Here we go, the start of the real deal … We actually got to leave town for this one, and it was a doozy. Early AM equipment load out from the Showbox, car rentals, and two border crossings all in one day. The show went off without a hitch, the crowd was great, and we got to hang out with a bunch of buddies from way back. It was awesome to actually get on the road and play in a town we hadn’t been to for a long time. Vancouver was always a great time for us, and this time was no exception. Thanks guys.

Alright folks! The dust is settling a little bit around here at MCD headquarters, and we’re finally getting a chance to catch up with all of our projects. We’ve been editing videos, getting photos ready to post, organizing for the Coachella and Sasquatch festivals, and picking the winners for the Feather Bed Whiskey Blanket box set contest. They’ve all been notified, so as soon as we hear back from everyone we’ll announce the winners here. Over the next couple weeks we’ll be getting all the videos ready for the rest of the tour series. We’ve got some great footage that we’re excited to get up.

Thanks again to everybody for coming out to the shows, it was great to see so many friends. Here’s the video for day two, the second show at The Showbox here in Seattle.

Well the West Coast tour is over, and it was a blast.  We are compiling video footage as well as photos, and will have them up here soon.  We also, have news to report.  On Sunday April 19, 2009 we will be heading to Indio, CA to play at Coachella.  We will also be playing Sasquatch on Sunday May 24, 2009.

Spencer working on the set list.

We’ve kicked off the tour and things are going great. Here’s the video of the first show, all ages at the Showbox in Seattle. It was a great crowd and a good time. We’ve been filming tons of footage and taking photos which we’ll be editing and posting here over the next week.

So all of the pieces have finally arrived. We have boxes of pristine white vinyl, and straight from the printers, piles of die-cut, unfolded boxes.

Coady, Merchbot 2000 and Leslie get to work folding the boxes for Feather Bed Whiskey Blanket.

Merchbot drops another load of the folded boxes off by the lions in the corner.

Coady starts numbering the boxes.

One of the best parts of putting all the photos and documents into the sets was taking some time to go through them. It was kind of hard to get rid of a lot of these one-of-a-kind items, so we made sure to take it all in, before sending them off.

The handful of photos of each death scene that ended up being used were really part of about 50 or so that were taken of each band member. These photos offer glimpses of close up detail and other views of what were very long “deaths” for each member during the lead-up to In Name and Blood.

Leslie searches through the archives.

Here, Coady, Nate and Dann are making sure that each set gets all 4 records and an envelope with the special items. It is hard to say what is in any one box as there were so many things we unearthed in our archives. Spencer did a special series of paintings that were put in some, and others contain old tour posters or a bonus record or 7″.

We hope everyone who is able to get one enjoys the contents, they were great fun to make and really offer a unique way to experience different parts of the band’s history.

The Feather Bed Whiskey Blanket box sets are going to cost $150 and will be limited to one per customer. This is not one per person per show, but one per person total. We hope that you respect this so everyone who wants one has a chance to get one. We will also make sure to spread these out so there are box sets for sale at all shows along the tour.

In addition to getting the box set at the shows, you will be able to get all four MCD records on newly-issued marbled vinyl, all of our CDs, and the brand new tour t-shirt and poster.  The marbled vinyl will be available in stores starting Feb 17, but this is a chance to get them early.  Come down and say hi to Merchbot 2000.

Just wanted to give everyone a little information on who is coming on tour with us. We think you will want to get there early to check them all out, sorry we couldn’t just make it a big touring show with all of them.  Click on their picture to go to their website.

Past Lives will be with us in Seattle, Vancouver and Portland.

Cap Lori will be with us in Vancouver and the first Seattle show.

Constant Lovers will be with us in Portland and the second Seattle show.

Silverghost will be with us in San Francisco, Pomona and Los Angeles.

Triclops will be with us at the second San Francisco show.

Tweak Bird will be with us in Pomona and the second LA show.

Brother Reade will be with us at the first LA show.