Before real life decided to kick us both in the figurative balls, we did this little interview with Sam. We worked on it, got everything about 15 minutes away from posting… then never did. Maybe it was because we were embarrassed. My level of drunkenness and nervous giddy laughing during the interview hit a new high (thanks a LOT to happy hour) and LiLi’s unabashed flirting and falling in love (aka arguing over sports) with John Notto made us both kind of cringe later when we listened to the audio. All I can say is, there is a reason we don’t video interviews. Ever. Cause our editing skillz blow and it’s a lot easier to cut out those embarrassing parts when you are transcribing. Thanks goodness.

BUT, we got some real gems in the interview. Gems, I tell you. We may or may not be working on making some little audio clips of certain parts because they make us truly happy. And yes, some of these questions aren’t as, um, timely as they were then, but it’s still Sam and some of the answers are still fantastic so we are saying screw it and posting them anyway.

So, without further ado and excuse making, we present to you, our interview with Sam!

After the jump, cause this shiz is LONG! (TWSS)

Headlining, Riding in an RV and Cuddling in a Prius

LiLi: so my 1st question to you is, this is like 3 tours now…
Sam: Yep.
LiLi: That you’ve been on. Two supporting, one headlining.
Sam: Yep.
LiLi: How’s it different?
Sam: Uh, there’s less people.
Amber: laughing No…
Sam: No, what?
Amber: still laughing
Sam: No, no, no, this is not… I, it’s…
LiLi: No. Hey, go for it.
Sam: It’s the truth. There’s less people. We get a longer set. There’s a different sound. It’s more rocky. We worked on the songs a lot more, and um, there’s a full band. Last time it wasn’t a full band so I’m a lot happier there. Um, it’s also different in that there are different people around. Holly, for example. We’ve just had a lot of fun. We’re great friends, the band and I and Holly and the band and her band and all that band.
LiLi: Everyone’s band.
Amber: Everybody’s friends.
Sam: Yep, everyone’s friends. Um, we’re in an RV for uh…
LiLi: All of y’all? Or just you? Like, all of y’all?
Sam: No, just the band. Well, my, Dustin, and my band and I.
LiLi: Right. I thought you meant like you and Holly…
Sam: No, no.
LiLi: I thought, that’s a lot of people.
Sam: They are in a Prius.
Amber: A Prius??
Sam: Yeah.
Amber: Ooooo…
Sam: They’re like really going for it.
LiLi: Legit.
Amber: Oooooo…there’s lots of cuddling going on there. I don’t know, there isn’t much room.
LiLi: Do you feel like it’s a different set of responsibilities as a headliner as opposed to supporting?
Sam: They’re not in my hands, those responsibilities. Those are left to Dustin.
LiLi: Gotcha.
Sam: Um, but, um, essentially the same things happen. I don’t realy let it go too far out of my radar. I try and concetrate on just music and that never happens, so…
LiLi: Well, ya know.
Sam: It’s okay, I don’t want that to happen.
LiLi: Well…
Sam: One day.

Recording, Touring and Getting Drunk at Country Music Festivals (Complete with Mooing)

LiLi: What? You wanna ask?
Amber: No, I was just looking, like I can read right now…
LiLi: See if you can read right now. I’m very excited to see how this goes down.
Amber: Oh, so what are we doing after the tour ends?
Sam: We’re going to try and record.
Amber: Oo!
Sam: We’re going to try and get some of these new songs down. And then after that, um, I think what I am going to do is go out by myself and try and make it so I am, kind of, not taking three month gaps.
LiLi: Yeah.
Amber: Okay.
Sam: And just keep, we’ve got some ideas like, trying to do like a college radio circuit kind of thing.
Amber: Mm Hmm.
LiLi: Yeah.
Sam: Trying to just, uh, play as much.
Sam: laughs
Amber: laughs
Sam: Trying to um, yeah, just play as much as possible. That’s the plan. And then also I am going to go to a country music festival with my mom.
LiLi: Oh yeah?
Sam: And I am going to get drunk for seven days.
Amber: YES! clapping
LiLi: Wow.
Amber: Are you excited?
Sam: That’s why I moved to Canada, this music festival. There’s like 200,000 people.
Amber: They have a country music festival in Canada? Cause I had know…
Sam: It’s called Merit Mountain Music Festival. Kenny Chesney is playing this year, which I am not a huge fan of the mooer. Um, he’s a bit of a mooer. Mooing
Amber & LiLi: laughs
LiLi: Yeah…
Sam: You know what I mean. But there are other people playing so, I…
LiLi: Yeah, I know…
Sam: It’s not always about the music. It’s about the camping, and my camp is usually full of music anyway.
Amber: Yeah.
LiLi: Seven days? That’s pretty awesome.
Sam: Yeah. Seven days. I’m like, oh, my cousin is coming up from England and my aunt as well. And they are like serious rages.
LiLi: Nice!
Amber: laughs
Sam: So it’s going to be great.
Amber: That’s amazing.
LiLi: That’s pretty legit for right afterwards.

Loving Our Phones, Remembering EVERYBODY and It’s No Secret… Amber is Drunk

Amber: Okay, so now we are going to go really serious and by really serious I mean not serious at all.
Sam: That’s good.
Amber: Um, so okay… quick,  the RV is on fire. All the men are safe. What do you grab before you leave the RV?
LiLi: Not the music. You can’t say that cause, yes…
Sam: My phone.
LiLi: Well…
Amber: Good call.
Sam: Definitely my phone.
Amber: Why didn’t we think of that?
LiLi: That’s what I would grab. I mean, that’s like my life now.
Sam and Amber: laughing
Sam: mimicking a phone call The RV is on fire. Someone please come and help.
All: laughing
Amber: Someone please come stop the fire.
Sam: My band are okay.
All: laughing
LiLi: Yeah, but I’d probably grab it for other things too..
Sam: Yeah, games.
Amber: And pictures, and…
Sam: How can you ‘boo’ when you don’t have your phone?
LiLi: Thank you.
Amber: Yeah, for real.
Sam: laughing
LiLi: But I also have books, and other stuff…
Sam: Oh, you read on your phone and stuff?
LiLi: Yeah.
Sam: Hmmm.
LiLi: It’s better when you have a Droid. Oh, sorry you iPhone people.
Sam: Well… I’m really proud.
LiLi: laughs
Amber: I love my iPhone too.
Sam: I’m not backing down.
Amber: I love my iPhone too. I think it works really well. And I like my Nook to read on.
LiLi: Yeah you do.
Amber: laughs Okay, oooo… this is great. This is, I came up with this. So, everybody talks about that you have like this knack for like, remembering everybody that comes to your shows, which kind of…
Sam: Sucks for me because when I don’t it’s a really bad experience.
Amber: Do you not?
LiLi: Do you really?
Amber: Do you not though? I mean, really? Do you not remember somebody?
LiLi: I’ve never seen you not.
Sam: Yes.
Amber: No. Shut up.
Sam: It’s like, it happened, I only need a little nudge, and then I’ll be like, oh yeah, yeah. And then they don’t believe me. But…
LiLi: See that’s cause it’s amazing. How do you remember all of it?
Amber: But that’s the heart of our question. How do you remember? Is it photographic memory?
Sam: I have no idea.
Amber: Is it word association?
Sam: I have absolutely no idea.
Amber: Cause we were like, if it’s word association…
LiLi: Cause part of me…
Sam: In the rest of my life, I am so bad with names.
LiLi: Really?
Sam: So bad with names, faces, I just don’t know. But I guess it’s because it’s really important to me and that’s not a very fun answer but it’s true.
LiLi: Yeah, it’s…
Amber: I was hoping it would was word association so we could be like quizzing you on what words you use…
Sam: Yeah, sorry. I’m not fun.
Amber: …for different people. That’s no fun.
Sam: Not fun.
LiLi: Yeah, but it’s genuine.
Sam: Slamming these down with the truth.
Amber: So you could be like Amber… Drunk.
All: laughing
LiLi: Yeah, well you know…
Amber: Please read questions. I shouldn’t be allowed to read the questions.
Sam: Well, we’ve known each other awhile now.
Amber: awkward pause
LiLi: It’s not a secret anymore Amber that you like to drink.
Sam: Yeah…you spilled.
Amber: It’s not… yeah, I did just spill on myself.
LiLi: Legit! I can not wait until about a month from now..
Sam: laughing
LiLi: And I’ll be like ‘remember when you drooled?’ It’s gonna be awesome.
Amber: laughs I didn’t drool. It just like rolled out the side of my mouth.
LiLi: Yeah, you know…
Amber: That was really embarrassing.

Blogging is Hard Work, Sam’s Pews and SOME People Find Us Funny

LiLi: Um, so, my question is, obviously we are a big fan of blogs, cause we have one. But your blog, very interested in that. How’d that come about? And how did the name come about? Cause I’m gonna say, I love the name.
Sam & Amber: laughing
LiLi: When I first saw it I was like, yes…
Sam: I wanted to start one a couple years ago but I just didn’t think I’d be able to keep it up to date and as you can see…
LiLi: It’s hard.
Sam: I’m struggling right now.
Amber: We don’t know about that at all.
LiLi: Yeah, we struggle a lot.  So…
Sam: But it’s just like, yeah, it’s just like, when do you find the time? Like, especially in like, this situation. I think when I get back home it’ll be okay.
LiLi: Yeah.
Sam: Once I figure out a good system cause what I really want to do with it, what I wanted to do was start uploading pictures. We’ve got like, fucking, thousands of pictures now. Of like, good ones.
LiLi: Yeah.
Sam: Not ones that are just awful and you can see all my ear hair and it’s just awful.
Amber: laughing
LiLi: You’re like, ‘Here we are getting gas. Hi.’
Amber & Sam: laughing
Sam: Uh… yeah, and the name, yeah yeah, so I’m just struggling with keeping it up but I do have a lot I want to put on it. Like, Like I want, I want to have more of a conversation on it. Like, not necessarily…
LiLi: Like comments and responding to comments and stuff.
Sam: Yeah, responding to comments and stuff. I don’t, like, I want to approach things like, uh, the next one soon that I want to do is on the Catholic church.
Amber & LiLi: Oooo…
Sam: And there’s a speech by Stephen Fry?, I don’t know if you know who he is…
LiLi: Yes.
Sam: It’s a really good speech.
LiLi: And what is about in reference to the catholic church? I might be catholic, so let’s talk about it.
Sam: Well, he’s arguing on why the catholic church is not good in the world.
Amber: That’s interesting. I’m sitting here and am intrigued.
Sam: I’m not saying it’s true. It’s not my opinion necessarily but I’ve had conversations not… I just want to see who is reading.
LiLi: Yeah, I’d love to hear it cause then I’ll send it to my mom….
Sam: It’s so fucking good.
LiLi: …who is a little crazy.
Sam: So, uh… yeah. Um, and the name, the name Sam Spews or Sam’s Pews. Um…
LiLi: Did someone think it was Sam’s Pews?
Sam: Yeah.
LiLi: Like those are your church pews?
Sam: The Church… The Church of Sam.
Amber: The Church of Sam.
Sam: Which is not what I had intended.
LiLi: I thought it was Sam Spews.
Sam: Which I did see that before I… but I, it’s Sam Spews. And it’s Sam Spews because it’s all bullshit and um, it’s just gonna come out anyway. You can’t help it.
LiLi: I like it.
Amber: That’s how I feel about our blog most of the time.
LiLi: I know.
Amber: It’s all bullshit.
LiLi: We get so much hate for our blog too. We’re like…
Sam: Really?
LiLi: Yes.
Sam: I think it’s hilarious. I’ve heard so many people say how fun it is.
Amber: Are you serious? We have so many people that just don’t like us.
LiLi:  Are you serious? We get so many people that will email us and be like “y’all should really take this seriously!” I’m like but there are people out there that take it seriously and why can’t we just be.
Amber: We’re trying to have fun.
Sam: I think it’s hilarious.
Amber: Why can’t we have fun??
LiLi: Well thanks! See? I’m gonna tell them, ‘Sam says it’s hilarious, so gah, back off.’ I’m just kidding.
Amber: It should be scary when I don’t have fun anymore.
Sam: Yeah. Yeah.
Amber: It’s scary.

LiLi Spews, Sam’s Reggae Moment and John’s Rocky

LiLi: Um, okay, this is going to be like a big question, so brace yourself.
Sam: Okay.
Amber: Is this super serious, or no?
LiLi: It’s long. It’s long.
Amber: I don’t remember. I think we got out of order.
Sam: Okay.
LiLi: Well…
Sam: Is it in different parts or do I have to listen to you speak for awhile?
Amber: laughing
LiLi: I don’t know. Maybe it’s a monologue. Maybe I’m expressing some… I don’t know…
Sam: Yeah, that’s what I thought. LiLi spews.
LiLi: It might be in different parts.
Amber: laughing LiLi spews….
LiLi: There’s a lot of different questions in here. Okay. As for me, one of the things I feel, one of your biggest assets is that fact that you appeal to a wide variety of people because your songs are a lot of… there not just like one specific genre. You know, you play a little country, a little rock, a little, you know… I mean, so I’ve always wondered, I mean, is that intentional? Like you try and do that or is it just like lost in the moment when you are creating and this is what comes out?
Sam: 100% its just what comes out. Um, I also like lots of different types of music and I also do not enjoy, uh, a CD that sounds the same the whole way through.
LiLi: Like it’s just one sound?
Sam: So, so, like, and another thing, and there are lots of bands and lots of artists that I could speak about but I am not going to mention anyone.
Amber & LiLi: laughs
LiLi: NO!
Amber: You don’t have to talk in the microphone.
LiLi: No one was mentioned at all. It was just generalizations.
Sam: Yeah, exactly. Generalizations. growls Yeah, so basically, I, you know, I kinda want to try more as well. And I guess, my biggest criticism from like an industry point of view is that I don’t have a specific sound. So nobody knows what to do with me.
Amber: What section of the CD store do they put you in?
Sam: Well, it’s not that. It’s like, for example, a publicist or a record company or a manager are all, you know, where do we put you.
LiLi: Right.
Sam: And I’m really okay with that because that’s like me, so it’s fine. But like, there have been some criticisms about that. Uhhhhh, yeah.
LiLi: But, like as far as all those genres out there, do you identify more with or the other? Or are you just like hey, i  like them all. I want to do them all.
Sam: I like them all. I want to try some reggae eventually. I want to definitely do a solo album one day. Maybe not a whole album, but definitely an EP. I want to do a country EP. Just purely country EP. I want to do a, um…
LiLi: Alright, we’ll listen to ‘em if you make us.
Amber: Okay, gah…
Sam: Yeah, you don’t like country?
LiLi: Twist our arm, no, I am just saying…
Sam: No, okay.
LiLi: I’m from Texas. How can I now like country?
Amber: Why are you looking at me? You’re looking at me.
Sam: I know. You looked at her. So I figured… But right now we’re going a bit rocky. We’re going a bit rocky.
Amber: He knows its me that dislikes the country.
LiLi: I noticed that. It’s like, we’ve watched a couple videos of the tour, people send them out and stuff like that, and so we looked and them and said, man he’s going a little rockier.
Sam: Yeah.
Amber: Yeah.
Sam: Which is nice.
LiLi: Yeah.
Sam: That is all down to also the influence of the musicians, and stuff like that. John’s brought a bit of a rocky side and I fucking love that. And I, you know, it’s going to keep expanding.
Amber: John is awesome.
Sam: Yeah, John’s good.

Arm Wrestling, Guilty Pleasures and Words with Friends

Amber: Okay, wow, we’re already here? Okay…
LiLi: Well, we skipped a couple.
Amber: Did we?
Sam: Why?
Amber: Yeah, why?
LiLi: Well, we didn’t know how much time you’d have.
Sam: I got loads of time.
Amber: You got all nervous. I want to go back and read it.
LiLi: I will ask you this…. I mean this is serious, serious. If y’all are in the RV and there is the 4 of y’all. Cause there’s 4 of y’all in there right? In the RV?
Sam: Five.
LiLi: Five.
Sam: Dustin
Amber: Oh, Dustin. Don’t forget Dustin.
Sam: Drums, bass, guitar, me. So yeah, John, Mark, Jeff, myself and Dustin.
LiLi: Maybe you can help answer this too, I mean seriously, if y’all had to do a arm wreslting contest, who would win?
Dustin: I would lose.
Amber: You would lose?
Dustin: I would.
LiLi: These are the questions I think of.
Amber: These are the questions we think of late at night.
Sam: I think, uh, I would win.
Amber: Really?
Sam: But I’ve said this before once and, uh, I’ve never tried. Actually maybe John might win. John’s got man strength.
LiLi: Man strength…
Sam: No, John might win. I don’t think Jeff would win although Jeff’s quite toned. I just, I don’t know, maybe. Maybe it would be, but then again Mark’s really strong too.
LiLi: It’s not really muscle though. It’s determiniation.
Sam: Yeah, determination, well then…
Amber: I’ll go get John and then we’ll try it.
Sam: Shall we try it?
LiLi: Yeah later on, be like, come on! Show that muscle.
Sam: I think we’d all kind of even out. Actually maybe I’d lose. I have no idea.
LiLi: I’d probably lose.
Sam: But Dustin’s not winning.
Amber & LiLi: laughing
Sam: No, he already said. I’m allowed to say that.
Amber: Okay, I’m gonna read seven. I know why skipped it.
Sam: Actually I think John would win. That’s my final answer.
Amber: John would win.
LiLi: Oh, I did skip it cause I didn’t want to confess mine.
Amber: Hehe… your guilty pleasure…. Okay, so everybody kind of has that like guilty pleasure, that one thing that they kind of like, it’s kind of lame that they are in to, like….
Sam: Masturbation.
LiLi: No, no.
Amber: No. Not that.
Sam: Oh, sorry. Too guilty.
Amber: laughs Too guilty?
LiLi: You went there and I like it, but I was like wow.
Sam: laughing
Amber: We were thinking more like…
LiLi: You went straight there.
Amber: Like really bad tv shows that you watch, like I watch all the Ghost Hunters, like I have them DVR’d forever and then I watch them right before I go to bed…
Sam: Right. Yep.
Amber: And then like scare myself shitless. And then LiLi has her thing, which is, you know, go ahead.
LiLi: I might get in my jammies and get all the blankets in the house…
Sam: And just roll in them?
Amber: laughs No!
LiLi: I like, put them all on me, get on the couch and watch old school BBC costume dramas.
Sam: Okay.
Amber: So, we were wondering, like, if there was like one thing, that was like, your guilty pleasure thing. One thing, like, what is it?
LiLi: Don’t say masturbation again.
Amber: Don’t say masturbation.
Sam: Well, no, I’m not, I’m not.
Amber: Well, you already said that so we’re going to count that as one. What’s number 2?
Sam: laughing No, I didn’t say that for myself.
Amber & LiLi: laughing
Sam: I was using it for an example.
Amber: Sure, sure.
Sam: Um, my guilty pleasure is probably, oh gawd.
LiLi: We won’t tell anybody.
Sam: laughs I don’t….
Amber: We’re not recording this at all.
Sam: laughing I’m really… no, I don’t think I have…
LiLi: See, cause no one knows that I do that.
Sam: I, see I…
LiLi: Don’t tell anybody.
Sam: My answer is, um, I want a good one.
Amber: Maybe it’s hard. It doesn’t have access to TV like we do in in the RV.
LiLi: No, the answer doesn’t have to be TV based.
Sam: You know, I like to drink. That could be a guilty pleasure. Drink and uh, I don’t know. I don’t have too many guilty pleasures. Maybe I don’t, my….
LiLi: Cause I have a friend that likes….
Sam: My phone is my guilty pleasure. I’m on my phone all the time reading news and… but it’s so boring I don’t want to give that as the answer.
LiLi: It’s not boring.
Sam: It’s pretty boring.
Amber: But speaking of your phone, like the Words with Friends deal. You did this whole thing for awhile where you are like, ‘I’m gonna play somebody once a week on Words with Friends.” And then that kind of stopped so we were wondering, what was your record? Were you just losing and that’s why you kind of…
LiLi: Be honest. You got beat a lot didn’t you?
Sam: Was I losing? I’m going to show you something…
LiLi: Did you get beat a lot? And you were like, I’m over it.
Amber: You were like, I’m over it, I’m not gonna play anybody. And I was like smacktalking you big time, so maybe that was me.
Sam: I, I, I lost a few games, yeah. But there was this one person that I was playing off of Twitter that was just ridiculous. And they killed me.
LiLi: And you were like, I can’t do this anymore.
Sam: Yeah, no I, that didn’t stop me. I still went. Okay, but I want to show you my highest scoring word…
Amber & LiLi: laughing
Sam: Against someone called ‘Miss Deviant’.
LiLi: ooo
Amber: Miss Deviant.
LiLi: That’s my other name. Sorry, didn’t I tell you that? No?
Amber: That’s definitely not me.
Amber: ‘sleazier’ Ooooo, very nice!
Sam: That’s pretty good!
Amber: 154, shit. I was gonna say my high is like 101.
LiLi: Oh my gawd.
Sam: That’s pretty good. I was pretty happy with that. So, I won.
Amber: We weren’t sure. It just kind of went away, and we were like maybe he’s just… Or people were getting insane.
Sam: Yeah it went away because…. one of my friends, one of my friends was living with me for awhile in London. And then uh, and then got busy and stopped living with me and so I had to look after a house that I didn’t, uh, know what to do in. And so I started playing Words with Friends.
LiLi: You’re like, look at this! On my phone!
Sam: When I wasn’t writing I was, I thought it would be a great way to….
Amber: Damn these iPhones!
Sam: Yeah. I didn’t want to watch too much tv and so, and I didn’t want to spend too much money cause London’s disgustingly expensive.
LiLi: I know. I am going next week, and I’m like, I have no money to go. I’m gonna go to like Tesco everyday and be like, whatta got for the night?
Sam: Tesco is good, like…. yeah, Tesco’s good.
LiLi: That’s pretty much whatI am going to do next week. Every day. Just go in there.
Amber: That’s a good plan. I don’t know what Tesco is but I am very excited for your plan.
Sam: Tesco is a supermarket.
LiLi: There’s like right outside the place I’m staying.
Amber: Excuse me… I’m like, that’s a great plan.
Sam: Where are you staying?
LiLi: Bayswater. Like right there, there’s a little hostel right there…
Sam: I know it well. [SoS Edit: We realized later that the video for 'Woman You Crazy' was filmed in Bayswater before this interview. WIN!]
LiLi: I can just pop right and be like ‘hey, there’s the Tesco, there’s the Tube, I’m out.’
Sam: I spent many of my days in Bayswater.
LiLi: Just gonna see what happens in the next week. See what goes down.
Amber: Next week, I’ll be at home….
LiLi: Oh, yeah. Sorry.

Amber: Working, so… that’s all of our questions.
LiLi: Did we go through all of them?
Amber: Yeah, we did. Son of a bitch. And we were all like, ‘oh my gawd, we have 10 questions. What if we don’t get through them all?’ We went to a bar and like really figured these out earlier today. It was very, VERY serious.
LiLi: Yeah, we did.
Sam: When do you go home? It’s a holiday today, isn’t it?
Amber: I go home tomorrow morning.
Sam: You go home tomorrow morning?
Amber: I catch a flight at 7 o’clock to go home. So…and go to work.
LiLi: Yeah, tell me.
Sam: You gotta go to work?
Amber: Yes.
LiLi: I gotta go to work too.
Amber: Gotta go make some money to get this back.
LiLi: Yeah. Yeah, I get to take her to the airport.
Amber: Yeah, so that’s our fun tomorrow.
Sam: And, how’s the uh, volleyball team? Is it volleyball?
Amber: Oh, he remembered.
LiLi: Everyone did really well this year. It was kind of annoying because we kept having playoffs. Our soccer team won state.
Sam: Really? Wow.
LiLi: They are really good. It’s annoying how good they are because I kept having to go with them, and it’s a lot of late nights.
Sam: But, um, yeah, and then I’m the only one into football… soccer.
Amber: Well who’s your football team again?
Sam: Soccer team? My soccer team is….
Amber: Or soccer, whatever, I mean, I totally knew that you meant soccer instead of football.
LiLi: You like Man U, don’t you?
Sam: I also like Tottenham, and I also like…
LiLi: Now, how can you be a Spurs fan, and also root for…
Sam: I’ll tell you why, because Manchester United was the first team that I, uh, chose, when I was like 8 or 9.
LiLi: Yeah…
Sam: I then I supported Fulham, because I was involved with Fulham. Then, um, I supported Tottenham once I moved to Canada because it was the team my dad supported. And I figure I became more of an appreciator of the game.
LiLi: I got ya. So you played, what, for Fulham’s underage team?
Sam: Yep. For awhile.
Amber: What position?
Sam: Uh, I was right midfield and I also played striker eventually. So I quit. I quit. I wasn’t there for very long. I was.
LiLi: I’ve only seen one premiere game my entire life. It was Charlton when they were in the premiere league. They’ve since been relegated. You know, it was good.
Amber: I haven’t seen any…
Sam: But they’re amazing. Were the matches in England or were they…
LiLi: I couldn’t believe. I mean, it’s just I walked in and holy, cause I mean, we watch it on TV all the time and then I come in and I’m like holy crap this is it.
Sam: Yeah.
LiLi: And there is this guy next to me the whole time just shouting crazy obscenities, like you know…..And the next thing, in the next breath he was like ‘do you want some hot chocolate?’ Cause he had this little, like 8 year old girl with him and I’m like this is the best thing I’ve ever been too. He’s all trying to make sure his 8 year old daughter’s alright while shouting ‘you fucking…” I mean, he was just going nuts and I was like, ‘this is awesome.’
Amber: That is amazing.
LiLi: Yeah.
Amber: Gah, I’m so jealous of you for getting to experience that.
Sam: There’s time.
LiLi: Come with me.
Amber: I saw some of the highlights from the Barcelona- Man U game.
Sam: Ugh, they were playing during my ffffff… show in Arizona.
Amber: That’s another reason you played bad, right?
Sam: laughs
Amber: I’m just kidding.
Sam: I had driven through the game, so I was upset about that, but it’s fine. I can get over it. So we play the show. I’m exhausted. My voice is gone and I’m just like, I’m trying, I’m trying my best and I look up and the replay of the game. So I hadn’t gotten, seen anything yet . I knew the score, but I hadn’t seen anything. And it kept going on. Not once. Not twice. Like 20 times during the set and that was, that was pretty touch to ignore.
LiLi: Yeah.
Sam: It’s alright.
Sam: So, you gonna cheer extra loud tonight?
Amber: Yeah.
LiLi: Duh.
Amber: I cheer extra loud every time.
Sam: I think a lot of people bought tickets and can’t come.
LiLi: Are you serious?
Sam: So you need to cheer extra loud.
Amber: Well, we bought 4 tickets between the 2 of us, so…
Sam: Did you really?
Amber: We’ll cheer loud enough for 4 people.
Sam: Cool.
Amber: It was kind of not on purpose.
LiLI: I promised Amber I’d be drunk at this show and I’m going to fulfill that promise and I’ll cheer really loud.
Sam: Why?
LiLi: Cause I’m never, I never get drunk.
Amber: And I always am, so…
LiLi: So I was like we’ll switch spots and look, she’s drunk and I’m not. I’m like, ah well, you know.
Amber: I’m not that bad today. Okay, maybe I am.
Sam: Yet.
Amber: Pssh, yet?
Sam: There is still….
Amber: Is there a bar upstairs?
Sam: No.
Amber: Do we know?
Sam: I think you have to bring your drinks up.
Amber: See? I won’t, I will be okay because the laziness will override the need to be drunk.
LiLi: I’ll do it.
Sam: It’s a nice room up there though. Did you go in?
Amber: No, they wouldn’t let me. They were like uh-uh, it’s not open yet.
Sam: Have you been here before?
LiLi: I mean, I’ve been to pretty much every venue around here but I’ve never actually seen a show here, so I was kind of excited to actually…
Sam: Yeah, it’s nice. One of the oldest venues in Dallas?
LiLi. Yep.
Amber: They were saying they are celebrating like 100 years of being open.
Sam: 100 years… and then need a new roof too as well.
Amber: laughing
Sam: No, really…
Amber: They are raising money for a new roof.
LiLi: And they need a credit card machine.
Amber: Please be sure and tip. We need a new roof.
Sam: Yeah.
Amber: After all these storms lately, I bet so.
Sam: Yeah, has it been bad here?
Amber: Yeah.
LiLi: It was scary for awhile. We had to take cover.
Sam: It was?
LiLi: Yeah.
Amber: We had to take cover last week. Good thing you weren’t here last week. It was scary last week.
LiLi: The sirens went off in my neighborhood.
Amber: We had the sirens.
LiLi: And was I like, ‘gah, this is is. This is it. we’re going down.’ I was like, oh my gosh.
Amber: We got the closed toed shoes, the bike helmets…
Sam: Yeah.
Amber: This is like old news for me. I’m like, whatever tornado.
LiLi: See, I’m not used to that…..

LiLi: And after this you are going to San Antonio. Have you been to San Antonio yet?
Amber: Oh, please ask him about this.
Sam: No, never been.
LiLi: Gah. You know what, that’s where I was born. I’m from San Antonio.
Sam: Oh, okay.
LiLi: So, I’m like… it’s intense there, I’m just saying.
Sam: It’s intense?
LiLi: Yeah.
Sam: Like, how intense? Like, what am I dealing with?
LiLi: You know Spanish right? So you should be okay?
Sam: Yeah, I’m really, I’m fluent.
LiLi: I’m asking.
Sam: No, I don’t.
LiLi: Cause I mean, I am see.
Sam: Right, so…
LiLi: I might be writing a post where I send you some Spanish phrases to help you out.
Sam: Okay, okay.
LiLi: I’ll post it tomorrow.
Amber: Things like, you know, “help me, I’ve been stabbed.”
Sam: We are… oh man. You know when you drive from New Mexico into Texas and then there’s a…
LiLi: Juarez?
Sam: Yeah, there but um, it was just, yeah, it’s just after and the patrol.
LiLi: Oh yeah, where they stop you?
Sam: They got us out. They…
LiLi: Were you nervous?
Sam: Yeah we were all, like even though we had nothing on us…
LiLi: Are you serious? Come on.
Sam: It’s like the amount of times they ask you, like ‘do you have any narcotics on you sir?’ ‘No.’ ‘do you have any narcotics on you sir?’ No. ‘are you sure about that sir?’
Sam: So, John…a question was asked that who do you think would win in an arm wrestle out of everyone in the band.
LiLi: Cause you look pretty strong.
Sam: And Dustin said no, it wouldn’t be him.
Amber: We’re feeling like it might be you.
Sam: Yeah, so like my final answer after jumping around on everyone was you.
John: I don’t know.
Sam: I don’t know either.
John: I don’t.
Amber: We’re going to have to do something about this.
Sam: But my first answer was me.
John: My first answer was you too.
Sam: I know.
LiLi: But I hear you’re a basketball fan.
John: I am.

Amber’s Fave Live Performance

This may have been the hardest for me. One, I have not been to a bad Sam Bradley show yet, nor have I hated anything he has done on stage. And two, to pick just one song (and actually find a video for it) is the hardest thing ever. There are some songs I’ve liked, but couldn’t find videos for. And I can’t do video on my own. No way. The alcohol just does not allow me to hold a camera steady. Shocking, I know.

So when I talked to LiLi, I told her probably one of my fave shows was the last one I saw. Maybe cause it’s fresh on the mind or maybe because the album was just out and we got some new tunes. Who knows? LiLi can’t help cause she wasn’t there. (I know. We are still sad about that.)

The funny thing is… my fave song of the night was the last song Sam played, and the first song I ever heard by Sam. Maybe it’s cheesy and cliché , but this song still gets me. Every time. Even more so now because I think Sam plays it better then he did way back in the infant stages of my Sam love.

P.S. I’m pretty sure I can hear myself talking at the beginning, which always freaks me out especially when I have no idea who is recording. 

Yes, the talking is so annoying. It always is. But c’mon. Does this song not just hit you in the gut? Does it not leave you just wishing for more? I mean, as the last song of the night, I was just drained following it. I love the emotions I feel when I hear it.

Maybe that is just me. And that’s cool. But damn y’all, I don’t think I’ll ever get over this song or this performance. Sam sets a new bar for me each time he performs. It really does get better every time. Which is why I love Sam, even with all the shitty jokes.

LiLi’s Fave Song Live

You know it’s funny– Amber and I met through Sam’s music first. And then as time went on (and we started to talk about other things) we realized that we do in fact share the same brain. Most of the time. Usually, we finish each other sentences and thoughts and then laugh about how much we think alike. But despite our common bond of music, there is one divide in our relationship. One that parts us like the Red Sea…

Amber likes ballads while I like fast songs.

::gasp::

I know. It’s like we are the Capulets and the Montagues. And yet, despite our differences, she is still my non-sexual lesbian life partner.

I tell you this to show that while we both heart Sam like WHOA, we see him in two totally different ways. And our favorite live performances couldn’t be more opposite. While she is drawn to his ballads, as you can see above, I am more into his faster music. Like “Derek”. I remember clearly hearing it live for the first time, that very first time we ever saw Sam in concert at Poor Davids. The whole show has a special place in my heart for many reasons, so naturally, when Amber and I decided Day 3 was going to be “favorite song live” I knew immediately it had to be this song from that night.

For me, when I see an artist or band live for the first time, no matter how much I may love their album or single, I am always wary of their live performance. What if it doesn’t translate well on stage? What if without all the studio “help” it just isn’t the same?

I usually spend the first show completely still, absorbing it all, waiting until I am at home to process it all. Every once in a while though, I will be at a show and there will be a song or a moment from the artist where I am like, “YES” and then I am in it. I feel a connection to the music and the artist and once that is established I am a fan forever.

And, that my friends is what happened when I heard “Derek” that night back in August of 2009. That was the moment that I became a Sam fan. So, without further a do….please take a trip down memory lane with me. And love this song as much as I do.

Video Source

Sorry to get all Serious Sam around here today…but sometimes we just gotta show our other side. That despite all the jokes and shenanigans we really are fans of the music first and foremost. Without it we wouldn’t be here. We wouldn’t be posting/tweeting/telling our friends and family about Sam and The Men.

Can we all hug now?

Now, what about you? What’s your fave song to hear live?

Either way, we have our winner today! We assigned all entries a number and then put the total in random.org, hit “generate” and VOLIA! A winner!

So, without further ado, the winner of the signed copy of Zuni goes to….

Julie

And I am so pumped it was her that got picked….check out her comment entry:

Awww….right?! It was seriously meant to be. No more sadpanda for Julie–YAY! Congrats!

Now, Julie, all you need to do is email us your mailing addy and we will get your CD out to you when we stop being lazy ASAP.  Then you will have to email us again, once you’ve had a chance to listen and tell us your fave song.

Alright, LiLi out. This headache I have KILLS. I need darkness. And quiet. And possibly some spaghetti bolognese, no?

Naturally, because the Universe hates loves me, that was were our goo fortune ended, i.e. when the shitteth hit the fanneth.

In my real life, I work for the public education system as an athletic trainer and part of my job requires that I travel with any teams that make play-offs. Usually this isn’t an issue because for the most part I have always worked for schools that are, uh, let’s just say, more “academically inclined”.  Moving back to the Metroplex found me taking a job with a school that has A LOT of success at sports.

I never worried about it because I thought, what would I rather do then watch my team advance in play-offs??

Uh– watch Sam Bradley and Brooke Fraser at the HoB in Dallas, that’s what.

If you don’t follow us on twitter (shame on you if you don’t) then you have been spared my virtual wailing and gnashing of teeth as I tweeted the progress of my volleyball team on their quest for the Texas State Volleyball play-offs. As you may have guessed, they have continued to win, sending them, and by them I mean me, to the Regional Tournament…..wait for it…..THIS Friday.  Yup. The night of Sam and Brooke’s show.   I mean, don’t get me wrong I am proud of my team and truly hope they make it to State…..

but I am selfish too.

I mean, I will be missing moments like this:

from @RobbedFromAfar's yFrog

Butts grabs and shots? Um. No. I will not be denied. Therefore at 11am, yesterday morning, Amber and I activated Operation Determined LiLi.

I shall not be left out of potential drunkenness from Amber, or meeting Skuck669, the lovely winner of the pair of tickets, or my chance to finally touch Sam’s hair word vom and be socially awk. No. I shall rage against the dying of the light.

Dramatic, I know. But it’s late. And I am in my jammies. So love me through it, yeah?

So here’s what I’m gonna do people….stay with me. We play at 5pm and will be done by 7pm at the latest. I will only be two hours away, so I am taking my own car and driving back to Dallas after our game instead of riding home on the bus. I mean, getting to go to the show AND not having to ride a school bus with 22 teenage girls….uh….WIN-WIN my friends.

And I will get to see Amber in PERSON not just virtually through our daily gchats. And not let this kickass ticket go to waste! double bonus WIN.

So, in exchange for my uber creepy fangirl ways dedication to this blog, I only ask one small favor of Sam. Please to be wearing a deep v-neck tee like this one:

ohaithere manfur. please to meetcha.

deal mmmkay?

What do you think– how creepy am I to drive back right after we play our game? A little? A lot? Restraining order amount?

Pictures: @RobbedfromAfar <—–ps, how cute is she?! ADORB!

So, first things first– the big winner of what I dubbed as the “We Make Amends Double the Fun Giveaway”.  The prize pack of a signed Sam Bradley and The Men (awww….one more time for Dave everyone!) poster AND the Sam Bradley EP album keychain goes to……drumroll please….

itsaboutspaceships

Yay! Congrats to, er, Mr/Ms/Miss S. Ships? Space? Hmm….I am thinking that is a username.  At least I hope it is, otherwise I am a big jackace.  Anyhoo– SpaceShips, please to be emailing us with your addy so we can mail out your amazingness.

And now…..the 2nd, and most exciting part of our whole giveaway is finally upon us!  Your chance to hangout with Amber and I for one whole night!! Whoot! Okay, okay….that’s not really it.  But we are kinda apart of it, no?

Thanks to Mary at Sideways Media, who so graciously put an end to our suffering, and not only gave us a pair of tickets to see Brooke and Sam but also was super amazeballs and gave us ANOTHER pair of tickets to giveaway to you all!

That’s right– our final prize is a night of hanging out with drunk Amber

a PAIR of tickets to see Brooke Fraser (with one Mr. Sam Bradley supporting) in Dallas!!

If you live in, near, or within traveling distance of Dallas and also got c-blocked denied tickets to this SOLD OUT show, well here’s your chance to go!  And it doesn’t end with the tickets. The winner ALSO gets a SIGNED Brooke Fraser CD!

All you have to do is to follow us on twitter and then leave a comment with your twittername.  Easy peasy, no? Want more chances to win?  Go “Like” us on facebook and you will get another entry- just be sure to let us know in your comment that you “Like us” now!

You have until Sunday, November 7th at 11:59pm (central time) to enter.  Winner will be chosen at random and announced here on Tuesday, November 8th.

Good Luck to everyone!

P.S. The comments may get a bit crazy with entries so please, PLEASE do not comment unless you are officially entering. It will confuse us and we don’t like getting all confuzzled. And don’t enter if you can’t be in Dallas.  Cause we don’t want these babies to go to waste!

If you have questions, feel free to tweet us or email us at shackofsoul@hotmail.com and let us answer you that way. ‘Kay?

Well….since I know you are all holding your breath….

We have a Facebook page now, yo!

Check it out! Or go and “like” us.  Is that the right thing to say? I don’t know the lingo on the ol’ facebook. I sound like my mother talking about those “new fangled cellular telephones”. Hi. I am my mother now.

Anyhoo– come check us out and further feed our need for virtual validation tell us what you think!

Also, have you entered our Week One giveaway yet?  Well, whatcha waitin’ for? Go and enter to win a signed Sam Bradley poster.  There will be prizes every week this month, leading up to the Grand Pooba– TWO Tickets to Brooke Fraser’s SOLD OUT show in Dallas, where Mr. Bradley will be opening.

You can find all the rules and prize list and all that jazz HERE.

So get crackin– you have facebooking to do.  And contests to enter.  And our twitter to follow.

Ready??? Break!

HOLLA! Since Brooke Fraser caused so many of y’all to be sad, we figured it was time to do some giving away of some fun stuff. And I mean it. This stuff is kind of the bomb diggity. (Yes, I’m bringing bomb diggity back. Join me.) And hence the name. We blame her for making us have this awesome contest! Kudos to Brooke’s awesomeness that leads to you all getting fun goodies!

Here’s what’s gonna happen….

For the next FOUR weeks, we are going to be giving away goodies from both Sam AND Brooke… with a grand prize that may really make someone’s day!

Soooooooo, what are the prizes you ask?

This week (week of 10/11), we are giving away not one, but TWO signed posters of Sam Bradley! Courtesy of LiLi and I who have way too much crap stuff signed by Sam and decided we should share! And trust me. This is difficult cause I do not like to share. Blame Brooke for my change of heart.

Next week (week of 10/18), we are giving away one of those kick ass Sam Bradley key chains we all went crazy for last year. The best thing about the keychain? You get a code to download Sam’s EP! Really awesome prize for any of you late to the Sam Bradley party! This gift was provided by the amazingly awesome EYES OF AMBER! We <3 her!

On the week of 10/23, we’ve got something super special! TWO posters of Sam Bradley signed by not only Sam, but also The Men, Version 1.0. I call this one a collector’s item, since we have the signature of the now gone man, Dave. :tips one out for Dave: These are also from EYES OF AMBER, cause she loves us!

And for our grand prize…. :insert drumroll:

TWO TICKETS TO THE SOLD OUT BROOKE FRASER SHOW IN DALLAS ON 11/12!!

We hear Sam will be there, too! As well as LiLi and I. We may even buy ya a beer if you ask us nicely!

[LiLi edit: er...Amber will be buying the beers. I plan on being drunk. duh.]

AND included in this is Brooke’s new CD, Flags!

Can this BE anymore win?!

So now you are asking yourself this… how do I get to be a part of this business?! Well, it’s easy peasy!

Each week is a different giveaway.  We will post the giveaway on Tuesday for you to enter. All you have to do is leave a comment on the giveaway post (like this one for the Week 1 giveaway) AND make sure you are following us on Twitter by Sunday at 12 a.m. central time! You must do both to enter, so be sure to let us know your Twitter name in the comment!!

On Monday, once LiLi and I manage to roll outta bed, get to work and get to business, we will use one of those awesome random tweeter generators to pull a follower name and then check for a comment from that follower. No comment? No win! We move on till we get the one!

You must reenter the contest each Tuesday, but you can only win one of the Week 1-3 prizes. But EVERYONE is eligible for the grand prize, regardless if you won any previous prizes.

The contest is open to anyone, U.S. or international alike. However, please don’t enter to win the tickets if you can’t make it to the show in Dallas. Cause that is just not cool! And we’ll be there, so we’ll know.

So are you ready to win some prizes?!  Then leave a comment below and enter THIS WEEK’S giveaway for an autographed Sam poster! Be sure to leave your Twitter anem, too!!

Special thanks to Mary at Sideways Media for helping us out with part of the booty in this here contest– Thanks Mary! You’re our hero!

But how, you ask? How could I top MAGICNESS?? 

Well, never you fear dear readers.  We have plenty o’ google alerts tricks up our sleeves!  For today’s show I give you Mark Kerrey from The Men the Sam Bradley Band singing solo!!

word, Mark.  WORD.

Mark performed recently at Frederico’s Poppy Cafe in Vancouver and luckily someone got a few songs of his on video:

Videos were found on RobbedMyHeart’s YouTube Channel.  Go check out her page as she has a ton of other vids from some other artists you might know.  I am not going to name names….but they might rhyme with Mam Schmadley, Farcus Moster and maybe even a couple of Slindsey’s singing too. 

Happy Humpday, y’all!

Now, leave some love for Mark, yeah?? And don’t forget to follow him on twitter.  And while you’re at it, do you follow us?? Er…please to be getting on that.

ohaithere Sam and Co....totes forgot my camera ::facepalm::

Once upon a time, LiLi and Amber packed up their little bags (well, mine was little…Amber’s could hold a small child) and flew out West to have some girly time and see one Mr. Sam Bradley at the Hotel Cafe. In case you didn’t know, Sam is playing there every Tuesday until July 13th– so if you are in the area, go check him out. And then send us pics. Word.

Now, if you know Amber or I, or hell, if you have even read one post of this here little blog, then you know that we don’t take things too seriously ’round here. That’s just us. I mean, yes, we like to give the news on the guys but we can’t help but add in our own thoughts to things. So, if you are looking for a specific-music-theory-analysis-complete-with-set-lists then sorry….this isn’t it. What it is though, is a re-telling of two fangirls’ trip to see someone that they really like. Hell, we should like him. We blog about him. But I digress….

So, pull up a chair and take a stroll with us down memory lane as we re-live our Sam experience via gchat:

We try to start off on the right track….but derail quickly:

LiLi: sooooo
Sam show
let’s talk
go
Amber: sooooo
LiLi: initial thoughts
Amber: i was drunk
LiLi: LOL
right (see below) Amber: cause apparently that’s what i do when i go to Sam shows
i can’t help it
LiLi: um…do you remember whispering in my ear all night?
it was amazing
Amber: sort of
i’m glad you loved it!
LiLi: hahaha
i was like, whoa. this is how some porns start
Amber: Sam would know
LiLi: pfft….you mean OTTO BAUER*, yo
why didn’t you yell out “Otto!”??
Amber: PS I swear I saw Otto while we were eating dinner
LiLi: STFU
where?
Amber: we were at Pinches Tacos
i spotted a blazer and a white vneck
LiLi: BWAHAHAHA
so by Otto you meant Sam
Amber: i was like… Sam?
no, it wasn’t Sam
it was his doppleganger fo sho though
LiLi: everytime i saw that pinches taco i was like, uh….do they know what that means is Spanish?
Amber: it’s all mexicans working there, so I’m gonna go with yeah, probably
LiLi: LMAO
Fucking Tacos
that is brill

Where Amber remembers….nothing:

LiLi: anyhoo– what did you think of the show?
do you member it?
Amber: um, yeah, parts of it
seems like there were a lot of songs I didn’t know
LiLi: awesome. i love it.
yep
a lot of new stuff
and a new guy
i am tipping one out for Dave
Amber: yeah, hello random new guy who made me buy a poster
LOL!!
This ones for my homie, dave
LiLi: that was Two.Shoes
Amber: Who the fuck is TwoShoes?!?
LiLi: he’s on twitter.
Amber: I’m so confused…
LiLi: and wordpress
Amber: I miss Dave
LiLi: and tumblr
i feel creepy right now
that i know all that
Amber: as well as you should
LiLi: and that i told him that i knew that
Amber: you did not?!?
LiLi: yes. yes I did.
he was like, “uh, just buy a poster lady”
Amber: hello stalker!
LiLi: well…i….okay….
::hangs head::
there are no words
but at least i didn’t whisper it into his ear like I did Marcus that one time
::facepalm::
Amber: bwahahaha!
no worries
Marcus was too busy loving your granny panties
LiLi: dood
for reals
who wouldn’t
i was smart last night though…went with the low riders
was it just last night?
geez. i feel like it was days ago
Amber: i know, felt like 3 days ago
LiLi: word

Regrets, Serious Sam and Amber making LiLi a hooker:

LiLi: any regrets?
Amber: um, everything?
LiLi: BWAHAHAHA
Amber: is that a good answer?
LiLi: maybe that 11th beer?
you said, “Here Sam, sign your Serious Sam picture”
Amber: my biggest regret is that my friends didn’t stop me
LiLi: um, hell to the no
at least you weren’t the one that showed him the pic of Otto.

[LiLi edit: watch this. trust.]

Amber: TRUTH!
Amazingly, I did not have that much beer flowing through me.
LiLi: i was dead that that point. and not in that good way.
but Sam took it all in stride.
Amber: he seemed to be on his game for the night with the fans
LiLi: and during the show– cause let’s go ahead and get this out there– Sam gives good eyes
Amber: YES!
She moves me, I love that song and he was giving MAD eyes the whole time!
gah
LiLi: fo reals.
and, imma go ahead and say that me likey the Whiskey
Amber: i like that song, but I dunno… she moves me was my fave
cause of the eyes mainly, but whatevs
LiLi: well, it helps that you are like 6 feet tall.
you can see it all
maybe i am jeal
whatevs
Amber: next time, go for the hooker heels!
I’m sure Otto can help you pick some out
LiLi: BWAHAHAHA
word
can you imagine though?
me in heels?
i would die
Amber: can you die by twisting an ankle?
nah, you should try
LiLi: um
Amber: and make sure i am there when you do
LOL
LiLi: i would trip and fall and break my neck
i can barely walk as it is
ps– i may or may not have fallen on that damn motorized walkway thingy at the airport tonight
and people saw
Amber: shut up
LiLi: no
i won’t
and yes. i did.
i told you when we left that I usually trip on those damn things
and here you are wanting me to get all hooker
Amber: you did, i remember
LOL!
I’m sorry
i take it back
a little
LiLi: hahahaha

Click to read where we get serious about Sam, and blame Jason Segel for everything:

LiLi: now, back to Sam
i have a serious point to make
ready?
Amber: Ready for my Serious Sam moment…
LiLi: ::blows out deep breath::
when we were in the alley– heh, sounds kinky– i really wanted to touch his hair.
there.
i said it.
Amber: LOL!
LiLi: but i refrained
can you imagine?
Amber: You should have just done it
LiLi: yeah, cause that wouldn’t be creepy at all
Amber: Or told me to do it, cause you know I would have…
drunk Amber succumbs to peer pressure
LiLi: hey Sam, i not only flew 2,000 miles to see you but now I am running my fingers through your hair. you’re
not weirded out are you?

S: "Did you just try and touch my hair?" L: "Er...."

LiLi: i was too busy outing your drunk ass to hiim
Amber: YOU DID?!? Damn, he would have never know if you wouldn’t have said anything!
LiLi: LOL
dammit
you are so right

Nope. Not drunk at all.

LiLi: oh and why did Sam keep telling everyone that mark is single?
Amber: um, yeah… that was kind of weird
LiLi: it was amazeballs
Sam’s so nice
trying to get him some
Amber: it’s like, Sam, honey, no
LiLi: LOL
Why? Mark gives good tweet.

The “New Guy” and setting goals for future Sam shows:

LiLi: do you remember the name of the new guy?
John?
Jake?
Amber: no, not at all
LiLi: Jason?
dammit
Amber: remember, i thought him and two shoes were the same person
LiLi: LMAO
you did?
Amber: drunk amber has no memory
LiLi: you. are. amazing.
Amber: all i saw was hair
LiLi: i love you a little bit more. right now.
um
their hair was nothing alike.
at all.
Amber: LMAO!
I knew you would say that
dammit
LiLi: omg
i am dying!
Amber: Next Sam show I have a goal…
Not to be drunk.
LiLi: to be sober?
TWINNERS
Amber: YEAH!
LiLi: maybe i should be drunk then
to even it out
Amber: Yes, let’s switch things up a bit!
LiLi: and then maybe i won’t be so nervous and creepy
Amber: Then I can apologize for YOUR drunk ass
that would be fun

Spoiler Alert: this is what i look like drunk-- no bueno.

LiLi: man
i would have to drink A LOT then
mah poor liver
cause i had like 8 last night
Amber: Sorry Sam. LiLi decided it was HER turn to be drunk this time.
LiLi: WORD
Amber: Really? Only 8?
Seriously, I’m a light weight.
LiLi: um. yes, Drunky Drunkerton
Amber: I had like 5, maybe 6
LiLi: i am Mexican. it’s like being Irish but shorter
and rounder
We can hold us some cervezas
Amber: and with better food
LiLi: fo sho
Amber: one day, I will learn
Amber: next time, I will give you my credit card so as not to start a tab
LiLi: hahahaha
at least you didn’t shush me
Amber: true fax
no shushing this time

Pre-gaming with Jason Segal, the Tar Pits and Rhinestone:

LiLi: and no pre-gaming it
Amber: Aw, boo.
Why don’t you just take away my entire world.
LiLi: um. that is where you get in trouble
Amber: fine, no pre-gaming
sigh
going to see Sam won’t be any fun anymore
I have a reputation to keep with him
LiLi: sure it will. if i am drunk. then you can make fun of me
Amber: that’s true
Serious Sam approves of this idea
LiLi: HAHAHAHA
you said, “SAM! why are you sooo serious in this poster?”
Amber: at least i didn’t ask why he was tweed serious, right?
LiLi: man
that would have been amazeballs if you did
Amber: Well, there is always a next time…
LiLi: and next time we need to go earlier
Amber: yep
i blame jason segel for that one

Amber pre-gaming with Marshall

LiLi: we should have started our trip with the Sam show
yes
it is always his fault
Amber: for ever and ever, blame Jason Segal
LiLi: that way we could’ve invited Sam to the tar pits
Amber: OH! That would have been awesome
LiLi: and then maybe ended the day at Sprinkles
how could he have resisted that?
Amber: It’s not possible
cupcakes and history, a deadly combination
LiLi: i feel like he would be a red velvet kind of guy
#duh
Amber: dood, I am super sleepy now
LiLi: and i just found Rhinestone on TV!
i am going to go watch my bf Sly Stallone
Amber: night
LiLi: night!

Well, that’s it my lovelies. I hope you enjoyed our little program here. Tune in next time, where I plan on taking one for the team and getting hammered. I am saving up my money now.

Are you planning on seeing The Sam Bradley Band in El Lay?? Let us know which date!

OH and you still have time to enter THIS contest from Sam himself– it’s starts at 6pm (Pacific Time people!)– so go and enter!

*- wondering what all this Otto Bauer bizness is about?? It all started here. Thanks to @Sassysmart for being a Hustler Store patron. And recognizing the importance of camera phones.

The four shows will all be at the Hotel Cafe on the following dates:

June 22nd  buy tickets

June 29th  buy tickets

July 6th buy tickets

July 13th buy tickets

We have plans to be at the June 29th show and we anticipate a supa good time (DUH), since we had a blast the last time we saw Sam (with The Men). I mean, check out the happiness:

How can we NOT replicate all this joy in LA? I don’t know whether The Men will be accompanying Mr. Bradley on this particular trip, BUT if they are, well, we have gone ahead and put together a little tour guide for them. I mean, we aren’t LA natives at all, so obviously we are qualified to point out the hot spots. And since we are super nice, we will even offer to personally escort them to our “Must See” sights.

First, Malibu.

You can’t go to LA and not go to the beach. So here we are, laughing it up in front of Amber and I’s rented beach house.

Next on our LA tour of fun:

In-n-Out Burger

All that frolicking in the sand will work up an appetite, so where else would we go but the ol’ In-n-Out?!

After we scarf down our Animal Style burgs we continue the festivities with a trip to:

The Santa Monica Pier

Where we will all try our hand at the Flying Trapeze classes they got going there. Of course, we will also ride the rides, play all the arcade games (6th grade Skee-ball champ, right here, yo!) and overload on some churros from the Churro Man.

After all of that, we will need a place to wind it all down. And what better place than:

The Waffle House!

I mean, if you want to get all technical and stuff, there actually isn’t a Waffle House in LA. Or all of California. But that is neither here nor there, yanno? We can make it happen.

Look how fun it would be to end the night, er, day there:

So there you have it! A spoiler alert glimpse into Amber and I’s LA Vacashe of Fun!

Will you be going to see any of Sam’s show’s in LA? Let us know! We would LOVE to meet some California peeps! And maybe actually go to an In-n-Out Burger after the show. I mean anything can happen people– anything.