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Harmonica Lewinski Tour!

Hi Friends! We're coming for you!  Starting this week, we'll be on the road with one of our all-time favorite dancing surf rock musical extraordinaires, Harmonica Lewinski! We're driving all over the country in our Freaker boxtruck party lounge and we would love nothing more than for you to come out and boodydown with us! (Bonus points: everything will be free! The shows, some fancy Freakers, and as always - bear hugs!)  Come play with us here and here and here:  August 17th & 18th: POOL trade show, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada August 23rd: Venice Beach, California August 27th: Cliff's Variety, San Francisco, California August 28th: 4th Friday, San Francisco, California September 3rd: Boulevard Brewing, Kansas City, Missouri September 4th: 1st Friday, Tulsa, Oklahoma September 5th: Hangout, Gulf Shores, Alabama September 6th: Ron Jons, Coco Beach, Florida September 7th: Sidney Cardel's, Jacksonville, Florida September 10th, 11th, & 12th: Surf Expo, Orlando, Florida  September 13th: Jengo's Playhouse, Wilmington, North Carolina September 15th: Edge of Urge, Raleigh, North Carolina September 18th: BudaPub/Fringefest, Rochester, New York See you on the other side, chicki chicki!!! 
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2 Mules for Sister Girlfriend

We like to consider the Freaker BoxTruck a masterpiece in itself. As of today, a new masterpiece has been added to the grand masterpiece, making the overall masterpiece a Super Masterpiece. Here we have Pete Eastwood and Sister Girlfriend paving the road of glory for boxtruck art-ings to come.  If you're ever in need of a weirdo custom pet portrait, email Vangogogirlfriend@gmail.com for a good time! GO TEAM!  
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Road Warriors -

Our fearless road warriors have finally returned after a week of ... road war? The beloved BabyBTruck has been in a Las Vegas storage unit since January because we scheduled ourselves for exactly 4 gazillion trade shows in the desert this year. Last week, it was confirmed: it was finally time to bring her home.  After a week of the open road, close encounters with a tribe of bobcats, and a handful of trucks health-scares, she's home! Now that it's confirmed that everybody survived, let's all take a breath of relief and reflect on the totality of weirdness roadtrips in America deliver. 
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Dreams Come True.

We came to a startling epiphany this weekend. This changes everything and nothing all in the same. ...EXCELLENT.
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Hopscotch & Magic!

This past weekend we gathered up a buddy, a puppy, and a boxtruck for Raleigh's 4th annual Hopscotch Music Festival! 
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POOL party in hindsight

Last week was spent wallowing on the floors of the Mandalay Bay convention center for POOL trade show. We've been floating in space ever since. Here's why:
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Skrillex Got Freaked Again

And then we all did the womp womp womp womp dance. 
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Box Truck Revolution

  Big changes have been going down in the Department of Mobile Freakdom Our baby Box Truck has spent all winter in a metaphorical cocoon, and now, with the help of Jeff, our local blacksmith, he will soon emerge a beautiful butterfly-on-wheels!
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Freakalorus!

Today marks the launch of Wilmington's annual International Film Festival, Cucalorus! From now until Sunday, our little nesting-grounds will have thousands of newcomers, filmmakers, and fancypants wearing their partypants. There will be hundreds of Freakers floating around and our baby boxtruck is officially set up in the backyard of Cucalorus headquarters: Jengo's Playhouse!!
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Truck-A-Roo BoogyDown!

Tomorrow from 4-8, we'll have the boxtruck set up for Wilmington's 1st Truck a ROO! In less than 24 hours, it will officially be Saturday morning. What does this mean for you? Cereal! Cartoons! Cigars! Of course, we didn't have to tell you these things: it is innate knowledge. Here's what we do have to tell you: Wilmington's very first Truck A ROO is launching into space! With regional food trucks stationed downtown, nibbles will be plentiful. We're also setting up the Freaker Boxtruck as a musical stage so that you can wear that Jitterbug Perfume all day! Wallowing in the glory is free! You can also buy a ballot card for $10, which gets you all the edibles! And for the lushes (I'm looking at you. In the soul.) there will be local microbrews & mischief for all!
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New Hobbies: Blackmail

We've picked up a new hobby to spend the time productively. You guys should really try it out sometime, it's a cool new fad. It's called "BLACKMAIL" Backstory: A couple days ago we came home to our boxtruck house and My Morning Jacket was playing a show in our front yard. So we had a (boxtruck) house party.... 
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Sup girl?

Hey, New York! Guess what?! We just snuck up on you! Like a ninja! A stealthy bearded ninja!
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