An Attempt At Catching Up: Part 2
Day 2 started off with some local Amish granola and a low pressure shower. I briefly enjoyed the balcony which looked over a creek.
This cat is named Elvis Presley and I swear that he looks purple.
After some more breeze shooting with our host we hit the road for the 10 hour drive to Chicago. It was quite uneventful but I caught up on what’s playing on pop radio these days. Oh yeah what’s playing on pop radio is CRAP…mostly. We stopped in Clarion, OH I believe to grab some food. Our only decent option was a little cafe where I got an “everything” bagel with turkey and cheese. If you can count the number of specks of poppy on your “everything” bagel in 10 seconds guess what? What you’ve got is a plain bagel that shook bagel hands with a real everything bagel. Is this starting to turn into a food blog? I hope not. There’s just not much else to talk about when you’re describing a 10 hour car ride.
Driving through Ohio and Indiana is kind of boring since there isn’t much to look at besides corn…oh and more corn. When we finally arrived in Chicago we checked out the “venue” we were about to play. It was someone’s apartment that was literally right next to the train that came by every 15 minutes. Eh. We loaded in and went to find some dinner. (Again this is not a food blog.) We got some ok falafel nearby.
Twin Peaks anyone? The falafel place masquerading as the Black Lodge.
We went back to the house party and I was quickly annoyed by the hipsters so I went for a walk. I managed to check out a couple of record stores before they closed and once again only spent invisible money. That means I didn’t buy anything. It doesn’t mean that I have sticky fingers or salty toes. I got back in time for the opening acts. First up was “I listen to a lot of Metallica and have written two songs and they sound like Metallica” guy. Second was “I’m going to keep apologizing for my guitar skills and listen to some more Feist when I get home” girl. Thankfully, right before us was a pretty cool duo. They were doing the whole loop station thing and what not. We played close to 1am as I recall and there were still people who were awake. We played until about 3am due to about an hours worth of “play more”. It was a long day. It was one whole day that contained many hours.
We went to our friend’s place to crash and I had a cat that slept at my feet.
I'll swallow your soul!
Jackercrap 