This past weekend saw Canasta take its first-ever mini-tour. On Friday we played at the swank Radio Radio in Indianapolis, where Ben used to live. The show was named one of the ten best bets for live music that week, and the responsive crowd seemed to agree. After a run-in at the famed Peppy Grill with a haggard dude who claimed we looked like AC/DC (um...?), we sped off for Louisville, hoping to score a last-minute show. We ended up at a dive called the Highlands Tap Room, where we were told we could play ahead of the blues-metal hardcore act Zampeg Moltar (!), but we were travelling without a drum kit, and by the time we were able to secure one, we only had time for two songs! We totally rocked them, though, and then repaired to the Back Door Bar and Grill for pinball, pool, and big pitchers of beer. Sunday found us in Nashville, at the thankfully more organized International Pop Overthrow Festival, where we played one of our best sets in some time. Unfortunately, we couldn't stick around, because we were driving straight back to Chicago that night. But our days on the road are already starting back up: tonight we climb into a mini-van and head down to Austin, Texas, for the SXSW festival. (P.S. Thanks to Brad, Kate, and Jennie for putting us up! Thanks also to John and Julia for the drums!)