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MP3: Radiant Dragon – Oysters

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MP3: Radiant Dragon – Cloud Seeding

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MP3: Girls – Lust for Life

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MP3: Girls – Hellhole Ratrace

Sarah: Uncharacteristically silent until now. Queen of Hoxton gave me the willies. The neighborhood, Shoreditch, was awash with trendiness + suits. Bad vibes were just oozing all over.

Queen of Hoxton ceiling art

A very frat boy/Wall Street vibe. Hostility everywhere. Thousands of disco balls making me seasick as I tried to cross the room.

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MP3: Abe Vigoda – Don’t Lie from Reviver EP (2009)

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MP3: Cats In Paris – Get Out Of Jail Free Card

Dave again. I’ll handle the account of our trip up to the Midlands since I spent a good many months nestled in Central England a few years ago. First off–our Saturday night support slot in Nottingham:

Wallpaper eating Nathan in Brighton

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MP3: Blossom Dearie – I Like London In The Rain

It fucking rains in England.

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The longest day of days…

Baltimore: Dave is petting Fred. Sarah is arguing with her dad about pasta sauce. “Just a disagreement” … Fred is a good dog. “Not running away” .. We’re sitting in the frontyard waiting for Dave’s parents 2 send us off. Strawberry fresa goya under the evening sun. “It’s like 15mins til 6 and I’m cooking pasta” – Sarah … We leave for BWI at 6.

upset tummies

What time is it?!?!

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Everyone welcome Dave, Sarah and Nathan of Baby Venom. They’ll be doing some guest tour-blogging while they head over to the UK. I’ve taken the liberty of cheesily naming their column “Running Am-UK.” Enjoy!

Head over heels

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MP3: Baby Venom – Frank

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MP3: Baby Venom – Moms and Dads

We are about to go on our first ever tour. Our first ever shows outside of Baltimore City.

We = Baby Venom.  From left to right: Natal Duncan, Davey C. Section, Sarah Bortion.

You will hear about our experiences on tour for the next month (spoiler alert: we’re playing with Deerhunter May 18th!).