Mojo Risin'

Currently listening to: Black Flag -- My War

We're hanging out at a place called Cafe Berlin in Columbia, Missouri after a short two hour drive from Lawrence, waiting to load in to Mojo's where we will be playing with a band called Nonreturner in a few hours. Actually, we rolled into town about an hour ago and stopped at Sam's to buy the mega-size packs of Ramen and Easy Mac so we can have a surplus of free [gas station cookable] food.

Last night's show went well! The Taproom is a really cool place and seems to be quite a hub for Lawrence music--everyone we talked to immediately knew of the place and had something along the lines of "oh yeah, that place is cool, good music" to say. Things worked out pretty well for a Monday with an audience of maybe 30 people and a pretty decent payout, putting us a bit more than in the black for the drive to MO today.

Also (totally worth noting): Lawrence has an awesome and surprisingly legit kickball league. We got to watch a game on Sunday night along with about 400 mostly cigarette smoking, beer drinking, tattooed Lawrence residents. The picture from my phone does not do this justice.

Kind of a funny thing having a day off yesterday, so early in the tour. Waking up in the same place multiple days in a row instead of packing into the suburban and cruising the interstates tends to sort of trick the mind.

One almost forgets what it is he's doing out here! Not so fast, semi-constant-location-mind trickery--the short drive to Columbia has proven refreshing. It feels good to be back on the move!

Had a great show in Columbia last night at Mojo's, stayed with the guys from Ptarmigan and got up early to watch the incredible USA vs. Algeria game. We wandered around the streets of downtown and into the Ragtag Cafe and Cinema where we watched the game with around 100 other excited people. The moment of Donovan's goal at 91 minutes was probably the most intense sports-watching experience I have ever had. That much energy is what makes watching things like that so great. ...show tonight in St. Louis

--Life on the line continues!