Carborro, NC. June 29, 05. The Cat's Cradle
Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:41 pm
HEY!
We're in the SOUTH again. weird. We just drove to the South. Crazy. North Carolina is in the South, right? Wait..surely. But some of the Pilotdrift guys aren't sure.. where's that Mason Dixon line? Further North, of course. I know we're in the South. I can feel it.
Wait, I just called Gramps... Line is between Pensylvania and Maryland. Woah, we're way South.
Anyway... We're in the dressing room at the Cat's Cradle. We drove from a Comfort Inn just outside Phily - here. Arrived exactly at 4:00pm, on schedule, for load in. Everything went so smooth. Low stress... then we drove out (I put stools with Eisley posters that said "Eisley's Parking" since there weren't cones. We're in a strip mall center. It's rad. Anyway, we drove out and went to McAllisters and then Carabou Coffee... then back.
... to find a giant pile of a line at the door. Felt weird since we had to walk right past them. Even me... i felt like a monkey. Cuz i prolly look like one. But I know there's over 300 pre-sale. That's amazing. What's going on? How does anyone know of this band out here? I know Eisley played once... somewhere a few hours from here.
Pilotdrift is getting ready to go on.
gotta go listen. be back soon.
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Pilotdrift won the crowd over by their second song - as usual. I think I've heard every set... unfortunately, I haven't heard every Lovedrug show cuz I have to tend to things.. but I've probably heard 75%. I love the live shows of both of these bands. Hearing them every night has not gotten boring yet at all.
Sounds like a very vivacious crowd - full of vim, vigor and vitality. It's thck... very thick. I can't easily get from the dressing room to FOH. Stacy just burned a new mix cd for Mark to play - she had like 1.5 minutes to get it burned so i could dash back to Mark and get him to spin it right at the end of Pilotdrift's drum-off. I made it within seconds.
The last one had a "Trail VanHyde" song (Stacy and Christie's side project for fun), but I don't think anybody noticed. Wonder if it's on this mix cd. hmm... (yes. confirm. it's in the mix)
anyway.... a very exciting night indeed. Ahh... Mew. I hear Mew in the line-up. SO... I'd better print out set lists, etc. DAY OFF TOMMORROW!!! well, it's a drive day - not really a day off. It took forever to get here.
talk soon. bd
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The show is over, the floors of the Cat's Cradle have been mopped and Eisley, along with friends - Pilotdrift, are nestled in a forest freeway - Best Western. There are tall pines, swingsets, humble little rooms and a sweet black lady at the reception desk who helped me find this place. I love it.
CAT'S CRADLE
Another 500 crowd... in - where? where are we? I'm so confused. But I think Eisley played one show w/ nfg in a town abut 2 hrs from here. Another amazing turn out - and another super-enthused crowd, singing very loudly - Tree Tops and other favorites. There were guys with braided dreds, long hair'ds, mullets, indie-rockers, parents, kids - every kind of human imaginable. What a great night. And tomorrow is a drive day so we can slip out of this "lodge" around 11:30am.
They played "Sea King" for the encore... it came off so strong. I enjoyed the show... even tho' i was video-taping.
Getting sleepy. But first, i made a discovery today. While driving, freeze your head as much as you can - to stay awake. A very cold head is a very awake head. A heated head is a sleepy, dead head. Freeze your head and live. I did. And I'm still alive.
(high, cold blowers to the head should do the trick)
boyd
p.s. there were no mullets. and, honest, most of the crowd was indie, just like the promoter told me that would be the case. Carobbo suposedly has a huge indie scene. bd
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