Saturday, April 01, 2006
Columbus, OH

Newport Music hall. The last day of a tour is always a little bit like the last day of school. you all walk around getting phone numbers and email addresses and signing each others year books… okay well not the last part, but you get the idea. We couldnt have asked for a better send off than our show at the Newport. the show was sold out and the fans were amazing. it was really one of the best shows so far. in all seriousness though, it is indeed a sad moment. To put it in terms you may be able to relate to… take saved by the bell, for instance. if saved by the bell was our tour, as amazing as it is, once its over, there are a few possibilities of what can come… you may get saved by the bell, the college years… a tour geared for an older audience, with the introduction of an ex pro football player teacher. you could get saved by the bell, the new class, a rehash of the same tour, with a few different bands… or you could get mark paul gosselaar in NYPD blue, which is the tour that starts off weird, but then ends with a sense of belonging. whatever the case may be, this was a great tour, and i hope we have another great tour to follow, and i wish everyone involved the best, even you mr belding, cause remember, the last 3 letters of principal, spell pal. love, mathletes prez.. jon schneck c/o 99.

Thursday, April 20, 2006
Home

Well, since they changed the name from “Tour Journal” to “Blog”, I guess I’m allowed to write here even if we haven’t played a show. So….. I’m writing. Not too much is going on with us. I’m at home writing some new stuff, and waiting for the other guys to come visit so we can start seeing the new songs take some shape. I’m excited about getting to work on a new record, even though we’re in the scary “I don’t know how this is going to turn out” stage. As far as new stuff, we just recorded a cover of DC Talk’s ‘Between You And Me’ for Gotee’s ‘Freaked’ tribute album (6.20.06 – www.gotee.com), and Dave and I are contributing some side project songs for a compilation on Mono Vs. Stereo called ‘My Other Band VOL. 1′ (6.27.06 – www.monovsstereo.com). We have songs up on our respective myspace pages. www.myspace.com/agnesmusic and www.myspace.com/matthewthiessenandtheearthquakes. Whew. Look at all that information in that little tiny space! I must have magical powers. Matty T.