Photo: Taken by Michael Howard. I was giving that girl $10. Explanation on Flickr.

The internet is still expensive and elusive. Stay tuned while I update our journey piece by piece! It'll be like watching a tree grow at a somewhat faster pace!

Melbourne: I've only played two consecutive shows in a row a handful of times and they've always been fun. I don't know where my energy comes from, but I could play around 50 shows in a row and I bet they would get better as they went along. OK, that's probably a tiny exaggeration, but both shows in Melbourne felt awesome to play AND to watch Architecture in Helsinki. Melbourne is a very nice city. The look and winter temperature reminded me of a mix of San Francisco and Seattle. I'm sorry that I keep referring to Australia as a "mix of blah and blah."

Adelaide: Turns out it's the murder capital of Australia. It didn't feel so bad to me! The show was packed and full of cute kids and a couple goths. That night Gus and Cameron literally ate a kangaroo. Apparently it was a Thai satay, like an skewer, like an appetizer. Read more about kangaroo meat.

NEW! Here's two videos from the Adelaide show:

Perth: The most isolated city in the world. The most awesome city in the world. Just as rare as playing two shows in one night is playing two nights in one place, which is what we did in Perth, Australia. The winter weather in Australia had been really mild up until Perth, when we arrived it was crazy windy and later we were pounded with intense rain. The first night we were introduced to the very enthusiastic photographer Michael Howard, who took the photo up there. During my Q&A a girl asked for $10 and I replied with something about how the audience could probably provide this for her and I offered myself as an on-stage target. Most of the people gently threw up twenty cent, fifty cent, two dollar, and dollar coins, but there was one person that just fucking pelted me in the ear with a coin! It hurt pretty good but only for a minute or two. I'm glad that Michael captured the girl getting her $10 and I hope that it did her well. At first I couldn't tell if the crowd liked the show, but afterwards through emails, MySpace messages, and human interaction at the merch table people were so incredibly positive and excited about the show. Thanks Perth! I'll be back.

Then we had to say goodbye to Architecture in Helsinki. We had an early flight from Perth to Melbourne to Brisbane to start our tour with Panther. THAT'S NEXT.

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