I drove everyone in the van absolutely nuts with my iPod playlist called “Good Drivin’ Tunes,†a 200-song collection of dense pop, progressive jazz, pianissimo piano pieces a-la Erik Satie, humorless freak folk, and distressed IDM. A full album of any of these artists would have been OK by my fellow travelers (but albums are [...]
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 The late night glaze of Figueroa’s neon lifted our spirits, but only for the briefest of moments. There we were, freeze-framed under fake light. The 24-hour taco cart, the ice-cream sandwich wraps, the sugar high, the sodium flares, half-baked, the case of warm Stella Artois cradled in my arms. And then the 3 am [...]  God told Noah to build an Ark. A big one. He was going to destroy the earth in a matter of weeks with terrible torrents of ceaseless rain. So the faithful man constructed a boat, crafted at a frenzied pace from the largest trees that could be cut in the nearby forests. It would [...] NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR, 11/21/07:“Warning: This blog is ENTIRELY sarcastic. I apologize if the students and faculty thought I was unappreciative and jesting at their expense. I meant to contrast (through a tongue-in-cheek approach) how AMAZINGLY AMAZING the experience was in the middle of a long, thankless tour. Please don’t read this entry literally. [...]  “The Desert… Only in emergencies!†we vowed, embarking upon the 11-hour drive from Tucson towards our next gig in Ojai, California. It’s not that we don’t love the ole Copper State. Both our Phoenix and Tucson shows were great. It’s just that it’s so damn far out of the way if you’re limiting [...] Getting out of San Diego was like a classic escape film (with either Steve McQueen or Kurt Russell in the lead… you pick). Barely managing to avoid the La Jolla landslide and two separate floods caused by busted water mains, we crept out of town on angry kitten feet. Oh, and then there was [...] We had hoped to have a gig Friday night, but someone decided to put the “no†back in “Fresno,†so we had a day off in the Bay Area. There are worse fates. (Or “hotter hells†– props to Dave Camp for that phrase.) We found clean, peaceful accommodation in Oakland at a quaint little [...] |
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