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April 7, 2001
Robert: 269 A Space Age Love Song - A Flock of Seagulls Will I be all by my lonesome there at the Flat Top? ... Tomorrow, back to work, which means more blog activity... April 6, 2001
Robert: 270 Pacific 231 - Burning Airlines J, we'll see you next week... Are you ready? Yes, I'm ready.
Todd: Ahhh. Exhausted. Completely tired and still congested sick. Sitting at home for the first time in 22 days. Can't wait to sleep in my own bed tonight. Our official last show of tour is tomorrow at the Metro. Listening to Chavez. Petting the cat. Went through my bills and junk mail already. I think it's time for a nap.. See you tomorrow. Oh yeah, Its good to see a Firehose song making the list. Kudos to you Bob. April 5, 2001
Robert: 271 Chemical Wire - Firehose The paint on the road... Last night was fun... more more more to come... April 4, 2001
dan: hip to the hop to the hippy hippo..thats on tv..hello the road is long and we're riding it hard.. I just got in from outside and walked into a room that smelled like old people..please lets do something aboot that..we're gonna go eat at some vegan joint..I guess I'll have to find my angus elsewhere....
Robert: 272 Love Will Tear us Apart - Joy Division It's hot. It's humid. Sweaty. Even at a mean speed of 70 down I-30. Barreling to Little Rock. We just watched Fight Club (sans commentary) and half of Buffalo 66 which i think is in desperate need of the disk doctor. Gotta buff out those scratches that my home DVD player put on it as the disk spun out of control in its evil grasp. Literally spits them out sometimes. Yes, this is the same player that Best Buy has assured me works perfectly. ($25 for their worthy opinion, thank you.) I'm setting Infinite Jest to the side and after 3 days, i'm halfway through A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Can't comment cause it ain't over... Don't you think that Webster should just break down and say, ok, it's been long enough, let's put "ain't" in the dictionary. Hmm? A friend in Houston told me that the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary. Let's see how can i put this... A certain promoter in a certain city has pre-warned Steely Dan that their show there will be ill-attended... due to a rainstorm... and playing opposite Fuck. Yes, the band Fuck. I've heard of them but i haven't actually heard them, but that is entirely beside the point... There are many valid points to be made here. One certainly being the rare likelihood of Fuck fans even giving a hoot and a holler (sorry, i'm in Texas) about Steely Dan coming to town (and vice versa)... and another point... The weather? The Steely Dan show at the Sapphire Supper Club seemed like Waterworld* Part Two (inside and outside), but sorry buddy, the place was packed to the rafters. raft(ers), i tells ya. The real qualm i have is this: Never, ever, ever, tell a band that their show will be bad, especially if it's Steely Dan, because i know for a fact that Donald Fagan can do some intense pummeling with that guitar/keyboard of his. It is not good. Club closed down unexpectedly**? No problem, the Dans can take the day off, wax the entourage of tour buses and reschedule a show in the near future***. No one shows up? Oh well, it sucks, but if you put up the posters they sent (right?) and put up some flyers of your own (right?) at record stores or wherever, i guess no one likes the band in that city. Steely Dan can play in a different city that night... But don't you EVER tell them beforehand that the show will be "bad". I don't think I have to call up Donald and Walter and let them explain to you whose fault that is. And that is all for now. Steely Dan is looking forward to seeing all of you soon. * I hate to compare such an amazing show with such a wash of a movie. I am on a roll. A sesame seed pun. ** Foxfire. *** Steely Dan, with Q and not U at the 7th Street in Minneapolis, April 13... where the promoters think the show will be great. April 3, 2001
Todd: Hello all. I think this might be my first post since brewtown Milwaukee, WI USA. We are on our way to Dallas to play an instore, then onto Denton for our nightly show. First time we will ever be playing two shows in one day this tour. Hustle boys! Hustle! Bob is reading, so is Damon. Dan is driving and Mark is asleep in the back. And here I sit, chatting to you.. Entering Troy county TX listening to a good mix cd of Superchunk, Built To Spill, Modest Mouse, etc. I’ve noticed since quiting my record store job to move to Milwaukee almost a year ago(has it really been that long?) that I spend entirely to much money on records and music related magazines. Can’t I just get free copies or promos of every record I want? Why can’t I read all the music gossip magazines for free while on the clock? Why can’t I find a used copy of the Soft Boys “I often dream of trains” or get an advance of the new For Stars record on Future Farmer?? I’m spoiled... Spoiled rotten. To all those who’ve been keeping up with the blog and for all of those who have been coming out and supporting us on tour, I thank-you. You are the reason we do what we do. Kaumpi!! April 2, 2001
Robert: Yesterday's real song: 275 Song 2 - Blur 274 Detroit Has a Skyline - Superchunk So the joke is over... and I emptied too many Bass last night. April 1, 2001
Robert: 275 I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meatloaf It was an interesting evening. I spent most of the morning in the hospital due to an overdose of tofurky jerky, peppered. I also broke my left leg during an intense fight with Joe from Mock Orange in the massage room backstage of the Oberholtzer Ballroom. We argued for a minute about who had dibs on next table workover, and when he would not budge, i attempted my world-renowned off the velvet couch dropkick. I did not anticipate any stray oil on the ground and slid right into a collection of gargoyle statues. Don't worry, i'll still be hobbling onstage tonight at Emo's, but I'd like to request that they fashion the massage room there with some assemblance of safety nets around the gargoyles. Todd just realized that he must have gotten bit by a baby alligator at our hotel room in Orlando, because his arm has plum fallen off. It's OK. Tonight all of the songs will be in E A D or G. Farm has legally changed his name to Mark Dawursk, and has left the band to become a massuse for the upcoming Dillinger Escape Plan tour. The original version will still be performing with Hey Mercedes. Damon inadvertantly filled his air mattress with helium last night, decided to sleep outside in the 'warm Houston air' and we haven't seen him since. The rest of the tour will be performed by a Damon robot look-a-like that only drinks NA motor oil. Dan has got a better offer to be on a nationally sponsored tour, so we wish him lots of luck. He'll need it with all that juice at his leisure... And the name of our band is really Lifehouse. |