Show Day - Sunny/Warm Up at 1PM. I hang out and shower last. Eventually we go to "Mama's Kitchen" for breakfast at 3PM. Then to photo place and buy coffee for tomorrow morning. We go back to the Glass Eye house and rehearse for fun with the Glass Eye equipment. Then to the club for a sound check at 7PM. Good club and sound. We lock the guitars and go to "Liberty Lunch" - no Glass Eye -... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:03 PM, December 04, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Cool Up at 9:30. Shower and pack up. Grab a quick breakfast at McDonald's then drive to Phoenix. I sleep for 3 hours in the van. Arrive at the "Jar Club" at 6:30 - 7PM. We load in and have an easy sound check. Rod had gone with promoter to do a radio interview. Joe, Dave and I did "Scotty" and "Rocketship". Good sound (anything would be better than last night). We hang out. The... more »»
Posted by Dean at 09:51 PM, November 30, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Warm Up at 12. Slowly get cleaned up and eat at "I-Hop". Call Dave R. - tells us we play tomorrow in Phoenix and then to Austin Texas. We play there [Austin] the 4th and start recording on the 10th. The end of the tour is in sight! We leave for Hollywood to play at the "Scream" club. Supposed to get there at 4:30 and check at 5:30 - we arrive and don't check until... more »»
Posted by Dean at 09:12 PM, November 29, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Cool Up at 10. Mojo rises. We pack and look at each other's morning ugly mugs. Mojo and crew leave at 12:30 for a gig in LA. We leave at 1 and lock the doors. Drive to "Rudford's Diner", eat and hang out downtown. Go thrifting and I buy a recorder for 10 bucks. I was going to keep it but I'll give it to Chris for X-mas. It's musical and he's got a new... more »»
Posted by Dean at 07:38 PM, November 28, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Warm Woke at 11 or so and got showered. Joined the others on the roof/porch for breakfast. Pictures were taken and we were joined on the roof by "Tex" the kitten. After breakfast I walked with Gina to Haight street to look for earings for my mom's birthday on December 12th. We walked to the post office first. After shopping we had coffee at a cafe and were joined by Lee and Joe. Dave, Dan... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:45 PM, November 22, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/60's Up at 10:30. We check out of the "Travel Lodge" at 12:30 and drive to "Dean Markley" (on the way we eat at "Denny's"). We pickup sticks and bass strings. Back to San Francisco to "Drum World" to buy heads and a wing nut and bolt. Then to Berkeley. I may have mentioned before that we had a deal with Dean Markley for drum sticks and bass and guitar strings. Load in at 5:45... more »»
Posted by Dean at 08:15 PM, November 20, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Cool Up at 12:30 or so. I slept well. Dan had gotten up early to walk around. We got the room for another night. After we all clean up we walk to eat at a deli - had a great soup and sandwich. Back to hotel then walk some more. Go to a bookstore and Joe sends flowers to his parents for their anniversary. We wander around and then go to USF for an interview.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 06:52 PM, November 19, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny Up - leave town and drive to Boise. Arrive at club - real sound system. Load in, set up and sound check. - OK sound. Eat, then back to the club. 'Grind' - the opening band finishes up and we set up. Play a long set - OK. Crowd response is OK. Hang out, drink and talk. Meet up with Lora and Johanna - two girls going to college here. We go with Jeff... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:40 PM, November 16, 1986.
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Show Day - Cold/Cloudy Up at 11 or so. I wash up and others rise. We pack our gear. Joe [the promoter] is going with us to Missoula today. Others go to post office - I have no money to buy stamps. I write and bum a cigarette or two. I'm quite good at it now - I learned al lot from the 'Johnsons'. We are supposed to go to a radio station before we leave but it's... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:36 PM, November 14, 1986.
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Show Day - Cold Up at 10. clean up then out to eat. Leave town by 12 and drive to Bozeman Montana. Slippery in spots - arrive about 6:30. Load in and sound check - good sound. We then go with Joe the promoter and drop our sleeping gear off and eat at "Baccus" - OK food. The Baccus Pub seems to be still there. So is the club - the Filling Station. Back to club - crowded... more »»
Posted by Dean at 06:57 PM, November 13, 1986.
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Show Day - Cold/Cloudy/Snow I wake up off and on all morning but finally get up after Dan called and Joe and Rod had showers. The others show up and we go to eat at "Perkins" about 1PM. Then to the mall to wander around. I look for the briefcase bag I want - no luck. I buy two cassettes - Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits - it's got "Crazy" on it. I also buy a Tom Verlaine solo... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:51 PM, November 11, 1986.
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Show Day - Cool/Sunny Up at 10:30. shower and out by 12. Look for food and find a HoJo's - eat a good breakfast. Drive to Minneapolis. I sleep on the floor for a few hours. We see the Johnson's on the highway and we caravan it up with them for a while. We pull ahead later and lose them. Arrive in town at 7:30 or so. The "Uptown" is a cool place. Load in and the Johnson's... more »»
Posted by Dean at 09:46 PM, November 07, 1986.
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Show Day - Crisp/Cold Up at 10. I got up and made coffee and sat with Dave R. and Mike M. (Mike had gone to bed before we got in last night). Various people get up and do the shower thing. Eat and more talking. We watch our video and the 'Mats' on SNL. We go and do laundry - hang out. Back to house and pack up and write. Say goodbye and drive to Milwaukee at 5:30.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 04:13 PM, November 06, 1986.
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Show Day - Cold Up at 11 - shower - after 5 minutes the water overflowed. The dirty bathroom was wallpapered with Penthouse "snatch" shots. I wash, shave and brush my teeth in the kitchen sink - remarkably not filled with too many dirty dishes. We leave at 12 and drive for an hour. Eat at "Bob Evans" then to Madison Wisconsin. A true bachelor pad. I think I mean the water overflowed in the bathroom sink -... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:14 PM, November 05, 1986.
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Show Day - Cold Up at 10:30 - out and eat. To K-Mart and hang out. Drive to Indianapolis and arrive at the "Vogue Theater" about 7PM. Cool place. We wait to get in with Bill "The Ghost" Levin - the wild man, at a bar called "Muggin's" He buys us a beer. Its his birthday. "The Ghost" has been mentioned before. We go to the club - it's a huge joint - an old theater. 'Meatloaf' etc.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 05:26 PM, November 04, 1986.
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Show Day - Cold/Dark Up slowly - 3 hour drive to Kalamazoo Michigan. Up at 12 - shower and coffee. Dan goes to post office and to see his great aunt. We get ready to leave. Dan gets back at 4 - drive and arrive at 8 because of the time difference. Set up and quick sound check. We eat and get back just in time to set up. First band had already played. We go on at... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:23 PM, November 03, 1986.
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Show Day - Cold/Sunny Up at 9:30 - 4 hours of sleep. Eat then drive to Chicago. Arrive at 2:30 (time zone gave us a break). Hang out. I buy the 'Jazz Butcher' tape "Bloody Nonsense". We load in at 3:30 - set up and sound check. 'ROTA' [Rights of The Accused?] and 'Fudge Tunnel' are opening. This is our first headlining show at the "Cabaret Metro". Found some photos of Chicago's "Rights of The Accused". Gosh -... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:44 PM, November 02, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Cool/Rain Up at 10:30 - get out and eat at "Denny's" next to the hotel. Drive to Detroit. We arrive early at "Paycheck's Lounge" in Hamtramck. We decide to eat and then load in. We drive around and decide to eat at the "Den Duckling". I thought it was a Chinese restaurant from the outside. I should have realized we were in a Polish neighborhood. It was so weird. This was a Polish restaurant with... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:49 PM, November 01, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Warm Dan and Dave R. get up early 9:30 and take the van to the Ford dealer - we sleep. Get up at 10:30 and start to get cleaned up. At 11 the office calls - apparently this place has an 11AM check out time! We rush around. Dave R. left his car for us - we were to meet him at the Ford dealer. We attempt to pack it all in. Dave calls and... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:22 AM, October 31, 1986.
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Show Day - Fair We're up an out at 12:45. Eat and drive to Oxford Ohio. Arrive at 5PM. We wander around town and go to a record store at 6 for an "in-store". We hang out and talk to people and pictures are taken. We then go to Mac and Jim's "club" and eat while the sound crew sets up. We get to check about 8PM - minimal miking. I go across the alley to "Mom's Laundry"... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:06 PM, October 30, 1986.
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Show Day - Cold/Cloudy Up at 9:30. Out and eat on our way North to Mt. Pleasant Michigan. Dan drives and we arrive sooner than we expect - about 4:15. We stop in the bar and hang out. "The Foolery" is an OK place. Wander around town a little. I buy postcards and Lego! - just for fun. Hang out and drink "Fosters Lager". Meet people at the club -cool folks. We eventually load in and sound check.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 07:21 PM, October 28, 1986.
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Show Day - Cloudy/Cooler Up and out. We drive and eat at a Shoney's. Bad food - I'm getting tired of this stuff. Wheel it on up to Muncie IN. I finish the 'Who' biography book. It was slightly disturbing read how people acted - not that I took the book too seriously. Dave Blood reads it next. We passed lots of books around the van. All of us had no trouble reading while riding in the van.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 09:29 PM, October 27, 1986.
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Show Day - Cloudy/Rainy Up last. Shower then we lay around. Leave at 11:45. Drive - eat in Memphis about 3 - I drive. Lee then takes over - I have a splitting headache. We get there [Nashville, TN] at 7. Set up and hang out. Sound check - OK sound - not great. Eat at TGIF - cool waitress - we put her on the guest list and she comes to the show later. This may be... more »»
Posted by Dean at 07:29 PM, October 26, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Cool Up at 10 or so - out and eat at "Wendy's". Drive to the "SOB" club for sound check at 1PM. Load in and set up. Rod and I do an interview for the Mt. Pleasant show [Michigan]. Sound check - good sound. All ages show started at 3. We went on at 3:30. Play a good show. Lots of kids - ON STAGE. Knew the words. Great - almost all the shirts sold.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:08 PM, October 25, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Cool Up at 10:30 - I'm the last to clean up etc. Check out and eat at the "Daybreak" restaurant. Drive to Memphis, We stop in Tupelo Mississippi - the birthplace of Elvis Presley. Got our picture taken in front of the house he was born. Bought some post cards and a record flat. Very weird. The "Daybreak" was probably the crappy restaurant at the Days Inn. The house in Tupelo is a tiny thing.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 08:26 PM, October 23, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Cool Up at 9:30. We get cleaned up and eat - leave town by 12. Drive to Atlanta. Takes only 3-4 hours. We get to the "688" club at 5. We load in and set up. I wrote to Johnny. We sound check at 6:30 - good sound. We go to the "Majestic Diner" - a real diner with that same sharp waitress we had this past Spring. The 'Johnsons' would love this place -... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:22 PM, October 22, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Fair Up at 11:30 - wash up and walk across the parking lot to the "Kettle" restaurant. We've eaten a lot at the "Kettle". Back to the room to pick up laundry - then to the mall and laundromat. I pick up toiletry supplies and some nifty Halloween cards - I thought it might be funny to send cards to friends - one doesn't usually get Halloween cards past 12 years old. Lee and I... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:59 PM, October 21, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Warm Wake up at 10 or so. I have a wicked hangover. I lie on the floor in the "weight room" of the house. Lee gets up and Dan shows up. The others had slept in the back room. Lee and Dan lift weights and I silently scream for mercy. I eventually get up and take a shower in a scummy bathroom. We leave at 12. Drive to "Steak 'n Egg" then drive to Tampa.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:26 PM, October 10, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Warm Wake at 10 or so. Up and out - drive to Tallahassee - about 3 hours. Eat along the way. Arrive at the "San Francisco Trolley Stop" at 4 or so. T-Shirts have arrived (Yellow Lizard). Dave, Joe and I go to music stores. The second one we stopped in had the heads I needed. Back to club. Load in - micro stage - we have enough room to stand. New heads sound good... more »»
Posted by Dean at 12:09 PM, October 09, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Cool Up at 10 or so. Out. Eat and drive to Athens GA. Arrive around 3:30PM or so. Stop in the Uptown Lounge. A dive just like the 40 Watt - almost better though... We played Athens a few times. I think by this time it had already gone through it's ultra cool faze with REM and the B-52's in the early 80's. There still seemed to be a cult of REM fans around though.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 09:12 PM, October 07, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny Up at 9 - out and drive to a "Shoney's". We all had the breakfast bar. Drive to Columbia South Carolina. Arrive at 3:30 at "Rockafella's". Load in. Ed the booking guy is cool. We set up. Sound dude not in until 5:30. We go to radio station for an interview. OK interview - guy is real paranoid about us saying naughty words on the air. Shoney's is a chain of mainly Mid-West restaurants.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 09:54 PM, October 06, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Warm Wake up at 4PM and get cleaned up. Eat at the "Tasty World" restaurant at the Days Inn. SLOW service. Go to Chapel Hill and arrive at the "Rhythm Alley" at 7:30. Small place but comfortable. Set up. Sound man is slow in setting up mics. Lee takes Rod and Joe to radio station. Dave B., Dan and I check sound. OK but the monitors don't work. The guy is fixing them. "Tasty World"... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:47 PM, October 05, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Warm Greetings - a week has passed by and a lot has happened. We stayed up until 5AM last Sunday talking to Andy C.. Todd M., and LeeAnn - Andy's new girl friend. We got up later at 2 or 3 in the afternoon. I call home and hang out. I go to see Adam M. and Leslie and have a beer with Todd and Adam. Later I go downtown to see Johanna. Back to... more »»
Posted by Dean at 06:30 PM, October 04, 1986.
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Show Day - Cloudy Wake at 10 - I manage to lie in bed until 11:15 or so. Last one to shower this morning. Comfortable bed but hot. We leave Morgantown by noon and drive North to PA. Eat at "Denny's" then on to State College, PA for a show at Penn State University. Arrive about 5:30-6. Find hall and hang out - go to radio station while Dave R. Joe, and Dan set up. We do a... more »»
Posted by Dean at 04:26 PM, September 27, 1986.
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Show Day - Cloudy/Hot Rise at 10-10:30. Pack up and get "de-smelled" in the usual slow fashion. Pack van and go to "Bob Evans" - packed. We drive on - take Route 70 East and find another B/E down the road anyway's. Eat. I sleep in the van and wake up in Washington PA. Arrive in Morgantown about 6PM. Load in and set up and sound check. OK but not great sound. The "Underground Railroad" is run by... more »»
Posted by Dean at 09:53 PM, September 26, 1986.
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Show Day - Hot Awake at 2 in the afternoon. the Air conditioning is not working and the room is like a sweat box. We shower and watch a shitty movie about a women factory football team from Oklahoma [?!?] HA! HA! Dave R. calls desk - we get to switch to room next door - we make the switch. Dave R. makes calls and we go to eat about 4PM. Anyone know what movie I'm talking about?... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:27 PM, September 25, 1986.
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Show Day - Cloudy/Warm Up and out of the Shanghai Inn by 12:10 - we paid 40 cents for the overtime! Drive to Youngstown Ohio for a show at Cedars Lounge. Arrive in town and drive around - ugly town. Dave R. makes some calls - the radio station in Sharon PA has changed formats so no interview. We call the club and get directions. Go to "NY Music Store" and buy drum sticks - "Pro-Mark" 2B's -... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:30 PM, September 24, 1986.
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Show Day - Hot/Warm/Cloudy 75°-80° Woke at 10:30. I had showered and washed my hair last night so I got to relax for an extra 45 minutes. We get our act together and load up and out by noon. We drive around for 45 minutes and find a diner. We eat then drive to the club. Arrive at 2:30. Hang out. Dave R., Rodney, and Dave B. go to a radio station. We set up and have a... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:42 PM, September 23, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Cool Woke late - 12 or so. We clean up and leave about 2:30. Steve walked with us down to the place on campus with all the restaurants. We eat at a place called "Hungry Charley's" or "Hungry Chuck's" as it's called. I had some great soup. We leave and Steve and I walk to a frat party where John and Pete are hanging out. All the sorority girls got "pinned" today - so all... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:59 PM, September 21, 1986.
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Show Day - Raining Up at 11 - shower and get packed. Rod, Dave B., Jenn and Seka arrive full of stories. Weird locals - incest capital of the US supposedly; Rod said three quarters of the guys on campus wear dresses - the quiet is over - Rod and Dave are back. We pack the van and say goodbye to Jenn and Seka and go to "Tiffany Diner" for food then set off for Binghamton. Rod and... more »»
Posted by Dean at 08:30 PM, September 20, 1986.
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Show Day - Cool/Overcast Rise at 10:30-11. We all shower up and leave at 12:30 or so. Try to eat at the "Oasis Diner" - packed - so we go to another and have to wait. We plan to take the ferry across Lake Champlain at 1:20. We argue - all tired and hungry. Rod storms off to McDonald's - we all go. Dave R. is being a royal pain in the ass - decides to go to... more »»
Posted by Dean at 07:20 PM, September 18, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Cool Up at 9 or so. I'm first - got cleaned up and made tea. Others slowly rise - we pack our bags. Beth rises last. She was up with us all until 4AM and trading one liners with Rod (he was getting shitfaced on wine and vodka). I think she had a great time with us hanging out. We load up the van and leave at 11:30 - drive north to Burlington Vermont. Dan... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:13 PM, September 17, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Cool-Cold Woke at 1:30 or so. Shower and drink a cup of black coffee. Everybody gets up, showers and gets cleaned up. It's too late to go to the garage. We go an eat while Dave R. stays at Beth's to call and do the "Mobile Office" thing. This truly dates this diary because in 1986 we didn't have mobile phones or laptop computers with Internet connectivity. Dave had to find a phone, camp out... more »»
Posted by Dean at 09:54 PM, September 16, 1986.
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Show Day - Cold and Sunny Woke at 11:30 - very good nights sleep. Washed up - skipped a shower and walked to store - bought film, batteries, Gatorade and Blood's birthday present - tube of red icing - a gift for him and "J"! Hung out back at the house - everyone else woke up and we were out by 2PM or so. Drove to [Route] 95 - to Providence. Stopped to eat at Ed's Diner. -... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:20 PM, September 15, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Hot Awake at 11. Sun beats through the open window onto my head. I lie sweaty and not really rested on a brown corduroy couch in Adam M's room - shit is everywhere all over the floor. I doze off until 12. Everybody up. Dave D. is quite strange - kicks us out - well not quite but he wants to go to Long Island by 12:30 or so. We shower etc. (I skip a... more »»
Posted by Dean at 08:26 PM, September 13, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny Set my alarm for 9 - had to go to Consolidated at 10 to pick up my last check up. Overslept - up at 10:15. shower - still drunk from last night. Take Dave R.'s car and pick up check and deposit in the bank. Home - wake up people. Dan Mapp our roadie for the Fall arrives. Rodney arrives. Joe decides to do his laundry one and a half hours before we leave.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 09:31 PM, September 12, 1986.
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Show Day - [no weather report] No diary entry for this day. (I do note we played 2 shows at the 'Handle Bar').... more »»
Posted by Dean at 03:30 PM, March 09, 1986.
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Posted by Dean at 03:29 PM, March 08, 1986.
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Posted by Dean at 03:28 PM, March 07, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny Up at 10. Shower - pack up and eat. Drive to Memphis - arrive at the "Antenna Club' early - check in isn't until 8:00. We park the van and go to cafe (3:30). Coffee, wander around, post office, phone calls. Music store finally has Dave B's bass strings. I go back to van and nap until 8:30. The Antenna Club was pretty dingy. We played there a few times. The nap proved to... more »»
Posted by Dean at 07:57 PM, March 06, 1986.
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Show Day - [no weather report] Up - drive to Nashville. Eat - go to club - "Exit/In". Load in, set up and check. OK sound. 'The End' from Dallas opening - nice guys - hang out and drink beer, wander around. I call home and buy "Drum" tobacco. The Exit/In is still around. I began smoking Drum back in art school. An instructor used to hand roll and several of us picked it up. It's really strong... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:41 PM, March 05, 1986.
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Show Day - [no weather report] Up at 10 or so. Out at noon. Eat and drive to Cincinnati. Do laundry, mail stuff and go to club about 5 or so. Dave R. stays to make calls - us 4 go with Dan from the McGonigal Maniacs to radio interview - cool car with lots of stickers, air horn etc. Long Drive. 15 minute interview then back to club at 7:30. I forget who the "McGonigal Maniacs" were... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:22 PM, March 04, 1986.
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Show Day - [no weather report] Up at 11AM. Shower and TV. Rod puts on "Ilsa - She Wolf of the SS" - sick movie - especially at noon. Everybody up. Get Bill Levin up. We all drive over to Indianapolis to get check cashed. Here's the info on Ilsa from the IMBD. My only memory of it is of it's incredible low budget-ness. Funny that we had to get our host "the Ghost" up. He's probably the... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:28 PM, March 03, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Sort Of Warm Up at 11AM. Cleaned up - eat French Toast. Out by 1PM. To Indianapolis. Drive and arrive at 6:45. Check in and go eat. Back at 7:45. Load in. 'Primates' play - boring. We play. Old high school gym. Bad sound - fun show. Tampons, bra's, cigarettes etc. Home to Bill Levin's - beer, TV - the Mentor's video. Bed. I think I'm listing the things thrown at us on stage. Great... more »»
Posted by Dean at 06:01 PM, March 02, 1986.
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Show Day - Cold Up and out by 11:30. Eat and drive to Chicago. Arrive at 2:30 - load in to the Cabaret Metro. Hang out then go eat Mexican. Back to club and check after 'Die Kreuzen'. OK sound. Hang out. 'Killdozer' opens - good. We play oldies - first album set. OK - Dave is [unintelligible] - Rod gets burning paper thrown at him - crowd loves us. Lots of autographs and we sell all of... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:53 AM, February 28, 1986.
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Show Day - Cold Up to Madison. Arrive at O'Cay's Corral early at 3:30-4PM. Load in. Cay is in and we make calls. Go to radio station for an interview. Hang out and eat then to club at 7:30. Check. Hang out and drink beer. Julie and Angie show up. Play another great show at the Corral. Rockin' place - packed. Cool gig. Back to Julie's. Unload then to Nancy's for beer and pizza. Home to bed. We... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:23 PM, February 27, 1986.
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Show Day - [no weather report] Up and out to Milwaukee after "Egg and I" breakfast. Arrive and load in and eat at "Century Hall" - the place we're playing at. This online article mentions that Century Hall burned down in 1988. Wait around. Thunders arrives late. Long shitty sound check. We check as crowd mills in. Hang out. Play a good set from about 10 to 11PM. OK crowd response. Thunders sucks. Paid $130 - shitty gig.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:02 PM, February 26, 1986.
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Show Day - Cold Up at noon. Eat at "The Egg and I". Dave B and I get van oil changed and checked - OK. Back to Mike's. Go to "First Avenue" at 5:30 for sound check. We're playing "The Big Room" tonight and not the 7th Street Entry. We load in - Bill the sound guy is there. Thunders' is late. We hang out. Char and Mike B. come. We sound check at 7:45 - 10 minute... more »»
Posted by Dean at 12:01 PM, February 25, 1986.
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Show Day - Cold - 50°'s Up at 11AM. Shower, eat, pack up. Drive to Norman Oklahoma. Show with Michelle at "Subterranea". Arrive at 6. Eat, load in, sound check. Shitty system - OK sound. Hang out - cold place - write. BBEF opens - same band as last year - not too good. We play to about 100+ people. OK show - not great - video taped. Pack up and eat at "Tony's Tavern". Talk with Michelle... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:47 PM, February 21, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny/Hot 90° Up noonish. Coffee, clean up, pack up. 'Glass Eye' and us drive to Dallas at 4 or so - playing the "Theatre Gallery". Arrive at 7-8 or so. Nice big place. Sound Check and eat Mexican again. Here's an article or two talking about the Deep Ellum scene in Dallas. Back to club - poor promotion. 'Glass Eye' play to 20-30 people. We play - 30 people. Sound is OK. Show is OK.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:11 PM, February 20, 1986.
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Show Day - Warm Up at noon, coffee, shower, laze around. We can play in San Antonio after all - with Glass Eye's friends 'Billy Zygote and the Love Bubbles'! - At Tacoland - a Mexican biker bar. We decide to play - just to play. Great band name. We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. Drive down and meet Cathy and Jamie - nice girls. They take us to the "club". Unload -... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:23 PM, February 19, 1986.
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Show Day - Warm 80°-90° Up at noon. Coffee and shower. I feel a little better - ears still clogged. Eat at a new restaurant. Back home we go to a music store. I buy a new bass drum pedal - $40. Back to house and load up. Scott is here. Talk - he lives with his girlfriend now. Getting sick on tour was the worst. Your body is already tired and frazzled from the late nights and... more »»
Posted by Dean at 04:52 PM, February 18, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny Up, eat and drive to Santa Fe. Climb 7000 feet. Arrive at the "Village Fool". Small place - we eat and unload. Lots of people - Jenny Dawson - good promoter. First band is good. Second is boring hardcore. We play great show. Sell lots of T-shirts. I get ill - the altitude and cold affect me. We pack up and leave town - drive all night to Austin TX. I sleep most of... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:27 PM, February 16, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny 60°-65° Up at 10. Pack up and eat breakfast. Drive to El Paso TX - 6-7 hours. Check into motel. Eat and go to "Sound Seas". Load in and sound check - shitty system. We hang out and do interviews. Two bands play. We play good show. Good crowd response. Back to motel - sleep. Here's an entry on the first tour's show in El Paso. El Paso is a depressing place.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 03:12 PM, February 15, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny Up at 8 - I shower first. Pack up - we all go to breakfast at Bob's Big Boy. We all pose for Lee in front of Bob. Say goodbye - off to Tucson AZ. We drive and drive. Arrive in town about 8PM. It's an all-ages hardcore show. We keep our stuff in the van - police are cruising all over the place. We eat at Wienerschnitzel - bad food. Bob's Big Boy,... more »»
Posted by Dean at 08:13 PM, February 14, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny to Rain Up late, breakfast again. Dave R. gets spare tire and takes van to be tuned up. We wait at Lee's. The van takes longer than expected. We leave for Raji's about 6 or so. We speed there - get there at 6:45. Set up and sound check. Club is small - sound is OK. Meet Mojo - cool dude. 28th Day is OK - nice people. This is a record release party... more »»
Posted by Dean at 04:29 PM, February 12, 1986.
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Show Day - Sunny Up at 8AM - load up - drive to San Francisco. Arrive at 6PM or so. VIS Club. Other bands arrive - club isn't open yet. We meet up with Christian from Philly - he's just moved to S.F. Club opens - load in. Sound man doesn't show up until 8:30. Quick check - hang out. First band is on at 10:30 or so. We ate at a cool BBQ joint across the street... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:11 PM, February 08, 1986.
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Show Day - Cool/Sunny/Breezy Wake at 10AM. Lee and I made eggs and toast etc.. All have breakfast. We do laundry and have late lunch. Back to apartment and load up. Drive to Long Beach - Fender's Ballroom. 4:30 - first band there - unload. Hang out and sound check. Other bands arrive. 'Meat Puppets', 'Red Hot Chili Peppers', 'Rasabrea'. Lee and friends arrive - we go eat. This was probably the first gig we played that was... more »»
Posted by Dean at 12:45 PM, February 07, 1986.
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Show Day - Rain/Overcast Up at 8AM. Shower and out by 9:15. Drive then stop for breakfast. I drive 10:45 to 2PM. Lunch north of Kansas City on our way to Lincoln Nebraska - the Drumstick. We have an appointment at the Ford dealer Wednesday AM to check electrical problems out. Arrive 5:45 - we drove real fast. Cool club - everybody has played there. We play pinball - unload. Set up and eat fried chicken - great.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 01:55 PM, February 04, 1986.
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Show Day - Rain/Overcast Me up first. Shower and make coffee. Everybody comes to life. Dave B., Joe and I go to music store. We leave Rockford 1PM. I drive. About 1.5 hours into to the trip the van acts up. Stop at LaSalle IL. gas station. The van drops power? Guy test drives - no problem? He tunes up and oil changes etc. We leave - OK for an hour - does it again then OK? Oh... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:27 PM, February 03, 1986.
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Show Day - Overcast Up and out - left at 10 - to Rockford IL. Drive, drive and more driving. Arrive at 7PM Cafe Zero. Paula - friend of Bill Calahan - Willpower - is putting the show on. Huge hall - boom-y sound but OK. Defoliants OK set up. We give them Dave's bass amp - Jeff will let us (me) use his snare - cool. They start playing - we go and eat at Paula's house... more »»
Posted by Dean at 09:45 PM, February 02, 1986.
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Show Day - Overcast We all overslept. Dave R. and I spent Friday afternoon driving all over the place buying our van - an 84 Ford Clubwagon - I had to work until 3PM. After we picked up the title, got insurance and tags, picked up the thing - it was 8:30 - to studio until 2:30AM. Only got 5 rough mixes. Still a few overdubs to do when we get back March 17th. At the end of... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:52 PM, February 01, 1986.
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Show Day - [no weather report] Played 'Underground Railroad' in Morgantown West Virginia. Paid $100 dollars.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:28 PM, August 28, 1985.
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Show Day - [no weather report] Played 'Stashes' in Columbus Ohio. Paid $82 dollars.... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:27 PM, August 27, 1985.
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Show Day - Hot/Sunny/Humid The humid South is really sticky but I guess Philly is as well. We get up at 9:30 or so and pack up (I finish the Hardy Boys book!). We leave 11:30 for Pensacola Florida - 6 hour trip. We arrive 5:30 and call mike from 'Maggot Sandwich'. We go to club - nice joint - big echo-y room though. We play pool - no PA. Mike pulled a fast one and wanted to... more »»
Posted by Dean at 06:48 PM, August 22, 1985.
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Show Day - Sunny/Hot/Humid Woke up at 3 in the afternoon - well rested. We lazed around. Dave R. and Rod called - in town and will be over soon. Mike Morrison called - we are all over the CMJ charts. Very good showing. See - we're starting to really chart just in time for the end of the first tour! We play records until Rod and Dave R. show up. They went to a house - there... more »»
Posted by Dean at 05:01 PM, August 21, 1985.
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Show Day - [no weather report] Up early at 6AM. We all shower and pack up. Out by 8AM. Drive to New Orleans - 10 hours. Find club - nice place. Arrive early - Repo Man is on the video system. I get to see about 45 minutes of it. Looks like a great flick. I must see it all. I find it amazing that we'd drive for 6-10 hours and then hop out of the van in... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:10 PM, August 20, 1985.
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Show Day - Sunny/Hot Up at 12:30. Hang out and off to Sam's BBQ. Killer food - great meal. Pick up Daniel Johnston. Back to house - leave for San Antonio - 1.5 hour drive. Find Bone Club - dark - old East Side Club style. Unload and hang out. Walk to phone and call home at Dunkin' Donuts. Back to van. Drink beers. If you're ever in Austin, check out Sam's. By 'old East Side Club style'... more »»
Posted by Dean at 08:10 PM, August 17, 1985.
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Show Day - Sunny/HUMID Up at 12:30. Laze around and eat bakery stuff Scott brought back from work last night. Went to Mexican restaurant - great tacos. Back to house then to music store - Joe needed strings. Met Brian's father. The food in Austin was always great. We were at an advantage by having Brian and the rest of of 'Glass Eye' tip us off to good restaurants. Left for show 9:30 or so. Great club. Big... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:22 PM, August 16, 1985.
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Show Day - Sunny/Hot Woke at 9:30. Cleaned up, packed up and left for El Paso TX about 11 AM. Stopped in Albuquerque for gas and discovered that our radiator hose was leaking all over the place. Luckily the station would fix it right away. Took 40 minutes and $21 dollars - on our way. Yet another bit of van trouble. At least this time we didn't have to lose a day (or a show). Dave R. drove... more »»
Posted by Dean at 04:32 PM, August 14, 1985.
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Show Day - [no weather report] Woke at 11:30. Slept very well. Wandered into kitchen - Andy (Sue - our friends girlfriend's brother) was up. Had cereal, juice, more coffee. Sue and friend Kelly made eggs. I got assorted tapes out of the van. Us, Muffin, Johnson's etc. Played tapes and hung out. We were trying to spread the Philly sound around and would play tapes of our friend's bands anytime we got a chance. We left to... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:51 PM, August 11, 1985.
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Show Day - Sunny/Hot Woke up late - same stuff. Playing Safari Sam's in Huntington Beach tonight. Dave and Dave got the new tires we needed - took them 7 stores to find the right ones. Rod and I walked to strip stores for food and Fosters Lager about 1PM. Back at Vince and Terry's. Packed our gear and out by 6:20PM after we said our goodbyes. Off we go. Scrawled in the margin of my journal: "Saw... more »»
Posted by Dean at 03:51 PM, August 09, 1985.
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Show Day - Sunny/Warm Up again in the same California fashion. Lazed around and out by 3 - ate at Carl Jr's again. Off to Cornhusker's. Gig with GI's. Arrived early and walked around town. 6:30 we went into the club. Played pool. Normally this is a huge heavy metal joint. Redneck's inside. Jukebox played some rude trucker songs - funny stuff. Eventually did sound check - before other bands arrived (well, as they arrived). Great sound. Oscar's... more »»
Posted by Dean at 10:11 PM, August 08, 1985.
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Show Day - Sunny/Warm Woke late - the usual morning stuff. Show at Madame Wong's in Chinatown. Left about 3:30. After dinner at Carl's Jr. Chicken sandwiches are the kill - went to club. LA Chinatown has an extensive website. We don't have Carl's Jr. restaurants here in Pennsylvania. I haven't heard anyone use the expression "the kill" in like...18 years. Nice joint - sound check - good sound. Other bands "Lippy's Garden" and "Brando Talks" - bad... more »»
Posted by Dean at 11:47 PM, August 07, 1985.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Show Day - Sunny Wake up call at 8AM. After showers and eggs for breakfast we loaded up the van with our gear and said goodbye to Jackie. Rocco Sacco showed up and gave us a Jepardy Game. We drove down the block and got a flat tire. This was to be the first of our problems today (more later). After spending 45 minutes changing a tire using bad jacks and bricks etc., we pulled out - got... more »»
Posted by Dean at 01:31 PM, June 30, 1985.
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Show Day - Rainy Played Atlantic City at the Elk's Hall. Show set up by Ralph. Arrived late - had to set up as soon as we arrived (7:30) - show time 7:00. Traffic was BAD - 1 hour to travel down and out Vine Street. Also moving out of Germantown apartment on the same day was not the best idea, but we had to. Dave B. went out to Coatesville to pick up our van from Rod's... more »»
Posted by Dean at 12:00 PM, June 28, 1985.
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