...i charge $1.50...

my puppy is soooooo cute...and i'm so stoked on her...its a lady...i don't know what her name is yet though...but my other doggie, Kali, and my new puppy, let's call her Fetch, are best friends lol..they follow eachother everywhere...

Naughty Obama's Mamma! haha

2008-10-22T11:36:00.001-07:00

i gotta stop droppin off the face of the earth...don't you think? Internet has been sketchballs where I'm staying so it's pretty much hit or miss...

Right now I'm sitting on my couch with my brother, and we're both on laptops looking for kickass names for a new puppy we're getting...we were gonna name his 'Garage Dog'...b/c that's just badass...but then we started brainstorming...this is the working list...

Lil Lebowski
Goldie Wilson
Mac Fry
Buford 'Maddog' Tannen
Griff Tannen
Strickland
Douglas J. Needles
Marvin Berry
Seamus McFly
Abe Froman
Edward Rooney
Gozer

as you can see we're thinking back to all our fave movies...we JUST started so the list is small...but i can not have an awesome lil scrappy dog with a name like 'Angel'...that's fruity...but i'll get a picture up...aw hell...i'll put one up now...how cute is he?

we're still in the application process but it's looking good...we're actually adopting him...let me know if you have any other cool names that you could get to me before the deadline...that would be rad... if you'd like to adopt a puppy or a kitten of your own check out www.ny-petrescue.org ...i don't know if it's only a New York but i'm sure there is some kind of animal adoption agency near you...save a cute pup and give em a home...don't be a jerk...jerk!

in other news...my brother, John, the Playing for Peanuts guy, has been camped out Best Buy for 15 years for "Chinese Democracy" the yet to be released Guns 'n' Roses album...they JUST released their first single entitled 'Chinese Democracy...i heard one of their songs on ROCKBAND 2...but he hasn't stopped talking about it since he woke up...AND i just came across nude pics of Barack Obama's mom...gross...and apparently Frank Marshal Davis took the picture...look him up...he's a communist...but once again...gross...haha i'll never be able to look at Barack again...ew!!! gross!!! if you wanna see, click, Little Green Football

AAhhh...autumn is here...i love it...the smells, the pumpkin flavored everything...the leaves...it's my fave season...the other night i was home bored...i got home from band practice at 5 and took quick nap that turned into a 2 hour sleep session...and that kept me awake all night...so come midnight i was the only one awake...so i took a walk...it was so peaceful, no cars out except for the police that kept stopping me and asking what i was doing...i walked from my house to this bar that I used to frequent...i still go but i don't drink nearly as much...but they were close at 1AM, if you did the math it took me an hour and 10 mins to get from my house to the bar...but it was a sweet walk...then i decided to take a different route home...I got stopped twice more, and then the cops just honked and waved everytime they passed after that...they thought it was funny that i was walking...my quick walk turned into a 5 mile trek...through woods, main roads, back roads and cemetary...generally people would be freaked out to have to walk through a cemetary at night...they do have ghost stories about that but i have a different understanding...i grew up in a cemetary...and i still to this day live in a cemetary...it might be why i LOVE ghost related stuff...

i gotta go...i have a playoff softball game tonight...that's right...when i'm home i STILL help out my friend's team...and I brought us to the playoffs...woohoo...let's go Finnegans!!!!!!

ok...remember...throw some awesome dog names my way...I'll post the name we chose when we get the dog...and oh yea...go give a lost animal a home...they just need love...

i'm away from my computer...killing you...

2008-10-07T20:01:00.000-07:00

hey hey hey...it's been a while...or a thug-life minute...depends on who ya ask...what are you doing? right now. Are you making the most of you time? I'm not...i'm wasting time watching funny ass videos with my sister Maureen...haha here's the one we're watching right now...

for some reason i can't post videos yet...but go to youtube.com ... search for 'Brak' ... and then check out "I like hubcaps"

i'm involved in an ongoing game called Assassins..it's fun..you should get your friends together and get your own version...it's mainly played in colleges but you can make your own rules...here's a blog my friends and i are keep while we play to keep track of the progress of the game... click HERE for the Assassin's Blog...

Drive By has some things comin up...i can't wait to get the definate plans and spill the secrets to all of you...so just be patient...

Ya Gotta Relieve!

2008-09-29T12:06:00.000-07:00

ugh...miserable...if you know anyone that talks about sports...they have probably mentioned the NY Mets collapsed again...year 2...second year in a row that the Mets on the 162nd game...last game of the season...the Mets fall to the Florida Marlins...and are nixed from the Post-season...i was at the game yesterday with two of my brothers, John and Mike, and my friend Boobie...although the Mets lost, and that was absolutely miserable, I DID get to meet Wally Backman...which was sweet...i've been watching him on my brother's TV show, Playing for Peanuts, over and over again...and he's such an awesome dude...if you wanna know what i mean check him out at www.playingforpeanuts.com ...
anyways...I got to see the Mets lose the LAST GAME EVER at SHEA STADIUM...it's such an historic event...in my life...in any Met fan's life...and Queens, NY...and i got the chance to see it...i saw the last pitch ever...thrown by hall of famer, Tom Seaver and caught by future hall of famer, Mike Piazza...so as miserable as the team is NOW...i got to witness the end of an era...and it was magical...

now it's time to move on...Let's Go Dodgers!! Joe Torre baby!! the Brooklyn Bums...

what are you all up to? let me get some feedback...jerk

I'm a PC

2008-09-27T11:55:00.000-07:00

so the Mets are now 2 games back in the Division, and 1 game back in the Wild Card...if you don't know what that means than you're missing out...it's a pennant race in September...and that's just exciting...my dad went to the game today and is watching in the rain..he took an old high school friend that he hasn't seen in a really long time to the game...they used to go to game when they were kids and thought it be the right time being that tomorrow is the last game ever at shea stadium...given they don't make the playoffs..so i guess it technically the last regular season game at Shea...I will be at the sold out game tomorrow...the LAST game...my brother, Mike, and my boy Boobie are coming with me and i'm sooooo gonna lean over the fence and scoop me some Shea Stadium dirt...we got so lucky too...my uncle had 4 tickets from his company seats and they're on field level...which means...we're pretty much on the field...we're also debating meeting up with my oldest brother, John, and the star of his TV show and former NY Met, Wally Backman, for some brunch before the game...Wally will be in town for all the festivities in Queens...my brothers Playing for Peanuts blog is HERE...

ya'll need to check out this blog...it's the greatness...The Mets Blog...

so yea...i'm a PC...and i'm really getting the hang of my new computer...and i just uploaded a pic of my new tattoo...yes that's right...my moms said it was cute...haha...well there he is...his name is Boo, by the way...
my boy Anthony did it...it was his 3rd ever tattoo...he's just getting into it so i gave him some canvas to work on...i think he did a good job...he runs the clothing company REBIRTH as well...i do have to give a special thanks to my boy Jon too...he allowed us to use the live room of his recording studio...check out COGENT RECORDING...i might record a little something on a new song he's writing too...

i gotta go shower and watch the rest of the Mets horrific season...talk to you later on...

Jailhouse Rock...

2008-09-25T15:46:00.000-07:00

weird things are happening with my blog...I have an email address setup through blogspot.com where i can email from my phone and posts are posted instantly from the road...apparently that email is getting SPAM mail sent to it...I'm looking into it b/c that's just B.S. with a capital B and a capital S...i'm still trying to get my video blog up and running...and i'm still trying to get Rock Band 2...i also heard there is a Ghostbusters game comin out...so stoked...

So many good TV series out now...Heroes vol 3, Always sunny in Philadelphia (so good), Fringe, Sons of Anarchy, and last but not least...the Office starts today!!!!!!

moving foward...

i'm home right now...drinkin pumpkin spice coffee...awaiting yet another NY Mets collapse...i'm half rooting for them, still...and half hoping they fail...miss the playoffs...and get Wally Backman as a manager next year...i'm sooooo pissed that they gave Omar Minaya (GM) a 4 year contract...he's a peice of "S" and is completely destroying all that is the Mets...the New York Mets will ALWAYS be the junior varsity New York baseball team...they should stay that way...they should be the scrappy dudes, biting and kicking 5 holes to get to the playoffs and the underdogs will come around...eventually...1986 was just that...they were the "bad guys"...get a bunch of young, hungry scrappers...that's the New York Mets...incase you were wondering...if Jerry Manuel comes back as manager next year i'm straight up changing teams...i'll probably follow the LA Dodgers...they're technically still a New York team...spawning from Brooklyn, NY...former Yankee manager, Joe Torre manages as Don "Donnie Baseball" Mattingly is the hitting coach...and i'm a HUGE fan of Manny Ramirez...he's just bad ass...so i won't feel too bad jumpin on the LA train...

we'll see what's going on...talk to you later...

Help me out!

2008-09-21T17:23:00.000-07:00

my boy Jon is in a contest...his recording jam Cogent Recordings has a project at www.hobnox.com ...go to the site ...sign up on all your email addresses...so you can vote a bunch...everyday before 6pm...that would be rad...so you sign up...click browse contestants...then search for Cogent Recording...and vote...he said if he wins he'll throw me a party...so let's get this goin...and going strong...thanks you all...

remember vote hard and vote plenty...see ya'll later....

Watch Always Sunny in Philadelphia...every dirty thursday...so we can quote it together...

2008-09-20T11:56:00.000-07:00

howdy...where have you been?

I've been around...but I no longer have a sidekick so it's harder for me to blog unless I'm at a computer...which is a problem I recently fix...i won a used HP Pavilion dv1000 in a game of chance...heres how the story goes:

I was in my friends basement...he was having a sweet rager (aka drinking party)...i found myself drinking too much (water) so I felt I should slow down, i was driving that night, mind you. Beer was flowing like beer and ping pong balls were flying like unicorns...you would think the story ends here, because I'm a professional beer pong player, well a retired one but still, my skills are unmatchable...that's for sure...so one would assume I'd pick up the ball, bounce it lightly on the makeshift ply wood board sprawled across two wooden horses, crank it back like soulja boy and let the ball go soaring, following an arch of fantastical portions and angles only to splash deep inside that red solo cup filled with delight, barley, oh yes, and some hops as well...sending the opponents home, heads slung low, egos destroyed...losing a part of themselves that night...me walking away with a sweet HP Pavilion dv1000...but no...that is not how this story went down my friend...not at all...the story starts with an Xbox360 console...a friend named Tommy...and a game you could only buy at Burger King...this said game involves bumper cars, a puck, and the King himself...Tommy chose to be Whopper JR...a good choice indeed...but he was no match for my Subservient Chicken...triple deeks, knuckle pucks and the buzzer sounded...I had won the bumpercar hockey game...roses rained down on the ice as i did my 'subservient chicken dance'...it was glorious...I really wish you could've been there...Tommy then gave me his old computer...it had nothing to do with the game...he just said it didn't work and if i wanted to fix it I could have it...so I did just that...I brought that ish home and got it working and now, this sweet black HP Pavilion is how i write to you today...and spread the words of victory!! VICTORY!!!

anywho...i want to get rockband 2...that's number one in my life right now...i heard it's amazing and i hear that the new Guns n Roses song is rediculous...we're figuring out where and when tours will take place...as for life...it's good...it's a choose your own adventure and i'm making new paths...come play with me in my journey...I'll be blogging more and taking pics on my new sweet Sprint Rumor phone, and hopefully ya'll will love it...if you don't...then get bent...because i don't rightly care...I do this for me...and the people who want to read it...i don't do it for haters...that means you...yea you...the one reading this...jerk...stop reading...no not you...you can read if you'd like...but YOU in the back hating on all my words...wondering how i knew you were reading this..yea you stop it right now...eh...eh eh...ok good...now that they're gone...i'm gonna end this on a positive note...

well maybe not a note...but a lyric that inspires me today...it's by a group that goes by the name El Pus...it goes like this

"Rock, rock ya'll...to the beat cha'll...elephants got big dirty feet cha'll"

take from it what you will...

Love always...
Danny Fitz

post script (that's what P.S. stands for...b-t-dubbs)
if there is anything you want to know about me just ask...send me a message on my myspace...my personal myspace, not the bands...i'll answer questions in my blogs...not all of them...i have the power to pick and choose...but if you're question is good enough i'll answer...

i'm also trying to figure out how to vid blog from the road...I think that would be a cool idea...don't you?

2008-09-18T10:45:00.000-07:00

check out www.rightchange.com

Wizard Cat gives the NY METS 3 wands for being 1st place!

2008-09-14T12:32:00.000-07:00

as you can probably see, I've taken a short break from blogging...please be patient...I WILL be back and blogging more often...but as for right now it's hard for me to get my hands on a computer...who would have thunk it? it's 2008 and I can't seem to get my hands on a computer...weird...but anyways...hope all is well with everyone...I'll be back as soon as I can...be sure to check out the Danny Fitz Store...there is a couple new shirts... "You're Boring" and "iLL Son"...

Toodles all you ROFLZOOKAs!!
Love!

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

2008-08-27T16:44:00.000-07:00

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)

2008-08-25T13:59:00.000-07:00

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!

2008-08-24T14:22:00.000-07:00

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!!!

2008-08-20T08:29:00.001-07:00

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...

2008-08-18T07:26:00.000-07:00

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

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

2008-08-18T05:37:00.001-07:00

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!

2008-08-17T20:24:00.000-07:00

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

Uh oh...

2008-08-17T20:12:00.001-07:00

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..."

2008-08-17T18:42:00.000-07:00

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

2008-08-16T06:49:00.001-07:00

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?

2008-08-15T15:04:00.000-07:00

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...

2008-08-15T09:26:00.001-07:00

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...

2008-08-06T14:06:00.000-07:00

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!!!"

2008-08-03T20:30:00.001-07:00

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...

Konbanwa bitches!

2008-07-28T11:20:00.000-07:00

Rain is so soothing...the constant pitter-patter...the rumbling thunder...I'm enjoying this...the Mets just won 9-1 against the Cardinals...and now the pleasant, cooling rain...I need this...who's got it better than me...

I almost passed out this morning from heat exhaustion...and maybe a little dehydration... everything went fuzzy for a second and I had to lay down...it wasn't fun...but I chugged some water, took a multi-vitimen and watched the Mets...sometimes I forget to drink enough water and I drink tons of coffee...not a good combo....its delicious...but not good for me...

And today Chris is at Warped tour with his cousin, so no band practice...which is timed perfectly bc the Go Gettaz have a game today...2nd round of the playoffs...Let's! Go! Getta! Haha wish us
luck...we're trying to take home another trophy!
...danny fitz...

"A new page"

2008-07-23T11:02:00.000-07:00

So...its been a while..I thought I'd make ya'll want more...ya
know...i've been clownin...you want more? I don't care either way...I'm
gonna keep writing...I won't go away...I've been spending some time off
tour...but we're getting ready to head back out to see your pretty lil
faces...that's correct...Danny Fitz thinks your all pretty...every last
one of you...don't ever change...

I've been spending my time watching my NY Mets come back and take first
place I their division...and then lose it last night to the Fighting
Phillies of Philadelphia....I hate them b-t-dubbs...I don't hate Philly
but u can see the rivalry..can't you? So yea first place...oh! And
speaking of first place...my softball team, the Finnegan's "Go Gettaz"
took first in our co-ed softball league...with a record of 10-2...almost
unstoppable...I missed a bunch of games due to touring but its been
awesome having some time to go all out and hit some balls and shag some
flies...I get friggin dirty...I like to dive...that's how I roll...just
ask the Lil Drive Bys...they came to a couple games last year...

Hmm...so yes...mets and Go Gettaz...and what else have I been up to?
I've been playing Halo3 and Rockband...straight dorkin it up with my
homies...we actually shut down a bar playin rockband...its was
awesome...we had like a crowd of people watchin us shred...I was playin
drums of course...haha Jason 'shredzilla' DiBene on the bass and Ken
'Morello' Dogrun on the 6-string...we were rockin with the owner Steve
O. And some other friends...but we got the band back together
haha...good time...

I'm goin to the Met game tonight...hopefully to see then gain their spot
in first place...ill be going with Boobie, and my friend Lindsay and her
friend Jenna who is a HUGE Met fan...so it should be fun...if the
weather holds up...we're supose to get a crazy storm and it doesn't look
good for us...

Lets go Mets!
M-E-T-S..mets! mets! mets!
Duh-nuh, nuh-nuh, nuh-nuh...CHARGE!!!!!
...danny fitz...

"Get off my porch, you old queens!!!!" - JD

2008-07-09T18:29:00.000-07:00

hey...ya'll...how have you been? I've been doing well...the band is home right now so I'm trying to keep busy. I've been catching up on my Harry Potter, hangin with some friends, playin some softball...ya know the normal Danny Fitz stuff...I've been getting some traffic at my "Danny Fitz Online Clothing Store" ...You know the one at http://www.zazzle.com/iamfitz ...?? Check it out and get the latest in fashion...

Also, I don't know if you know this about me, but I keep the most eclectic and most amazing friends around me at all times...which is why I'm currently writing a screen play about my life...it in no way is because I'm so awesome...well it's mostly because I'm so awesome, but it's also do to the fact that I have friends who are all different, and each play an important roll in, what is, my life...they all are very unique...and they do amazing things...whether they are aware of it or not...they are like characters in a movie...one of which is doing great things in Columbia...she's a great person and is extremely loving and generous...her name is Christine and she is keeping a blog while she is down there...I'm a huge fan of her blog...you should be too...check it out...at www.travelblog.org/bloggers/cstine or you can just click HERE...

anyways...we just did a chat at www.interpunk.com and it was rad...we'll be setting up one of those chatroom things on our myspace page so we can pop on whenever we get to a computer...

aight...I hafta finish watching the Mets game...we're winning 3-0 in the bottom of the 6th against the San Fransisco Giants...LETS GO METS!!!

That will be all...
Danny Fitz

Mikey Avalanche stole my life...part 1

2008-07-01T03:01:00.001-07:00

Its 5:52AM...I drove for about 3 hours until 3:45...I couldn't keep my eyes open so I thought it best to put Chris behind the wheel...he slept through my shift...not "well-rested" but rested none-the-less...we had a long day earlier...4 hour drive and a show in Cinncinati...so we were
pretty beat from the start...oh yea...we decided to drive all the way home straight after our last show with the Pink Spiders...could be a stupid idea...but we all really wanted to get home so we stuck to our guns...

My eyes are dry, my throat sore...its rainy and humid and cold in Western Pennsylvania...Pearl Jam is blasting to help aide Chris' energy level...I need a fix of coffee if I'm gonna stay awake any longer to function...or maybe ill take a nap...only six hours left...only 5 hours and 59 mins left now...let's stop to get a snack and use the little boys room...I recon that a good idea...

Oh and Mikey Avalanche told me that I inspired him to start a blog of his own...once I get his web address ill post it...I know he's got a fun mind...
...danny fitz...

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

2008-06-28T11:15:00.001-07:00

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...

2008-06-26T12:50:00.001-07:00

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!

2008-06-24T11:10:00.000-07:00

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...

2008-06-22T23:14:00.000-07:00

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...

2008-06-22T14:02:00.000-07:00

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

2008-06-22T09:20:00.001-07:00

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...

2008-06-22T00:16:00.001-07:00

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...

2008-06-21T18:09:00.000-07:00

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

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

2008-06-21T17:05:00.001-07:00

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...

2008-06-19T09:55:00.000-07:00

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

2008-06-19T08:11:00.000-07:00

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"

2008-06-18T08:47:00.001-07:00

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

2008-06-17T10:16:00.001-07:00

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!

2008-06-17T07:22:00.001-07:00

'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"

2008-06-16T09:55:00.000-07:00

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"

2008-06-12T13:37:00.000-07:00

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..."

2008-06-11T12:45:00.000-07:00

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!"

2008-06-10T07:16:00.001-07:00

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!

2008-06-09T12:42:00.000-07:00

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...

Misconceptions...

2008-05-28T11:05:00.000-07:00

The other day I was at a Graduation party for my friend Tara...there
were hotdogs, burgers, ribs and booze...I don't drink much at all these
days so I was the "sober kid"...I played beer pong and kicked ass but
didn't sip a lick of beer...it kinda got boring bc everyone was slipping
deeper and deeper into drunkerdom...it wasn't until Boobie's girlfriend,
christine got there...Kenny had got there a little earlier than
christine, and my friend Alex showed up later with my boy Dom...so the
crew started...Christine, Ken DigDog, Alex and myself started straight
jokin on cats...and we decided that Kenny needed to start bloggin about
all the stupid shit we came up with...and all the stupid shit that we
do... http://kendoggyrun.blogspot.com/ ...he did it...so that blog was
about all the stuff we talked about during the party...tall tales if you
will...its what "sober kids" recalled from that night...so stop by his
page and say "what up"...

Let's Go Mets!! Fi-Re Will-ie!!! Wally-Backman!!!
...danny fitz...

M-E-T-S mets! mets! mets!

2008-05-18T00:27:00.000-07:00

Mets vs Yankees game today. I went with Boobers, Jon and my friend Lindsay...we had great seats...they were on the first baseline right along the front of the overhang...the tier boxes...I almost caught a foul ball too, but Boobers knocked it out of my hands...jerk...My Mets won, of course...I'm covered in peanut shavings...the jerks behind me were extremely messy and it was a tad windy and I caught the party end of their peanut debris...oh yea...I'm a HUGE fan of baseball and the New York Mets...and Wally Backman...I think he should manage the Mets...he has a real mustache...

We're workin on a cover song for you...that's all I'm saying at the moment...it a song that we all enjoy and we tweaked it to shred your face off...come out to a show...maybe we'll just play it for you...we got some tours comin up in June so...get you some!

And...last but not least...fake mustaches rock!! Enough said!
...danny fitz...

Newsies

2008-05-14T14:10:00.001-07:00

So, we finally got our rehearsal space all set up again..it feels good...we took about a day off from playing and we're already rehearsing and getting some things ready for our next tour...we're headlining a show at North Eastern in Boston...I think it may be a student only show but I'm not positive...but we're headlining that show so we're getting a couple more shows in the bank...some oldies some newsies...you'll see...
In june we got a short tour with I am the Avalanche and Jetlag Gemini...but until then ill just be dorkin out with bro, playin some Halo 3, seeing some friends, and rehearsing...see you on the other side...
...danny fitz...

Some MSG pics...

2008-05-11T16:33:00.000-07:00

...I forgot I took these...
...danny fitz...

2 years to the day...

2008-05-11T13:28:00.001-07:00

I was just reminded that it was exactly 2 yrs to the day...may 9th 2006..."I hate everyday without you kid" hit the stores...and may 9th 2008...we just shredded Madison Square Garden...just a lil fact for ya'll...I haven't blogged in a couple days bc I've been sooooo busy...I been running around trying to say hi to family and friends that I haven't seen in a long time...and its Mothers Day today...I apologize...but we're gonna be getting ready for tour again real
soon..we're already posting news and tour dates so keep an eye out..we'll be hittin up a sidewalk near you...

Ahh...MSG...the show was incredble...huge... mammoth...epic...I don't know how else to explain it...Legend? Its such an awesome place with so much history and spirit...its madison square garden...I feel so lucky and thankful that I got a chance to play on that stage...I got chills the second I walked into the room...im still smiling from it...within the first 30 seconds I almost busted my ass...I walked into a moving light from MCR's production...but I kept my balance and kept truckin haha...it's a funny story that ill have for the rest of my life...of course no one saw that EXCEPT my brothers haha...and ill never hear the end of it...

But we have some tours in the works..and imhome right now hangin with my family but I miss the road...I have too much time on my hands...I miss the hectic drives and playing shows for awesome kids...I miss MCR and Billy Talent..and I miss you...

See you soon

...danny fitz...

Night 2 Philly Cheesesteak...

2008-05-07T10:23:00.000-07:00

Good morning philly..I just woke up and jae chris and I are gonna be
going to get some lunch with chris' friend Tucker...and then its off to
night 2 at the Electric Factory...I gotta go but ill update later...its
gonna be a hectic day...and I get home tonight!!! Or tomorrow morning
extremely early...day off tomorrow sounds good too...we've been running
on full steam for a while and its a good tired...but a tired
none-the-less
...danny fitz...

The Moxy...learn em...

2008-05-06T22:38:00.001-07:00

Wow tonight was rad as hell...I got to see some old friends..Lou Bro and D-Wood...god I missed those dudes...we toured with them back in the day...they were in a band called Arms of Orion...now D-wood is straight pimpin selling overfilled cups of red koolaid to chicks in white clothes with the shakes...and being a bike messanger in philly...he's one of those insane dudes that fly up and down the traffic covered streets and avenues...Lou Bro is in a new band called the Moxy....and I heard some stuff tonight from his ipod...the shit rocks...they're kinda being managed by Bam Margera...and will be on the Viva la Bam tour...oh yea...I met Bam tonight...he's pretty cool...I didn't like bro down with him...said hi and then he ran to get some Jameson...and his wife seemed like the sweetest person..didn't get a real chance to chat but I could tell...I also met Eddie from Taking Back Sunday...we kicked it for a second while we waited for bathroom to open...but tbs killed it...even after not playing for a long ass time...I think Eddie said 8 months...they're writing and had some guitar player issues...but they killed it...I kinda miss Billy Talent...a lot...those dudes fuckin rock...I need some sleep now...the dudes went out.and I'm still not drinking until after May 9th...I promised myself that...but even after that...I'm not gonna go nuts with it...but I'm not sober...I don't think..u never know I could wake up and not wanna drink anymore...I'm not gonna think too much into it...gnite

One more show in Philly and then a day off at home..and then its fuckin Go-time! MSG!
...danny fitz...

Philly, Penn...

2008-05-06T05:59:00.000-07:00

Hey you...we're driving to philly...show tonight..some friends are comin
out...Lou Bro and D-Wood...I haven't seen them cats in a long ass
time...I think they're rollin with Bam and Missy Margera...and there is
a special guest tonight in place of Billy Talent...I already miss those
dudes...I just wanna thanks those dudes for helping us out on this
tour...they all went above and beyond to make things work...so thank you
Ben, Ian, Aaron, Jon, J, Stilly, Bob, and Paul...give em a round of
applause! Do it! Do it now!

Oh yea back to the special guest..its...haha I'm not supose to spill the
beans...ill tell u later...jerk...stop hassling me!!! I said I'd tell u
later...I need a nap...we've been playing and hangin out with the crowd
at the merch table til everyone was kicked out...and then we packed up
and hit the road for a few...and wakin up super early to drive to the
next show...I drive next and I don't wanna be tired behind the
wheel...don't judge me....haha...

later on!
...danny fitz...

New Yizzie! Duck muther fukker!

2008-05-05T19:22:00.000-07:00

Its so weird...when someone asks me where I'm from...I've been saying
"New York" for the past 2 months...and I said it tonight and I felt
stupid...because I'm in mutha fukin New York!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...danny fitz...

2008-05-05T11:59:00.001-07:00

I'm back in New York...its been soooooo long...haha it feels good to be back though....real good...kinda sad...bc this means we only have one last show with billy talent..tonight in buffalo...and 3 more shows with my chemical romance...both bands are gonna go home for a few and then record new records...which I can wait for...I'm a huge fan of both bands...they're not just friends...lol I watch them everynight we play with them...I'm such a dork...if u get the chance check them out next time they roll through ur hood...

I'm gonna take a nap...
...danny fitz...

2008-05-05T06:30:00.000-07:00

This tour is comin to an end...we're playing tonight in Buffalo with Billy Talent...we said fuck it...we dont want a day off...days off are boring as hell...so we got ourselves put on this 'off-show'...it promises a lot of fun and we get to see our Canadian friends off proper...

Jae's phone doesn't work...haha he can get calls but he can't make them at all...the lady operator tells him that he is not authorized to make calls..haha...he gets super pissed at it and he is currently threatening his phone...which I don't know, jae works out a lot but his phone is a
big dude...its like the size of my head...

We're rockin a packed house...or van...there are 6 of us cruisin to Buffalo, NY...thank God we don't have all the gear this time...Neltie is out with us...she's super rad...she's Todd's girlfriend...I'm still tired...we drove for like an hour I think last night? I fell asleep with
my contacts in...and I hate that...bc my eyes get super dry and its uncomfy when my contacts start to fall out...I'm so complaining haha...its all good though bc we have a 4 hour drive today...and we have a Buffalo radio interview at 1 I think...and then its on...I'm gonna try to shred Buffalo's face off...

Be back later

In that pic the driver seat is on the right...chris is on the floor, squeezed in between driver seat and the Jae-Won Lounge (the bench)...he's trying to make it into a sushi bar/dojo...but the time isn't right just yet...patience...patience...bye!!!
...danny fitz...

St. Lunatics

2008-05-03T10:00:00.000-07:00

Jungle juice!!!! I didn't know it was a real juice...I thought it was a bunch of different liquors my friends would put in a cauldron with a shit ton of koolaid and fruit to make it really sweet....bc when you drink, you don't wanna know your drinking..and that shit would creep up on you and before you knew it, you were a glorious fountain spitting colorful rainbow of puke "all over everywhere"...get it 'juhbene'? He loves that shit...drinks it out of a fishbowl sometimes...

We've drivin through Zombie Country, Gator Country, Bear Country and Arma'dilla' Country...but now we're in Chicken Country...we're seeing dead chicken roadkill...wow that's redundant...I'm stupid...dead roadkill...I need a nap...

Oh yea so last night jae and I did some laundry at the hotel...and we spend 4 hours trying to dry our clothes in the dryer...and it just wasn't drying...so I said fuck it..and went back to the room and hung my clothes to dry....wake up this morning and they're still a lil damp so I take the hair dryer that's bolted to the wall and hand dry all my clothes that are all still a lil wet...jesse then goes to the front desk and complains about the dryer and the lady is like "oh yea..that dryer doesn't work...everyone in the hotel knows that..." but nobody told us that...and when I was reading harry potter on hour 4 of trying to dry the clothes, the frontdesk clerk comes over to use the vending machine and asks if everything is ok...and I tell him im just waiting for my clothes to dry and he said "ok...have a goodnight then"...and apparently he knew!!!!!!!! What a dirtbag...I hate him...

Naptime...St Louis show tonight...we're still driving there...cigarettes are 26 bucks a carton...which means nothing to me...
...danny fitz...

Memphee, Tennesis

2008-05-02T17:59:00.000-07:00

Joan jett is on now we were just chillin with flyleaf before they hit
the stage...and project pat before that...our show was sweet as
hell...now we're walkin around the Beale Street Music Festival in
Memphis, Tennesee...or Memphee Tennesis...
...danny fitz...

2008-05-02T11:55:00.000-07:00

Sorry!!! I've really been slackin...I've been getting super busy...and I
drive a lot, and I don't know if its illegal to blog and drive but it
sure as hell is dangerous...

Yo!!! We're sharing a dressing room with Project Pat...its gonna be
amazing...Ben Folds in in the dressing room next to ours...and the Roots
next to him...I have a feeling its gonna be an amazing day!! It does
look like its gonna start raining hardcore...I aso hear there are
tornados a-brewin...we'll see what goes down...later!
...danny fitz...