Tumblr (3.0; @augustanatour)http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/<p>yes! we’ve actually made it to record update #3.  this is a big step for us.  as of right now we are enjoying the first real break we’ve had in the last 6 weeks.  the majority of the record is done as we take off the holidays anxiously excited to resume for a short bit in the new year.  i can’t even explain how badly we want the record to be released tomorrow so you all could take it home with you and see what we’ve been doing this whole time, but sadly these things take tiiiiiiime.  we hope it will be worth the wait.  now i wish i could post a tune for you all to here, but that’d get me in a lot of trouble, so here are some song titles:<br/>H, U, HW, JSHT, SL, LWD, SB, IOMILY etc.  you get the idea.  i give extra credit to anyone who can guess what those stand for.  haha<br/><br/>now it’s time to rep some of our friends who have released stuff recently.  <br/>THE CIVIL WARS.  joy and john paul are dear friends of ours, and they have gone and made a ridiculously awesome EP called poison and wine.  watch the music video for the title track and tell me it’s not amazing.  i dare you.  go on the street and search for dropped quarters if you can’t muster up $3.96.  www.myspace.com/thecivilwars<br/>WESLEY JENSEN AND THE WILDCATS.  once again, the baby bro of the father of our tour diaries (the uncle of our vids) has gone and made a sweet tune.  go listen to ‘she’ at http://www.myspace.com/whiskeyhoundstudios.  <br/>SWITCHFOOT.  you probably know this already, but our san diego brethren have released a new album that is awesome.  check it ouuuuuttttt. <br/>CASTLEDOOR.  good friends part san diego, part silverlake have an album called ‘shouting at mountains’.  trust me and go get it.  they are excellent and superb and amazing.  http://www.myspace.com/castledoormusic<br/><br/>soon enough, we will have our own new music.  <br/>happy holidays</p> <p><br/>-john</p> <p><br/>PS. as per usual i’m attaching random photos.</p>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/274957732http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/274957732Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:22:50 -0500<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuclssbwDz1qzghnbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/274957037http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/274957037Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:22:04 -0500<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kucls0rw6O1qzghnbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/274956619http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/274956619Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:21:36 -0500<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuclrl73Co1qzghnbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/274956349http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/274956349Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:21:21 -0500<p>are some <b>photos</b> our <b>south</b> took at the studio.</p>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248098356http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248098356Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:07:15 -0500<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktagtpwON21qzghnbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248096888http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248096888Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:05:49 -0500<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktagt82g0Z1qzghnbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248096575http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248096575Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:05:32 -0500<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktagsl1Xgz1qzghnbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248096166http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248096166Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:05:09 -0500<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktagruzgWW1qzghnbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248095673http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248095673Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:04:42 -0500<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktagr91rbf1qzghnbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248095306http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248095306Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:04:21 -0500<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktagquP3l21qzghnbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248094984http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248094984Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:04:06 -0500<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktagqc3Xef1qzghnbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248094667http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248094667Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:03:48 -0500<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktagpwBbmb1qzghnbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248094411http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248094411Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:03:32 -0500<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktagpkrmeA1qzghnbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248094208http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248094208Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:03:20 -0500<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktagp6Wytp1qzghnbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248093974http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248093974Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:03:06 -0500<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktagoqedcY1qzghnbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248093695http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/248093695Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:02:50 -0500<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt5p5vcqyK1qzghnbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>so last night’s show at rice university was our last show of 2009. the next time we play, we should have a finished record in our back pocket and a handful of new songs we’ll be itching to play. thanks a ton to everyone waited in lines in rain and snow and heat and humidity just to see our band. you all are the reason we’re able to tour another year, make another record and continue to do what we love. were gonna try to keep posting updates about the record and keep you guys filled in on how everything is going!</p> <p>thanks again,</p> <p>augustana</p>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/244844492http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/244844492Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:17:41 -0500<p>hello friends.  happy november.  we hope you all have been enjoying football and playoff baseball and halloween etc.  in our band we had one luigi, one peter pan, one michael jackson and two grinches (they didn’t dress up).  you should guess who’s who.</p> <p>as far as the record, things are going well.  we’re having a blast with our 9 person recording family.  we’ve set up a 10-week madden league, we lay in a camouflage hammock, and we overuse football analogies.  we may be sports geeks, but i assure you that we are making some music too.</p> <p>we skipped out to athens, GA last week and had a great time with all the bulldogs and non-bulldogs out there.  we’ll also be in houston next weekend at rice university, so if you’re local, we’ll see you there.</p> <p>here’s two random pictures from outside the studio.  we’ll have some more soon.</p> <p>-john</p>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/236158084http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/236158084Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:34:39 -0500<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksr3jht3bP1qzghnbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/236134572http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/236134572Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:04:27 -0500<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksr3h9wYkH1qzghnbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/236133378http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/post/236133378Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:03:09 -0500