I had been thinking since before we left on this trip that I should email Murder Burger and give them a little introduction to the band and what we were up to. But like every pre-tour To Do list, there will be things that can’t be done in the waning hours before take off. Emailing MB fell victim to my procrastinations just like giving friend, Jan, a key to my place so she could water my plants, and getting the ZIP code of my brother’s house so I could send postcards to my nieces. Hell, I can hardly believe the blog is as far along as it is considering my track record.

After talking to former MB employees in Melbourne Friday night, I got reassurance that an email would be a good thing to do so I finally shot one off Sunday afternoon. Late, Monday evening I received the following message from Tony Moffat, Murder Burger Inc.

Hey Greg,

Thanks for your email.

We have a bit of a confession….

We picked up your blog when you were in Hong Kong and have been following your progress ever since.  We were quite amazed at the whole concept and decided that you guys were slightly mad, which is a good thing!

So, why didn’t we contact you..? 

Well, we were so blown away by the title of your tour and how passionate you guys were about hitting our little burger business that we decided that we should do something to support you.

So Darryl (who I’ve copied above and is a partner in the business) has been working on a few ideas and hopefully tomorrow we’ll have a poster in our window promoting your gig on Saturday and we’ll also start handing out flyers to all our customers promoting the show. And, we’re going to talk to some radio station contacts we’ve got, tell them the story, and see if they’ll also promote the show for us.

Bottom line is we’re doing everything we can to ensure you get a full house on Saturday night!

When do you arrive in Auckland…?

Hopefully all of the above is OK with you….and we’re looking forward to seeing you guys!

Cheers….Tony

P.S.  All going well, we’ll send you the artwork for the poster and flyer in the next 24 hours.  

The flyer they created is above. Yes, I have a mohawk, and Scott is smoking a cigarette and wearing an eye patch.