We are in San Francisco right now waking up in my friend Kaity's apartment. Last night's show at the Elbo Room was a success by all accounts. You never know about Monday night shows, but the bands were great, and lots of friendly people came out. I have to say that none of that would have been possible without the help of Ted from Bagel Radio, though... That guy was a huge help. He also runs a great internet radio station, so make sure you check it out. Speaking of internet radio, our friend Elise from Indie Pop Rocks on Soma FM came out to the show, too, so it was great to finally meet her... The night started off with our good friends in Slings. This was the last night of our 5 date run with them. Not sure what I'm talking about? Oh, maybe that's because we haven't updated the blog since New Mexico :) Anyway, Slings are one of the first bands that befriended us right after we started our band, and it was wonderful to finally meet and travel with them the whole time we were in California. We had so much fun eating and laughing and playing percussion on each others songs... I can't believe the shows are already over. This past week seemed to go the quickest of any part of our tour. They took us swimming in the ocean in Newport Beach, which was near the top of our priority list for this west coast tour. There aren't too many ocean beaches in Ohio, so it was pretty crucial that we take advantage of it while we could. More on Slings later...
So, I woke up this morning to move the van at 8am because apparently it is not easy to find a good spot to park a large van with a trailer in San Francisco, and in my drowsy, bleary-eyed state, I had part of "O Fill My Heart" by Slings in my head as I stumbled the 5 blocks to the van. You should check out their songs. I bet there is a ticket on the van now anyway because I think I moved it to a 2 hour parking spot, and I've been asleep for at least 3 since I got back... oh well. That's what touring is all about.
We played in Sacramento on Sunday afternoon to a nice crowd for one of Roger's Record Club shows. The show was a matinee, meaning everything was over by about 9:00, so Roger took us to one of his favorite vegetarian Vietnamese restaurants, but it had closed about 5 minutes before we walked over there... We were all kind of bummed out about that, but Charlie from Slings went over to the window, and after a series of pleading gestures and tummy rubs, they actually re-opened the restaurant to serve all thirteen of us! I think that is pretty much unheard of... Any time we've worked in restaurants, customers who come in 15 minutes before closing are cursed, and those who come late are laughed at through the window... so, needless to say, we had our minds blown by this event, and the food was even better! Yay for Sacramento...
Here are a couple photos from the show, including one of Craig's hot one-note guitar solo during "Days." No, Craig and I aren't wearing matching shirts. That's just your eyes playing tricks on you...
Yikes, there is so much more to say, but I should really take a shower and think about eating some breakfast. We'll update again soon with more about California and Slings and the fantastic people we met.
see ya,
Charlie
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