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permalink Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, New Jersey, last day of the Silverstein Tour.

Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, New Jersey, last day of the Silverstein Tour.

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permalink Nick w/ our merch guy Andrew chillin’ in the Atlantic Ocean.

Nick w/ our merch guy Andrew chillin’ in the Atlantic Ocean.

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permalink The venue we played in McAllen, TX was part of an old run down elementary school. After we played we went walking around the campus. All the windows to the classrooms were shattered in. I crawled under the broken glass and saw this guy
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The venue we played in McAllen, TX was part of an old run down elementary school. After we played we went walking around the campus. All the windows to the classrooms were shattered in. I crawled under the broken glass and saw this guy

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permalink Nick on cold, rainy VA Beach. The night he turned 21.

Nick on cold, rainy VA Beach. The night he turned 21.

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The Word Alive with our friends Eyes Set to Kill and Dreaming of Eden on the streets of Pittsburgh.

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The Word Alive with our friends Eyes Set to Kill and Dreaming of Eden on the streets of Pittsburgh.

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permalink Upstage in the 3rd floor green room at the Otto Bar in Baltimore, MD.

Upstage in the 3rd floor green room at the Otto Bar in Baltimore, MD.

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Tony A, hanging out where the wild things are…
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Tony A, hanging out where the wild things are…

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permalink Photo of Forest Haven Mental Asylum from 1924.
Hey, I’m in Baltimore right now! Were staying with our buddy Evan who is a photographer we met the last time we were on tour here in Baltimore.  We had an off day today and we planned to go do a photoshoot in this abandoned childrens mental hospital that is reportedly haunted and take some new press photos for TWA.   We attempted to drive up to the building, but there was a security guard who wouldn’t let us pass, so we had to drive the half mile back down the hill and carry all of my lighting equiptment through a “short-cut” through the forest.  It wasn’t easy, but after a long, tiring trek through the woods and getting lost, we made it.
I was in complete awe of the asylum when it came into sight.  The building was more massive than I ever expected.  It was multiple stories with all the windows shattered out and the front door open for anyone to enter.  The one time running hospital with patients entering daily, and not often leaving sat falling apart before me. We later found out that we were unknowingly about to enter Forest Haven Mental Asylum, notorious for its poor conditions and abuse of patients. During the early years, Forest Haven was considered a “state of the art” facility. With a good reputation this hospital set the standard for other states to follow. With declining conditions decades later many patients filed lawsuits against the hospital for reasons of abuse, neglect, poor living conditions… even medical testing.  A small morgue was all that stood between the patients and a cemetery on site where graves have been repeatedly uncovered by erosion. Bodies of many of the patients have been found in the shallow graves on the abandonbed site.  One patient was reportedly locked away in one of the rooms until he wasn’t a problom anymore, at that point he was wheeled to the morgue.
I entered the building with no idea of what I was about to see.  Everything was decayed, shattered, rusted, falling apart, but yet everything was intact as it had been left.  Wheelchairs leaned up against walls. Documents resting on tables.  Mirrors hanging in dark hallways. A dentist office with dental tools ready for use. We made our way down the eroding stairs into the basement where the morgue was.  It was a warmer day than it had been all week but as we entered the dark room the temperature drastically changed and our breath came out in billows of steam.  We set up my equiptment as quickly as possibly and lit the room up revealing multiple sliding bins where dead bodies once layed.  A pair of glasses covered in dirt with a missing lense.  Old newspapers scattered across an examination table. Cold water dripped through through the cieling and dripped down my face.  This was not a place where anyone wanted to stay for long, certainly not a lifetime.  In the freezing room with daylight fading we started taking photos. Finding new “treasures” around every corner we turned. We took photos until the fading light left us standing in the dark cold coffin with our batteries dead and electronics failing.
Photos and video coming soon.

Photo of Forest Haven Mental Asylum from 1924.

Hey, I’m in Baltimore right now! Were staying with our buddy Evan who is a photographer we met the last time we were on tour here in Baltimore.  We had an off day today and we planned to go do a photoshoot in this abandoned childrens mental hospital that is reportedly haunted and take some new press photos for TWA.   We attempted to drive up to the building, but there was a security guard who wouldn’t let us pass, so we had to drive the half mile back down the hill and carry all of my lighting equiptment through a “short-cut” through the forest.  It wasn’t easy, but after a long, tiring trek through the woods and getting lost, we made it.

I was in complete awe of the asylum when it came into sight.  The building was more massive than I ever expected.  It was multiple stories with all the windows shattered out and the front door open for anyone to enter.  The one time running hospital with patients entering daily, and not often leaving sat falling apart before me. We later found out that we were unknowingly about to enter Forest Haven Mental Asylum, notorious for its poor conditions and abuse of patients. During the early years, Forest Haven was considered a “state of the art” facility. With a good reputation this hospital set the standard for other states to follow. With declining conditions decades later many patients filed lawsuits against the hospital for reasons of abuse, neglect, poor living conditions… even medical testing.  A small morgue was all that stood between the patients and a cemetery on site where graves have been repeatedly uncovered by erosion. Bodies of many of the patients have been found in the shallow graves on the abandonbed site.  One patient was reportedly locked away in one of the rooms until he wasn’t a problom anymore, at that point he was wheeled to the morgue.

I entered the building with no idea of what I was about to see.  Everything was decayed, shattered, rusted, falling apart, but yet everything was intact as it had been left.  Wheelchairs leaned up against walls. Documents resting on tables.  Mirrors hanging in dark hallways. A dentist office with dental tools ready for use. We made our way down the eroding stairs into the basement where the morgue was.  It was a warmer day than it had been all week but as we entered the dark room the temperature drastically changed and our breath came out in billows of steam.  We set up my equiptment as quickly as possibly and lit the room up revealing multiple sliding bins where dead bodies once layed.  A pair of glasses covered in dirt with a missing lense.  Old newspapers scattered across an examination table. Cold water dripped through through the cieling and dripped down my face.  This was not a place where anyone wanted to stay for long, certainly not a lifetime.  In the freezing room with daylight fading we started taking photos. Finding new “treasures” around every corner we turned. We took photos until the fading light left us standing in the dark cold coffin with our batteries dead and electronics failing.

Photos and video coming soon.

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permalink I’ve been out on the Revolver tour w/ Eyes Set to Kill and Dreaming of Eden for the past two weeks.  I’m hanging out in Baltimore, MD right now.  I’m not used to this cold east coast weather!  I’ve been taking lots of pics that I will be posting soon. In about a week we start touring w/ Silverstein, Madina Lake, I See Stars, Closure in Moscow, and I Am Committing a Sin.  Check the dates!  Hope you can make it out. 
Oct 28 2009	Higher Ground 	Winooski, VermontOct 29 2009    Lost Horizon 	        Syracuse, New YorkOct 30 2009	Toad’s Place 	        New Haven, ConnecticutOct 31 2009	Crocodile Rock        Allentown, PennsylvaniaNov 2 2009     Cats Cradle 	        Carrboro, North CarolinaNov 3 2009	Orange Peel	        Asheville, North CarolinaNov 4 2009	Rocketown	        Nashville, TennesseeNov 6 2009	Marquee 	                Tulsa, OklahomaNov 7 2009	The Village	        Little Rock, ArkansasNov 8 2009	New Daisy Theatre 	Memphis, TennesseeNov 9 2009	Blue Note 	        Columbia, MissouriNov 10 2009	Headliners 	        Louisville, KentuckyNov 12 2009   Harmony Grange 	 Wilmington, DelawareNov 13 2009	The Chance 	        Poughkeepsie, New YorkNov 14 2009	Starland Ballroom 	Sayreville, New Jersey

I’ve been out on the Revolver tour w/ Eyes Set to Kill and Dreaming of Eden for the past two weeks.  I’m hanging out in Baltimore, MD right now.  I’m not used to this cold east coast weather!  I’ve been taking lots of pics that I will be posting soon. In about a week we start touring w/ Silverstein, Madina Lake, I See Stars, Closure in Moscow, and I Am Committing a Sin.  Check the dates!  Hope you can make it out.

Oct 28 2009 Higher Ground  Winooski, Vermont
Oct 29 2009    Lost Horizon          Syracuse, New York
Oct 30 2009 Toad’s Place          New Haven, Connecticut
Oct 31 2009 Crocodile Rock        Allentown, Pennsylvania
Nov 2 2009     Cats Cradle          Carrboro, North Carolina
Nov 3 2009 Orange Peel         Asheville, North Carolina
Nov 4 2009 Rocketown         Nashville, Tennessee
Nov 6 2009 Marquee                  Tulsa, Oklahoma
Nov 7 2009 The Village         Little Rock, Arkansas
Nov 8 2009 New Daisy Theatre  Memphis, Tennessee
Nov 9 2009 Blue Note          Columbia, Missouri
Nov 10 2009 Headliners          Louisville, Kentucky
Nov 12 2009   Harmony Grange   Wilmington, Delaware
Nov 13 2009 The Chance          Poughkeepsie, New York
Nov 14 2009 Starland Ballroom  Sayreville, New Jersey
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permalink Some pics of Greeley from last nights show at the Venue of Scottsdale.

Some pics of Greeley from last nights show at the Venue of Scottsdale.

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Another never before seen TWA promo!  While driving to our show in Montgomery, Alabama we stopped at an old gas station that was built next to an even older closed down gas station, we explored the area a bit, broke through some fences and found this old abandoned garage made out of panels of glass. You could barely see through any of the panels, but when we found a spot we could see through, we noticed the garage was packed with antique vehicles.

thewordalive:

Another never before seen TWA promo!  While driving to our show in Montgomery, Alabama we stopped at an old gas station that was built next to an even older closed down gas station, we explored the area a bit, broke through some fences and found this old abandoned garage made out of panels of glass. You could barely see through any of the panels, but when we found a spot we could see through, we noticed the garage was packed with antique vehicles.
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