Ahh...finally...sleep...
So it's almost 2 in the afternoon and I'm awake now, after being dead to the world for about 12 hours. I had a great week but did not get ANY sleep, lol. So now that I'm refreshed, here's an update of final events, as well as a few short stories from Ohio.
After waking up and checking out, me and Frankie had lunch and ran into the wife of Orgy's sound tech, and she was awesome. So we had a good convo, then headed on for good; ran into Grace, Teresa, & Co. as they were leaving too, and off we went. Finding our way back was relatively easy, so we had a good car ride, even if things did get a little...damn, how even to hint? hahaha...well, things got interesting. I like Frankie because there are things I can say or do that I don't think I've ever felt comfortable with with anyone else. Yeah, I'll leave it at that, lmao.
I think car rides to and from concerts are so much fun, with all the anticipation before and the feeling of completion afterwards. Me and Frankie talked a lot both ways, and of course during the week. This was the period of time where we ended up going from being pretty well acquainted to really knowing each other, which is to be expected after spending three days in a hotel room together. Things weren't always peachy - we had a few, I dunno, not even fights, but clashes I suppose, but after all was said and done, I think that was just the hard knocks of getting to know someone. Kinda, getting used to people's lifestyles and preferences. I think that we bonded a lot, and that is cool.
Anyhow, we got into Blacksburg around 6, ordered a pizza, and watched stored Futurama episodes for awhile. Dana called from the Blue Oyster Cult concert and said he and Laura were having people over at their place later, so I made my way home, dropped off my bags, and headed over there. Dana played bartender (he makes really good White Russians, and it's not like I had enough to drink this weekend, right? Eh.) and then he and Laura showed me how to play a cool form of bridge. I lost royally, but it was fun. I had come home and found that Casey from JCS had sent me his new band's, News Travels Fast, album, so we listened to that. Good times.
Today will be a breather for the most part. I'm going to edit a few interviews, and send Lou some pics, then head over to band practice. Though my throat is still sore, so I guess we'll see how that goes, lol.
Some funny stories from this weekend...
We went out to this place called Fat Fish Blue the first night we were there. They're this crazy Mardi Gras type place, and they wrap little kids toys in the silverware, so, you know, most people were getting toy soldiers, jumping frogs, etc. What did I get? An eye patch. I wore it, and Mike would be proud!
The big L man got us in the van after the show and made it across Cleveland in about 30 seconds, in which we narrowly avoided about 4 wrecks.
I put out a lot of my promotion materials on their promo bar at the back of the venue. In about half an hour, all my cds were gone - the samplers, the demos other bands had sent, etc. - as well as most of my stickers and birthday massacre flyers. Later on I threw a handful of buttons on the table, and now half of Cleveland is rocking a RAM and/or 51 Peg pin. Victory is mine!
Ok, enough for now, I'm going to eat some lunch. Damn, what a great weekend.
So it's almost 2 in the afternoon and I'm awake now, after being dead to the world for about 12 hours. I had a great week but did not get ANY sleep, lol. So now that I'm refreshed, here's an update of final events, as well as a few short stories from Ohio.
After waking up and checking out, me and Frankie had lunch and ran into the wife of Orgy's sound tech, and she was awesome. So we had a good convo, then headed on for good; ran into Grace, Teresa, & Co. as they were leaving too, and off we went. Finding our way back was relatively easy, so we had a good car ride, even if things did get a little...damn, how even to hint? hahaha...well, things got interesting. I like Frankie because there are things I can say or do that I don't think I've ever felt comfortable with with anyone else. Yeah, I'll leave it at that, lmao.
I think car rides to and from concerts are so much fun, with all the anticipation before and the feeling of completion afterwards. Me and Frankie talked a lot both ways, and of course during the week. This was the period of time where we ended up going from being pretty well acquainted to really knowing each other, which is to be expected after spending three days in a hotel room together. Things weren't always peachy - we had a few, I dunno, not even fights, but clashes I suppose, but after all was said and done, I think that was just the hard knocks of getting to know someone. Kinda, getting used to people's lifestyles and preferences. I think that we bonded a lot, and that is cool.
Anyhow, we got into Blacksburg around 6, ordered a pizza, and watched stored Futurama episodes for awhile. Dana called from the Blue Oyster Cult concert and said he and Laura were having people over at their place later, so I made my way home, dropped off my bags, and headed over there. Dana played bartender (he makes really good White Russians, and it's not like I had enough to drink this weekend, right? Eh.) and then he and Laura showed me how to play a cool form of bridge. I lost royally, but it was fun. I had come home and found that Casey from JCS had sent me his new band's, News Travels Fast, album, so we listened to that. Good times.
Today will be a breather for the most part. I'm going to edit a few interviews, and send Lou some pics, then head over to band practice. Though my throat is still sore, so I guess we'll see how that goes, lol.
Some funny stories from this weekend...
We went out to this place called Fat Fish Blue the first night we were there. They're this crazy Mardi Gras type place, and they wrap little kids toys in the silverware, so, you know, most people were getting toy soldiers, jumping frogs, etc. What did I get? An eye patch. I wore it, and Mike would be proud!
The big L man got us in the van after the show and made it across Cleveland in about 30 seconds, in which we narrowly avoided about 4 wrecks.
I put out a lot of my promotion materials on their promo bar at the back of the venue. In about half an hour, all my cds were gone - the samplers, the demos other bands had sent, etc. - as well as most of my stickers and birthday massacre flyers. Later on I threw a handful of buttons on the table, and now half of Cleveland is rocking a RAM and/or 51 Peg pin. Victory is mine!
Ok, enough for now, I'm going to eat some lunch. Damn, what a great weekend.
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