TOUR DIARY
FIRST DAY OF TOUR - SEARCHING FOR TREASURE 2003
HAVE WE FOUND TREASURE YET? YES!! WHILE LOADING THE VAN WE FOUND A ROADSIDE EMERGENCY KIT JUST LAYING ABOUT, RIGHT NEAR THE VAN - HOW CONVENIENT - SAFTEY FIRST! - WE THEN DROVE 6 HOURS TO SEE OUR GOOD FRIENDS AT JAYCEES- AS SOON AS WE ARRIVE WE FIND TREASURE- HOORAY! - A PENNY! - RIGHT ON THE GROUND! THEY MUST BE RICH AROUND HERE- MONEY LAYING ON THE GROUND- ABOUT AN HOUR LATER- SHOWTIME- WE PLAY 1ST FOLLOWED BY - THE CRAZY BRASS SMACKERS {SKA FROM KY.} AND - THE MALCONTENTS {SKA FROM INDY,IN} - IT WAS VERY FUN - AFTER THE SHOW WE HANG WITH OUR FRIENDS MIKE, KEV, RON, AND GREG AT THEIR ABODE WHILE WATCHING HOMEMADE VIDEOS OF VANDALISM, FART LIGHTING AND BUSH JUMPING- THIS WAS GREAT! - THEN WE SAID OUR GOODBYES AND HEADED TO OHIO- WE DROVE ALL NITE TO COLUMBUS AND CALLED IT A DAY - GOODNIGHT......

DAY 2
WE AWAKE, WE BAKE, WE HAVE TO BE AT THE SHOW BY 1 PM - ONCE AGIAN WE FORGET ABOUT THE EAST COAST TIME CHANGE - WE ARE RUNNING LATE SO WE DRIVE FASTER - WE ARRIVE IN PAINESVILLE OHIO AROUND 2PM ONLY 1 HOUR LATE - NOT BAD - THERE WE MET OUR NEW FRIEND RICK, HE IS A GREAT GUY, HE IS RUNNING THE SHOW - ITS A SKATE PARK BENIFIT SHOW "ROCK THE RAMP" -WHICH WE ARE VERY GLAD TO BE A PART OF - HE DIRECTS US TO THE FREE FOOD - YUM! IT WAS A BIT RAINY , BUT EVERYTHING WAS A ROCKIN' - GREAT MUSIC VARIETY AND KIDS SKATING WHILE THE BANDS PLAYED OUTSIDE- WE MET OUR FRIEND MIKE FROM AFO WHO HELPED US GET THE SHOW WITH RICK- AFO FUCKING ROCKS!! AFTER THE SHOW RICK INVITES ALL THE BANDS BACK TO HIS HOUSE FOR FOOD AND BEER- YUM! WE HUNG OUT FOR A WHILE AND MET SOME NEW FRIENDS - THE LUCKY STRIKES {50'S SURF ROCK WITH A TWIST} FROM PA. - AFO FROM CLEVELAND - AND LORDS OF THE HIGHWAY(OHIO)- THEN WE HAD TO LEAVE- WITH A HOLE IN OUR TREASURE MAP FOR THE NEXT 2 DAYS, WE DROVE SOMETIME AND STOPPED AT A FLYING J TO REGROUP- WHILE USING THE TRUCKSTOP COMPUTER WE HEAR OF TREASURE IN BOISE,IDAHO- INTERESTING - WE DECIDE TO HEAD TO NEW JERSEY - AFTER DRIVING AWHILE WE REALIZE WE NEED REST FOR TREASURE SEARCHING - GOODNITE.....

DAY 3
WE DROVE ALL DAY ON THE PENN-TURNPIKE, IT SUCKS- WE STOPPPED OUTSIDE OF PHILLY- BURGER KING HAD NO BURGERS - BURGER KING SUCKS - WE PLAYED SOME VIDEO GAMES AND WENT TO SLEEP - GOODNIGHT......

DAY 4
WE AWAKE, WE BAKE, CHUCK SHAVES IN THE PARKING LOT- BURGER KING HAS BURGERS -TOO LATE- OVERHEARING A CONVERSATION, WE HEAR OF TREASURE IN ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - WE DECIDE TO INVESTIGATE- AFTER A 2 HOUR DRIVE WE ARRIVE- THEY WERE RIGHT AS SOON AS WE ARRIVE WE FIND TREASURE - 2 PENNIES RIGHT OUTSIDE THE VAN!! MONEY MUST GROW ON TREES HERE - WE CHECK OUR NETWORK SYSTEM AND FIND THERE IS TREASURE IN EL PASO, TEXAS- INTERESTING- WE HEARD YOU CAN MULTIPLY YOUR TREASURE { OR LOOSE YOUR TREASURE } IN FANCY MACHINES AT THE TRUMP CASINO- WE ALL TRY FOR MORE TREASURE - ONLY ONE OF US IS SUCESSFUL, MELLISA DOUBLED HER TREASURE-HOORAY! - JEREMY AND CHUCK LOOSE THIER TREASURE - BECUASE WE CANT LOOSE MORE TREASURE WE RELUCTENTLY LEAVE- THIS WAS GREAT FUN WE CHECKED OUT THE BOARDWALK AND THEN LEFT ATLANTIC CITY AND SET UP OUR HEADQUATERS FOR THE NIGHT AT A REST STOP OUTSIDE OF ATLANTIC CITY - BURGER KING HAD BURGERS - WE HAD BURGERS -THEY ARE SEVEN DOLLARS AND THEY SUCK- THEY STOLE OUR TREASURE - DICKS!! - WE WALKED AROUND THE PARKING LOT AND WATCHED SOME TV AND WENT TO SLEEP - -GOODNITE.....

DAY 5
AWAKE, BAKE OUTSIDE OF ATLANTIC CITY - WE DROVE ABOUT AN HOUR TO MARLTON, NJ - THEN IT TOOK US 2 HOURS TO FIND THE PLACE. GOT SOME GRUB AND WENT TO THE LIBRARY -AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OF RELAXING AT THE LIBRARY WE WENT TO THE OLDE CITY BILLIARDS AND MET STU- HE RUNS THE PLACE- ITS A POOL HALL WITH GOODFELLAS AND GANGSTER PICTURES ALL OVER THE PLACE - STU IS COOL - THE GUYS FROM DUCK ISLAND SHOW UP AND WE MEET MATT - HE IS THE HOOK UP MAN- AFTER A WHILE THE SHOW GOT STARTED - WE PLAYED FOURTH - WE GOT A GOOD RESPONSE BUT WITH THE 2 PREVIOUS DAYS OFF WE WERE A BIT RUSTY - ALL THE BANDS KICKED ASS - THERE WAS A GOOD MIX OF BANDS - CHECK OUT THESE SOUTH JERSEY/ PHILLY BANDS -DUCK ISLAND, DTP, KNIFIGHT, DEATHWISH, AND FH- AFTER THE SHOW JOE THE DRUMMER FROM DUCK ISLAND LET US SHOWER UP AND CRASH AT HIS HOUSE - THAT IS WHERE MYKIE HOOKED US UP WITH SOME OF THE BEST TREASURE OF ALL - JERSEY GREEN- YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN - MMM - TASTY!! - WOKE UP EARLY SAID THANX FOR EVERYTHING AND GOODBYE AND HIT THE ROAD TO D.C.

DAY 6
AFTER LEAVING JOES WE GOT SOME GRUB THEN SAMPLED THE "TREASURE" - MMM - TASTY!!- THEN WE GOT ON THE ROAD TO D.C. - THREE HOURS LATER WE ARRIVE IN D.C.- WITH ONLY A FEW HOURS SLEEP - WE FOUND A PARKING LOT AND TOOK A NAP - WE AWOKE, CHOKED AND WE WENT TO MEET UP WITH JONNY BONES OUR D.C CONNECTION - AS SOON AS WE ARRIVE WE MEET PIERRE - HE IS HOMELESS AND HELPS THE BANDS CARRY GEAR AND IS VERY AMUSING- HE TELLS US THAT JONNY IS THE HEAD ****** IN CHARGE, AND HE'S RIGHT- WE WATCH SOME SEINFELD AT JONNY'S UNTIL SHOW TIME- WE MEET UP WITH MOOKIE - HE RUNS THE SHOWS AT THE U-TURN AND DOES ALOT FOR THE BANDS IN THE D.C. AREA - MOOKIE IS THE FUCKIN COOLEST - AFTER SHOOTING THE SHIT AND LOADING IN THE SHOW STARTS WITH A SOLO ACT THAT MOOKIE HOOKED UP AT THE LAST MINUTE- VERY COOL - WE PLAYED 2ND - WE PLAYED A TIGHT SET AND GOT A GOOD RESPONSE- VERY HOT IN THERE - CHUCK PUKES HIS WATER AFTER THE SET- ANOTHER SIDE OF SILENCE-PISSED OFF HARDCORE FROM VIRGINIA -PLAYED NEXT - VERY COOL GUYS - THEN THE SCREWS/HOMEOWNERS PLAYED - THE SCREWS SINGER DIDNT SHOW SO THE HOMEOWNERS- WHO WERNT ON THE BILL DID VOCALS TO SOME SCREWS { JONNY BONES AND MOOKIES BAND} SONGS AND VARIOUS COVERS - IT WAS ROCKIN- AFTER THE SHOW WE TRADED UP WITH ALL OUR NEW FRIENDS - SAID OUR THANX AND GOODBYES AND HIT THE ROAD TO CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA- AFTER A WHILE OF DRIVING IT STARTED TO STORM AND WE PULLED OVER FOR THE NIGHT - GOODNITE......

DAY 7
WE AWAKE, BAKE, WE PULL OUR SHIT TOGETHER IN A GAS STATION PARKING LOT BETWEEN D.C. AND CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA WE DROVE ABOUT 4 HOURS TO CHARLOTTESVILE WE GOT THERE EARLY SO WE DECIDED TO GO TO THE LIBRARY WHERE CHUCK RAN INTO SOME PROBLEMS - WE HAD TO LEAVE TOWN WE HUNGOUT NEAR THE TOKYO ROSE (A SUSHI BAR THAT HAS PUNK SHOWS IN THE BASEMENT BAR) WE MET UP WITH OUR FRIEND DAN FROM BLOODYCRACKDOWN AT 10PM THE SHOW STARTED AROUND 10:30 WE WERE SET TO PLAY FIRST WHILE SETTING UP WE FOUND TREASURE ALL OVER THE STAGE - COPPER TREASURE! - WE PLAYED FIRST WE PLAYED A PRETTY TIGHT SET - A COUPLE DRUNK OLD TIMERS WERE MOSHING IT UP UNTIL THEY GOT KICKED OUT - FUN! THEN B.C. PLAYED - WE PLAYED WITH THEM LAST YEAR THEY ARE CRAZY ARMYCORE FROM RICHMOND, VA - CHECK THEM OUT FUCKA! THEN LYCOSA ALSO FROM RICHMOND, VA PLAYED - SUPER FAST THEY HAVE A SPEED METAL/GRIND SOUND THAT WILL TEAR YOUR BRAIN APART - AFTER THE SHOW DAN INSISTED WE STAY AT HIS HOUSE HE CAN BE VERY PERSUASIVE - WE FOLLOWED DAN BACK TO RICHMOND HAD A COUPLE DRINKS, SMOKED UP, SHOWERED UP, AND WENT TO SLEEP - GOODNITE.......

DAY 8
DAN WAKES US UP AND SAYS LETS GET SOME BREAKFAST - WE WENT TO THE VILLAGE AND ATE SOME GOOD FOOD - YUM!! - WE WENT BACK TO DANS HOUSE AND SAID OUR GOODBYES - WE HEADED TO THE AUTO STORE FOR SOME OIL - OUR DIPSTICK IS STILL FUCKED - SO WE PUT IN SOME OIL - WE PUT IN TOO MUCH OIL - AND AN HOUR LATER WE OVER HEATED ON THE BORDER OF NORTH CAROLINA - FUCK! - A FRIENDLY NORTH CAROLINA MAN STOPPED TO HELP US OUT - WE LOST TOO MUCH TIME AND MISSED OUR SHOW IN NORTH CAROLINA - WITH THE OIL LIGHT ON WE DECIDED NOT TO STOP IN SOME BACKWOODS TOWN, BUT INSTEAD TO GET TO A LARGER TOWN FOR SERVICE AND TO GET CLOSER TO THE NEXT SHOW IN ATLANTA, GA.- WE COULD ONLY DRIVE 55MPH ANYTHING OVER 55 THE OIL LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND THE ENGINE WOULD GET HOT - WE ARE NOT MECHANICS BUT THERE ARE NO LEAKS UNDER THE VAN - WE THINK THERE IS TOO MUCH OIL - WE DROVE 55MPH ALL THRU THE NIGHT THROUGH ALL NORTH CAROLINA AND MOST OF SOUTH CAROLINA - IN SOUTH CAROLINA WE CONFIRMED OUR RESERVATIONS AT A REST AREA FOR THE EVENING - GOODNITE......

DAY9
WE AWAKE, BAKE,AND STARTED TO MAKE OUR WAY TOWARDS ATLANTA,GA. - TODAY WE ARE SUPPOSED TO SEE OUR FRIENDS FROM ORLAND PARK, IL. - SAFTEY FIRST - AND - LOADED FOR BEAR {ALSO ON TOUR} AT THE SOMBER REPTILE - WE ARRIVE AT THE SHOW AND OUR BUDS ARE ALREADY THERE - AFTER AWHILE SOME OTHER OUT OF STATE BANDS ARRIVE - WE MEET ALTERIA FROM SAN DIEGO, CALF. - TREPHINE FROM BALTIMORE, MD.- WE ALSO FIND OUT WE ARE PLAYING OUR NEXT SHOW IN TENNESSEE WITH ALTERIA - GNARLY! - AFTER A WHILE MORE OUT OF STATE BANDS ARRIVE - 8 BANDS TOTAL - ALL THE BANDS ARE FROM OUT OF STATE AND EVERYONE IS WONDERING WERE ARE THE LOCAL BANDS? - THINGS ARE LOOKING SKETCHY - THE SOMBER REPETILE IS VERY SHADEY - TODAY WE CAN PARTY UP A LITTLE BECAUSE WE ARE PLANNING TO GET THE VAN SERVICED IN THE MORNING IN ATLANTA -THE PLACE IS CHARGING A BEER AND NO LOCALS EVER SHOWED UP - THIS IS A FUCKIN' SCAM! - DON'T PLAY HERE! - ALL THE BANDS WERE COOL AND THAT MADE IT A GOOD SHOW - DEFINETLY CHECK OUT LOADED FOR BEAR AND SAFETY FIRST FROM IL, - TREPHINE FROM MD. - THEY SAY THEY ARE MATH ROCK - 6 PIECE BAND WITH NO SINGER - THEY HAVE A PERCUSSIONIST THAT BANGS ON PROPANE TANKS AND OTHER CRAZY SHIZZNIT- CHECK THESE FUCKAS OUT THIER SOUND IS INSANE! - ALTAIRA - TIGHT PUNK ROCK FROM S.D., CALF. - YOU WILL DIG THEM - AND MANY OTHER GOOD BANDS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY - WITH A BUZZ ON IN BUMBLEFUCK, GA. - WE NEEDED A PLACE TO CRASH - WE FOUND A GAS STATION AND ATE SOME CRAPPY GRUB - AND THEN WE CRASHED OUT - GOODNITE.....

DAY 10
WE WAKE UP IN A GAS STATION PARKING LOT NEXT TO A SHITTY SMELLING DUMPSTER - THEN JEREMY WENT INSIDE THE GAS STATION AND DID THE SAME - WE DECIDED TO GET THE FUCK OUT OF ATLANTA AND DRIVE 55 TO TENNESSEE AND GET THERE EARLY TO GET THE VAN SERVICED - IT WAS ABOUT A THREE HOUR DRIVE - BUT IN THE MOUNTAINS IN TENN. THE VAN STARTED TO GET REALLY HOT AND THE VAN NEEDED A REST - WE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR A BREAK - A FEW MINUTES LATER WE SEE SOME PUNKS RUNNING TOWARDS US - WE GET OUT OF THE VAN TO SEE WHAT THEY WANT - WE REALIZE THAT ITS OUR FRIENDS SCOT AND CHRIS AND NICK FROM SAFETY/ LOADED - THEY WERE ON THIER WAY TO NASHVILLE AND SAW US AND STOPPED TO HELP - WHAT GREAT GUYS - AFTER LETTING THE VAN COOL DOWN THEY FOLLOWED US TO A GAS STATION BEFORE PARTING WAYS - WE MADE IT TO MURFREESBORO, TENN - AND WENT TO A DODGE DEALER FOR SERVICE - HE SAID ABOUT 750 - AND HE COULDN'T LOOK AT IT UNTIL TOMARROW - WE SAID FUCK THAT NOISE! - AND WE WENT THE VALVOLINE AND SAID GIVE ME AN OIL CHANGE - THEY SAID WE HAD WAY TOO MUCH OIL - IT DRAINED OUT FOREVER - AFTER THE OIL CHANGE THE VAN WAS RUNNING SMOOTH AGAIN - AFTER A LITTLE DRIVING BAND MORAL WAS BACK UP - WE DECIDED TO HIT THE VENUE - GENTLEMEN JIMS - WHERE WE MEET WITH OUR FRIENDS ALTAIRA - IT IS TAKING A WHILE FOR THE SHOW TO GET STARTED - OSCAR'S DOWNFALL THE GUYS WHO HAD SET UP THE SHOW HAD BROKEN DOWN EARLY IN THE DAY IN OHIO ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM TOUR -EVENTUALY THE SHOW GOT STARTED - DJYCHE FROM TENN. PLAYED FIRST - SOMEONE SAID THEY ARE COLLEGE ROCK? - ALOT OF COVER SONGS THAT WERE DONE WELL - THEN WE PLAYED - WE PLAYED A KICK ASS SET - POSSIBLY ONE OF OUR BEST SO FAR - THEN ALTAIRA PLAYED - DURING THEIR SET THERE WAS A DRUNK DUDE TELLING THEM TO TURN DOWN THE GUITAR AND GRABBING THE MIC BETWEEN SONGS - IT WAS KINDA FUNNY BUT PEOPLE WERE GETTING ANNOYED WITH HIS ANTICS - BUT IT WAS FUNNY - HE WAS ALRIGHT - ALTAIRA ROCKED THEIR SET NONE THE LESS - THEN OSCAR'S DOWNFALL PLAYED - THEY HAD AN EMOCORE TYPE SOUND - THEY WERE A TIGHT BAND - JUSTIN FROM OSCAR'S DOWNFALL PUT THE SHOW TOGETHER AND THATS COOL - AFTER HANGING IN THE PARKING LOT FOR A WHILE AFTER THE SHOW WE SAID LATER TO EVERYONE - WE HAD A LONG DRIVE AHEAD OF US AND IT WAS ABOUT 3 IN THE MORNING - WE STARTED TO MAKE OUR WAY TO OUR NEXT DESTINATION - LONG BEACH, MS. - VERY FAR FROM MURFREESBORO - DRANK ALOT OF COFFEE AND DROVE ABOUT 6 HOURS THROUGH TENN. AND ALL THE WAY TO OUTSIDE BIRMINGHAM, AL - BEFORE STOPPING AT A FLYING J AT AROUND 9 IN THE MORNING TO TAKE A MUCH NEEDED BREAK - CATNAP......

DAY 11
WE WOKE UP AROUND NOON AND MADE OUR WAY TO LONG BEACH, MS. - WE HAD TO BE THERE BY 6PM - WE DROVE STRIAGHT FOR 5 HOURS AND GOT TO THE VENUE - NO ONE WAS THERE - AND WE STARTED TO WONDER WHAT WAS UP - THEN JEN - THE GIRL WHO SET UP THE SHOW ARRIVED AND WE WERE RELEAVED - THE VENUE WAS COOL - IT WAS RIGHT ON THE BEACH OF THE GULF OF MEXICO - THERE WERE 4 BANDS SET TO PLAY - THE BAND THE VOLATILES - WE HEARD THEY HAVE SOME OTHER PIRATE PUNK BAND - THATS GOOD - PIRATES? - AARRGG!!- I WONDER WHAT TREASURE THEY ARE LOOKING FOR? 2 BANDS TAKE OFF BECAUSE OF LOW TURN OUT - LAME! - ALOT OF PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT PROMOTION OF THE SHOW AND OTHER CRAP - WE PLAYED FIRST - WHILE GOING TO LOAD IN JEREMY GOT THE VAN STUCK IN THE SAND ON THE BEACH - THATS KINDA FUNNY! - WE PLAYED ALRIGHT AND SOME PEOPLE ENJOYED US - WE SOLD SOME MERCH AND THAT WAS COOL - THEN THE VIOLATERS PLAYED - THE HAD A SLOPPY PUNK SOUND OR SOMETHING - ONE GUYS GUITAR WENT OUT DURING THEIR SET AND THAT WAS ABOUT IT - THAY PLAYED A COUPLE MORE TUNES AND THE SHOW WAS OVER - WE THANKED JEN FOR THE SHOW HOOK UP - ITS ALWAYS HARD TO GET A WEEK DAY SHOW - AND IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE A PLACE TO PLAY - WE WERE SANDY AND DIRTY AND HAD A LONG DRIVE TO CORPIS CHRISTI, TX - DROVE HALF WAY THRU LA. AND STOPPED AT A T.A. AND GOT SHOWERED UP - THEN CONTINUED THRU LA. GOT TO THE BORDER OF TEXAS AND CALLED IT A DAY - GOODNITE.....

DAY 12
WE AWOKE RIGHT INSIDE THE BORDER OF TX AND LA AROUND NOON AND STARTED TO MAKE OUR WAY TO CORPUS CHRISTI WHICH WAS ABOUT 4 OR 5 DRIVE OR SO - WE ARRIVED AT THE VENUE AROUND 6:30 - NOONE WAS THERE THE PLACE WAS CLOSED UP - WE DECIDED TO GRAB A BITE TO EAT AT THE LONG JOHN SILVERS AND MAKE A CALL OR TWO TO SEE WHAT WAS UP - WE WENT BACK TO THE VENUE THE SHOW IS SUPPOSED TO START AT 9 LOADIN WAS SET FOR 8 - STILL NOBODY WAS THERE - THINGS ARE LOOKING SKETCHY - WAITED AROUND AWHILE, NOTICED WE WEREN'T ON THE DOOR FLYER AND DECIDED THIS IS FUCKED AND TO STARTED MAKE OUR WAY TO EL PASO - EQUALEYEZ IN CORPUS CHRISTI IS TOTALLY HANUS - DROVE ALL NITE AND DRANK LOTS OF COFFEE AND STOPPED SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF TEXAS AND CALLED IT DAY - GOODNITE.....

DAY 13 TIL THE END

TO MAKE A LONG STORY SOMEWHAT SHORT WE PLAYED A KICKASS SHOW IN EL PASO THE FOLLOWING DAY SOME OF THE GREATEST BANDS WE EVER PLAYED WITH - KEEP A LOOKOUT FOR THESE BANDS - PYRETIC, LOSERS, BLACKLIST - MUCH RESPECT TO CYNTHIA FOR PUTTING THIS SHOW TOGETHER FOR US ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE - AFTER TEXAS THE TOUR GOT SKETCHY IN SOME PARTS -- SHOW CANCELLATIONS, 110 DEGREE WEATHER, WITNESSING A BRUTAL FIGHT, A BROKEN TRANS, ALONG WITH RUNNING OUTTA DOUGH -- NOT TO BE MISTAKEN WE STILL HAD A GREAT TIME -- MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT TO ALTAIRA FROM SAN DIEGO FOR HELPING US OUT WITH THAT SPECIAL GREEN TREASURE -- THE FOLKS UP IN NEVADA CITY, CA -- JANITOR JON AND WORSE CASE SCENARIO UP IN PORTLAND -- JOE FROM SKARP UP IN SEATTLE -- THE MECHANIC IN OREGON FOR GETTING US BACK ON THE ROAD -- SORRY TO THE KIDS IN BOISE AND SALT LAKE CITY HOPEFULLY NEXT TIME -- JIM AND SARAH VERY NICE PEOPLE FROM PUEBLO, CO -- AWESOME SHOW GUYS -- NO LOVE WHAT SO EVER FOR THE PHONY ASS MF'S IN LA FOR BOOKING US AND FORGETTING ABOUT IT, NO LOVE FOR ARIZONA FOR BEING TOO GODDAMN HOT, WASHINGTON INTERSTATES, THE FLY'S THAT WOULD WAKE US UP IN THE MORNING BY CRAWLING ON OUR FACE'S EVERYDAY FOR THE REST OF THE TOUR (FRANKIE, J.J. AND THE REST OF THEIR POSSE) AND THE CATS IN COLORADO SPRINGS FOR CANCELLING OUR 2ND TO LAST SHOW 20 MIN BEFORE ITS ABOUT TO START -- AFTER ALL THAT WE ENDED UP BACK WHERE WE STARTED BACK HOME IN GOOD OL BERWYN, IL - GOODNITE