33 Days: Touring In A Van. Sleeping On Floors. Chasing A Dream
A coming of age, indie rock memoir of Divine Weeks' first tour in the summer of 1987 by van. Five guys in their early 20's, first time out on their own. No roadies, no soundman, all they have is their music and their friendship. They set out on the road to discovery to drink in all they could and maybe sell a few records. They grew up instead.
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http://youtu.be/W4c-hUYP-cQThe Story Behind This Book
I wanted to capture a now or never moment in our lives. Take a shot at making the band work or leave it all behind and go your separate ways. And I think every one of us has that moment at our own personal crossroads where we have to decide to either live our dreams or give up and regret it for the rest of our lives. I wanted to write a book that made you sit up in the middle of your life and ask yourself, you know, 'did I fire my shot?' Hopefully the answer is yes. And if it is, be gentle on yourself and don't get hung up on whether you 'made it' but how much taking the shot is worth because so many of us have to reconcile we played it safe. Instead of reaching for the sweetest fruit that's at the top of the tallest tree, we clutched the trunk of the tree and never moved. It's like that moment when you just get out of college and you're trying to decide whether to take your buddy up on his offer to go backpacking in Europe or do you take that job at your uncle's insurance company. 33 Days, at its core, is a cautionary tale about the perils of sitting on your dreams. Now is the time, because if not now, then when -- ever?