Santa Clara Hasn't Started School Yet? ...Ooops

Playing a show at a popular bar across the street from Santa Clara University sounds like a great time with a great college crowd! …until you get there and realize school doesn’t start until next week. Thanks Brian, for being such a great crowd.


Northern California

We've played 7 shows in the past 6 days, how is that possible? Leaving sunny southern california I kinda expected a bit of fog and coolness in Norcal, but it's been hot here.  The temp guage on the Burban read 112 degrees the other day, and we don't have AC.  Also learned that keeping a Carl's Junior chicken sandwich at that temperature for 6 hours is not the same as the heat lamps in the store, in retrospect, I blame the mayonnaise.  Don't make my mistake.  

Santa Cruz was silly, Davis was delightful, San Fran was ____, San Jose was...hot.

San Jose:

Here's what we did all day in San Francisco tho:

Backtracking a tad wee bit

SLO
Labor
Teevee

The Mystery Spot

So, supposedly this is a mystery...

Drew Blog - Episode 1

Scene opens: Morning in Drew's apartment, Connor on computer

Clip, Clip

Connor: What are you doing?

Drew: I'm trimming your back hair with my toenail clippers.

Connor: Those are scissors.

Drew: But I use them to cut my toenails.

What I've Learned

The time between an attempt to flood all the equipment in a muddy field of cilantro and this cool, sunny San Francisco morning has held 5 very successful shows.  Santa Barbara, SLO, Santa Cruz and Davis have all been conquered in DEN fashion and we've made enough gas money to get this far.  

Touring in a Suburban with no Air Conditioning was predicated upon the anticipation of the lack of any heat wave in September.  Hindsight hits like tube sock full of quarters when the car thermometer reaches 110 degrees when sitting in bumper to bumper traffic.  This happens soon after a quick stop to purchase another cigarette lighter power inverter in an attempt to run an xbox and a tv in the car (we may have spent as much money on this setup as we would have to get the air conditioning fixed, but funds are slim and priorities take priority).  We still have yet to successfully run our intra-suburban entertainment center for more than 5 minutes without blowing a fuse.

So, in support of the title of this post, here's a list of things I've learned thus far:

-some whisky is cheaper than water

-whisky is not a cure for dehydration

-whisky is not a substitute for sleep

-when faced with several half full bottles of different whisky brands, and limited car space, a blend can be made without much degradation to the taste of the whisky

-do not try to hook up the electronics on your trailer when whisky is involved (the white wire is always the ground, and even though there's a little white wire hanging from underneath the bumper of your car, if you match those colors, you will possibly end up blowing about 4 brake light fuses, driving 250 miles without brake lights, then spending only about 3 minutes fixing it when you find a mechanic who knows what they're talking about.

And here's some scenes from the road thus far:

 

Santa Barbara To SLO With No Brake Lights

It is such times that you learn to wire a trailer the hard way.  We made it, staying conveniently behind California Highway Patrol so they couldn't see our lack of brake lights and turn signals.  We can add that to the list of lucky breaks, along with Kurt's truck being salvaged from the lettuce field with no major harm to any of the equipment.  And what is it, only the 3rd day?  Last night in San Luis Obispo was the first and last time anyone will try sleeping in the Suburban, apparently it's uncomfortable...apparently.