HELLLLOOOOO!

Hey Guys! So this is the beginning of a really cool thing! Caitlyn is doing such a great job already with this whole thing...while i was at my internship yesterday I recored this:

New Things!

SO, a few things to cover here. First and foremost an introduction is to be made. These lovely words that you now will be reading more then often are going to be typed up by yours truely and of course your asking who this yours truely is well...My name is Caitlyn, HEY, I'm originally from Long Island New York, (holler), and now reside in the beautiful city of Boston where I attend Northeastern University and major in music industry.

So now that you know a little bit about me, I've recently been added to the BANK! Team and I am in charge of updating this snazzy blog that you see before you. I'm going to be updating this journal with some cool widgets, awesome videos and random stuff that you all will highly enjoy! Check back often because this thing is going to be chock full of fun stuff to entertain you during the day, if your at your job or in class, this journal is totally going to make your day. Seriously.

Whose been to the new BANK! Clothing website!? I have! Its awesome!
So if you havent checked it out yet be sure to hop on over there at: www.bankclothingonline.com
More new and exciting things are coming your way thanks to BANK! Clothing, some stuff that will blow your mind!

Thats it for now, but be sure to bookmark this bad boy and get back here more often!

questions.comments. suggestions. caitlyn.makes.BANK@gmail.com

XOXO
Caitlyn + BANK!

Girltalkkkkkkkkkkk

Hey everybody,

So I recently saw Girltalk, but more like I recently danced my ass off to Girltalk. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. An amazing time, incredible, unreal, awesome. Can you tell how much fun I had? The capacity for the show was really small so it was intimate. Thats probably the reason why the stage broke, o yea he made us dance that hard. That man is a genius. Seriously, I dont think I could stand in between 250+ sweaty people dancing all up in my grill and mix the music that he did. Think about that? Would you want to? Well maybe some of you would, if thats your thing, sweatpants, headband and mac book. Props to him for doing what he loves and making people happy. A great experience that I totally would do again, I suggest you all go to a Girltalk show sometime soon and if you cant get in FIND A WAY IN! So tell me, does Girltalk make you dance like no ones watching? If not who does!?

questions. comments. suggestions. caitlyn.makes.BANK@gmail.com

xoxo BANK!
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!!!!!Fall Update!!!!!

Hey everybody!

We hope you all had a great time this past summer and want to thank everyone who came out and visited us on warped tour! We had a blast and hope you did as well. Now that everyone is looking ahead to the winter you have a few updates. Make sure to check out the new BANK! Clothing website that will be up and running shortly. Also get ready for a new line of BANK! Clothing! New shirts and hoodies are well on their way so be sure to check back here or over at the BANK! website to stay up to date with all the latest news.

xoxo
BANK! Clothing

Day 14 - 22 Orlando, FL - Detroit, MI

After Georgia, the Warped Tour made its way down to Florida for four of the hottest, stickiest days yet on the tour. Our favorite day out of the four was Miami. The venue was right near the downtown region and it was in a really gorgeous park. It started pouring in the middle of the day, but we were fine as we've rain-proofed our tent! It cooled everything off and and after that the weather was great. After the show we walked down to an area called Bayside, and had some delicious Chili's for dinner. We hung out with our friends Johnny from Fearless Records and Ryan from Epitaph Records and shortly after it was time to leave for our next date, Charlotte, NC.

The next few days on the east coast were really fun for us because even though we aren't from that area of the country, it was a good feeling to be back east! We were the closest to home we'd ever been, and thats super comforting when you're gone so long! Alesana is based out of Raleigh, NC and Baltimore, MD so their families came out to visit. It's funny to see where these crazy guys came from...

Leaving the east coast, we headed to the midwest for shows in Ohio and Michigan. For the Cleveland date, our bus driver Jenevieve had some friends come over and set up shop. The bus became a mobile hair salon, tattoo and piercing parlor where the guys and gals from Addicted Body Arts of Parma Heights, OH did some amazing work. We spent the next day in Detroit at Comerica Park, home of the Detroit Lions. The stadium was amazing and we got to field-level when we went to take showers inside the underbelly of the stadium! As the first two Canada dates were directly after Detroit, we took a couple hours to pack and organize everything for the trip across the border. The day was really fun, but the best part was that Starbucks set up a tent in catering so we got free iced coffee ALL DAY. It was incredible...it's the little things that count, you know?

xoxo Bank!

Warped Tour. Day 10-13. Dallas, Texas - Atlanta, Georgia

So, remember how I said our day in Kansas City was going normally? Well, it was until Warped Tour fell into the path of a TORNADO. We didn't suffer any physical damage, but it rained harder than I've ever experienced and the wind was insane. Right before it started, we began to pack up our tent because we could see crazy clouds and wanted to get loaded in before the earth melted down...only we didn't get done fast enough!

As soon as we collapsed the tent and eliminated our only shelter, thunder struck and I am not exaggerating when I say that we were soaked completely through instantly. In about five minutes, Warped Tour turned from a functioning festival into a parking lot of chaos. Tents and gear were being blown away, kids were freaking out, running around screaming and the 150 or so vendors stripped everything down to nothing. We all loaded out as fast as our handtrucks would roll and once everyone's merchandise was put away safely, the fun commenced. People were dancing in the rain, showering, and having a great time.

Andrew from The Higher and their guitar tech Jackson!

After Kansas City, we hit up Dallas for a sick ampitheater date and then had July 4 off in Austin, TX. A bunch of buses from the tour were in town so we got to see our friends in The Higher play at a cool indoor/outdoor venue called Emo's downtown.Our next day of tour was in San Antonio. Alaska, Nate and the other guys from Tonight Is Glory came to see us and they helped us out yet again behind the booth

After a rain scare, we decided to pack up early and relax for the night. Adam, the stage left guitarist for Alesana entered the Sumo Saturday contest(a weekly sumo tournament with prizes like getting an extra case of water every day for a week or getting to pick your own set time for a week, etc) so we watched him crush in the first round and get cheated out of a round two victory.

We managed to recover and make our way to Houston and after two days off in Memphis, TN, we rejoined the tour of the Atlanta, GA show. We'd never been to Georgia before so it was definitely a cool experience to meet people from a completely new part of the country.

XOXO BANK!

Warped Tour Day 8 & 9. Denver, CO - Bonner Springs, KS

Today, the Bank crew is in Kansas City, KS. It's another ampitheatershow which is good because it usually means real showers, betterlayouts and our guys in Alesana get to play inside the mainstage.Today is also the first day we've has to deal with real amounts of rain so it wil be interesting to see how that plays out...

Aside from the rain though, KC has been completely normal compared to the past couple of days we've had. To start, the drive to Salt Lake City from New Mexico was 16 hours long and we had to do it during the day. All 16 of us crowded into the front lounge and sat through Lethal Weapon 1, Just Friends, and Van Wilder...and after all that we still had three hours to go! By the time we arrived in the city we had time to hit up a Macaroni Grill (where the waitress got starstruck and messed up eveyone's orders) and head back to the bus for bed.

The SLC show went well, especially as the weather was much more agreeable in Utah than New Mexico. The coolest part about the venuewas that it was surrounded by gigantic snow-capped mountains. Eventhough we wre just in a parking lot, the view made us feel like wewere in some remote, majestic landscape.

From SLC we hit up Denver, CO for one of our fun shows to date. The venue was awesome! Everything was set up directly in front of Mile High Stadium! There was lots of grass, shade, and room to move around. A bunch of people had heard of us there, so it was nice to feel a bit of familiarity in a place we had never been before. We had the help of some friends we met on tour last week (Nathan and Alaska of the Texasband Tonight is Glory) and a street teamer named Jono. They passed outstickers, flirted shamelessly and were excellent salesmen. We hope to see them again on the tour!

XOXO BANK!