Dwellings - BUS INVADERS Ep. 2154

Sometimes we get Eric's text messages in here, so we listen to those too, so they're really funny. I got this little Bodox sauce here, I use this for everything. I got a vape here, it's not mine, but uh... Yeah, we stay vaping. We stay vaping. Hey, what's up everybody? We're Dwellings, I'm Isaac, this is Thomas. What's up? We're gonna do a little demo of our band, um yeah, so follow me. All right, so for the most part for driving we all kind of split off, we do about like three to four hour drives. We always have a co-pilot, always designated on the aux, snack time, opening waters and whatnot, navigating. We try to drive as much as we can after shows to beat some traffic and make some headway on it. Yeah, driving's probably the worst part, but we all enjoy it, it's fun. It's part of the whole thing, you know? Yeah, up here in the cockpit we got a little solar power generator for one of our little batteries, which we're not really getting a lot of power out because it's overcast-y. This just holds our phone, lots of cables. Cup holders. Cup holders, got this little armrest doodad thing that kind of holds more cables, some toilet paper if you're getting sneezy, cleaning supplies. We actually converted this into one of our beds too, we'll take like either a piece of plywood or some like a mattress foam, and so we can sleep right up front here, nice and cozy. Yeah. And then we have a ton of like these little window block things, so that way when we're parking and sleeping out of Walmart we just block out all the light. Also helps with like heat reduction, stuff like that. We have like a collective playlist a lot of the time, sometimes it's whoever's in the co-piloting seat, they have their own like mix or, you know, whatever they like to listen to on Spotify, and yeah, they'll work with it. Sometimes we get Eric's text messages in here, so we listen to those too, so they're really funny. Yeah, maybe we'll get to some of those afterwards, you know, we don't know yet. But yeah, yeah. Well if you like the front, let's check out the back. Let's check out the back. Marco loves his sunflower seeds, that's his thing. He eats these like literally 24-7. Yeah, he just wants to feel something, you know, just a little take the edge off, you know. So, yep. The flavor is cracked pepper for your enjoyment. Now this is the middle of it, we got Mark's and Marco over here. It's kind of the chill zone, so we're doing most of the driving, people come back here hanging out, doing some reading, sleeping as much as possible. We have E.T. on VHS. We got E.T. on VHS, can't quite watch it but we have it there. Bought these little guys for just like little storage units, you know, that way we're not losing as much stuff. Built this little storage container so that way it's got like shoes down below and other materials, some snacks in the middle. Top comes off, the whole thing comes off, you can slide it around if you need to. It's nice and modular. I put my feet up on that all the time too. This is my spot right here where Mark's is. I get like a body pillow in there. I make it like five pillows deep, you know, where I'm just like ******* just cushioned up, you know, like this makes me fit in there so well. It turns into a great bed too because like that's very cozy, put your feet up on here, you have the doors right here and people can still get in and out, which works out really nicely. So a lot of the stuff that's like in just like around someone's sitting space is like their personal stuff. They'll have like their personal bag, maybe like extra pair of like slip-on shoes or something and like, you know, like whatever else they might need. Like I got this little Bodox sauce here. I use this for everything. People have been giving me ---- about it, dude, but I brought this to use to eat. So, you know, I'm gonna use it. But yeah, we got more vapes here, just like small little things that you might need. Oh, we have a little trash can here that we throw away stuff. We don't have bags for it right now, but we just cleaned it out, so it's cool. We got a lot of fans here because it gets really hot in here. So there's fans throughout the whole van. Yeah, there's a fan over here. And if you look up here, we actually have some little like Halloween colored lights. Yeah, we got this dude right here. They shine a lot in the dark, so it's pretty lit. Crossword puzzles when you get bored, you know, just go at it. And then we also have like charging ports like at every side of the van, which is very convenient. Everyone in the van has access to charge their devices. This is the switch. Yep, yeah, we got a switch. That's Isaac's switch. He says I could play it. I haven't played it yet, though. I didn't bring mine this tour. You could play it. But he still lets us share, so it's all good. For me, I'm like the smallest person, so I can actually fit everywhere, but I prefer to be up here because like this is like the smallest section. So like I'll take the small spot. People with like longer legs can actually like stretch their legs out and like sleep out at a longer thing right here. We call this the gulch. So we got Eric over here, he's hiding. Hi. Usually Eric stays there all the time. He can't let himself out the van. Someone has to let him out. Yeah, you have to let him out of the van. So usually he's trapped there for now. I sleep here most of the time or here depending, you know, you can fit two people up here. So it depends on who wants to, you know, share a bed. Yeah, so for the most part, we kind of rotate a lot of our spots. Isaac always gets to sleep here, though, because he has to put his feet up on this thing. And for the most part, Mark's is up front. But other than that, everyone kind of like rotates in and out, like whatever's clever. A lot of times whoever's driving throughout the night, they get kind of the last pick of the spot, unfortunately, because everyone else has already knocked out and has the best spot. So whoever's driving kind of gets like the short end of the stick. But we make it work. Yeah, and there's two bunks down below. Eric always gets that one. Rotate in and out. Works out pretty good. So typically, I just get in here. I put my legs up like this. I'm ******* just kicking it, you know. People are driving. I instantly fall asleep. I hate that ----. I fall asleep talking. I'll be like, hey guys, yeah, you want to go to the mint? And I'm like, it's ******* out like a light. Yeah, it's insane. But yeah, I like to put my like my iPod or my sorry, my iPad right here. It's got this like clear thing right here, you know. And then I can like watch anime. I'm watching Demon Slayer right now. I'm watching it so I can watch the movie when I get back home with my wife. Uh, you know, I got a vape here. It's not mine. But yeah, we stay vaping. We stay vaping. Don't smoke, kids. It's bad for you. Yeah. This is also like because like we have a co-pilot. But whoever's here is co-co-pilot. And then it goes on, you know, co-co-co-pilot. And then whatever else is back. Yeah, yeah. I usually have a huge body pillow too right here. But yeah, this is my spot. Usually these are covered too by like one of these guys as well. But yeah, the curtains like they're good. But when you're driving, they have to be removed. But yeah, Thomas set that up. That's pretty sick. Yeah, Thomas did a lot of the DIY-ness. Then you can see Mello over here. They're just chilling. There we go. We got we got something from him. But anyway, stop looking at his boys. Welcome to the Gulch. One thing that's super nice about these doors too, is you can either walk them. So they stay in place if it's windy. Or you can unlock it and swing it all the way around if you need to. Which I can right now. So that way you just give you extra space when you need to be moving around stuff. So obviously back here, this is where most of the sleeping is done. Nice and cozy back here. Ripped out some of the seats back here. And then my dad and I built the frame for this. So basically it's just like some two by fours goes down the middle. And then it's just all like plywood up top and pretty sturdy. It kind of like branches out towards the sides. It's on the frame of the van as well. So yeah, I usually sleep a lot down here. Or Marco does. Kind of rotating it out. And this is just a bunch of like foam pads and like insulation stuff. Because it gets very hot down there. Because it's right over the drivetrain. So as the car is going, it starts to get smoking hot down here. So some insulation, some fans. And then got the top bunk up here. Which is probably the most cozy spot to be. But it's kind of terrifying as you're driving. Not the best for that. Hi, my name is Eric. I really like it back here. Because it's nice and cozy. And it's like your own little domain. And it's like an escape from like everyone else a little bit. And there's a lot of snoring and talking that goes on there. So I just like to play Pokemon on my phone. Like right on my... And just like I have a charging station too right here. Got this little charging port right here. Charging port right here. So I can charge like a lot of crap, you know. And then yeah, I just play Pokemon on my phone. I get really comfy. There's a portable fan right here. That is really nice when it gets like hot. Heat gets like trapped in here. So it gets a little bit hot. All right, so usually I annoy one of the guys. I was like, can someone get the gulch doors for me? And so I do a little bit of this guy. And just kind of... Usually I'm a lot more sleepy too. So I can sometimes stumble on everything and almost fall. And... Have you hit your head? Huh? Yeah, I've hit my head multiple times. Yeah, and here I am. You know, it's really annoying to tell the guys to open the doors for me. And I feel bad whenever I do it. But someone's gotta do it. He can't even get out because we're not even at the van. So when the door's gonna close, he'll literally have to crawl through the little wood slash and like shimmy his way through the whole van. This wood slash is very tight, but I've learned to like go through it and go out that way if I want to. If we're like driving and I want to just like see light, you know. And like I'll just go through to the right and then... All right, all right. It's not all darkness, you know. And then I see some of my homies and friends, you know. And we're out, you know, so yeah. Yeah, so this is our van. This is the Gulch. This is Greater Gulch. And yeah, we're Dwellings. You can go check us out on Instagram, Spotify, Facebook. We're everywhere, you know. And we're currently on tour with the Lolli Birds playing in Chicago at the Cobra Lounge right now. And Just a Man just got released. It's one of our spooky songs we just released in October. So check that out. Check it out. Hell yeah. Thank you guys so much for checking it out. Thank you. Now get out of my van.