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Aug 18Liked by Spencer Tweedy

You know it’s not impossible that that Oreo belongs to me.

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Impossible Oreo, Unlikely Kit-Kat

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It’ll surly be rewarding in the long run to have experienced pee that smells like poo that you can’t escape. It sounds like something that can’t be topped (or, er…bottomed). So now no matter what smelly, dank dungeon ‘green room’ you find yourself in… or no matter what your band mate’s bodily reaction is to the last town’s chimichanga, it will be joyfully measured against this.

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Aug 18Liked by Spencer Tweedy

Absolutely!

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This degenerated so quickly and deliciously! Happy touring Spencer!

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Aug 18Liked by Spencer Tweedy

You know what they say, it’s all happening at the zoo! Can’t wait to finally see you guys play later today. And I love that pic of you, Scott, Georgia and Ira so much! Just saw YLT at the zoo a couple days ago.

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Aug 18Liked by Spencer Tweedy

We’re excited to see you all in Portland Maine! 😘

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Aug 18Liked by Spencer Tweedy

Sorry about that storm that abbreviated your concert last night in Portland, OR. We don’t get those too often and I’m sorry it happened while you were playing. Thanks for coming to our little town.

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Aug 18Liked by Spencer Tweedy

Your writing is extremely poetic. I could see, with a little condensing here and there, a prose poem easily emerging from today’s beautiful post. Which is not meant to take away a single thing about the post as it exists. Only, that that I saw the makings of a prose poem ❤️.

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Aug 18Liked by Spencer Tweedy

Thank you for playing Vancouver. Everyone’s style in the band shone. And thanks for your newsletters - I really love your writing!

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Aug 18Liked by Spencer Tweedy

Loved Waxahatchie playing on Kimmel! So sorry about the piss problems! What an issue to have lol!!

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Oh, man! Can’t believe I missed this opportunity to see you play at Woodland Park Zoo (walking distance from my house)! I was just there on Thursday for Yo La Tango and Built to Spill. Love this venue! We had crazy weather last night (lightning and thunder, rare for this area), but it looks dry for your show tonight. Wishing for you a great show and safe travels! ♥️

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Aug 18Liked by Spencer Tweedy

See you in Philly, friends!

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Aug 18Liked by Spencer Tweedy

I love to hear that I’m not the only one with long held tour bus dreams - it has always seemed the absolute height of music glamor to me! I would care if it came with pee-air and pre loved Oreos either. Have a great tour! 🚌

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Aug 18Liked by Spencer Tweedy

Thank you for the similes !Wonderful show last evening. Never a fail with Scott present.

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You guys were fantastic in Portland, even slightly cut short by lightning-thunder-rain. So good to see you! Thank you for everything. So much! Glad the bus driver got the rolling toilet reigned in. I have felt the eyes bun before!

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"Eisenhower's unloved highways"

So clever! Who but Spencer would even know the US Interstate system was born during President Eisenhower's administration? And who but Spencer could communicate with just one perfect word, that these freeways of the 50s were once miraculous and shiny marvels, but a source of frustration today. "Unloved" indeed! Spencer, never stop writing. You have a gift.

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Dear Spencer, Many thanks for your thorough explanation about the results of defecation and urination that you experienced on your current bus tour. I've made a note of all of this so that in the event I am on a tour bus one day and have a similar experience of pee and poop, I'll be sure that the driver goes directly to Portland to get it repaired. I'm glad things are going very well, and it was nice talking with you the other night. And all of the pain you heard me experiencing is all gone thanks to the dentist who removed an infected tooth. Love, Zaid

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Will you be coming to Meredith (Australia)

My gal Tina said “is little Tweedy coming?”

So I had to ask…

Speaking of pee…have you ever heard the expression “I don’t mean to piss in your pocket?”

Look it up or I’ll fill you in when ya come down under

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