My Shitty Pictures

HEY ALL:

Welcome to the BRL photo blog. This post is the last update from our way too brief tour with THE VALLEY ARENA and STILETTO FORMAL. It was a total blast. We were again super-stoked to have Ariel come with us to properly document it. This particular update is pictures from my camera, which I will overcompensate their shitty quality with stupid commentary. Enjoy!

-Evan (the bass player)

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Brady from Stiletto Formal does my favorite maracca dance .Aaron checks his MySpace while all the resonable people are busy checking out the pictures of Britney Spear's exposed crotch in the background (seriously).
Chris from Valley Arena discovers the leafy land that is Chico, CA.
Pat from Stiletto Formal does the 4 drumstick part.
Secret Stolen Nolan and an Australian guy perform a rousing rendition of Silverchair's first single (seriously). I later destroyed Nolan in a push-up contest (seriously).
This was a Prohibition mural painted in an alleyway in Bakersfield, CA. My favorite part is the guy holding up a sign that reads "Whiskey has a place, and that place is in hell". I'll also mention that we saw some dude get jumped right outside of this alley by 6 angry dudes.
Noah takes multiple pictures amongst dueling flashes for the fans.
This guys has a sweet Dead Kennedys tattoo. On his ass.
This guy stole my glasses and posed for a sweet picture.
Aaron and Stiletto Sunny share some quality crib time together. Only to discover that there was baby pee in it.
This toilet seat in Santa Barbara was held together by duct tape and love.
LeBron James-flavored gum.
Brady from Stiletto Formal makes everyone potatos, half of which later get stolen by some kitchen whore.
Noah carts a Brazilian girl around Santa Barbara.
Enjoying the view of Santa Barbara and Gap slip-on shoes.
Noah bites our friend Steve's jacket inside of Freebirds, the best 24-hour burrito joint ever.
Noah pees off a balcony into the ocean. UPDATE: a complete stranger's balcony.
Noah all introspective about the beach. And wearing a sweater and jeans I may add.
Ocean Ocean Ocean.
And more ocean.
Typical UCSB evening.
Noah invents a totally rad new way to wear your hair in a headband.


SEE YOU NEXT TOUR.

<3,

BRILLIANT RED LIGHTS

EVAN
AARON
NOAH
EXTRA SPECIAL GUEST ARIEL
& WHOEVER ELSE WANTS TO RIDE IN THE VAN WITH US.

at last we have come to the end of our ropes.

welcome to san diego, and the last of my entries for this tour. BRL loves you, i love you, and all that jazz. it's almost christmas, everyone's getting fat and tired, so let's get down with this... party on.

day 6
city: san diego, CA
venue: scholari's office
bands: BRL, feversleeves, the big provider

so yes, aaron and his cell phone are impossible to separate.

BRL pump up the jams, mother effers.




feversleeves rocked our socks.



if you look closely, you can see the guy in the background who rolled into the bar on his rollerblades. hot damn. i was going to ask him over to my place, but he rolled away and out of my life.

aaron tries to spread good juju to feversleeves through his fingertips. what a weirdo.

noah and evan had a secret plan of attack to win at beer pong... but, sadly, even noah's ass couldn't throw the other team.

aaron is bringing sexy back through his gas-pumping skills.


come back soon. we'll miss you.

merry xmas [i don't want to fight tonight]

welcome to bakersfield, folks. in the words of my co-worker, "this is not where you started, and this is not where you will end. it's just a place on the way."

...but in our case, bakersfield is the end of the road with our friends the valley arena and the stiletto formal. one last, epic show, a long night, and some missing potatoes. here goes.

day 5
city: bakersfield, CA
venue: jerry's basement
bands: the same, plus two.

evan and noah get in some quality bonding time... and no, they are not playing "battleship". i wish they were, though.

mike tells me to shhh. why is everyone always telling me to shhh?

chris is always so emo. i think it's the glasses and the v-neck sweaters.

the valley arena (plus mark and doug, minus warren) show their captain planet status.

doug, our token australian.

mark: "i want YOU to join the army.... the loooooove army!" dave: um, yeah, whatever.

kyle + exposed brick + coffee + "intellectual" newsboy hat = tortured artist.

sunny was so excited by BRL merch! like, so excited!

we were trying to teach chris how to snap... apparently aaron's advice was not well taken.

yes, that is a clothespin attached to sunny's lip. no, we do not know where she got it. no, we do not know where it ended up.

evan likes to strategically place himself in the coolest light.

showtime: BRL


more hands!


oh, the fans.

sweaty noah makes an excellent businessman.

showtime: the valley arena

warren stands on his tippy-toes to sing sometimes.



sing-along time <3


showtime: the stiletto formal

once again, i have to say how much i love jimmy's hair.

a treat in the ladies' restroom.

group picture! everybody smile! oh crap, whatever.


so goodbye TVA and stiletto... but one more night of tour in sunny san diego! stay tuned for one last, massive post... with special guests Feversleeves!

oh, and merry christmas.