reverb

so we headed to cedar falls iowa and the drive was pretty par i'd say. there was a nice bright orange sunset but aside from that it was just an endless cascade of slightly different stenches of manure

we made it to downtown cedar falls which had an oddly circuitous main street. but we managed to get an awesome spot right outside the reverb bar. we loaded upstairs to what was seemingly a metal-dominated bar. there were posters for kittie and powerman 5000 later in the week.

we were the first band so we got to get all our gear on stage and go through a full sound check and then just sat back as the masses migrated in. i drank some pbrs which was questioned by a regular but that's okay.

we played a pretty decent set and a majority of the people seemed responsive. so we cleared the stage and sat back for the rest of the show. i hung around the merch area for most of the time and sold some buttons to the talent buyer for the venue who was relatively pleased with the outcome.

the other performances were interesting and the nightlife outside was even more interesting. the main street was flooded with drunk revelers which surprised me considering it was cedar falls iowa.

as we were unloading there was a scuffle going on in the street between a couple of gangstas and some anonymous vehicle that sped away. a little bit after, the po pos showed up with some blue and red lights flashing around. they didn't really do much, i'm not sure if they have much crime going on around there so the smallest thing probably seems like everything to them

we stayed at teddy boys' house which was a pretty decent sized party when we arrived. i was on the phone a bit so i didn't get in till after the place was dying down. i was drinking some rum and coke i think out of a coffee mug. then i saw that they had event horizon so we all decided to pop that fucker in but most everybody fell asleep cause the sun was already up.

so i stopped it and saved the rest for the morning.

we got to hang out with the guys a bit the next day and they showed us a great placed for sandwiches and they were good. binns got a tin for FOUR bucks. very very cool

then we hit the road again, bound for dekalb illinois and i didn't even know what to expect