Drive Day. Tyler to Birmingham. 10.14.04
Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:13 am
I really did leave my camera at the Tea Room. It's the first thing I've lost
on this tour besides a drum key. I blame it on Dallas. I've never had so
many conversations with so many friends and aquaintences and fans and
whoevers in my life long life. Wonderous distractions. I blanked. Sheesh,
after the giant entourage of like 30 people wafted down to Cafe Brazile, I
yacked and yammered but had to dash back out to settle and do sound
scan...never having eaten.
Anyway...luckily Scot (promoter) and Ed (manager) and gang were still
there...an hour after we were Eastward...and will fedX it to Birmingham
hotel for me. But that means I'm even further behind in posting pics.
Thankfully, I had Houston almost cooked so I got up xta early this morn
to get them on-line.
We leave for the Deep South in an hour. I don't hear anyone up -
upstairs. Wow. I got to sleep in my own bed again. And now, I think I'll
go make a pot of coffee from my Prize winning, Boyd-0-Matic coffee bar
O-rama. yes.
drive safely.
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Today, I drove from Tyler to somewhere deep in the depth of the deep
South... I think middle to East Mississippi where Mr. Clark took over. Now
we're somewhere in the depths of deep, deep Alabama - only 70 miles
from Birmingham... we left at noon and it's 8:30. Mapquest lied again.
We're supposed to be there but it's 60 more miles. We've stopped just a
few times and didn't waste time. oh well.
We're kinda like... "man, this tour feels over"... Why are we still driving?
Don't get us wrong Alabama/Louisiana - if there are any of you out there
that even know who Eisley is; it's not like we don't care... I dunno. Last
night was like the finale'... like when they get to the end of the fireworks
display; then you walk off to your car smiling and saying, "that was
amazing... now let's go to the house".
So we did...(go to the house)... and that's the problem. We slept in our
own beds and woke up to a beautiful mid-October day in Tyler, Texas;
the wind was whisping through the tree's, the brittle, cobalt sky cast her
Fall folly upon us as we ate cereal on the deck. My home brew never
tasted so good. It was never harder to leave home than this morning.
The tour seems over but it isn't.
Everyone wants to know what's happening after the tour. It's my worst,
favorite question to answer. I usually say, "I dunno...they never tell us
anything until it's happening". We found out about this tour from you
guys. Remember? But...hey, it was a good idea, so who cares.
After the tour, Eisley will return to their bedrooms. I'll return to the office
and work like a half-brained, one-armed gizzard-goon on a greased
monkey bar - with robot legs and tube eyes.... um, and humbucker
electrodes sticking out of my double neck. Translated into algo-ape
rhythms, that's means I'm in over a quart of doo-doo. But don't worry. I
bought a saddle for me so I can saddle me up. No worries. I can't really
talk about all the things of concern. I'd need a private xanga that was
password protected so nobody could go there.
Back to the question: "what will happen"? They say Eisley will make a
video before the end of the year...based on the single - which is unknown
at this time. Petah from this forum liked the new Telescope Eyes... I
actually agree with him, but Dallas, I'm warning you - cover your ears
and don't turn the radio on for a year. If it's Telescope Eyes, play like
Eisley is one of your favorite bands that never got radio play. But I might
be wrong... Phil Costello, the radio dog daddy at the label loves, "I
Wasn't Prepared"... but admits it may not work as a first single. So, I
have no clue. Maybe there are no singles on the record.
I will go on record as saying, "My Lovely" should be a big, fat, hit. I'm
sure it won't, but that doesn't change my opinion. And, I agree with Phil.
They say - when the record comes out "we'd probably want to let it sink
in for about 6 weeks and then put the band out.... that way, fans will be
familiar with the new songs at shows..." If that resembles the truth, my
math says they tour in March. I may not be with them from this point....
not sure; glad I got to meet some of you on the last few tours. We'll see.
Either way, you will get plenty of opportunity to see the band if you
missed them on this tour.
In fact, I think touring will be relentless... unceasing, never-ending,
perpetual... but let's speculate as to what kind of tour? I've told you guys
many times, if it was me... if I were in charge, which I am not, I would
put them out as headliners for 300-500 seat venues, except for in Texas,
where I'd book them at clubs like Tree's which is 1000 - and I'd let them
pick 2 bands of their choice to open. I suppose at some point it's better to
start building their own fan base rather than trying to make converts
from other bands. I think label/management will have a good feel for
what should happen. Perhaps.
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We're here at the Best Western. It's not totally a roach hotel, but we read
an article that said there's more traces of fecal material in hotels than
any other place on earth or something similar. gross. ANYway, we
checked in, laughed at Weston, headed out to find a Walmart to find
some products to buy. (bored) Stacy needed toothpaste, so we bought
TV dinners. Now we're heating up our food in the microwave and
watching an old Mel Gibson film where he's in some Aussie war. It's really
good. I don't usually do play by play; my camera should be here
tomorrow. sorry.
We realized tonight that tomorrow is really the last show. Because. Think.
The Voo-Doo fest isn't a Snow Patrol/Eisley show. They play at the same
time on different stages. It's over tomorrow. My Mexican TV dinner is
now heated. I will go. bd.
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