Jon: Switchfoot originated, um, we still live in San Diego, that's kinda where we all grew up, um, surfin' around San Diego, "Switchfoot" is a surfing term, that's kind of, I dunno, that's kinda the genesis of everything for us, surfin' and goin to shows, just a very great mellow environment, a lot of incredible people that helped us out along back home in San Diego.

Tim: We covered a song by Beach Boys, by Brian Wilson, "God Only Knows" and, uh, we figured if it's Paul McCartney's favourite song then it's a pretty good tune.

Jon: He's a bass player though, so thats where that's comin' from. And for me that song is like, y'know, one of the most beautiful songs, it's really hard to write an honest love song and that one is brutally honest, to have lines like "I may not always love you" or "if you should ever leave me" - those are your opening lines for both your verses and I think that's just an incredible way to be honest in a love song.

Hey friends,
as many of you already know, we've been selling live bootlegs on this tour at the end of each night. The bootlegs are raw, energetic, and unpredictable... capturing whatever madness may occur during the first half of the show (the first 6 songs or so). The CD's are then duplicated and ready to go home with you at the end of the evening. This has been one of the most exciting new things we've been able to try as of late, and it's been really enjoyable for us. At the end of this tour, we'll have 39 completely different live recordings, all with your beautiful voices singing along. We only print around 100 or so, and they always sell out by the end of the night. Once they're gone, they're gone, and we do it all over again the next night. However, as great as this has been, we've been thinking of ways to make it even more of a community event. What if there was a way to share these bootlegs with our friends from all around the world? Ha, that would be amazing, right? Well, as we all know, the internet makes this a very doable thing, and I would just like to go on record as saying that you have our blessing to pass these babies around -- share 'em, trade 'em, just don't sell 'em. In fact, not only do you have our blessing, but we would be absolutely honored if this sort of sharing became commonplace. I know many of you are pretty tech savvy. We could always set something up on switchfoot.com, but in the spirit of community, I'd rather this be something that you all worked together to set up. Maybe those of you who are more tech-inclined (you know who you are), can start a dialogue on this thread and figure out the best way to do this (bit torrent community, or maybe something else). I can't wait to see where this dream ends up! Run... run like a young boy in a field! love to all,
-tim