We're all looking and feeling pretty sluggish this morning except the refreshed Jeff Dew. He's got a lot of catching up to do. First things first. Like Batman with his utility belt, he finds Timmy and dives plugged-nose first in to his arsenal chock full of deodorizers, sprays, gels, powders and exfoliators. Tubbed and scrubbed, we mount up and head out to Casper.
They drive isn't as bad as I thought it would be and we get to the venue in plenty of time, book a hotel online and then drive to the wrong one...again. Technology is doing us dirty this year. We actually catch a huge break this time as the front desk lady feels so bad for us, she hooks us up with a great room and a discount. it's there that Jeff Dew sees Ed's black power tank top. He calls it all tank and not enough top to our great pleasure.
When we get to the venue, we are surprised to GP-Ed our way into an arena parking lot. I remember Casper being awesome last year, but an arena might be a little ambitious. Lucky for us, we are playing a much more modest exhibit hall in the parking lot of the arena. it's got a very underground party vibe to it. It's a rented out hall, with cases of beer and extension cords. Cool by us. We load in and sound check with plenty of time before the show starts. Time to kill is often passed these days by Seagrams 7. However, much like last year, the whiskey quality drops as the tour goes on and this year is no exception. Evan Williams is driving the bus this evening. Ah our old nemesis E-Dub. It's good for drinking and removing paint. We opt for the drinking and give it the ol' pre-game party. but no pre-game is complete without a soundtrack. Tonight's jam is Dance Move Burglar by Euromotion. If you haven't heard it, stop what you're doing and look it up right now. It's the funniest, best dance jam you've ever head. We select this number on the jukebox (phone played through the stereo), turn out all the lights (car) and dance party with strobe lights (flashlights shaken repeatedly) and Disco balls (lighters). Mixed with Evan Williams, we are about as ready as it gets.
We head on in, and catch the first band Tough Guy. Cool band and great dudes. It's funny how small the music community is. The singer of the band knows all the Denver dudes we know back home and it makes us feel more welcome in Casper. We hit the stage for our set. It's a fun night in a fun venue. About halfway through our set, Dave from Guttermouth comes out with vacuum to clean up between songs. We return the favor in their set, complete with brooms and dustpans. Mark says something along the lines of "punk rock has been dead for years, but it's good to know that good house keeping is still in fashion".
Post show, we head back to a hotel bar where Guttermouth is staying they have a Karaoke bar and the Guttermouth dudes are tearing it up. i believe Mark belts out a B-52's number while Dave croons Frank Sinatra. We end the night with a group sing-a-long to to Bohemian rhapsody. Both bands in a hotel lobby singing Queen at the top of our lungs. Yeah, all in all, not a bad little Thursday...
Post Script: Due to some ever increasing laptop difficulties along with the fact that our next few shows are back in our home state, I'll be signing off until we head out again. See you all in Denver!
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