Show Day - Hot Woke at 12:30. Coffee and a peach. TV, pool etc. boring afternoon. Jan calls - gig at the Troubadour as well as the Cathay DeGrande??? Calls are made. We'll do both shows. I find Rod (went for a walk). We load up and go to club #1 [Troubadour]. WTF!!! From no shows to 2 booked on the same night. Nice place - weird people. Metal band is checking (called "Rated X"). This is not... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:00 PM, July 31, 1985.
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Day Off - Sunny/Hot Woke up at 10 or so. Had coffee etc. Walked with store with Blood - coffee, filters, Danish, cigarettes. Dave R. made calls - tried Jan B. all day - no answer. More calls. We are playing Cathay DeGrand Wednesday [tomorrow] and are playing Madame Wong's on the 7th and a hall show on the 8th - WE set that one up. Other than that it looks like no shows? Called Mom and Dad... more »»
Posted by Dean at 09:51 PM, July 30, 1985.
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Day Off - Sunny/Hot Up at 9:30. Make coffee - watch TV. Dave R. makes calls. We are to see Ron at 5:00PM. Jan won't talk. I fear the worst - stuck in CA. No money, no shows etc. Record is still doing well. We can call Colin tomorrow for more money hopefully. Walked up to shops for lunch. Got gas in van. Drove up the freeway to Enigma. Met Sherry - dumb. Meet Ron - dull. Tour... more »»
Posted by Dean at 08:00 PM, July 29, 1985.
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Day Off - [no weather report] Slept late. Made calls - nothing much. This day marks the one month date for the tour. It took us a month to make it to California. Played 12 shows in 31 days. This is not a good example of tour booking!... more »»
Posted by Dean at 09:46 PM, July 28, 1985.
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Day Off - Sunny/Hot/Clear Woke up at 10AM - well rested. Lazed around and drank coffee. Jackie called - told us Die Kreuzen showed up at The Offenders gig at Pi Lam - played great. Enigma wants 2000 more lyric sheets - 4000 total. They plan to sell 6000?!! Also we're number 10 out of 20 on the CMJ Adventure Pick List - COOL! Here's the "Almost Official Die Kreuzen Web Page" and it looks like The Offenders... more »»
Posted by Dean at 08:59 PM, July 27, 1985.
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Day Off - Overcast/Warm/Cool Wake at 8:30. Shower and pack up. Dave R. calls service center at 9:30 told us to call back at 10:30. We watch TV. Calls back - car will pick us up in 15 minutes. Lock up - picked up. Van fixed for $114 dollars. Put on my Visa - not bad. On our way by 11:30. This is the first time I mentioned a Visa card. We did use it on this tour... more »»
Posted by Dean at 08:39 PM, July 26, 1985.
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Day Off - Sunny/Hot Woke up at 8:30. Get our stuff together and out by 9:30. Stop and get coffee on our way. Up Route 35 and then Route 40 - to route to California - through Oklahoma, the top of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona (just below the Grand Canyon) and on to the West coast and Los Angeles. Dave R. Drives until we stop to eat. Then I take over into Texas. About 20 miles away from... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:53 AM, July 25, 1985.
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Day Off - Hot Up at 10. Dave R. calls began at 9AM. We rise slowly. We go to "Stop & Go". Get coffee, crispies and muffins. Back to Michelle's and eat breakfast. More calls - hang out - TV etc. Denver shows fall through - SHIT! Decide to leave for Grand Canyon. Pack our gear up and drive to Texaco. Michelle used her gas credit card and filled up our gas tank. With a fill up we... more »»
Posted by Dean at 08:10 PM, July 24, 1985.
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Day Off - Sunny/Hot Woke up at 10:30. Drank red juice and lay around. Dave R. and I went for coffee. Made calls - Tulsa guy is a fucking asshole wimp. Calls, calls, calls. Traded numbers with Michelle. Got a show in Dallas with a $200 buck guarantee. Denver and Boulder shows are not looking good. Having a hard time finding a place to stay. We'll stay with Michelle tonight - leave town tomorrow and stay at a... more »»
Posted by Dean at 06:43 PM, July 23, 1985.
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Show Day - Sunny/Hot Out [of Kansas city, MO] by 11:30 after breakfast. 6.5 to 7 hour drive to Norman, OK. Through the Kansas Flint Hills - lots of cattle and hills - that's about it. Got to Norman at 6:30 or so. Michelle's house - 19 - nice girl - good business person. Playing at the "Jailhouse" club/bar. You too, can check out the Geology, Geomorphology and Geohydrology of the Flint Hills. We got to stay at... more »»
Posted by Dean at 04:00 PM, July 22, 1985.
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Day Off - [no weather report] Woke at 12:30 or so. I got up and had a beer for breakfast. Others got cleaned up and went for breakfast. I got a shower and they came back. I left and ate at Mickey D's. Looked for post box - no luck. I wonder what inspired me to have a beer for breakfast? I can remember one time when we all had beer for breakfast. We were on tour and... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:21 PM, July 21, 1985.
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Show Day - Sunny/Humid Woke up late - 12:30 or so. Got cleaned up and out of house by 2PM. Joe Buffalo and his brother and sister stopped over - we went to laundry and got breakfast/lunch. Out of Des Moines by 3:15. Route 35 South to Kansas City. Arrived at 6:15 - Keith Patterson and Eric's pad. Nice people. "Angry Red Planet" already there. Nice guys. Gave us food. Dave, Keith, Joe and I went to get... more »»
Posted by Dean at 09:21 PM, July 20, 1985.
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Show Day - Hot/Sunny/Cloudy Late Up at 8:30 in an effort to dry clothes and get to Des Moines by 6PM. Cleanup - pack up. Dave R. and I dry clothes. We still have to wash two loads - we'll do that in Des Moines. We are on our way by 10:30. Dave R. drives. We stop around 12:15 for food along Route 80. Nice truck stop - good food. Dave R. drives the rest of the way.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:22 AM, July 19, 1985.
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Day Off - Sunny/Hot Woke 11AM. Lazed around. Waited for Rob to come home from work. To Jeff's place for a jam and practice at 2:30-3PM. Dave R. stayed and made calls - confirmed shows and talked to Enigma. Everything will be OK; we just have to keep going. Thinking about September a lot. Got to move into a new place and get a job I like. Dave R. is talking about going out to New England for... more »»
Posted by Dean at 04:28 PM, July 18, 1985.
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Day Off - Sunny/Cool Woke up at 12 or so. Lazed around - TV. Joe went out and bought OJ, pecan twirls - granola bars - tuna fish etc. Ate food - more TV. Lazed around until 6:30. Dave B. was going to dinner with Sheila. We went to Byron's again. Bought case of 'Old Style' beer. Home at 7:30. Watched Casablanca - great lines etc. More TV - then watched Return of the Pink Panther. Silly fun.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 08:00 PM, July 17, 1985.
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Day Off - Sunny/Cool/Breezy Slept until 11AM. Woke up and lazed around and watched cartoons. Got cleaned up and ate Cheerios. More TV. Went to bank machine $10 dollars. Came back. Dave R. went to doctor - throat infection. Dinner at Byron's hot dogs - great dogs with lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, relish, cucumbers, mustard, catsup etc. Another day off in Chicago and the Dead Milkmen continue to eat their way across America. Geez - if anybody wanted to... more »»
Posted by Dean at 08:29 PM, July 16, 1985.
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Day Off - Sunny/Cooler Up at 11AM or so - clean up - pack up. Walked to State Street. Got breakfast at a weird cafe - hippy type joint. Good croissants, iced tea, coffee, apple tarts, sandwiches. Leave Madison at 2 or so. Madison is very nice - probably the nicest place so far in terms of me possibly living there someday. College town, beach, clubs, good looking girls, nice people in general. Madison is a nice town.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 05:26 PM, July 15, 1985.
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Day Off - Sunny/Hot Woke at 11AM. got cleaned up - all went for breakfast at HoJo's. Dave B. couldn't eat - got close to being sick. He had better be careful. The rest went back to frat. I walked through State Street. Lots of shops. checked 4-5 record stores - ours was not in any. Bought postcards - 6 for a dollar. Back to frat. Watched some TV - MTV - with 'A' - nice girl but... more »»
Posted by Dean at 03:16 PM, July 14, 1985.
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Show Day - Cloudy/Humid Woke at 12:30. Everybody was up. Had coffee and bagel. Kelly was at work. We did laundry - lots of it. Watched Live Aid on TV. George Thorogood with Albert Collins - hot. Pretenders were good also. Left laundry running and went to Big Boy for food about 4PM. Got back at 5:15 and loaded up. Laundry was still wet - off to Madison - no time to dry. Live Aid! I forgot about... more »»
Posted by Dean at 06:48 PM, July 13, 1985.
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Show Day - Sunny/Hot Woke at 9AM. Got cleaned up (me - no shower or shave - cleaned my contacts). Went to the "Egg & I" restaurant for breakfast. Left Minneapolis 11:30 or so. Dave R. drove the whole way. Made good time to Milwaukee - 5.5 hours. Got to club at 5 or so. Ate at Burger King. Back at club. Cafe Voltaire - nice place, free beer - pool table. Set up and did sound check.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 03:31 PM, July 12, 1985.
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Show Day - Cloudy/Cool Up 7AM. Out of the Smarts place by 8:30 - onto route 90-94 out of city. Lots of traffic. Dave drove. We stopped about 10:30 for breakfast at an "Oasis" over the highway. McDonald's - wood chairs - brass rails - real "ritzy" Micky D's. Dave Blood then took the wheel and drove for about 5 hours. Stopped for gas - I took the rest of the way into Minneapolis. The Illinois Tollway Oasis... more »»
Posted by Dean at 04:00 PM, July 11, 1985.
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Day Off - Sunny/Hot Slept late - 1:30PM - up slowly. We took Kathy to Bob Evan's for breakfast - then to Stuart's to pick up her car (we gave her a ride home from Indianapolis - Stuart had left early). Stopped in town to pick up cassette power adaptor. Heard from someone on the street that Stuart was in Jail - for what we don't know. Hopefully nothing serious - more later. I don't remember what Stuart... more »»
Posted by Dean at 04:01 PM, July 10, 1985.
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Show Day - Sunny Up at 10AM. Cleaned up, packed up, and locked up. Mailed postcards - bought stamps. Ate - bad breakfast at Main Street Cafe. Left for Indianapolis - arrived at 5:30 at the Patio Club. Promoter Bill Levin was a Bobby Startup clone - in fact he knew Bobby. We were way too early - why he said to be there at 4:30 I don't know - couldn't sound check until 8. Got everything set... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:46 PM, July 09, 1985.
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Day Off - Sunny/Warm Woke at 10AM. We thought Sheila and Paul were at work and we made coffee etc. They got up. Sheila went to work late. She was having too much fun with us around. We went out walking to thrift shop, music store, post office etc. Others went back. Rod and I walked to record store etc. By 4 or 5 we met Joe on his way to The Defoliants rehearsal. He figured out the... more »»
Posted by Dean at 03:57 PM, July 08, 1985.
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Day Off - Sunny/Hot/Humid I woke up at 5AM. Hot, sweaty - I couldn't stretch out. I woke up every hour on the hour until 10AM. Got dressed - sat in van until 11AM. Dave R. showed up. We walked for cigarettes. Up to the apartment. We had coffee and danish etc. Dave R. Joe, Rod and I went to Eyelab. Sheila, her sister and Paul went to her parents house for a barbecue. Dave B. stayed at... more »»
Posted by Dean at 12:05 PM, July 07, 1985.
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Day Off - Sunny Woke at 11 or so. Everybody got cleaned up. Left by 12:30 or so. Ate breakfast at Bob Evans family restaurant. Headed for Chicago. Uneventful ride - arrived at 8:30 or so at Sheila's in Evanston - North side of Chicago. Drank beers and ate pizza. I slept in the van - to bed at 12:30. Everybody else went to bed except Dave R. - he went with Sheila, Paul and Ken to bar.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 01:23 PM, July 06, 1985.
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Show Day - Left West Lafayette about 11AM. Stopped for lunch at McDonald's. Headed to Cincinnati for a show at the Jockey Club that is actually across the river in Newport Kentucky. Arrived in Cincinnati about 4:30 - went to music store and got my snare drum fixed. One of the lug nuts broke the night before. $2 dollars. The guy at the store was real nice. As time went on, I gradually began to play harder and... more »»
Posted by Dean at 05:00 PM, July 05, 1985.
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Show Day - Sunny Woke up about 10AM - coffee - I skipped a shower. Went to "See Your Food" for breakfast. Reminds me of "Troy's" in West Philly. Back to Cole's. Wait for Dave B's friend Shelia - she's late. We leave about 2PM for West Lafayette, IN. Arrive at 5:30. I can't believe I skipped a shower. How unkind! "See Your Food" is a classic place. The "Troy's" I mention was a greasy deli restaurant near... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:23 PM, July 04, 1985.
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Show Day - Sunny Woke up about 9AM and had coffee. Dave R. made some calls. We were going to get breakfast but everybody took showers etc. We had to leave for WNUR FM for an interview at 12 noon. Got there at 1PM. They didn't have our record anywhere at the station. We played some requests - joked around for awhile over the air. Took some phone calls and did station ID. Here's WNUR's website. Not alot... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:08 PM, July 03, 1985.
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Day Off - Cloudy/Rainy Woke up at 7:30-8AM. Dave R. went to Bob's Chevy to get the van fixed. $130. The rest of us wandered around in a zombie like state. Rod and I went to a corner store and bought donuts and OJ. Came back and I went with Marci and Sue into town to try to sell/pawn Marcie's TV set - no luck. Back at the house - Dave R. still not back from the car... more »»
Posted by Dean at 03:00 PM, July 02, 1985.
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Show Day - Cloudy/Rain Wake up 8:30AM. Lattell came over. Went to Campus Cafe for breakfast. 5 people - $11.50 - not bad. Called place n Columbus - Bob's Chevy - will fix van for 130 bucks - cool! After breakfast to radio station. Dave makes calls. Enigma still didn't send promo copies out - bummed. We were beginning the tour and most college radio stations and press folks still didn't have the album. Drive to Columbus -... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:47 PM, July 01, 1985.
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