Meredith Bragg & The Terminals in Pittsburgh.

Future front page image for Bears Will Attack.

Jon, Meredith and Dan, looking down on Pittsburgh.

The Windstar touring vehicle.

Despite the quiet, soothing sounds of the museum, Brian suspected he was being watched, possibly by a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Jon and Dan with Candace, on the porch of her house in Athens, Georgia.

Cleveland, Ohio.

Dan pooted in North Carolina, and all I got was this painted hippy-car.

Meredith and Dan inspect various small dents in the van, trying vainly to figure out if they are new or not.

Dinosaur attack! (part one)

Dinosaur attack! (part two)

Are we still on tour? Ha! Who can say?

Important gear for the touring musician. Includes ARP piano, Alesis keyboard, Alesis mixer/effects processor, tumbler of gin.

Brian making a face on a mosaic lizard, at a rest stop somewhere in Kentucky.

Dan and Meredith, suffering from the ravages of life on the road.

Horace, a dog in Athens, Georgia who was unable to grasp the intricacies of "fetch", despite an entire morning spent going over the finer details of the game.

Who DO you love?

Augusta, Georgia: City of Soul.

Meredith Bragg & The Terminals with the Godfather of Soul. (James Brown himself insisted his statue be rendered life-sized, so that he might walk more freely with the people.)

Jon loading up on "drummin' fuel" before the show.

Brian, at the Cathedral of learning.

Dan, at the Cathedral of learning.

One pint, ya'll.

An angry redneck confronts the mystery of the pale, distant stars.

Guinness, such a good dog.

Apparently, a steamship is to blame.

Playing the keys in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Meredith and Otis, our host in Columbia, South Carolina, and the world's greatest living Meredith Bragg & The Terminals fan.

Meredith and Scott, sitting down to dinner at Scott's favorite taco/sushi restaurant.

Meredith enjoying a giant stone puma in Pittsburgh.

Nashville, Tennessee.

Meredith and Dan, getting into "the pocket."

Onstage at the Soapbox in Wimington.

Brian and Dan strike a pose in Syracuse, New York.

Jon shares his feelings about who is to blame for this tour.

Jon, bestriding the narrow world like a colossus.

Dan, enjoying the cultures and peoples of the ancient world.

Pabst Blue Ribbon, the official free beer of touring bands everywhere. (New promo photo).

Placing peanuts on Jon while he's sleeping in the van: A tour tradition since 2002.

Stupidest tour picture ever.

We spent some time at Merrit's Drive-In Highway Burger Shack devising theories to account for this sign. The truth, when it was revealed to us, was darker than we suspected, and involved a good old-fashioned feud between neigbors.

Saying goodbye to The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers after our three shows together.

The Springwater Supper Club, our venue in Nashville. Note pickup truck in front of door. Note sign proclaiming various "roadhouse-style" amenities. Note complete lack of fans of sensitive, quiet indie-rock music anywhere in neighborhood.

Dan, expressing his feelings upon learning that Scott has brought us to a restaurant where we are expected to eat barbecue standing up in the parking lot.

Good times.

Meredith up on his soapbox, as usual.

Dan readies himself to lay down some fat trumpet licks, as Lil' Kuntree prepares the recording machines.

Coming soon: The hot new track from Dan and Lil' Kuntree, It's on, ya'll.

Who loves touring? Hooray!