Saturday, September 25, 2010

TOUR DIARY DAY 1

Okay. So, I am writing this early on day 2 of our tour. We left yesterday at about 1 PM and headed for Ashland, Oregon. The vibe in the van was SO posi the second we got in. We are all super excited to be on the road together again. We are also really, really stoked that our good friend James Luce is with us. He is our number one, favorite photographer EVER, and a real sweet guy to be around. Our vibe was almost funny... Every hour or so someone would yell out something like, "It's so rad to be here together again." or "Fuck yeah! We're on tour again!" Ha, I guess sometimes we really like each other... At one point, I looked up from my sewing project and saw Lee and James adorably sharing one pair of headphones and rocking out to Mineral, Talia was reading a book version of the 1970's gang movie "Warriors", Mike was sleeping with his mouth open, Josh was taking care of something "important" on his computer, Chrissy was sprawled across the floor, and Richard was driving. I realized how different we all are. Maybe that's why we don't ever get bored with each other.
Next, James took pictures of us being insane. We immediately started making jokes and calling each other "princess". That passed the time nicely... When we arrived in Ashland we were ready to party. Alex's, the bar we were playing, was kind enough to put us up in a decent motel. So, we settled in, met up with our pals Jared Mees and the Grown Children (our touring buddies) and headed to the bar. We were greeted with huge bowls of salad and gourmet pasta! They even took care of the vegans! Free food is awesome... We all looked at one another and thought, "How could this get any better?" Both bands shared in the community dinner, and whenever someone stood up, everyone would yell, "Speech, speech!" It really wasn't THAT funny... but on a side note, let me tell you something that WAS funny..
- Wait. let me explain...
We were having a conversation about different ways to use corn, which led to different ways to use porn, which naturally led to talking about eating Playboys and discovering bits of naked women in your poo. This is a situation that Lee referred to as "Poo Hefner."
So anyway, the show was pretty cool. There were a decent amount of people there and both of our bands played well in the small venue. But man, did we get DRUNK. At midnight, Talia turned 25, so you could imagine that we got good and smashed. James even bought everyone a shot. That's like, um, $60 or something. (editors note - who cares about $60??) At the end of our night we carried Talia to the van and headed to the motel.. That's about the point where my memory draws a blank... I do know that James, Mike and I woke up in the van with my keys in the ignition with the van's battery dead. Also, half of my body was inside a pillow case... Anyway, we all agreed that it was a pretty great first day of tour!
We are currently driving over the boarder into California. We hid our three boxes of exotic bananas and braved through the fruit inspection point. Mendocino, here we come!
P.S. - Josh claims that he is going to write a new song on everyday of the tour. That's about as realistic as me actually updating this blog everyday of the tour... totes loves everyones forevs. -- Corey Ciresi

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