Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day!!!!!!

To all the Mother’s in the world, who mothered such loving Rooney fans, thank you. I’m in Napa valley right now with my family. My cousin got married yesterday and I’m staying here for a few days to get some peace and quiet. It’s very beautiful outside, a real change from the touring life. The weather is perfect. I had to drive out to Atlanta to catch a direct flight to SF yesterday morning. I was on the 8:50am flight, I had a terrible time finding the airport, I made many stops at random gas stations to ask for directions. I had return my car rental and rush to the check in counter. I missed my flight, not because I got their too late, but because I had a bad feeling about the getting on the plane and I decided to take the next one. There were some suspicious looking people waiting at the gate and I quickly snapped into survival moment, not mention the terrorist threat level was changed to Orange the PA announced it throughout the airport over and over . Anyway, I made it here and I feel much better. I’ve been reading Sophocles, I finally made it to the book store and picked up some great reading material. I finished Antigone and Oedipus the King, also Arthur Miller’s All My Sons. I’m on a playwright kick right now. Really great reading, I highly recommend those plays. Next, I’ll be tackling Electra and then Dante’s Inferno. Today is day one of our vacation, which has been a long time coming. I fly home to LA on Wednesday and I think I’ll be there until June 4th, when we fly to Europe for the festivals. Well, have a wonderful day and pick up Freakonomics if you have a chance. Later.

Robert

Chicago

Howdy,

I just returned to the hotel from a long walk. Not sure where I was, but I saw a sign that said Lincoln Park. There was a nice trail and it was the most peaceful walk I’ve had in many weeks. We have a day off today, and I need it. The drives from city to city have been tiring, especially when we’ve been going on little sleep. It’s an early morning van call and then a long drive. I just watched Ben-Hur in the van. It gave me strength to go on, to fight for my beliefs, to find the will to live within. I love a good story about overcoming those who try to keep you down, proving the powerful wrong, etc. There are some amazing action sequences in the film as well. I also finished The Crucible on one of the drives. When I said I was reading it before in an old video blog, I had just started it. I was glued to the pages, I couldn’t put it down. I thought I would get sick reading as we drive, but I felt fine, maybe it was witchcraft. It was so frustrating how the girl were pretending to be attacked by an invisible evil and it was all because of jealousy, payback. I felt awful for Proctor and his wife, but Proctor was strong and made a point by not signing the document in the end, power, strength, I love that. When someone dies for the greater good, to make a point, not for selfish reason, but to teach, to sacrifice you life to stand by the things you believe in, so brave. It’s what’s missing from the world today, our country, our generation.

The tour is going well. It feels amazing to finally do a real headline tour across the country, with bands we selected and love. There’s a good vibe at the shows and there’s nothing better than a good vibe. I can’t wait for the second half of the tour starting in June. I’ve received some messages on SayNow, so keep calling if you get the chance.

I’m gonna step out and meet my band mates. See all your Chicago people tomorrow. Later.

Robert

4 days deep in the U.S. of A.

it’s a strange thing to go from gothic cathedrals in europe to giant wal-marts in America. What is it with Wal Mart and me seeing super strange, yet classic American moments between people. Here are two tales from my stop there yesterday to buy socks.

#1 I’m buying Matt some new beard busters when a very obese woman rides by on an electric cart…she didn’t want to walk and apparently neither did her grand daughter who rode standing but leaning into granny’s belly like a giant bean bag chair. I thought this was funny already and then the little girl opens her mouth as they drive past me…

Little Girl: “I just farted.”

Grandma. “That’s wonderful. Thanks for sharing.”

#2 I’m standing in line dealing with an elderly clerk who insisted that I take a plastic bag when I asked 3 times for no bag. I give her a twenty and the owed change comes to $6.66. The evil looking biker behind me was already using the brush he was about to purchase in his ratty hair. It made a crunchy sound in his dried out pony tail as he read the liner notes from the Godsmack C.D. he was also planning to purchase.

clerk: That don’t look good.

ned: what’s wrong?

clerk: that’s the devil’s number.

biker: that ain’t the number of the beast…but he’s coming alright.

the clerk was genuinely terrified that this man was one of hell’s disciples and he magically put the number on that screen. I took my items back out of the plastic bag and left the store immediately. Wow.

So far the tour has been awesome. really fun bands and we got our new back drop today. Whoopdee doo!

ned

danke

germany is always so good to us. the show last night was a lot of fun. we now have 2 days off in koln. last night the german promoter threw us a party at the hotel, in celebration of several successful german shows. we cant wait to get back here for the festivals in june. also, we can’t wait to get home to sunny california and soak up the sun for a couple days before hitting the road again. see you all soon.

taylor

good charlotte…that’s a wrap

we finished the Good Charlotte tour tonight after a killer show at the famous London Brixton Academy. it was short and sweet which cool. truly a nice bunch of guys. a working man’s band, can’t say enough things about it. today robert and I ran into Har Mar Superstar who is a friend from L.A. and saw a movie in Sheffield…”Son of Rambow.” see it, it was great. talk to you from dublin. can’t wait to see Ireland for the first time! ned

Rooney Street Team

If you’d like to belong to the Rooney Street Team (RST), here’s what you need to do:

Send all of your info to:
cassidy@soundmgt.com

We need your full name, the city and state you are located in, phone number (if you feel comfortable). If you’re wondering what it means to be on the RST, I’ll fill you in. It’s all about spreading the Rooney love. You can make posters, stickers, pins, decorate your car, etc. Anything that will give people info about Rooney. We have a tour coming up this summer and we need help promoting the shows. It takes more than just an ad in the weekly newspaper and some flyers. It takes dedicated fans who will work the streets and build the band up in a organic way.

Cassidy will select a team captain in each city. The team captain is someone who can put in more time organizing how things will work in that city. Similar to how a quarter back calls the plays on the football field. If you’d like to be the team captain, then please let us know. We know a lot of you work or are in school and can’t dedicate too much time to the RST. For those of you who can, your help is greatly appreciated!

And if you’re located outside of the US, we still want you on the RST. There’s a lot of work to be done in this crazy old world and it’s up to all of us.

Thank you,

Rooney

Edinburgh

Yo World,

I’m in the dressing room in a venue called The Corn Exchange. I don’t know why it’s called that, but it’s a normal, large venue. The Good Charlotte boys just arrived and poked their heads in our room to say hello. They’re very very nice guys. It’s always good to tour with a friendly band. I did a youtube blog the other day with most of our weeks experiences. Next week we’ll be in the UK. I’m excited to be back here, it feels like it’s been long. We’re playing for new people at these shows, so it’s a different vibe from our headline shows.

We can’t wait for the headline tour this summer in the states. It actually starts at the end of the month. All of us just signed on to the myspace page and replied to a few hundred messages. There are so many to respond to, but we’re making a dent every day. Sorry if it’s taken some time to respond, but we’re reading all of them, don’t you fear. Also, if anyone is experiencing a problem with not being accepted to our friends on myspace, we’re working on it, so sit tight.

Life is good, I’m happy to be alive. After that near death experience on the flight back from Tokyo, I said to myself, I’m going to enjoy every second of my life.

I gotta get moving, I’ve been sitting on my computer way to long. I gotta shave too, I’m getting a little too scruffy. Later dudes.

For those of you who’d like to be on our street team, email cassidy@soundmgt.com

Thanks!

Robert

ZURICH MANIA

Hey guys-

As you know Europe has been awesome so far. We love it here. The day off in Amsterdam was supposedly very fun- I missed out however. I wasn’t feeling well and needed to rest. But I still loved being there. The people are so nice and it’s such a great city. The show last night was a blast too.

So, we’re in Zurich right now. Z-town. It’s great here and we’re excited for another headlining show. Hopefully our sound mixer won’t get a diarrhea attack in the middle of the show again and have to leave the sound console for an entire song like last time. He’s feeling well, so our hopes are high.

On a serious note, things are going well out here and it’s been great meeting our fans and friends in Europe. Keep coming out to the shows….they’ve been awesome and will only get better. Check out the pics…..i’m uploading a few from the dressing room last night.

Matt

Amsterdam

Hey there,

I’m sitting on the bus outside the Melkweg in Amsterdam. We just finished the show and loaded out. We did a meet and greet, our first one in Amsterdam, actually, our first real meet and greet in all of Europe. There was a long line of fans, it felt like we were back at home. I was given two amazing gifts, one of them is a book called “The Bumper Book of Bunny Suicides,” and the other gift is a music box with a crankshaft that plays one of my favorite songs, “Singing in the Rain.” The show was intense. We played a very long set and I got a little tired in the middle of the set. We closed the set with California Girls by the Beach Boys. It was cool watching everyone sing along and dance. It was a Sunday, so we had to work extra hard to get everyone to go nuts in the crowd. It’s a rainy day here. Ned and I shared a hotel room last night and we couldn’t sleep at all. We were up till about 5:30am, still adjusting to the time change. I’m eating some banana and peanut butter as I type this. I’m very excited to get back Holland this summer. We hope we can play the Ping Pop festival here, but if not, we’ll do our own show. We’re about to drive to Zurich Switzerland right now, which is around a 12 hour drive. Wish us luck. Later…

-Robert

hello world

end of tour. robert already summed it up for you. it was a lot of fun. thank u to all that came to the shows. for those of u who skipped out on the shows because ur waiting for our headlining dates, the wait isn’t much longer. we’re getting close. we gotta hop over to europe for a few weeks, then come back and do some US rooney headlining shows. cant wait. u still with me? u still with us?

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