Tallahassee's a weird town, a college
town at that. I have only been to
Tallahassee twice. The first time was in
2004 in the dead of July to visit my aunt’s
cousin, who has been twice removed. You
know that whole deal. Do I call them
family? Do I hug them? Do I need to be
interested in what they are saying? Do they
want me to be interested? Do I call them
cousin? Do I let them call me cousin?
Needless to say I spent most of the time
getting drunk in some hole in the wall of a
bar with my cousin or non-cousin. I'm still
not sure where we stand as of today, since
they have been removed again. When I
was in the bar I realized that I was one of
the two people in the place, it was like a
twilight zone or something. 2 years later I
made another trip to the capital of the
Sunshine State; This time in October, to
town at that. I have only been to
Tallahassee twice. The first time was in
2004 in the dead of July to visit my aunt’s
cousin, who has been twice removed. You
know that whole deal. Do I call them
family? Do I hug them? Do I need to be
interested in what they are saying? Do they
want me to be interested? Do I call them
cousin? Do I let them call me cousin?
Needless to say I spent most of the time
getting drunk in some hole in the wall of a
bar with my cousin or non-cousin. I'm still
not sure where we stand as of today, since
they have been removed again. When I
was in the bar I realized that I was one of
the two people in the place, it was like a
twilight zone or something. 2 years later I
made another trip to the capital of the
Sunshine State; This time in October, to
see the same non-cousin. He had invited
me to a FSU football game, during which
we downed $8 beers, followed by a trip to
the same hole in the wall bar where I found
that I was surrounded by hundreds of
people, now I really felt like I was in a
twilight zone. But hey, that's a college
town for you, and Derek Sanders of
Mayday Parade calls it home.
By the summer of 2006 Mayday Parade's
self released EP was everywhere. No
literally, it was all over a Wisconsin
highway due to a "minor" van accident, as
Derek Sanders vocalist for Mayday Parade
says. I would say that "minor" would be
the understatement of the year. "It was
about six o'clock in the morning and a deer
ran out in front of us, and we swerved to
try to miss it. The trailer wound up
swinging around and slamming into the
side of the van. The trailer came unhitched
me to a FSU football game, during which
we downed $8 beers, followed by a trip to
the same hole in the wall bar where I found
that I was surrounded by hundreds of
people, now I really felt like I was in a
twilight zone. But hey, that's a college
town for you, and Derek Sanders of
Mayday Parade calls it home.
By the summer of 2006 Mayday Parade's
self released EP was everywhere. No
literally, it was all over a Wisconsin
highway due to a "minor" van accident, as
Derek Sanders vocalist for Mayday Parade
says. I would say that "minor" would be
the understatement of the year. "It was
about six o'clock in the morning and a deer
ran out in front of us, and we swerved to
try to miss it. The trailer wound up
swinging around and slamming into the
side of the van. The trailer came unhitched
and spun off into the woods. This was our
wake up call. We all woke up to the trailer
slamming into the van. Needless to say it
was pretty scary." Sanders explains. By the
time the Van had come to a complete stop
and they had a chance to assess the
damage, they found thousands of copies of
there EP spilled out all over the road, being
run over by tractor trailers. Not to mention
all of their van windows were busted out.
"That was Brook’s [Betts Mayday Parade's
Guitarist] 21st birthday." Derek adds.
Pretty scary indeed, but now how did the
Tallahassee natives knew to swerve for the
deer, instead away from them? Especially
when they resemble something of an elk
rather than the so-called deer that Florida
has. "We all know now if you see a deer
you just get a gun and take 'em out."
Sanders adds.
wake up call. We all woke up to the trailer
slamming into the van. Needless to say it
was pretty scary." Sanders explains. By the
time the Van had come to a complete stop
and they had a chance to assess the
damage, they found thousands of copies of
there EP spilled out all over the road, being
run over by tractor trailers. Not to mention
all of their van windows were busted out.
"That was Brook’s [Betts Mayday Parade's
Guitarist] 21st birthday." Derek adds.
Pretty scary indeed, but now how did the
Tallahassee natives knew to swerve for the
deer, instead away from them? Especially
when they resemble something of an elk
rather than the so-called deer that Florida
has. "We all know now if you see a deer
you just get a gun and take 'em out."
Sanders adds.