Not really I love this place... but I hate how tours seem to pass by our wonderful state....



Pelican will team up with labelmates Black Cobra for a full U.S. tour, which will kick off in mid-October. The following dates have been announced thus far:

10/18 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club w/ Minsk, Sweet Cobra (no Black Cobra)
10/19 Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room w/ Minsk, Sweet Cobra (no Black Cobra)
10/20 Denver, CO @ The Marquis Theatre w/ Sweet Cobra
10/21 Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Vegas w/ Sweet Cobra
10/22 Boise, ID @ Neurolux w/ Sweet Cobra
10/24 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon w/ Sweet Cobra
10/25 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre w/ Sweet Cobra
10/27 San Francisco, CA @ Independent w/ Sweet Cobra
10/28 West Hollywood, CA @ The Troubadour w/ Sweet Cobra
10/29 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah w/ Struck By Lightning
10/30 Tempe, AZ @ Clubhouse w/ Struck By Lightning
11/1 Austin, TX @ Emo's w/ Struck By Lightning
11/2 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater w/ Struck By Lightning
11/4 Springfield, MO @ Outland Ballroom w/ Struck By Lightning
11/5 Iowa City, IA @ The Picador w/ Struck By Lightning
11/28 Detroit, MI @ The Shelter w/ Gods & Queens
11/29 Buffalo, NY @ The Soundlab w/ Gods & Queens
12/1 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church w/ Disappearer
12/2 New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom w/ Disappearer
12/3 Allston, MA @ Harper's Ferry w/ Disappearer
12/4 Washington, DC @ Rock And Roll Hotel w/ Disappearer
12/5 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
12/7 Atlanta, GA @ Earl w/ Disappearer
12/8 Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree Cafe w/Disappearer
12/9 Knoxville, TN @ Cider House w/ Disappearer
12/10 Columbus, OH @ Ravari Room w/ Disappearer, Brainbow
12/11 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle w/ Disappearer

I thought this was going to be about weird wildlife.

for all the people coming from overseas, just make sure you watch out for these. and if you see one, don't run, they are faster than you and like the thrill of the chase.

I like how that exact picture appears on this board every year without fail.

huh... I thought I made this thread in the misc section... oops...
but signaldistress is right...

also look out for:




and...



and let's not for get our favorite

oh yeah, and this

Yes, this is also one of the same things i dislike about FL. I don't know why it is so hard for bands to figure out how to tour here. You go down one side and back up another. Really not that complicated. I'm always amazed how many booking agents poorly book FL.

i can't complain, gville gets so many awesome shows for a city of its size.

the real travesty is that im probably going to miss strung out when they come here in october.

they are probably my favorite band ever.

Oh and I took these on Monday, not everything in FL is big and scary:





More at my flickr below.

last Saturday, I spotted the biggest spider I have ever seen in the wild. It was on the porch at Chunky T's.

I'm betting it was a wolf spider. Look anything like this? Minus the egg sac and plus one more leg.

it had skinnier legs, and it was in the middle of a web, so I'm sure it wasn't a wolf spider. But the body alone was probably at least 3 inches long, no clue on the length of the legs.

Ohhh, you probably saw what is commonly called a Banana Spider. It is actually a Golden Silk Orb-weaver. Absolutely harmless and beautiful. There were probably two spiders there but you only saw the large female. The male is REALLY tiny and shares the web with her.

I saw tons of banna spiders in the woods when I was a kid, and they freaked me out then. Obviously this was before the internet, so it wasn't so easy to find out they were harmless. Still don't think I'd get that close to one.

but I don't think this spider at Chunky T's was a banana spider. The body was wider, a little more rounded abdomen, and a duller color.

You know about books right?

Ha, well any spider you're going to see in FL is likely smaller than those already both mentioned.

My next guesses are Orb Weavers, Barn Spiders and Garden Spiders. All are big and common in FL:





This one has this trademark web pattern:



I bet there are some people that scream looking at this thread.