Welcome!

I have been keeping this show diary for close to five years now. I joined Fairmont in 2003 and a week later we recorded "Anomie", and a month later I went on my first tour with Fairmont. I can't believe it's almost been seven years. I have no specific goals for this blog. I am going to start at the beginning of the tour diary and add a few shows at a time. I am going to write exactly what I wrote in the diary and only fix spelling. I'm going to leave in every detail, the good, the bad, the funny, and the sad. Fairmont has had its ups and downs and I hope this gives you, the reader some insight on what being in a band is all about, being with your best friends, playing shows and making what you consider to be great music. The diary starts in 2005 when "Hell is Other People" is just being released. Enjoy!

-Andy

PS: I really hope Henry Rollins doesn't mind me borrowing the whole "Get in the van; on the road with Black Flag" thing, I mean I changed it up a little.

PSS: below is a list of all the shows I've done with Fairmont starting with my first and ending where I start this blog.

August 2003 Anomie Tour
August 1 Cool Beans, Oradell, NJ w/ Putrid Flowers 
August 2 Le Grande Fromage, Atlantic City, NJ w/The Multi-Purpose Solution
August 5 Dead Pan Alley, Normal, IL
August 6 Eclipse Records St. Paul, MN w/Anchors for Architects (awesome band)
August 7 Java Joint, St. Cloud, MN
August 8 The Key, Northfield, MN
August 9 Otto's Underground, DeKalb, IL 
August 12 Bloomfield Ave Cafe, Montclair NJ (first time we met the minus scale)
August 13 Arlene's Grocery, NYC, NY w/ Val Emmich
August 14 Gouglersville Firehall , Sinking Springs , PA w/the bedrockers
August 16 Skaters World, Wayne, NJ
August 21 CBGB's NYC, NY
September 4 Maxwells , Hoboken, NJ
September 6 Murray Hodge Legion Hall, Rutherford, NJ w/Escape Engine, Maverick
September 17 Rodeo Ristra, Hoboken, NJ
September 20 Video Shoot “Sometimes I’m Bitter”
September 21 Video Shoot “Sometimes I’m Bitter”
September 25-26 Finished ANOMIE
October 10 The Loop Lounge Passaic Park
October 17 Cool Beans, Oradell, NJ
October 31 Halloween BBQ Smithfield, Parsippany, NJ 
November 6 Carabella's, Dover, NH w/ Dave Weston, TMS 
November 7 Colby college ,Waterville, ME w/ Dave Weston, TMS 
November 8 Bates College Lewiston, ME w/ Dave Weston, TMS
November 29 Le Bat Bar NYC, NY 
December 13 Bloomfield Ave Cafe CD Release show Montclair, NJ 
Decemeber 19 Loop Lounge, Passaic Park, NJ w/ My Chemical Romance
2004
January 5-7 Recorded the EP that never came out. 20/20, Plastic Boy, Hypochondriac, One Last Chance
January 23 Cool Beans Oradell, NJ w/Dave Weston
February 19 Maxwells Hoboken, NJ w/Dave Weston, The Finals
February 26 Kean University Benefit, Edison, NJ w/Highfall
February 28 Madison Community House , Madison, NJ
March 5 The Loop Lounge, Passaic Park, NJ w/The Escape Engine 
March 19 The Sad Café, Plaistow, NH w/TMS
March 20 Wolfies ,Nashua, NH w/TMS
March 27 Red Lion Cafe@ Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ 
April 3 Rowan University ,Glassboro, NJ , w/Marathon
April 16 Cool Beans, Oradell, NJ w/The Finals and Copperpot
April 30 Bloomfield Ave café, Montclair, NJ
May 22 Uncle Joes, Jersey City, NJ w/ The Finals, Snakes and Music
May 28 Explorers Club, Manchester, NH w/TMS
May 29 Fun, Hampton, NH w/TMS
May 30 Sad Café, Plaistow, NH w/TMS
June 17 The Loop Lounge, Passaic Park, NJ w/TMS, The Finals
June 25 Port City Java, Deptford, NJ w/ Scholar 
June 26 The Underpass, Elmwood Park, NJ
July 14 CBGB, New York City, NY
July 17 Archer Hall, Allendale, NJ w/Outsmarting Simon
July 21 Rodeo Ristra, Hoboken, NJ 
Hell is Other People Tour 04 w/ The Finals and The Minus Scale
August 5 Maxwells, Hoboken, NJ 
August 6 Hangouts, Wheeling, IL
August 7 Cal's , Chicago, IL
August 8 The Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL
August 9 The Barking Spider Tavern, Cleveland, OH (Officially Worst show ever)
August 10 Woody's Tavern, Louisville, KY
August 11 Neitchies, Bufallo, NY 
August 12 Sad Café, Plaistow, NH
August 13 Explorers Club, Manchester, NH
August 14 Fun, Hampton, NH
August 20 The Underpass Elmwood Park, NJ 
August 21 Cool Beans, Oradell, NJ 
September 17 Grace Church , Wyckoff, NJ
October 3 Froggers, Manahwkin, NJ
October 14 The Loop Lounge, Passaic Park, NJ
October 15 The Sad Café, Plaistow, New Hampshire w/TMS
October 16 Bates College, Lewiston, Maine w/TMS
October 22 Cool Beans , Oradell, NJ 
October 23 Centro, South Amboy (NJ Indie Fest) w/ Spiraling
October 24 SEHO , NYC, NY w/ House of Leaves, The Finals
November 1-30 Recording Hell is Other People w/ Dave Debiak of Sleep Staion
December 3 New England Rock TV
December 3 Berwick High School, Berwick, NH 
December 4 Bates College, Lewiston, ME
December 14 Brickhouse, Dover, NH w/ Cave In, Read Yellow
December 17 Maxwells, Hoboken, NJ w/Spiraling
December 18 The Sad Café, Plaistow, NH
2005
January 7 Grace Church, Wyckoff, NJ