01-08-08: Birdy's - Indianapolis, IN

It's been a few days since I've written, which means a lot has happened. Our last show was Saturday, which left us a few days to explore the land of Indiana. Dave and Alex have never been in this glorious state, so it only seemed appropriate for Zach and me to show them around. We hit up the first CiCi's Pizza we could find. For anyone not familiar, CiCi's is a pizza buffet for only $4.50. We were probably there for two hours, for a very good reason. It's the one place you can get Macaroni & Cheese Pizza, among other classics such as barbecue, buffalo chicken, broccoli, and many more types.

We played at Birdy's, which turned out pretty good. Smaller crowd but mostly our close friends. Great soundsystem as well. In terms of set list, nothing out of the ordinary. "The Answer Is Always C" is really coming together, so I'm thinking that will become make a regular appearance at Beautiful Lies shows. Aside from spending a lot of time with my good friends Sean and Chris, other activities from the past few days have included:

- Lots of little dog humping big dog. Lisa and Robby (our friends in which we have stayed with each night) found one of the cutest little puppies ever. Except it is incredibly prone to... attack... Lisa's dog.
- Vatos Locos reunited. I recorded with Chris and Sean, the master minds behind the Cholos. Actually, check out the myspace for old recordings, and expect 4 new songs within the month.
- We played a lot of Mario Kart: Double Dash on Gamecube. Nothing else needs to be said.
- I bought an octave pedal. Well not yet, as I am writing this. But by the time I post this, hopefully I'll have an amazing new awesome pedal, courtesy of Robbie.
- Half-Priced Books, an amazing store where most of my CD collection comes from.
- Carmel High School. We visited the ol' place to try to find some copies of the school paper, which rumors had stated we'd be in. Didn't find anything about us though. It's okay, there's still the Carmel Current and Nuvo. We visited a couple teachers and gave our cd to the radio station.
- Broadripple. It's the scenic part of Indy. To those in Boston, it's like the Newbury Street of Indy.
- Yats, followed by Luna Music. Delcious Cajun food, and my favorite record shop in Indy, probably even America. I was disappointed to find out that the original location of my favorite store moved, but at least it didn't shut down completely.

Tonight's another night off, but Lisa is hosting a little gathering for all our friends in the area. Tomorrow we'll be in Ohio for two more shows, and then back in Indy for our last show. There's also two articles about us in the newspapers around here. The first is a cover story for the Carmel Current. There's a nice big photograph on the front page taken by none other than Dave Stadler (the man and legend behind the photography for "Words Are All We Have"). The second is a story in the Nuvo. I have yet to see it, but I am on my way to round up a few copies.

Chris, Sean, Ben:


Lisa, Robby: