Well, we had a great time at the CIA in Hollywood rockin' out the L.A. locals. We played with three great bands Analog Driver, Sign of One, and Awaken. Analog driver's set was fast paced and they had a girl(I can't remember her name) sing a song with them. That was pretty cool. Then Sign of One took the stage. If you haven't seen Sign of One, you are missing out. They were great. I can't wait to play with them at the Tulloch Lake show. Talk about energy, if you ever have to play after them, you better be on your best game. They will make you look silly if you play half-assed.
So, yes, we had to follow them in L.A. I almost fell over during the set playing my fucking ass off. :) Then Dan Noonan showed up and made me nervous. We had a good set and everyone there liked us. There was a dude there taking badass pictures of our set and I can't wait to get my hands on them. They will be posted soon. We didn't get a chance to see Awaken as we were loading in our stuff, but I did hear their set from outside. They sounded tight. I wish I would have seen their set, but oh well. We will see them again I bet.
After the show, the promoter got dicked and nobody got paid which is bullshit. We drove a long way and spent a ton on gas and jack squat. That's paying dues no doubt. After the show we all went over to Sign of One's house to party. HAHAHA everyone was fucked up especially this one dude who was making people take "Japanese Style" shots. He basically poured Vodka and Coke on a dinner plate and everyone slurped their respective plate clean. Yeah right, they all made a fucking mess. Hehehe... Dan ended up partying with us all night and we stayed at his house.
In the morning we woke up and hung out for a bit then we went to Hooter's in Hollywood. There is hot chicks working there but it was a Pittsburgh Steelers Fan Zone and there was Steeler shit everywhere. Whatever, Go Pats. ;) Anyway, while we were there eating, Jon was taking pictures of the place and of everyone eating, and the waitress walked into his camera view and like a true pro, he got a picture of her ass. Another waitress was watching the whole thing and came over and freaked out on Jon. For those of you who don't know Jon, he is the type to never do anything like that, so of course, the one time he does, he gets a load of shit for it. And besides, those girls work at fucking Hooters. Hooters. Need I say more?
So, on the way home, we left at 3:30 and got home at 1 a.m. A spark plug blew out of the motor 30 miles south of Fresno and it took forever to get it fixed. But all in all, we had a great time. Can't wait to do it again. If I had to do it all over again, I'd bring more weed. Just kidding.
Ryan