Hey folks,
It's been a minute since I've written a blog post. I had meant to do a lot more blogging on this tour but as with most tours, wifi can be sparse.
I'm in Bloomington, IN right now at a bagel place. The coffee is good and the internet is strong....ish.
The last couple days were off days here in Bloomington. This is a pretty cool hippy town. Those are my favorite. The coffee is always great and the people are always pleasant. The food here is awesome actually. The other night I had some insane Indian food and yesterday I found a Thai Vegan place called Siam that went off. That was great.
Enough about food. The shows this tour have gotten consistently better and better. The first night was in New York at Terra Blues. We actually did a two nighter there. It was a really cool little spot in the Village next to the Bitter End. The stage was tiny which I like actually. I've played some massive stages and I always prefer the tiny little ones where you get sweaty and work together in a hole. I like the grease. It feels like you're getting more done musically... Maybe I'm full of shit. haha
We did two nights there and stayed at a hotel in Jersey.
The second night we played there was almost a catastrophe. After the gig, we were going out to the van to go back to the hotel and it wasn't there. We all had that look on our faces that only people who are just realizing their cars have been stolen can have. Jason scrambled. He called the tow service, the cops, all of it. It was either towed or stolen. I sat on the steps of the club and thought.... SON OF A BITCH. I'm Macauley Culkin... Friggin' lost in New York... And I had no cheese pizzas or limos to pacify me. I'm fucked.
We started to walk towards the other vehicle the rhythm section had been driving and in a last ditch effort I asked Jason if he had remembered maybe parking another block away. He said "Of course not".
He checked.... It was there. We all breathed a sigh of relief and went back to the hotel without it fully setting in yet that the tour wasn't over the second night.
I'll report more on the rest of the tour when I have time. This is kind of a quickie.... I'll find more time to write soon. :)
Best,
-Gino
P.S. My beard is getting out of control... and it's staying.
