Blizzards and Benchpresses in NE

Well,
I'm home in LA and it's a been a week since I flew back out of Denver. Tour was great. Lincoln, NE almost was going to keep us captive--the snow was coming down, as my Dad would say, 'like gangbusters'. Cody, Tim and I set up the bench and did a chest workout which promptly scared everyone else off. Cody and I were hoping to get to Lazlo's for a good steak and some good beer for my last night of the tour; to no avail, we were snowed in the parking lot--it was a 90min wait for a cab. We ended up running across the snowy road to Ruby Tuesday with Brandon and drank like fish....also managed to eat a meal, too.

here are images of a Hoth-like tundra just outside our tour bus. No es bueno.



It's been a great trip, for the week it was. Looking forward to REVOLT! Tour in April. Being away form Prudence & Roman for 2 months will be tough, but we learned a lot on this week excursion and thankfully, I'm in LA after the first couple weeks, so it's a nice half-way point.

Until April 5th, I bid you a fond adeu. Until then, do your homework in the dark and eat your cereal with a fork.

-Uncle J

Baconaughticals

Minnesota.
Mini Soda.

brought to you from a parking lot in Lincoln, NE....

it's definitely cold in MN - first stop yesterday was at a radio station in Mankato. Then on to Minneapolis for the show at Cabooze. Early show, again, so soundcheck was around 4, doors at 5, band on at 5:30. My friend, Sara, lives in Minnapolis, so we made plans to meet up for dinner & beer at Triple Rock Social Club after the show. Apparently, weds is "Bacon Night" at the Triple Rock; all you can eat bacon from 9p-11p and $3 PBR tallboys... of course, Molson cans were on special for $2.50 so I had a couple of those. I was generously rewarded for my thriftiness by the Molson reps: first a grey Molson beanie and 2nd a red and white Molson hockey jersey...which i'll never wear.



the board I used was an old Soundcraft board-pretty easy to use once the house monitor guy told me the correct sends. Show was really good, lots of energy. At soundcheck, Tim thought Bruno's g-string (haha) was a little wonky, but didn't want to change it before the show. On the 2nd to last song, both Taylor and Jason broke strings on their bass & guitar (respectively). I got a really decent shot of Bruno standing on the crowd.



back to my day off....
-uncle j

Takehomeasack

Thank you, Steak n Shake for the delicious meal last night.

Sauget, IL (a.k.a. St.Louis) at Pop's. GREAT show and a great board I got to work on. It brings me back to my Aesthetics of Live Sound Reinforcement class taught by "Feedback" Jack Alexander at Columbia College Chicago: Allen & Heath GL2800M. Such a great board and really easy. Monitors sounded great last night, and was a really fun show.




The day was really low-key. We parked in the am behind the venue and were there all day. There was nothing around but stripclubs and a truckstop with an OTB facility attached. Everyone stayed in and was on their laptops, ipods, etc. since it was cold and nasty. Load in went well and load out went well.

After the show, I got some bills paid, cable/internet setup appointment for the new town home and changed my address (as well as Prudence's). Some fans/friends of the band took Bruno & Jason to Steak n Shake 15min away from the venue to get food. Bruno texted, thankfully, and picked me up a steakburger, fries and a chocolate/banana shake--f'ng delicious. I got to talk to my lovely bride yesterday for a while, it was nice and I am grateful that I got to hear her voice. I spoke with Roman lastnight, too, and that was awesome. He's SO stoked about his new bedroom and sheets on his bed: Star Wars. Prudence is working really hard to make our home beautiful and comfortable and I appreciate it wholeheartedly; I try to tell her as often as I can remember to.

On the bus right now, post rice & veggie sausage lunch; Jason & Bruno did a live interview/acoustic performance at WIIL Rock in Kenosha, WI this am. We're en route to Wisconsin Dells for our day off. Tomorrow there's a live interview/acoustic performance in Minnesota and show in Minneapolis; hopefully I will get to see my friend Sara, she rules.

Here are some crappy photos of the St. Louis Arch I took lastnight in the dark when I remembered I wanted to....






that's it for now -i'm gonna go read in my bunk.
-uncle j