This weekend was extremely eventful yet again as we continued our Radio
92.9 ski tour, this time up at Loon Mountain in Lincoln, New
Hampshire.  We were rolling 9-deep with a crew consisting of The Help,
the management (Dio and JD), the girlfriends (Jenna and Alyssa) and the
videographer (Phil).  We were hoping to somehow top the flipped car
story, but all we managed on the trip up was a $200 speeding ticket
from a not-so-friendly New Hampshire cop, mostly for the crime of
“being young” and “having other young people also in the car.”  Also
there might have actually been speeding involved.  Whoops.  But not
that fast.  Anyway.

We set up in the Paul Bunyan room, which is
in the lodge at the bottom of the South Peak of the mountain.  Once the
music started up, the room got pretty packed pretty fast.  The Amstel
Light was flowing, vibes were great, and everyone was having an
excellent time.  We played a two-hour set with 12 originals and covers
by Led Zeppelin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, POTUSA, Sublime,
Harvey Danger, Dispatch, The Flys and Stone Temple Pilots.  This show
was the unofficial release of our brand new EP, “Champions of
Breakfast,” which Jenna and Alyssa walked around and sold with much
success, though the girls endured some abuse from drunk creepy old men
in the process (sorry ladies). The show was a big hit, capped with an
encore of “Thunder & Bison.” Afterwards, we got the opportunity to
sign some CDs and connect with some fans before heading out to the
condo.

We stayed at Jack O’ Lantern resorts, by far the biggest
and nicest condo we’ve stayed at so far – multiple bedrooms with
king-sized beds, big common areas with a nice kitchen, this place was
great.  Unfortunately they had just gotten rain the night before, so
the entire outside of the place was COVERED in ice.  The overflow
parking lot was filled with so much ice and snow that Phil’s car got
completely stuck, to the point that all of us together couldn’t push it
out.  We decided to leave the car, party for a bit, make a big family
dinner, and then call AAA to take care of it. 

The next day,
we woke up and after about 2.5 hours finally managed to get all nine
people out of the house.  Conditions were perfect.  Welll, okay not
perfect, but good.  There were some ice patches, which Dio found out
midway through the afternoon when he was trying out his newest extreme
trick (“turning”), wiped out completely, broke his right clavicle and
sprained his left wrist. That pretty much ended the snowboarding for
the day.  We headed back up to the Paul Bunyan room and grabbed a drink
once Dio was all patched up, then made the 2.5 hour trek back to the
Help House.

Overall we had a great time, even Dio would agree I
think.  We’re psyched for next week, where we will unveil some new
tricks on our home turf at Bill’s Bar, then make our way up to Stratton
for our next snow adventure.

Next: Stratton, 3/7.