Crazy Hair

So Eric's been going crazy lately. He's been on this weird jag with his hair- I don't know what to think.



Eric's been talking more and more about video games, and I think there might be an album theme in here somewhere. Or he's just gone off the deep end . . .

Battle of the Bands- we REALLY need your help!

Hi Guys,

We were really excited- we just crossed into the top 40 in the Vans Warp Tour Battle of the Bands! We're still a long way away from making first place, and we badly need your help. (Hey, you're part of the WJ team- this is a way to prove you're a true fan.)

It's really easy- sign up for an account at www.battleofthebands.com/watchingjudas if you haven't already, and then vote!

You can vote every day, and we're asking all of our hard-core fans to do just that. It's so easy- it only takes a minute, and you'll be helping spread the word about your favorite band.

Thanks so much, guys- see ya on the tour!

Check out these previously unreleased pictures:

What kind of shirts do you like?

Today we just got an offer to play a show with a band from out of town. We get at least a dozen of these a week, and it's really hard to decide what to do with them. It's so hard to decide who to play with, and it's so hard to tell what the bandmembers are like without going to the trouble of contacting them. (We'd have to have someone just for that if we wanted to write them all back)

It leads me to wonder. What makes a good band? What makes a band worth going to see? To me, it's a lot of things. Here's a list I made that makes me want to see a band:

• An awesome live show
• Great lights and sound
• a good, safe venue
• A reputation
• A warm-up band worth sitting through

Some of the reasons why I WON'T go see a band:

• Unimaginative music
• Excessive offensive language on-stage
• Yelling monkeys onstage during the performance

Have thoughts about it? Post in the community forum below. We'd love to hear what you have to say.

Eric's in Arizona

While the cat's away, the mice do play. Eric took the first vacation he's had in over 2 years and went to Arizona. In the meantime, the rest of the band has a week off. Everybody cheer for spring break!

Found a Friend. For awhile . . .

I bet you didn't know that I get major stage-fright just before a show. The cold-clammy-hands-on-the steering-wheel kind of stage fright. I can't believe sometimes that even after playing nearly 1,000 shows in my career, I still feel the same way I did when I was a geeky nine year old. Something about the rush of knowing you can fail miserably really makes my blood flow.

Sometimes I feel like I've handed the audience a scapel, drawn a big red X on my chest, and told them to enjoy. Someone forgot to give me anthesia. Maybe that's why so many musicians drink heavily,

I wrote a song awhile back that talks about it. Talks about how difficult it is to think of anyone as anything more than a temporary friend.

Jade Tree Eyes

Where'd you go
Kelsey Rose
I'm a thousand miles from home
And the telephone wires
And the pale denim sky
Frames the snow
On the road

I guess I really can't convict you
I guess I really can't complain
Of the lines that I lost
And the fantasies I left in the fields
Long the way

Jade Tree Eyes
I found a friend, for awhile
Jade Tree Eyes
I find a friend in you
Jade Tree Eyes
Simple patch, across the heart
Jade Tree Eyes
I find a friend in you

It's been an awfully chill December
Clutching hard to bitter fall
And I find that my time
Is mostly ticked away at singing songs
To empty halls

All my remnants of devotion
And my fantasies of youth
Are tried by the age
Of the ashen cover girl
As I reach out in the darkness for the truth

Kelsey Rose, they're calling for me
And I'm forced to face the crowd
Will I run, will I fight, will the melodies I write
Change the hearts, move the heads

I'm going to try again to love them
Though I feel to weak to stand
But I'll lean on the man
That I can not feel or see
And I'll tremble as He takes me by the hand

Text Message Updates

With the launch of this new site, we have the ability to do all kinds of cool things together. One way that you can be plugged into the band is to add your mobile number to your contact list.

We'll be sending out text message updates once in awhile to our fans, and if you're on the list, you're in. (Standard text rates apply) We promise on our collective mother's graves that we won't spam or share your info with anyone else!

Hilarious Picture!

We took this picture of Aaron the other day- this sums up his sense of humor in a nutshell.