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So we�re still in Pittsburgh, and all the bands are waking up and getting ready to go. FLICKERSTICK is slowly unfrazzling itself, and Cory walks in with a shit-eating grin on his face. Someone got laid! Brandin: �Where the hell were you, man?� Cory: �In a log cabin somewhere.� Nice, dude. Nice. All the guys in the band start busting his chops, which is really funny. Fletcher: �One fan at a time, baby.� What? Whatever, dude, you have a fianc�e! Not like that necessarily matters. Oh, you�ll see.
Brendon and Katina magically appear to rub the fact that FLICKERSTICK is still in the lead in the faces of all the other bands. They go over the totals again.
FLICK -- $3331
HARLOW -- $3007
DODES -- $3067
CRACK -- $2996
Okay, so this is how it�s gonna work. The bands are going to Columbus, Ohio. Thursday night, all the bands are gonna play separate venues. Saturday night, all the bands are gonna compete in a battle, and whoever loses gets the boot. Now this is where it starts ill up in piece.
Bob: �I think we just need to play as much as possible, sell that merch, stay on the show.� Yeah, it�s worked like a bloody charm 'til now. Not. Your band smells and sounds like poo. And you know what? Poo isn�t that great. Shut up, Bob. Brandin mentions that �we�re not gonna do anything different, we�re just gonna do the same thing and hope things work out again.� I hope so, dude. You guys rule.
And they�re off. In the HARLOW van, Rebecca mentions that she has developed a fondness for all of the bands, and she doesn�t like the whole �voting off� thing. �It just kinda breaks my heart. Why can�t we all just stay on tour the whole time?� That�s a really nice thing to say, but SOULCRACKER needs to get kicked off this show, for real. But she�ll see soon enough, when CRACKSMOKER uses their shameless tactics to screw HARLOW out of a bonus. Jerks. But, hey, all in all, I think Rebecca�s the bomb. I�d like to have a beer or eight with her. At my house. Becky, how does eight o'clock on Saturday sound? Good? Great. See you then. Love ya, babe. Oops.
Dominic thinks FLICK might have an edge in Columbus with the college kids, just because �well, you know, we are the �party band.�� Yeah, you are. But you rock, man. You may smell, but you rule. Rock. Dom, to the band: �Sororities, dude. Wherever there�s chicks, there�s guys.� True, true.
Over at DODES camp, there some talk of a merch swap, which basically means that two bands buy equal amounts of merchandise from one another to increase their tour earnings. I understand that DODES wants to cover his ass, and hes found a totally legal way to do it, but why with ASSCRACKER? Theyre such jerks! Josh seems like a nice enough guy; in fact, the only person I dont like in his band is Daryl (I wont even start, cuz itll never finish). But, damn. I mean, SOULCRACKER? Dude. Dude. No, seriously -- dude. Adrian and Maiya have moral objections, but Jo Jo thinks otherwise: I dont think its mean or backstabbing or anything, its just being competitive. I agree, but still. Those other guys are jerks. Except Suttmuffin. We like him and his hair.
And were in Columbus. Rebeccas trying to get things ready for the show on Thursday.
Bonus! Bonus! There are two fraternities having parties tonight. Each party can accommodate two bands, but the bands have to literally find the frat to book the show. Jo Jo and Josh run around looking for a house, and a car almost hits Jo Jo. He calls the driver a ballsack, which tickles me pink.
FLICKERSTICK finds the TKE house and sets up their gig.
Now here comes the really scummy nonsense from the ASSLICKER side. Somehow Slutton is able to get the numbers for both frat houses, and he books shows at both. Not. That is such bullshit. It would be different if they followed the rules and actually went to both houses to book the gig, but they just decided to be jerks, as always. I hate SOULCRACKER. Theyre so mean-spirited and lazy. Plus, Beastie. This show would be a lot more fun if they werent around. Man, I hope they go down.
HARLOW and FLICKERSTICK catch wind of this little double-booking fiasco, and are none too pleased. Dominic: I was pissed. I already wasnt too happy about SOULCRACKER. Now I just want to shove my drumsticks up their asses. All except for that last part. That was me. DODES also hears about it, and theyre all vexed because they thought they were in cahoots with SOLESLAPPER from the whole merch swap idea. But no. SOULCRACKER is a group that consists of jerks. Flat out. Looking out for number one. Ugh. It even turns out that DODES set up the gig at the Lambda house for SOULCRACKER. That sucks. Poor DODES. Theyre totally the underdog. But theyre in second, remember.