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• Mar 5, 2010

  Who is shipping these packages?

  posted by matt
  

  Some weird dudes broke into our warehouse and started shipping some packages.  Check out the 'Behind the Scenes' photo gallery to see if you can help identify any of these guys.

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• Mar 4, 2010

  SHAWN MILKE ON “THE ADVENTURES OF...

  posted by Joel(ctrl)
  

  Sitting in: A small cafe attached to the venue on a really soft couch
  Listening to: “The Decade of Statues” by Between the Buried and Me
  Time of day: 6:00 p.m. PST
  Day of tour: 19
  Hours left until I play: 4 hour and 40 minutes
  
  Writing can sometimes be torturous. Don’t get me wrong, it is a very rewarding and highly relieving form of art. But there are those days when I open my computer and simply stare at a blank screen for what seems like hours. I have written as many as 50 pages worth of material only to slam my computer shut, scream at the wall, and the next day erase every word....

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• Mar 2, 2010

  Point Store Open / New Contest Live!

  posted by Joel(ctrl)

  The Point Store Is Now Open!! We will be adding new products every month. Also enter to win an exclusive Alesana Memorabilia Pack on the contset page!

  Check out the Point store HERE

  Check out the new Contest HERE

  Cheers!

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• Feb 24, 2010

  SHAWN MILKE ON FIVE MOMENTS IN...

  posted by Joel(ctrl)
  

  Sitting in: A stool in an empty bar at Station 4 in St. Paul, Minnesota
  Listening to: “The Sun and The Moon” by Mae
  Time of day: 3:16 p.m. central
  Day of tour: 10
  Hours left until I play: 5.5
  
  Rock and roll, baby. Nothing in the world gets my adrenaline going more than those final seconds I spend waiting to walk out onto the stage; the smell of sweat, the sticky humidity of a packed venue, the murmur of anxious fans, the feel of my guitar resting in my hands. I shut my eyes and once again the pleasure strangles me. I hit the stage, the lights turn on, and I become a different person. Good day, bad day, none of that matters for the next 60 minutes.

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