There's a girl with a crown and a scepter, Who's on WLSD - Wild America tour week 2

Tour moves right along to middle america. Things are a little off there and you don't really know why. The people greet us with open arms and a good time was had by all.

Found this at CaraBar in Columbus, Ohio (Thanks Rob and Cara for getting us there) This smells of Schmitz

This shit is pretty cool between beers 1 and 5. Between beers 7 to 18, shit get's fucking scary dude.

This guy is wearing a prototype for a new Wild America shirt. The board is still out on this one.

Pot Myths, man. Do you know any?

This is Sky Hy. He's a rapper from Atlanta. His beats and rhymes are top notch, as his physique and stage show. (ed. note, go see this guy)

Yup. This was happening in Atlanta as well.

Here is Dugg and Colin "goddamnit" Sherr on the streets of New Orleans, in front of their favorite store.

This is April, she runs a great DIY space in Atlanta called couch couch. She is holding her bong, which is inflatable, and floats in the bathtub.

While in Bloomington, most of the guys learned a funny little card game called "norweigian rodent fuckdown" or something like that. Xian just did this all night.

The cave is Old Man Cave in Columbus. The old man is Josh, First rate dude and great roadie. Happy 30th, ass-blood.

Also in Columbus....

We'll leave you with this picture of Jarvis, wearing glasses.

There it is. Thanks again for all the smoke outs, beers, drinks, hugs, floors, washing machines, fireworks and fun. We got taken care of very well and we're grateful. No shout outs to the haters, thieves and dudes with no guitar straps.

" I hate Grandma, she's a bitch, all she does is suck my dick" - Wild America Tour Report. Week 1

It's summer and Wild America has hit the road to support their debut 7in "The Sea" (Freedom School Records). They're hitting up the midwest and having tons of fun along the way, here's some pictures and stuff from the trip.

This was taken inside of the Famous Lost Cross punk house in Carbondale, Il. Some would say this is an apt description of our band and lifestyles, but NEVER about our scent.

This is the Lost Cross bathroom. Not mild, but definitely BUCK.

This is Milo, he is an adventure dog. There is no way to dispute this fact after you meet him.

This is Jim. He plays guitar in Uh-Oh, a milwaukee band that joined us for 5 dates out of this tour. They are a great band, and we miss them very much. Here we see Jim on the roof of Lost Cross about to swing off of it.

Jim, mid flight.

This guy is hanging up inside the BFG in appleton, wi. Thanks to amos and crew for letting us bend the rules and play, despite our status.

I never expected to walk into Extreme Noise records and see dumbest sign, for the most useless bullshit on the entire planet. Punk isn't dead, it just fucking sucks.

This was our view out of one of the MANY windows inside the IMPOSSIBLY HUGE Lucky Gator Loft in Chicago. Headless statue had it coming. Mouthy statues get dead. 

Big thanks to everyone that's put us up, smoked us out, didn't mind when one of us (ed. note, me) said weird shit to your girlfriend, put up with us being late, loud and drunk, came to the show, or just said some weird funny shit within earshot. Big sorry to all those we've offended by trying to speak in midwestern accents.

"I thrive on instruction" G.L.

Our mild summer is chugging along at a snails pace. You can't sit around critiquing the Chronicle's writers all summer along(ed. note, this is how i spend 15 minutes of my day), so we here at Trailer Space hope your frolicking in some water somewhere, making out with someone cute, or doing something really fun. Just don't get caught.

Fuck man, is it really that bad?

Thanks Mac, inspirational.

We got this in the mail from our good buddy max. We admire the will required to not finish the whole bottle of whiskey and we're ESPECIALLY impressed that he made it all the way to the post office (ed. note, No Trailer Space regular would accomplish all this)

“The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.” - William Butler Yeats

Dog days of summer. The shop is curiously devoid of customers. The sun seems to be too much for Austin at large (despite this being a MILD summer) so the Trailer Space day to day has slowed down to the following:

1. Is soccer on today?

2. Let's blow some shit up with fireworks

3. Who wants to throw in on beer?

4. Oh look, its the crappy band that's playing here tonight.

5. Who wants to throw in on beer?

That's not to say we haven't been having fun. Our friends have been lighting us up with the spark of their wit and the precision and passion they have for killing time. In honor of this, here are a few quotes from some of the best and brightest we've heard this week. Names changed to protect the innocent, bring us some beer and we'll rat them out in a heart beat.

"I'm all about late term abortion. Life doesn't begin until you can shuffle, cut and deal a deck of cards." - Jacob S.

"I can't imagine a vagina being any dryer than it is when it's in our place." - Bill C.

"I have a friend who has the gout right now. He has staph, too." Bryan S.

"People Crazy in Austin. They all drive like they diggin' somethin out they ass." Houston Sid

"Sometimes you have to play hard to get, espicially when you have no lube." Mark R.

"What the fuck is your problem? With all that ORganic food you spend your money on, you better be shitting like a champion!" Matt

"That was the time that I knocked the bumper off that guys car...yeah, fuck that guy." Matt

"I remember this place back in the day, it used to be called "Rat Turds in the Ceiling"." Mark R

“A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane, and smells like Cheetah” - Ronald Regan

all photos by the daring Renate Winter

Call your momma, Call your pa. FUCKIN SCHOOLEY, FOLLOWED BY STATIC AND THE HIPPIE ARE PLAYIN TONIGHT.

Shawn David McMillen and John FUCKIN' Schooley. UNDENIABLE talent. Questionable facial hair.

Followed By Static was up first.

They we're givin' it all they got.

These guys are also givin' it all they got.

The Crowd was on fire.

Smiles all around (thats the girl that took these photos )

These guys were sitting there, smoking. Taking it all in.

Fuckin Hippie with his hippie ass shit.

Shawn played with this guy, the set was folky, moody and really, really good.

...and we close with this accordion player.

"I'm a normal guy, sexually, but I'm not afraid of a little kink" - Mac

That really says it all right there. Casual world cup fever has hit Trailer Space, we need something to jabber on about while waiting for the finals (FUCK THE LAKERS -ed. Fuck you man, Lakers are gonna win tomorrow -Spot) and since it's hot, we don't have as many crusties and hippies to make fun of as they walk by. Harrassing pedestrians aside, we're still drinking.

p.s Paul Pierce, why you look so stupid all the damn time?

“because the reality of things going on around me is more interesting than the fantasies of the world I work in.” - Dennis Hopper R.I.P

Summer around Trailer Space involves a whole hell of alot of yelling. JJ is yelling "FUCK THE LAKERS" Spot is yelling "BALL SUCKING LITTLE WEASEL" at all the ball sucking little weasels that come in and around here and everyone else is yelling about how hot it is. This is a good thing, everyone needs a good yell every here and there and why not get your yell on during summer. Summer in Austin in a sweaty, swampy mess of too much fun, mixed in with too much everything else. We say enjoy the hell out of it. The fellow above get's his yell on. Trust us. We've seen it.