For those that stop by our Myspace or Facebook pages from time to time, you may have noticed some upcoming tour dates and cities have been posted recently. We’ll be jumping in the van and hitting the road here in a couple of weeks for a West Coast tour from Seattle to San Diego, and we just got final word on most of the dates and locations from the lovely gents at Pet Marmoset. We thought it wise to post the updated tour dates here on the blog…just in case you were wondering…

4/11/09 – Cherry City Music Festival, Salem OR  |  3pm

4/17/09 – Comet Tavern (KEXP Event), Seattle WA  |  9pm

4/23/09 – Alex’s, Ashland OR  |  9pm

4/24/09 – Monterey Live!, Monterey CA  |  8pm

4/25/09 – Kaleidoscope Festival, Long Beach CA  |  2pm

4/25/09 – The Soda Bar, San Diego CA  |  9pm

4/26/09 – University of San Diego, San Diego CA  |  7pm

4/27/09 – Zoey’s Cafe, Ventura CA  |  7pm

4/28/09 – The Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles CA  |  10pm

4/29/09 – Cal State Univ – East Bay, Hayward CA  |  12pm

4/30/09 – Menlo College, Atherton CA  |  8pm

5/1/09 – The Hotel Utah, San Francisco CA  |  9pm

5/2/09 – Blue Lake Casino, Blue Lake CA  |  9pm

Some of the times may change (ever so slightly) as the dates draw closer, so if you live on the West Coast and are planning on coming out to one of the shows, please call ahead and find out from the venue what time the shows start – (see venue links above for more info). For the specific show locations on college campuses, your guess is as good as ours : )  We’ll post any additional info we get on the college shows…and for the folks in Seattle and Eugene, don’t forget we’ll be in town this weekend (Seattle on Friday, April 3rd and Eugene on Saturday, April 4th)…

We’re looking forward to the tour and we hope to see some of you this month!

Johnny

I started working on a song based on Thoreau’s “Walden” almost a year ago – the world he describes in his writing is definitely one that appeals to me, and I’d been wanting to try my hand at a tune like this. For months I only had the first verse of lyrics down, unsure of what the song wanted to be…so the “Walden” song idea kind of hung around. Every once in a while I’d play a bit of the tune for one of the guys and they would respond with “dude…you really need to finish that”. Finally, a few months ago, I had some lyric ideas to try and took the song off the shelf. This time around, rather than writing the lyric about Thoreau himself, which just didn’t seem to fit the song, I tried writing a story of two people taking a trip together, riding through the countryside just outside Boston, on their way to Walden…and seeing some familiar faces along the way. It’s one of my favorites, and though we’re still tweaking different production bits, I thought I’d post what we’ve got so far.

Just click below to listen to or download the demo:

The Dimes – Walden and the Willow Tree

Hope you guys have a great weekend – we’ll see you soon -

Johnny