Dallas to Austin was fun, because we didn't unload any lighting in Austin, so Tyler and I had the day off. Everything was going well, until the right passenger side tire decided to blow up. I've never seen one of those blow before... it was crazy. But Frank (the driver) was right on it and we were back on the road in no time. Go Frank.
Austin was kind of boring, especially since we didn't have anything to do, and I wasn't feeling well. I wandered around on 6th St for a while, had breakfast, then went back to sleep. I was hoping to hang out at more of the bars down there, but I just wasn't up to it. Tyler and I wandered down to another bar down the street, and were just settling in to our first drinks when my phone rang: apparently Lucas was ill and couldn't do the show, so Tyler and I wound up running the consoles for The New Pornographers and Belles. Since we were part of the South x Southwest festival, and were playing with 3 other bands, we didnt' bring in our lighting rig or console. The house was set up with two consoles (I'm not sure why), so Tyler ran the movers and I ran the conventionals and it all went pretty well. I just wish I had a few pictures. Oh well. And so much for a day off.
Here's a handbill that was across the street from the venue. I found it interesting that the Spanish handbill got the name right, but the marquee at Stubbs' BarBQ didn't...
I didn't know that Mary Kay was making cars now... scary.
Dave, the merch guy, always on the lookout for the next t-shirt sale...Yeah, so, last night in El Paso was boring... we went to a mall that was close by, and I still wasn't feeling well, so I slept on the bus, mostly. I'm feeling a bit better today, so hopefully I'll get a few St. Paddy's Day Guinesses (Guinnessi? Guinni?) in me. And that's all there is... exept for the quote...
"It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right - especially when one is right."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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