tour journal and gig reports from airiel's silent member

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Philadelphia, DC, and the band sandwich!

We got into Philly and found The Khyber pretty easy. It's in cool old part of town with a lot of landmarks and old buildings. Cool bar and venue as well. Jay von Strudel Mr. Space, as he was named by Chris and drummer of APTBS, is from Philadelphia and sent us to Jim's on South and 4th for real Philly Cheese Steak sandwiches. They were fantastic. On the drive after the show, before or after pizza, the passenger seat of our van was christened "pudding cannon". This is the seat where Chris launched the most successful offensive towards the APTBS tour van. He opened a pudding cup, added water, and resealed it with a ligher and launched it at the door of the van. It splattered pudding in at least 5 different parts that when dried the next day looked lilke shit. Literally. Jeremy was driviing and almost lost his shit, it was so funny. After circling Fish Town looking for the house we were to stay at, we got there and went to bed pretty soon. The next day I confirmed a DJ gig at Sonotheque for a Tony Wilson Tribute night and we drove to DC.

The Black Cat treated us (and John the next day) very well. We were fed, given a back stage area, and pretty much anything we wanted. Great show and met some people who knew Pogo and crashed at Kyle Storms place after a small party at somebody else's house. The next day we had off and after a very late start to the day, we got to visit the National Air and Space Museum. It was pretty awesome and we all got some cool pictures in there. DC has super cool train stations that Pogo said looked like Epcot Center or something. He's definitely right. We headed back to the Black Cat for drinks and shenanigans later and enjoyed yet another piece of giant east coast pizza. Good times.

Baltimore was cool. We didn't see John Waters or the Ace of Cakes crew but we all fell in love with the bartender next door and had a surprise visit from our good friend EJ who drove in from Lancaaster, PA. The show was okay and we ended with Airiel and APTBS doing a song together with EJ. Four guitars, 2 bass, 2 drums and Cory on vocals. It was supposed to be The Beatles "Tomorrow Never Knows" but turned into a 15 minute noise jam after a couple of minutes.

We drove to EJ's house in Lancaster and hung out for a bit before bed. He's awesome and it was great to hang out with our friend again. The next morning before leaving, his girlfriend Erin joined us all for breakfast at a great diner and we started our long drive home. Like the last tours, I ended up back home at like 4am and didn't get to sleep till 5:30. Big ups to everybody for a great tour and a great time. I can't wait to tour with A Place to Bury Strangers again. We all made good friends with each other and brought the noise and tweaked some eyeballs this summer.

A Place to Bury Airiel


A Place to Bury Strangers - To Fix the Gash in Your Head

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