Spring Lineup and Beyond!

Howdy heydy heidi ho!

As we begin to formulate our summer tour schedule, let us all take a moment to reflect on our upcoming Spring shows, including a shared bill with March Fourth Marching Band at the annual City Repair Earth Day celebration, as well as the opening performance at Portland's infamous Brewers Festival, which on a Thursday evening draws 7000+ people to Tom McCall Waterfront Park! Shweet!

We're also very very close to having our new Self-Titled album at all the digital retail sites, as well as making it available for nation-wide physical distribution through CdBaby. Plus, look forward to seeing it in Portland-area record stores soon!

Here are the upcoming dates for Fruition:

Mar 31 2010 8:00P	Fire on the Mountain	PORTLAND
Apr 10 2010 8:00P	Cozmic Pizza	Eugene, Oregon
Apr 15 2010 9:30P	Goodfoot	PORTLAND, Oregon
Apr 17 2010 8:00P	TBA	PORTLAND
Apr 20 2010 8:00P	Pub at the End of the Universe	PORTLAND
Apr 24 2010 4:00P	Earth Day Festival	PORTLAND
Apr 30 2010 9:00P	Laurelthirst	PORTLAND
Jul 22 2010 2:00P	Oregon BrewFest	Portland, Oregon

and now, for your moment of Zen:

Princess Leia and KeefMike

Before I go, if there's anyone out there with sweet pictures, videos, audio clips, anecdotes or shenanigans that they feel would look nice on the Fruition Family Loudspeaker, let me know! The more content the better!

<3

The Adventures of Jean

Well, we (Fruition, The Villains, The Bell Boys) made it back from Mendo/The Bay in one piece... more or less! Our dear friend and band member Jean Claudia Damn Van had some recurring "issues" that made for some very interesting, trying, and yet still comical times.

Exhibit A

At one point all 6 of us were out pushing the unresponsive wench uphill on a big Oakland street, only to make a U-Turn and coast 'er another two blocks the other direction. shenanigans... And let us not forget the blowout:

Exhibit B

But let's be honest here: no good road trip is complete without a laundry list of automotive adversity. Perhaps it's just a rite of passage; a hazing ritual from the tour gods or something. We also did really awesome stuff. Like play music!!!

Exhibit C

Exhibit D

Exhibit E

And venture to strange new places, as one can only hope to do:

Exhib- ok you get the point.

It won't be long until Jean has to depart yet again, for destinations even farther and more unknown. And I'm sure that each excursion will be more ridiculous than the last. Thank goodness we have such a lovely web of family and friends by our side- we're all in this together, and it's purdy good. -Love K