I'm going to the midwest and the west for the first time (USA).

In Seattle, we are going to go east 30 mins and see Snoqualmie Falls and some other Twin Peaks stuff. I have no idea what else I will do. I am kind of freaking out!

July:

10th-Columbus OH
11th-Mansfield OH
12th-Flint MI
13th-Chicago IL
14th-Milwaukee WI
15th-Des Moines IA
16th-Joplin MO
17th-Denver CO
18th-Salt Lake City UT
19th-Missoula MT
20th-Boise ID
21st-Seattle WA
22nd-Portland OR
23rd-Redding CA
24th-Oakland CA
25th-San Francisco CA
26th-Los Angeles CA
27th-San Diego CA
28th-Flagstaff AZ
29th-Las Cruces NM
30th-Amarillo TX
31st-Dallas TX

August:

1st-San Antonio TX
2nd-Houston TX
3rd-Baton Rouge LA
4th-Tallahassee FL
5th-Savannah GA
6th-Atlanta GA

LOL you just pissed off the Twin Cities ;-p

Hmm, if you can time it for lunch in OC on the 27th en route to San Diego...

23rd-Redding CA = ???

why not Chico or Humboldt/Arcata?

Redding is tiny and redneck. AaronHZ iirc.

Have to agree with Steve, unless there's a specific reason to be there...

Passed up for DES moines

Oh, boy, Mansfield! You can visit the old prison where they shot "Shawshank Redemption."

21st-Seattle WA

Damn fine cherry pie at Twede's Cafe in North Bend, and piles of memorabilia from the filming, esp down the hallway to the restrooms. If you're a Northern Exposure fan, Roslyn's worth a trip for beers at The Brick.

you should see the Joseph Smith sphinx in Salt Lake & take pictures

driving is fun!

In Portland, on July 22, you can go to Powell's Humongous Bookstore downtown, or, if books are not your thing, I'm sure other portland ilxors will overflow with recommendations for music stores and restaurants. Too bad you are only here for a day and a night.

If you are more into just gawking, you might try going to Pittock Mansion or the Rose test gardens in Washington Park, above downtown in the west hills. Or for real cheap you can just walk across the many bridges and poke around on foot.

Do you hate Sacramento y/n ;_;

with Steve at the wtf at Redding - i hear a lot about the awesomeness of audiences in Davis/Sacramento

I am usually in Flint at least a couple of times a month, can't say I'd really recommend it. Um, it does have a couple of Tim Hortons. That's all I can think of right now.

I have a DJ gig on the 22nd of July in Portland fwiw.

If you're taking 287 from Amarillo to Dallas, you'll pass through Archer City, IIRC. Stop at Larry McMurtry's used bookstore that encompasses multiple buildings.

In Dallas, um... I don't actually know what things people want/need to see here aside from Kennedy Assassination spots.

geez, why did we have to ban gabbneb?

Omg so insanely jealous of this trip!
Wish you had time for olympic peninsula!

Veggie/sarahel seriously OTM w/r/t SAC over Redding. It's a longer stretch/drive but the potential turnout has got to be more substantial.

missoula is nice. you probably won't have much time for hiking, but the bitterroot mtns. are pretty.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/385846093_e50aa54bf7.jpg

(that drive from missoula to boise is going to be lot more spectacular than you expect, btw.)

Agreed with tipsy mothra -- gorgeous stretch of country.

Flagstaff - take the ski lift to the top of Humphrey's Peak, go hiking on the extinct cider cones in the checkerboard just east of town, stop in Bookman's for used books/music bargains. The ruins at Walnut Canyon (also the east edge of town) are interesting. Seligman (way way west on I-40, almost to the Nevada border, if you are getting from San Diego to Flag via Las Vegas) has some strange sights, a chunk of Route 66, and the Roadkill Cafe.

this trip sounds RAD (and slightly crazy)

Flint is my hometown. Not much there, except for Angelos and the planetarium.

Send an email when you're near Portland.

You go to Las Cruces right after I move away! Hell's bells.

If you want a cheap/not too far out of the way/delicious place to eat in The Crosses, NM, may I recommend La Nueva Casita? Great New Mexico style Mexican food. Chope's is outside of town by a bit but may be on your way & is (acoording to many) even better. I also like La Posta. There is not a lot to do in LC but eat. My friend built a very tall ice pyramid last week but I am pretty sure it will be melted by the time you show up.

I can tell you about Les Bois, too, if you have any questions.

where are you playing in denver, rox?

I assume since you're going to Chicago that you already have a place to stay, but we have a nice couch just in case you don't. :)

Redding is tiny and redneck. AaronHZ iirc.

― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, July 6, 2010 7:12 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

we are a metal band

Redding is tiny and redneck. AaronHZ iirc.

AaronHz was in Ukiah iirc.

and yall youd be surprised as to how difficult it can be to get shows in certain towns

booking a tour isnt as easy as booking a vacay, you dont always get to go to all the places you want. hence weird town choices at times.

ive never been to cali and i am excited

ty for all these recommendations btw

This is the Calatrava-designed pedestrian bridge over the Sacramento River in Redding -- they finished it a year or two after we moved, damn it. July 23rd...it'll probably be over 100 degrees in the city, but 15-20 degrees cooler on/around the river.

http://www.reddingcahomes.com/Repository/1/3/6/0/8/6/136086/51b14c77-7eb6-4f09-95e7-b6f3c470c807.jpg

im a pedestrian bridge fanatic

for real

That bridge is the only thing that tempts me to ever go back to Redding.

Buncha views of it --
http://www.google.com/images?sa=3&q=sundial+bridge+redding+california&btnG=Search+images

and yall youd be surprised as to how difficult it can be to get shows in certain towns

booking a tour isnt as easy as booking a vacay, you dont always get to go to all the places you want. hence weird town choices at times.

― roxymuzak, Tuesday, July 6, 2010 9:47 PM (15 minutes ago)

pretty aware of this, actually. not being snarky at all - most of the bands that come through here and friends' bands always end up doing the long haul from Portland to Oakland, and maybe get a house show in Davis or Sac. So kudos to you for getting something to break up that grueling trek.

that wasnt directed to you!!!!

i know that you have 1 (one) clue about shows and all

lolling at "1 (one) clue"

haw

you'll be in the Bay Area the weekend of the Gilroy Garlic Festival!

Hey rox next time you book a tour I will hook you up in the mpls/stpl for sure! Booking dudes at turf club/triple rock/4th street station/hexagon are all old friends that owe me favors iirc.

at least you're skipping Olympia, which is apparently one of those places where other bands "accidentally" make off with your shit

wow ive heard that before. its like a "thing" i guess

I can show you around SLC if you want, would offer a place to stay but I'm crashing a couch right now and thus do not have that authority.

ROXY where are you playing in Chicago?

its on w augusta one block north of cicero, it is a house show at a dude's place called "the old chocolate factory" and i hope it has something to do with r kelly

it might be a v scary place, nick!!

i will make sure no one beats you up tho!!!

it looks like it's actually a rehearsal space

I might come?

I'm pretty wimpy though, and no one else wants to go with me.

its a dude's house

or my drummer is a liar

i suppose both could be true

or neither

http://www.chicagomusicrehearsal.com/

jaymc found that (of course)

can jaymc play the drums

bc we are now looking for a replacement imo

lol

I can generally only play one drum at a time. Is that OK?

too bad you aren't hitting madison, i would go (can't swing milwaukee on a weeknight, sorry)

heh roxy, I will be in Atlanta when you are! Going to a ballgame that nightm, maybe it'll be over in time.

omg morbs!!!!

I fear this could up my chances of meeting 3th4n

!!!!! I want that to happen!!!!

So do I. I miss Ethan.

what are you playing in oakland/sf? i will be sure to be there. probably the oakland one, cuz fuck the City.

apparently its not in oakland but richmond, it is at burnt ramen on the 24th
san francisco on the 25th at parkside

So, of all the destinations in MI/OH u are playing Mansfield & Flint??

wld happily intersect if u were going to be in my Ann Arbor, Detroit, Toledo comfort zone, but I dunno..

have fun & good luck, regardless!

(Snoqualmie is awesome. Make sure to visit the "sheriff station" & the Ronette Pulaski railroad trestle)

we are playing in columbus ohio

the band we are touring with is from there, we have played there often and it is their hometown

we live nextdoor to richmond but i think we are in san diego when you are here :(

happy hour terrace show in madison would leave you plenty of time to get to milwaukee to play at night, just sayin

xxp - o well Columbus is actually a nice enough town & a popular stop for touring bands (tho it is quite far from where I am). It is Mansfield & Flint that I found a bit curious..

columbus has been the scene of the hugest and most wild metal shows i have ever seen tbh

wait, are u in a METAL band, Roxy? If so, then scratch what I've said: Mansfield & Flint make perfect sense. I too have seen some crazy & fucked up metal shows out here in the sticks & often the best ones (w/ the most avid crowds) are in super backwater and/or industrial areas.

"why are you playing here and here?"

u have not tried to book a show a night for a small band have u

lol touché

srsly I'm more just finding it curious than being nitpicky or critical or anything.

plus frustrated at not being able to support ilxors when they are ON TOUR

is the milwaukee show at the borg ward? i enjoy the metal music, i will attend and support this metal-style band

oh nm sublime's playing that night, smell ya later

set up a milwaukee show for us please, ours just got cancelled ty

Where in Boise are you playing?

Guys, you can save yourself from asking Roxy by checking out the other band's MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/locusta614

its ok but yeah the dates w/venues are on locusta's site

Trainyard is in Mesilla, which is a funny touristy/arty town in the middle of Las Cruces.

roxy, I know the president of the UW-Madison metal society, will totally ask him where you should play here and how to set it up if that's your desire

go to Boulder instead of Denver :/

she should totally change the total tour itinerary based on this thread

yeah thats a really easy thing to do, my desire is for both of our bands to play for 1 ilxor in each town

eephus: PLEASE DO!

chicagoans:

n cicero and augusta - is this called the "humboldt park" area? is that a thing? is anything near? where is beauty? what is reality?

Cicero is (I think) the western city limit in that area. To your east, in the city, is a (pretty sketchy) area of Humboldt Park - there is probably not going to be much beauty over there and I would avoid wandering around in the evening (disclaimer - I'm just basing this on having driven through the area a couple of times, so I could certainly be wrong). To your west, is Oak Park, which is a pretty upper-middle class suburb. It's nice in a suburban kinda way, there are big houses and probably some good restaurants.

Ukranian Village is just a few miles east though, it has a mix of hipster bars/record stores/boutiques and like cool Eastern Orthodox churches and eastern European grocery stores.

oak park has the unity temple by FLW, will be seeing

roxy, I wrote the guy, hopefully will get some response quickly (but tbh I have no idea if he's even here for the summer -- all I know is that he has, at least once, booked a metal show on campus)

kick ass

ok, he just wrote me, not with massively promising news I'm afraid -- (i.e. I sort of hoped he would be like "what a coincidence, I'm organizing a show that night and my opener just canceled...! but instead he was more like "three days, whoa, that's tough") but at least he had some decent suggestions. He said the best bet would be the Project Lodge -- they have lots of shows, and there's nothing scheduled for the night of the 14th, and he said that they'd expressed an interest in booking more metal. He also said Electric Earth Cafe could be an option -- in his words "they are always looking for shows to fill their extremely small venue/coffeeshop." The standard metal venue here is the Annex, but they are, in his words, "more profit-oriented" and you would have to "make a really convincing case." There is also Gates of Heaven, an old synagogue, but I'm not sure who books there -- maybe just anyone who wants to pay the 80 bucks to rent the place for the night? Really sorry not to be more helpful than this, but I would at the very least give Project Lodge a call and see if there's some interest there.

thanks man!!! will do

n cicero and augusta - is this called the "humboldt park" area? is that a thing? is anything near? where is beauty? what is reality?

I live in H-Park.

cool. got any hot eating recommendations?

It's a predominately hispanic-populated area, so there are tons of taquerias around if you like Mexican food. This place called Las Asadas on Western has the best carne asada burrito I've had.

awesome. ty

If you just want a fucking hamburger in Boise go to Bad Boy Burger. They are fucking awesome.

They apparently make a person quite vulgar, however.

these dudes and i are crazy about burgers!!!!

oh well there's also heavy metal-themed burger joint Kuma's in Chicago, if you're willing to wait for a table: http://www.kumascorner.com/

Flint is home to Koegel - they make decent dogs. There's gotta a be hot dog stand somewhere in Flint.

2nd the Las Asadas rec. best carne asada I've ever had.

August:

1st-San Antonio TX

do u need the 411, i am a SA native and resident

I had a dream last night about Bad Boy Burger bcz of talking about it here. In it, I ate a patty melt and some fries. It was a fucking rad dream!

Oak Park, IL (where I live) has a whole bunch of FLW, including his home and studio. I recommend the tour.

In Chicago proper, totally second Kuma's, which is even technically in Humbolt Park. Secret to faster service there is to stake out the bar and sneak yourself a stool rather than wait for a table.

Tons of great Mexican around there, too. And of course, Hot Doug's...

http://www.hotdougs.com/

Won't be that bad on a Tuesday.

yeah i know about kumas of course

not sure how long of a wait and how annoying it would be

whoever said to play in boulder instead of denver is off their rocker

roxy, the bar you are playing in denver kind of smells bad
i'll try and make it!!!

If you get a set time for Atlanta, let me know.

k and k

stoked for morbs & roxy in atl!!

project lodge is awesome (and byob), but you do have to rent it out afaik. let me know if you get a madison show, although i told a friend i'd go see liars with him tomorrow (at the high noon sal00n).

oh shit I just realized the Chicago show is tonight. Probably won't make it because I'm feeling sick and have a job interview tomorrow.

we're in colombus tonight anyway due to van probs

ok!

wait so r u gonna be in mpls or what

oh man kuma's. i recommend the judas priest.

missed this thread. so are you actually going to play somewhere in des moines? not seeing a venue listed, but i'll be in town.

yeah everything from tomorrow on is on

eat jeni's ice cream in columbus, you will not be sorry

im drinking genesee beer atm

omg genny!

yeah everything from tomorrow on is on

― roxymuzak, Wednesday, July 14, 2010 1:38 AM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark

did the cancelled milwaukee show get rescheduled?

did the never scheduled mpls show get scheduled

Annoyed that I'm going to be on east coast when you pass through LA

Not seeing you on the list of acts for tonight at a few venues, roxy! So uh, want to chill in my basement? It's friggin hot outside.

really love idaho fyi

we spent the night @ craters of the moon natl monument on our day off

Where are you playing in Portland?

its a terrifying house show

You are probably really exhausted slash having the best time of your life, but it's too bad you can't spend a day hiking around Big Sur and looking off some cliff into the sea at night.

we have done a lot of hiking and jumping into stuff tbh

its mostly a bad time though tbh, for personal reasons

Oh, I'm sorry. I hope things get better.

Jumping into stuff is usually all right if it's soft, like leaves or foam squares or water, but it should be non-toxic, too, and you can also jump into a situation.

lots of dunes out here

i may be jumping out of a situation or two when i arrive home

tours are weird

Oh man, Craters of the Moon is the best! Roxy, that is my home turf. I grew up in Firth (maybe you drove through there?) & we went to Craters of the Moon for a field trip every year. I have a frigging scar on my knee from falling on that igneous madness. Idaho is real.

Sorry it's mostly a bad time, tho. ;_;

Maybe you saw...Free Taters for Out of Staters?

idaho was my favorite place we've been so far. i'm really looking forward to seattle and to seeing my good friends in sf.

craters of the moon was sooooo cool. we did drive thru firth, and anco (?), they both looked kinda cool tbh!!

also why is there not a place called Taters of the Moon in anco??????

i missed yr show because it was the same night as ariel pink. hope it went well!

wait where!

i cant remember where u live

email me with the house show situ so's i can attend!

will dew

roxy, your Seattle show is not far from Thai Tom and also Pam's Kitchen (Trinidadian food @ 50th and Uni).

awesome!!

also we got a show at 924 gilman and im like o_O

aw.

roxy, bernard is very well taken care of back in knoxville and i tell him about your tour regularly. I have assured him you will be home soon. he is catnipped and overfed, imo.

remember when i went to a grind core festival for new years eve at gilman? lol . i just didn't know what to do in that town for new years and ended up there. i still have a 'slap a ham records' shirt from that night.

please overfeed him he is too thin!!!

whisker lickins iirc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I could go 4 some whisker lickins right now tbh

I could go 4 some whisker lickins right now tbh

he is "soooo thiiiin" <---- i say that in the obnoxious voice you know too well everyday when i feed him

hahahaa

all that telling him he was "so thin" has really gone to his head and now hes obsessed about maintaining his look

his girlish figure

Man, roxy, I can't believe you drove through my home town. This is cosmic. (tbh it looks a lot nicer now than when I grew up bcz a few years ago the state of Idaho awarded a couple grants to some strugglin' towns to clean up their roads & spruce up the main drag)

I believe this brings the number of ILXors who have been to Firth, Idaho, to two.

(USA)

22nd-Portland OR
23rd-Redding CA

feel free to stop in Eugene, about 100 miles south of Portland. it's a 7 hour drive from PDX to Redding maybe? if you want a break/lunch or maybe hit a record store ;) I'm usually free after noon or 1 in the PM.

PM me if interested.

there's a good donut shop by Gilman, as well as a conveniently-located liquor store across the street & up the block.

Also a good bagel shop just up Gilman. Fun!

did the never scheduled mpls show get scheduled

― be told and get high on coconut (gbx), Tuesday, July 13, 2010 9:11 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

i bet she's playin The Secret Place and can't say

you should check out the Albany Bulb if you have time

you know i was actually just looking at this and thinking wy the fuck did i put USA

probably hi tbh

im in portland btw

hahaha USA! USA!

prob didnt want the eurpoeans to get their hopes up

didnt want anyone to think i was going to midwestern spain

Where in SF is this? If I don't have to cross Market, I will go.

dude, if I can cross the Bay Bridge, you can cross Market St.

But I'm around Grove and that seems far.

Visit Voodoo Donut!

If that isn't on the way to Market, then no.

xp - are there any decent clubs on your side of Market St?

our guitarist wont shut up about voodoo donut and their various practices and offerings

we're playing at the parkside in sf

it's thee parkside - w/two "e"s - it is not on Svend's side of Market St.

That is way way out there, isn't it? Honestly never been that far past Chavez St in my Life.

i refuse to type "thee"

it's at like 16th and some random state St. - kinda near Bottom of the Hill - not past ex-Army st. at all

xp - you can type "Theeeeeeeee"

Oh. Off the 22?

Oh nevermind, that is way way out there.

yes you can take the 22 - it's before you get to 3rd St.

Thee Parkside is convienently located at 1600 17th Street in San Francisco's sunny Potrero Hill District.

Conv to what?

non-pussies

uh, there are some newish yuppie restaurants, and a Whole Foods that's on the ground floor of a condo complex - and it's not too far away from the CCAC campus, and uh, the Greyhound Bus Depot?

It is only a 54 min walk from my house!

your house isn't very conveniently located either

Sort of close to a Popeye's I got french fries in once. Kind of conv.

is that the Popeye's on Hayes & Divis.? I used to go that one all the time when i lived in SF.

Where are you guys tonight? On the eastside?

Yep. Went there in 1994 or 1995. Never went back in there.

I am by the DMV/Alamo Square.

and now I am going to bed. night.

i have no idea where i am, a v v crappy housewith like 1000 dudes on a street that appears to have no name

i was going to go to a party in that hood tomorrow night but now i'm not

what's the address? I'm at E. Burnside & NE 20th if you want to escape to get a beer for a while

lol - not because svend lives there and is too much of a pussy to cross Market St. - because i'm avoiding someone who will be at said party, and i no longer have to play the log lady because my friend is having a nervous breakdown.

I never did figure out -- did you play in Des Moines, and if so, where?

no we did not, that show was cankled

What night are you playing thee Parkside?

lol at cankled

theeee parksideeee on sundayyyyyyy - i'm willing to give pussies that don't want to cross Market St. a ride in my car in the spirit of ilx communion

Thee Parkside (USA) is weird

they have a backyard patio

I know, I've stood on it

i'm trying to make it enticing!

It's for smoking and (I guess) making out, it's small

even though the place spells "the" with two e's

http://www.amiright.com/album-covers/images/album_Thee-Headcoats-Headcoats-Down.jpg

I have a car and if I could go, I'd still just take the 22 and I'm essentially a neighbor of svend's

is "neighbor of svend's" a euphemism like "friend of dorothy"?

how was joplin?!?!?

should've played columbia!

Could be but I'm not really sure which way he swings, as it were.

xpost

joplin was pretty cool

played at a place called the cesspool castle which is run by a dude who has shows every single night, its really cool because its like a nomans land for bands and hard to find shows to split up your drive

I believe this brings the number of ILXors who have been to Firth, Idaho, to two.

I drove through it (or at least right next to it on highway 26) a couple years ago. Drove from Boise to craters of the moon and ate lunch in Rexburg where we were confused at first why everyone was so shiny and happy and it was hard to get coffee.

We talked to the girl holding up the flag while stuck in construction by the Idaho National Lab and asked what people do around those parts, to which she answered "wait until life ends".

hahahahahahaha

That girl OTM.

met sarahel and milton parker

we're all really real

good to meet you and can't believe I walked in the door right after your set! I was at a house party with a performance artist asking everyone to repeat the words 'I will not succumb' after all 30 people present had wrapped about eight spools of yarn all around themselves and the only way not to succumb was to run, but I should have run earlier. I liked the set by the band you're touring with.

they are a good band

they have long hair

we are drunk

the holy trinity of good timez

Did you have time to check out the Sundial Bridge in Redding?

met sarahel and milton parker

― roxymuzak, Tuesday, July 27, 2010 6:01 AM (Yesterday)

read this as "met sarah jessica parker"

what's the name of this warehouse yer playin in ATL??

nev mind, I got it

http://tinyurl.com/585wellsstware

Might have to skip game to make it, dunno if I can.

do it

fuc the braves/greenville drive anyway

Greenville isnt til Sat night

and if you know ATL set times before arrival, holla

If you're third of 4 bands I have a shot! Try not to go on before 11!

http://forum.atlantametal.net/viewtopic.php?p=51530&sid=85d78a737d511f0ff9c7e89c7041330f

"Argentinum Astrum is crushing blackened aztec tomb metal from Kentucky"

haw.

I hope Roxy and Dr. M get to hang out!

kentucky is making me lol.

Is KY considered more metal than TN?

i dunno.

but i definitely live in tennessee with a member of that ketucky band.

"kentucky" band, that should read

Oh I know.

rox and I have met before, but an 11-inning rain-delayed ballgame scotched my diamond/metal doubleheader :(

you didn't get to go to the show? aw...

Is KY considered more metal than TN?

― jaymc, Friday, August 6, 2010 11:36 PM (2 days ago) Bookmarkp

Kentucky is not considered more metal than anything, but definitely not Tennessee. This is a ridiculous conversation!

ps, i am home now

quick anatomy of my last month, minus the stuff im saving for my (future) therapist
sorry in advance for tense shifting etc

July 11th-Mansfield OH
12th-Flint MI
13th-Chicago IL
14th-Milwaukee WI
^^^^These shows did not occur due to being broken down in Georgetown, KY (which, yes, is a dry county) for 4 days. 3 of these were the shittiest days of my life (no joke), and on the last I just said fuck and walked miles to a Ruby Tuesdays and got completely shitfaced.
15th-Columbus, OH @ the Carabar. It was fine. The singer of the other band's GF knocked my drink over and we ate hot dogs.
16th-Joplin MO - A weird, stinking house where a man has lots of cats and puts on shows every single night. some kind of saint, imo. The bassist of locusta spilled hot macaroni all over my computer while I was asleep, but the blarping sound it made woke me up.
17th-Denver CO - the drive was good. 3 drink tickets. we played with 2 kinda childish screamotional bands. it wasn't hot there and we stayed with a nice man
18th-Salt Lake City UT - we played with altar of plagues who are good as long as you can not see them, which was lucky because it was dark in the room.
19th-Missoula MT - nope, canceled. we went to craters of the moon national monument and slept on lava beds. when we woke up a desert flower had bloomed over our heads
20th-Boise ID - we play with some slipknot sounding bands at a kind of nice bar. one of the bands dedicates a song to "sluts" and one (maybe the same one?) had a drummer who wore a pig mask. i start thinking about my life. we shook a large piece of decorative cutlery off the wall and upset a lot of bar paraphernalia and staff. i threw a huge fit and cried because someone in my band wore a really crappy shirt and i closed the night by screaming "i feel like i just played a show with limp bizkit." a turning point of sorts
21st-Seattle WA - the most scenic drive. we played with a band called streetwalker who were pretty good. it wasn't hot there.
22nd-Portland OR - our guitarist acts like a diva over donuts. andy and i stay at a separate place from everyone else. i stole some spaghetti from a house
23rd-Redding, CA - nope, canceled. we went to crater lake national park
24th-Oakland CA - gilman st, which i wanted to do since i was little. ross from ludicra came to see us, that was nice, and he was nice enough to say that our (terrible) set was good. technical difficulties abounded. though not 1 kid watched our set, many bought our merchandise (skulls). we stayed with a man who had 1 room of his house for bunnies, and another room set aside as a warhammer figure painting station.
25th-San Francisco CA - not a bad show. met sarahel and milton parker. stayed with good friend laurie and went to a metal fest with her earlier in the day = good times and great oldies. high point of trip for me.
26th-Los Angeles CA - band of older men who enjoyed wearing readers over their corpsepaint played and then some kind of crappy bouncer fight ensued and we just str8 up left. can we just
27th-San Diego CA - luckily canceled, we went to ocean beach and my BF and i nearly got "in trouble as sex offenders" <<quoting a lifeguard
28th-Flagstaff AZ - place kinda screwed us, an angry drive to las cruces
29th-Las Cruces NM - played a good show with 1 self-described "black metal" band who actually played stoner rock and were good at it, and 1 really confused pop punk band who all these metal heads were good sports and watched, and then they just split immediately after playing, looking really freaked out. the girl we were staying with threw some kind of weird fit (used to date a dude in band) and her tiny dog stole an entire whataburger from a sleeping person
30th-Amarillo TX - pretty drunk, i rc nothing
31st-Dallas TX - 104 degrees.

August:

1st-San Antonio TX - a good show with good bands. i met a pregnant cat and accidentally stepped on 2 cockroaches with one step. in the morning, my flip flop melted to the asphalt. the drummer of the other band fell asleep on his phone saying "you are very nice but i am very sleepy"
2nd-Houston TX - my favorite show. we played with a great band called paranoid freakout who i loved. good people. then we slept in a practice space...there were 17 of us. i built a fort out of cabinets and blankets and andy and i slept in it. look up paranoid freakout! power violence 4ever
3rd-Baton Rouge LA - a bit crisp. we played with an extremely grim black metal band who sounded badass and looked like regular frat guys. it was weird to look at, but excellent to hear. the next morning we had to stop for 1000 years while singer of other band secured a gator po boy and everyone else complained. i smelled the po boy and it smelled good
4th-Tallahassee FL - stayed and played with a pack of crappy posers who acted really weird about us doing anything (for example, using the bathroom and keeping beer in the fridge, and indeed exiting and entering the house). the singer of the other band peed in his sleep and came downstairs and (in his sleep, and drunk) told me his pants were wet. i said "go back upstairs and go back to sleep." he said "im not trying to be a weiner!!!!" and stomped his foot
5th-Savannah GA - the hottest i have ever been while playing. a really good and well attended show, and we were the only 2 bands that played! although this is the night i punched the guitarist of the other band in the face
6th-Atlanta GA - curtis came and bought me and my boyfriend tahitian treats. v v drunk, can not drive straight home as planned
7th-Knoxville TN - sadly we get too wiided to play as triumphantly as one should when returning from a longish tour, but everyone goes nuts anyway. my friend dan who was on crutches got knocked very far away from where he was standing and his reaction of anger was humorous (he was not hurt (further)). i am glad to be home, and clean, and to be a living being who experiences things

^^^ fantastic

also makes me happy to not be in a band anymore even though we never attempted such an ambitious/foolish tour

ive done a month before, but it was in much more responsible circumstances

you should write a book

one of the bands dedicates a song to "sluts" and one (maybe the same one?) had a drummer who wore a pig mask. i start thinking about my life.

Where did you play in Boise?

Yeah, I just wanna say: fuck Boise Idaho and everyone who contributed to Roxy having a shitty time.

the singer of the other band peed in his sleep and came downstairs and (in his sleep, and drunk) told me his pants were wet. i said "go back upstairs and go back to sleep." he said "im not trying to be a weiner!!!!" and stomped his foot

was the knoxville show at the Pilot Light?

the singer of the other band peed in his sleep and came downstairs and (in his sleep, and drunk) told me his pants were wet. i said "go back upstairs and go back to sleep." he said "im not trying to be a weiner!!!!" and stomped his foot

i know this guy i think.. didn't he used to live at nijoli's house?

lol - I just looked up Paranoid Freakout - and it turns out i know Al3x who's in that band - super nice guy. I've played in a couple large ensemble gigs w/him

i also managed to sleep through a live set of one of his other band's much to the amazement of everyone else there because it was extremely loud

was it say bok gwai cause i love them too!

alex was my FAVORITE person in that band and my FAAAVORITE person i met on tour!

oh and re: the fuck idaho/crappy time comment, most of this is said with a light heart, fyi

there are a lot of things i am leaving out, though, bc this is the internet. no details here, but there were 2 ass kickings and 2 fired members of bands on this tour. lol

oh and to answer your q, the place in boise was called the red room or something like that? it wasn't a bad place. and the bands weren't from boise, i don't think. it was all touring bands that night. i left out that the bassist of the pig mask band talked to me after and told me we sounded like a slowed down celtic frost, and i was like "cool!" and then he asked me if my band taught me how to play the bass

lol

then he asked me if my band taught me how to play the bass

wow

yes it was say bok gwai! I am really good at sleeping!

he singer of the other band peed in his sleep and came downstairs and (in his sleep, and drunk) told me his pants were wet. i said "go back upstairs and go back to sleep." he said "im not trying to be a weiner!!!!" and stomped his foot

i left something out about this also! this same guy got completely trashed within like 10 mins that night. we left the guys to go to whataburger and he called and said, and i quote, "we're keys needs needs" in a verrrry slurred way.
"i take it you need the keys?"
him: "i can't even see you right noooow!"
me: "we're at whataburger"
him: "can u get me a whatfucker? (laughs)"
me: "lol, can u remburse me?"
him: "do they even have a whatfucker?"
me: "i don't see it on the menu."
him: (hangs up)

he was a lively drunk and my favorite member of the other band

(for what its worth. i did end up physically fighting one of them lol)

also, through the entire tour we listened to "hulk rules"

i continued to think about those squirrel pictures btw - and the one that i thought didn't look like a squirrel - and was trying to conceptually pin down what visual elements signify "squirrel"

i thought about that a lot after we left tbh. and the 2 dogs they snuck into the mix

me and my ex-bf would constantly argue about the visual elements that signify "skull"

oh and for the record, first thing i said to roxy and her bf was, "Is it a faux pas to wear corpse paint with street clothes?"

what was their answer

"You must be Sarah."

we just started talking about it tbh because we had opinions 4 ppl about it by that point in the tour lol

xp lol - yeah, it was "very much in character"

altho that was before the guys literally wearing bifocals over their CP. could not believe it

i think it was the drummer of the last band, right?

he kinda looked like the blond guy with the long hair who is one of the conspiracy theory Three Stooges that are Mulder's friends in the X-Files

seems reasonable for corpses to have vision problems imo

you are kinda supposed to appear as if you do not have eyes iirc. corrective lenses tend to take away from this effect

bifocals are not a very good memento mori imo

was i wearing my memento mori shirt when we met y/n

i don't remember - i just remember you were wearing a pretty skirt and a burzum hoodie

id like to be buried in an outfit fitting that descrip

Ah...Red Room opened right around the time I moved away from Boise.