La Zona Rosa. Austin, Texas. 9.11.04
October 12, 2004 01:48 AM
The San Diego-ians just lost out to The Austin-oids... Dang. When the
band walked out, I thought maybe Snow Patrol had come out instead.
sheesh-dawg. Thankyou Austin. And I must say...Texas feels so good;the
home crowd, the friends, the family; ahhh... (but that's not to take
anything away from the rest of the great country and you wonderful
people in your towns and cities)
Just wanted to get the thread started. Thanks! More tomorrow. bd
p.s. i put up a few pics from the Tucson show.
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Hey. Selfishly, a great day for us. After the show last night, we left pretty early since we had to drive to Houston; hope you guys found the band if you wanted to around the merch area. I didn't get to hang very much... met a few of you. (sorry Ali for the dissing... sad)
Anyway, I can't help it... even if it sounds redundant - thank you for the
welcome home party last night. That's what it felt like. I mean...it's been
great out there on the road, but honestly, it is totally Snow Patrol's tour.
Eisley got added and it hasn't been very publicized other than our little
forum and on random venue web pages. I'm not really sure if Snow
Patrol's fan base "gets" eisley so much. I think they're sorta ok with
them, but... it's too sensitive, pretty, creative, indie or whatever for those
guys. I can see the difference in Eisley fans and S.P. fans. S.P. has an
older market... lots of longnecks raised to the air... I guarantee most of
them don't have "deathcab", "rilo kiley", "keen"... or even "brand new" or
any of the hundreds of bands that we have on our playlist in theirs. I
might be wrong. Thought t's still a good match, I don't think they're
getting it like Brand New's fanbase... or Coldplay's. Am I wrong?
Well... I think Austin's show was the most encouraging...especially
considering the Austin music scene is so cultured and gets SO much
music - that it's hard to impress these guys. Seriously, people say the
Austin scene is snobby about music; I rather choose to say they're
sophisticated and selective. That's not a suck-up statement... it's true.
Well....thanks for having the guts to adore a prettier expression of
songwriting and performance and persona. I just wondered for the first
time what George Harrison would have thought about Eisley. Or John.
Hey Paul... Wait, I swear I just now remembered that George's son has
heard of Eisley because we have mutual friends who told him. so. there.
He's also heard of the Eifle Tower I suppose. I just listened to the new
record straight thru again. I keep thinking it's really good. I should say
that it sucks so I'm not guilty of blowing it out of proportion. yeah, it's so
lame. Totally not so amazing.
We chilled today at one of my great brother's house out in Richmond. It's
huge and there's an acre with giant dogs and giant horses. We slept in
and had amazing coffee and breakfast and Wade and Chauntelle have
been messing with guitars and pedals all day. They A/B's his Tele with
her Tele. ok gotta go to the next gig. OH, that's Houston! See you tonight! bdout.
Drive Day. Tucson to Tyler. 10.10.04
October 11, 2004 02:20 AM
It's not really worth the post, but... we made it home. 17 hours. How in
the world does mapquest figure on 16 hrs? We made racecar pitstops and
race car speed... averaging 5 miles per hour over the speed limit the
entire way. I don't get it. Still... after my 28 hr. drive straight from LA to
Tyler earlier this year, this drive, split between Mr. Clark and I seemed
like a walk in the park.
It's great to be home. The house was spotless, a jackolantern was
glowing on the table (sporting an eisley logo), the smell of home made
apple pie complimented the low lighting... outbreaks of hugs and tears,
smiles and laughter, a belated birthday celebration for Stacy... and
they're still in there yakking. I fell asleep next to Kim so she woke me up
to say, "you need to get some sleep". And so I will.
Tomorrow is Austin. We leave at noon for what might be 3 interviews and
load in at 6:00, sound check at 7:00 and doors at 8:00. I don't think the
show is sold out, so... get yer tickets ya'll. It's great to be back in the
great state.
bd
Plush. Tucson, Arizona. 10.9.04
October 09, 2004 05:53 PM
We just landed in Tuc Son, AZ and are chillin for a few minutes in our
happy lil' Best Western somewhere not so far to the venue. The drive
was short and hot. The band slept, Jonathan Clark drove and I worked.
I don't know what to expect tonight. Again...Snow Patrol hasn't played
here and I don't think Eisley has either. Peeps from Tempe/Phoenix say
that nobody from there ever comes to show here... like, you'd think they
would, but...they say no. So, I guess we'll find out. No clue whether there
are ANY Eisley fans here or not.
We'll see. Gotta roll. This is a late show i think. I heard a rumor that
there was an opener in front of Eisley. hmm. That would be the second
time that's happened on this tour. Interesting. Talk after the show if I can
hold my head up. Didn't sleep good last night and we have 1052 miles to
drive tomorrow... about 18 hours in the van. Mapquest says 16hrs.
11min. later. bd
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Plush.
Indie. Reminds me of the old days... hey wait, these still are the old
days. The mains were the monitors were the mains... same speakers.
Small Mackie's. The crowd was typical...as you get closer to the back, the
volume of chatter gets so loud you can hear their conversations over the
band. It was chaotic, it was lo fi but it was fun. The people were nice and
I think Eisley made a lot of fans. Seemed like people loved them alot.
A few cars parked in front of our van so we were trapped... and that
meant Snow Patrol was trapped as well. Derek Fudge had them towed.
We finally got away around 1:30am. The band took a plunge in the pool
and now we're on line. We have to head out early. I was going to pull out
at 6:00am but... NO. I have to have at least 4 hours of sleep in me to get
up early and drive the first 8 hr shift or whatever. My brain is melted
shut. I need to get a wench and yank the folds apart. They're seared and
all super-glued.
Tomorrow we drive. I might not get a chance to get on line at home since
we'll probably pull in around 2:00am at the earliest. Goodnight all. bd
Wait. a few things I'll forget. It was a fun night on many counts... we
were there when Snow Patrol loaded out so it was great hanging out...
Weston started blowing his whistle at them and ordering them around. It
was so funny. After they'd had enough, "Coatsie" grabbed him and stole
the whistle... I heard him walking off blowing it. The whole night was that
way. Lot's of interaction. It's continued to move more that direction since
my last update. They're a great bunch of guys. More fun than we
expected. Derek is also amazing, of course.
Nice to hook up with our own Jaqueline from Tyler tonight...and from
Tucson - Kelly and Anthony and Jennifer and Red and others... cheers
everybuddy. bdout.
Could it be made of wood?
Mark is grabbing a sandwich in the coffee shop... (S.P.'s bassist)
She was... in the dark the entire set.
