Tour '11 Heading East

WE WIN!!

2011-03-26T14:17:00.001-07:00

Despite Samir's curse, the Intelligence Van courageously beat the Integrity Van to Hyde Park!

Fangboner road

2011-03-26T10:19:00.001-07:00

Enough said.

Lauren the Fish!

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The Maze!

2011-03-26T07:03:00.000-07:00

Sam displaying his victory over the marble in the maze.

Hooie stick...?

2011-03-25T14:35:00.001-07:00

Pokébalance

2011-03-25T10:16:00.000-07:00

Cake Brain

2011-03-25T07:51:00.001-07:00

Amanda realized that she has a cake brain. What that means, you'll have to ask her.

Sent from my iPhone

Eh...what?

2011-03-25T06:34:00.000-07:00

Oh hey, firemen.

2011-03-24T21:41:00.000-07:00

So, apparently, a malfunctioning dryer and an overzealous alarm system combined to set off the fire alarm and summon a firetruck and a whole crew of firefighters. Huh??

Despicable Mandar

2011-03-24T19:54:00.000-07:00

Amanda cuddles with her minions.

Justin!!!!!!!!

2011-03-24T17:15:00.000-07:00

We miss you!

And Garrett and Omar too :)

Nothing says romance more than...

2011-03-24T14:09:00.000-07:00

The Candy Bar!

2011-03-24T13:50:00.000-07:00

Justin bieber, ransom note

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He's wearing our colors!

Bleeding heart show <3

2011-03-24T08:42:00.000-07:00

Soup inside a dumpling

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The most amazing and messy food creation EVER.

Sam and.....sam?

2011-03-24T08:39:00.000-07:00

Alumni!!!!

2011-03-23T20:51:00.001-07:00

BLT!

2011-03-23T15:02:00.000-07:00

More chocolate.

2011-03-23T14:53:00.001-07:00

The guys didn't get hearts in their drinks...

The girls are here!

2011-03-23T14:52:00.000-07:00

No one laugh at Caroline's face.
....
Well, maybe a little.

2011-03-23T14:48:00.000-07:00

The Hug Mug

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D'awww......

I don't even know how to eat this.

2011-03-23T14:45:00.000-07:00

Chocolate!

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Chocolate

2011-03-23T14:09:00.001-07:00

Matt, Ekrem, and Sam indulge at Mad Brenner.

Yes, that does say 100% pure chocolate.

2011-03-23T14:07:00.000-07:00

The Muse of Music

2011-03-23T14:03:00.000-07:00

A sign from the gods!

2011-03-23T08:06:00.001-07:00

"I'm getting mixed signals" -Aya

Cleftomaniacs at NYU

2011-03-22T17:01:00.001-07:00

Singing in Washington Sq park after a yummy day in Chinatown!

New York!

2011-03-22T11:11:00.000-07:00

Posted from beneath the Hudson River!

2011-03-22T06:14:00.000-07:00

The Scarrows certainly treated us well! We thoroughy enjoyed staying in their house (and eating all their delicious food :P)! Unfortunately we've had to say goodbye to our dear friend Lauren, now boarding a flight to Israel, and now we're heading to New Jersey to sing at a school where Amanda's aunt works before heading out to sing with the NYU Cleftomaniacs. More to come!

New Jersey!

2011-03-22T05:41:00.000-07:00

Peppy

2011-03-21T15:10:00.000-07:00

Likes merry. Or likes jumping on her and wagging his tail in her face :)

Apparently this is not dinner

2011-03-21T15:09:00.000-07:00

But we can't stop eating!

.....so............good........

Independence Hall

2011-03-21T12:07:00.000-07:00

We have arrived.

2011-03-21T11:33:00.001-07:00

South Street Firehouse

2011-03-21T11:26:00.001-07:00

Meat and cheese

2011-03-21T11:09:00.000-07:00

Merry buying some after an impromptu concert for claudio. Yay Italian market!

Philadelphia!

2011-03-21T09:17:00.000-07:00

In Philadelphia, apparently, people park in the middle of the street!! Wtf?!

2011-03-20T09:51:00.000-07:00

CAROLINE, STOP THE CAR!!!!!!!!!

"Jizz in my pants"

2011-03-20T08:01:00.000-07:00

Is the worst song to hold your breath to (while driving through [2 successive] tunnels)...

The Emo Car

2011-03-20T06:54:00.001-07:00

This morning we departed the Jacobsons's house for a ~6 hour drive to Hunter's house in Delaware. And today the white car (containing Caroline, Matt, Merry, Aya, Lauren, and Saoirse) should be painted black... Like our souls. In 8th grade. We've sung along to Dashboard Confessional, Good Charlotte, Blink 182, and other bands who understood 13 year-old us better than anyone could... Even if they actually TRIED.

There's video evidence.

From now on...

2011-03-19T19:34:00.001-07:00

Everyone must put their name on their underwear. -MattChan

2011-03-19T14:42:00.001-07:00

Aaaand fail...

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2011-03-19T14:36:00.001-07:00

Mattchan....must....stay.....awake!!!

Cathedral of Learning

2011-03-19T14:09:00.000-07:00

...thought UChicago was secular and nerdy?

A Pitt building!

2011-03-19T14:08:00.000-07:00

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2011-03-19T13:46:00.000-07:00

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2011-03-19T13:45:00.000-07:00

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Good morning, Springfield!

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Heinz Field

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PITTSBURGH

2011-03-19T11:37:00.001-07:00

One moment you're in a tunnel...

2011-03-19T11:36:00.001-07:00

And another...!

Pittsburgh!

2011-03-19T11:35:00.000-07:00

Hellooooo Pittsburgh!

(Marvel at our photography skills. Notice the ghostly image of the Ransom Notes CD case in the window.)

Pennsylvania welcomes us!

2011-03-19T10:50:00.001-07:00

How nice! I missed the West Virginia sign a few minutes ago because my phone apparently takes 5 whole seconds to tak a picture. I have a nice picture of the scenery behind the sign, though it has no symbolic significance. Anyway, we're in PA!!

Dear Amanda

2011-03-19T10:27:00.000-07:00

Fail on the mini vans. We should have rented this car.

Aca-pong

2011-03-19T10:09:00.001-07:00

Last night was somewhat of an interesting first for the Notes. Visiting Fish's hometown of Springfield, we had the pleasure of singing with Wittenberg University's Just Eve--for a full house of frat brothers and partygoers. Now, I don't know what's in the Wittenberg water, but these folks were a good deal more receptive to an a cappella concert interrupting their Bacchanalian revelry than I expected.

The Notes' real glory, though, came at the pong table. There, a few UChicago a cappella nerds bested two waves of frat brothers (most of whom stood over 6 feet and had necks as thick as tree trunks) and went into triple overtime (that's right, triple) with another. We left with the taste of both glorious victory and certain libations fresh in our mouths--but, surely, that of victory was the sweeter.

Butterfly

2011-03-19T07:25:00.000-07:00

Amanda transforms into a butterfly as Samir looks on unenthused.

Return of waffle house!

2011-03-18T19:17:00.000-07:00

Indiana nugget

2011-03-18T16:02:00.001-07:00

I ate indiana, guys.

OHIOOOOOO!

2011-03-18T15:55:00.000-07:00

We didn't miss the sign this time!

2011-03-18T15:04:00.000-07:00

Lauren is not lame!

2011-03-18T15:02:00.001-07:00

Lameeeeeeeeeee

Sparticus

2011-03-18T13:47:00.001-07:00

Somehow the conversation has turned to the HBO show Spartacus and how certain male acquaintances of ours (see boyfriends and fathers) like to watch it...and about how there are copious penises in it.

"And then I came home to him playing with his--"

Hahahaha....

Green energy win.

2011-03-18T13:03:00.000-07:00

2011-03-18T12:17:00.001-07:00

Merry loves her booties!

2011-03-18T12:10:00.002-07:00

We have Sam's jacket. Are holding it for Ransom......

...this is a Ransom Note's ransom note.

Gary, indiana

2011-03-18T12:10:00.001-07:00

So far on this trip, the second car to embark (including Aya, Lauren, Ekrem, Matt, Saoirse, and Merry) was told they were "lame" for not posting so in Gary, Indiana (eeeee...) we're making our first entry!!

Aya and i (Saoirse) have found out that are the same person! We both live on 92nd street and other stuff too. Also ekrem is thrilled at being "so much more comfortable this time! I have a chair!!"

Woooooooo tour!!!

Indiana!

2011-03-18T11:30:00.000-07:00

My attempt at memorializing our entrance into Indiana! iPhone camera ftw!!

Truffles

2011-03-18T11:18:00.000-07:00

Eating Kim's magic truffles. And Mandar looks like a bug.

On our way!

2011-03-18T10:42:00.000-07:00

The Ransom Notes have embarked!! East coast, watch out!

SPRING TOUR EVE

2011-03-17T19:17:00.000-07:00

TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE TOUR AND ALL THROUGH HYDE PARK...
ALL THE RANSOM NOTES WERE WIDE AWAKE IN THE DARK.
SAM SCARROW WAS "SO.PUMPED." THAT'S WHAT HE WAS.
(JUST LIKE WE IMAGINE HE ONCE FELT, ANTICIPATING SANTA CLAUS).
LAUREN WAS PACKING HER BAGS AND SUITCASES,
AND PROBABLY PLACING THEM NEXT TO HER BASS'S.
TOMORROW WE'LL PACK OUR TWO VANS TO THE BRINK
THEN SQUISH OURSELVES INSIDE, AND WISH WE COULD SHRINK.

IT'S FIRST TO THE LAND OF SPRINGFIELD WHEN CHICAGO WE LEAVE
WE WILL STAY WITH THE FISH(ES) AND SING WITH JUST EVE,

DAY 2 BRINGS US TO PITTSBURGH TO RAISE FUNDS
AND SING WITH THE PITT PENDULUMS FOR LOTS, LOTS MORE FUN!

IT'S A LONG WAY, THE NEXT DAY, TO DELAWARE
(HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THERE WITHOUT USING OUR SPARE)!
WITH THE BUCKWORTHS WE'LL STAY, BEFORE WE DEPART
IT'S ONLY AN HOUR TO PHILLLY-- WE WON'T NEED A HEAD START.

THEN IT WILL BE MONDAY AND WE'LL SING WITH GRACENOTES
I HOPE IT WON'T BE SO COLD THAT WE'LL NEED COATS.

TUESDAY WHEN WE SAY GOODBYE TO THE SCARROWS,
WE WILL HAVE TO BE UP WITH THE BLUE JAYS AND SPARROWS
CAUSE OUR FIRST GIG'S AT 10, IN A HIGH SCHOOL IN JERSEY,
AND HALF-DONE WILL BE OUR ODYSSEY.
THAT TUESDAY NIGHT WE'LL STAY IN NEW YORK
AFTER SINGING FLAWLESSLY, LIKE A ....TUNING ...FORK...?

WEDNESDAY WE'LL BE PERFORMING AT SAINT VINCENT FERRER
BRINGING BACK SOME OF ONE NOTE'S MEMORIES OF TERROR
BEFORE WE STAY IN BROOKLYN WITH OUR DEAR, DEAR OLD FRIENDS,
A GIANT RANSOM NOTE FAMILY THAT NEVER WILL END...?

THURSDAY WE WILL SING FOR SAOIRSE'S GRANNY
AND SIGHTSEE THE CITY (SANS PACKS OF FANNIE).
FRIDAY WE HEAD WEST, AS THE PIONEERS
CONCLUDING OUR TOUR FOR TWO MORE YEARS.

-S

TOUR!

2011-01-23T21:12:00.001-08:00

We're already excited.