Bruise Cruise Day One

I had the great fortune to be sent on a grand adventure called the Bruise Cruise by this super cool, fairly new guitar company called Voyage-Air Guitar. It's a really cool folding guitar for travel and perfect for a cruise ship full of guitar players. It fits in the overhead compartment on an airplane, goes to the beach or really anywhere that you'd want to take a guitar.

And to top off my luck, my continual partner in crime and previous room mate in Mexico, Mary, got to come too!

On our first day, we woke up in a pink motel in Miami, Florida that was deeply reminiscent of our days in Mexico City. We were excited to have some time before embarkation started to spend the day exploring.

We went on a hunt for a health food store because after our evening at Grand Central getting our asses kicked by The Black Lips, Vivian Girls, and Ms. Pussy Cat we were in deep need of Kombucha. However, we couldn’t seem to locate one and had to move on to the next best thing. We started looking for a liquor store. We each purchased a bottle of champagne for our voyage (Carnival is kind enough to allow each guest to bring one on board) and 2 forloko’s to assist us in repacking and making our way to port. Upon boarding the ship, we were quickly accosted by cruisers that wanted to see the Voyage-Air Guitar that was cleverly tucked into it's specially designed backpack.

My first show aboard the ocean liner was Thee Oh Sees in Carnival’s xanadu lounge, as the regular moshing and sloshing of liquor ensued, slickening the sparkling marble floors with booze, the question of the trip was finally answered. Hard rock shows on a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean, best idea or worst idea ever? Best. Ever. Duh. There is nothing like being in a crowd of 50 or more people all moving, pushing, shoving and dancing in their own ruckus fashion while adding the element of a gargantuan ship rising and falling with the Atlantic ocean beneath you.
EPIC WIN JONAS STEIN!