On the road

Photo from 1st morning on the road, in Phoenix. Jan 2nd. (Click for Bigger)

Friday Jan 4th, 4:02 PM PST
CA-37 Just outside Novato, CA

So here I am stuck in traffic in California. We're on the road to San Luis Obispo, about 250mi down the coast. We got here late tuesday night and crashed out at Matt's uncles house in Patterson, just south of Oakland. On Wedensday we went to visit his grandma then went to Berekly to wander around. Wandering around on Telegraph was great, we ate this great cafe where I enjoyed a delicous Hummus sandwhich and Matt had some vegetarian chilli. We went to one of the most badass record shops I'd ever been to, it was a bit overwhelming. All the glass was amazing, even the simplest water pipe on display put everything in San Antonio and most of Austin. We got turned away from the local pharmacy and given some sage advice about the area from the doorman. While walking down Telegraph we actually passed by Mike from defiance, it was pretty crazy. The show that night was at The Purple House on Genoa St. It was a pretty righteous community punk house that collectively ran a grocery. We got there to see some of Vena Cava who play most of the other shows with defiance and tbiapb. The guitarist had the most awesome handlebar mustache I'd ever seen. After that defiance started setting up and I squeezed into the front room to get as close as I could. They were pretty much playing on a couple palletes in the corner of this small room, the chandelier was barely a foot above my head. But the set was awesome and everybody loved it. After that This Bike is a Pipe Bomb played a badass set as well. I got a chance to talk to Mike and Will from defiance so it was really cool to meet them and talk to em a bit. I only talked to this one other cat in Arkansas so I still look forward to talking to him again as well. After the show we beat feet to my uncle Pete's in Novato. We got there just as the weather was turning ugly. It seems we're here and doing all our main traveling during the worst storm to hit the coast for a few years. Here's hoping it won't effect next weeks planned camping outing too much. I'm worried we might not make the show, so I'm gonna hop off the 'puter now.

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Side note: We did make the show, 1 or 2 songs into TBiaPB's set then Defiance played. Was a great show, I'll have some photos up a lil later. Mike even called us out on traveling with them, it was badass.