catching up...
hi,
i am sitting in the production room of cain's ballroom in tulsa OK. its amazing here. huge and wooden and beautfiul.
the staff is the nicest ever and the sound is immaculate.
its been open since 1924. it's the home of bob wills, of the texas playboys. everybody has played here. willie nelson, bob dylan, van halen, sex pistols, black oak arkansas. lots of history.
guster is super nice. i'm playing wurli with them tonite.
its fun. i get to use those in ear monitor thingees.
now,
i am going to post my entries from the last 2 days when i couldn't get online, OK?
.......................04.09.06.............................................................
dude, we stayed up late partying in the hot tub with jimmy and drew from the album leaf. it ruled. we poured beer all over the place, made beer can boats, and pat even jumped off the waterfall into the pool.
what an evening. the album leaf and rogue wave will cross paths again, you can bet on that. their live show was amazing. it is more theatrical in the sense that they play the same set every nite so the visuals synch up with the music. its really powerful. they covered the whole wall of the stage with a white tarp and projected stuff right onto the band. beautfiul.
before the show, there was a rocky marathon on tv, we watched a bunch of rocky two, went to load in and then came back to watch more. we were almost late becuz we had to stay around til the end of rocky three. we ended up being on time and we were so pumped to be there.
i wonder if there are any other bands where all 4 members will share a queen size bed while cheering sylvester stallone to beat down mr. T.
afterwards we kicked it at the apartment and jimmy showed us a ton of rad videos, most of which are from ebaumsworld which i must say is the coolest website i have seen in a while. you could waste a day. yes.
and he showed me quicksilver, a mac osx program that saves time by allowing you to not have to use the dock to open applications. rad.
zach's friend, brian, rules for letting 11 people sleep in his place last night.
kudos to him.
lots of good times. now, the long drive to tulsa. and guster.
...................04.09.07..............................................................
driving to tulsa. last nite we stayed in Albuquerque and watched laurel canyon on tv. not that good. but lou barlow, daniel lanois, and mark linkous were in it.
and kate beckinsdale is pretty.
ryan from guster emailed to ask if i will play wurli on one of their songs so i am trying to learn that before soundcheck tomorrow.
it is likely that we will play to more people at the these next few shows than we ever have.
we shall see.
things are good. the band is ruling at hanging out. we have never gotten on as well as we have on this tour. the band that parties together stays together.
yesterday in the van i had a dream that we had just gotten back from tour and i called the girl i have been dating. she answered and was so happy to hear from me, so she came over and got me and we went back to her place.
'i'm so happy to see you.' she said.
'it's great to see you too. i'm so glad to be back from tour.'
she kisses me, moving in really slowly and lovingly. i remember her lips so clearly.
'i like you'
'i like you too' i say.
'i think, i think, i love you. i've been thinking about it a lot and i know i do.
i want to be with you. i want to settle down with you and be together forever.'
i am overwhelmed. and at this point i realize i have to pee so bad and its the worst possible moment, but i have so much to tell her that i have to pee first.
so i go to pee.
once i got back from peeing, i was going to tell her that i have felt the same way for so long, but i hadn't wanted to say anything that might screw it up or make it seem too early. especially with her being a celebrity and all, and me having had a crush on her since junior high. i didn't want to assume anything.
how could i tell her? but before i could do that, i woke up. and i had to pee real bad.
i was so pissed, cuz the girl in the dream was drew barrymore. damn.
she's dating a stroke anyway.
i just gotta be myself and bide my time.
yeah.
love,
gg
Posted by goldengram at September 8, 2004 04:16 PM