These seven hour drives are less painful than they sound. Today it gives me enough time to glance at some reading for a class that I have paid zero attention in, and will now be missing the midterm for. Glorious. I’ll be alright.
Driving through Arkansas, left Memphis at a healthy 10:30 in the morning. Passed a giant green sign that you see in the highway telling you about the upcoming exist, except this one only said “JESUS.” We kept a look out but didn’t see him anywhere. Thirty miles later a separate billboard said “Warning, prepare to meet God.” We’re pretty sure he was in the Waffle House a few miles off the road but we didn’t have time to stop…got a gig tonight! I’m pretty excited for it, I played the House of Blues in Boston before it closed down, with Newton, Massachusetts highschool ska heroes The Eskapade (RIP sweet princes) for a battle of the bands, and even though the chain is pretty corporate, it feels good to play at another one. Plus, the sound will be great, we have a guarantee (now we’re only $2,850 in the red!), and a headliner who should bring out a solid crowd. After two nights off I’m jonesing to play in a big way. I could definitely see myself doing this six months out of the year. Maybe eventually in a van with heat! No need for that anymore though, we’re in Southern Country til the last night of the tour, in Baltimore.
Back to reading. Impressionist contemporary composers. Yahoo.
here are some belated photos from the miserable drive from Pittsburg to Dayton, OH, and the van breakdown
http://schatzattack.smugmug.com/gallery/4494138_9F9Ym
Memphis photos to come...
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