The Presets were FANTASTIC... nice guys with cool accents... and their set was slamming...
The show went well for getting basically no sound check but tons of friends were there and we had a great time. Chrispy has now mastered the graceful art of slamming the cap off of a beer with your palm and shooting foam all over the floor. (most of them were twist offs anyway but it didn't matter). Johnny Law did some fantastic work, during AND after the show (Dimitri would have been proud).
St. Louis was amazingly fun. (Thanks to the Nothing Still guys for having us out, you guys rock)... 2Fresh is officially the best van driver on the planet and if I never hear Toto again for the rest of my life I'll die happy. I wish I could tell the story of the scandalous digital pictures but fear of government and military repercussions are keeping me silent. Ask any of us privately though because its a fantastic story. St. Louis was great, the venue was more then extremely well lit and had a huge chandelier made for swashbuckling hanging right over the stage. If I could have climbed up to it I would have swung around like an idiot while we were playing. We met some new friends and even made nice with the U.S. Marine Corps (Semper Fi...!!!). I think we all wanted to wrestle this young lady just to see if she could kick our asses. I'm sure she could have owned me pretty quick.
Back at the hotel we taught some pizzas and chicken wings who was boss and it was all for free (Thanks so much to our new friends!). I remember sitting on peoples laps almost the whole night... I'm not sure why though, the hotel bar was empty... Maybe it was because I knew I was a sweaty stinky mess and wanted to see who my true friends were... The Hip-Pop bartender kept asking us about R. Kelly when we told him we were from Chicago. I think he was concerned with Mr.. Kelly's legal troubles as of late. The night ended with Beaker answering the door nude when some sports dudes thought it funny to taunt us with some knock-an-run games at 4am. (Great job Tommy, that'll teach um... ) In the morning we went swimming and scared some family types with our Euro swim trunks. No one wanted to ride the elevator with us either for some reason.
Dani is writing a novel about the apocalypse and if we don't get him away from the pulp fantasy books soon I fear our next EP will be full of sweep arpeggios and druid riffs.
This weekend marked some historic events:
-Beaker made it the whole weekend without one single truckstop hotdog. We all rejoiced in this fact.
-We learned the secret language of the 'truckers lookin to party' signals.
-There is no such thing as a Sand Druid (I was sad about this).
-Double Stuffing or "The Accordion" is the funniest thing I've heard Dani say since we met and his visual was even better.
-Dan looks like Iggy Pop with his shirt off.
-Fog Checks are now mandatory at all Comasoft shows. 15 to 20 of them per night is fine with me.
-Dan and Dani could single handedly put down 25 pounds of trail mix, their craving for seeds of all sorts is insatiable.
-Andre will be missed immensely... But if you have to go out, this weekend was a hell of a way to do it. We lov you Dre, you will always have a spot in the van with your name on it.
Lotta work to do... see you all soon.
:)