After the boys played Beat Kitchen with Ulrich Schnauss, they all headed over to darkroom for the PANCI! after party. People got drunk, photos were taken and people went to bed at various hours. Saturday we all woke up hungover and/or sleep deprived, and hungry. The drive to Minneapolis was deleriously silly and we got to Triple Rock early. The show was alright and Ulrich was fantastic. Such a good guy, and his DJ set at PANIC! was killer.
I discovered reason #495821 to hate sports. We couldn't find a hotel in or around Minneapolis because of "the game". We had to sleep in the back parking lot of the last hotel we tried and I kept thinking they'd kick us out. After barely sleeping for 2 or 3 hours we got a killer breakfast at a truck stop and went a few hours before Chris, and god bless that kid, took us off course and straight into Wisconsin Dells. We saw a rollercoaster in the distance and after we all yelled "YES!" we found ourselves in the Dells. The rollercoaster was closed but we found Nig's bar (Have a swing at Nig's), The Haunted Mansion (awesome!), and various gaudy gift shops on the main street there. The wild west buffet looked creepy and I don't think we were in there more than 4 seconds before we made it across the street to Paul Bunyon's all you can eat fried chicken shanty. We all stuffed ourselves, took photos and I made it home by 6pm. Mind you, we hardly slept, didn't bathe, smelled like shit, and didn't brush your teef. We all went back to work at our jobs on Monday like nothing ever happened.
Thursday, we play a free show at darkroom sponsored by KEXP from Seattle. The guys played a cool set this morning at Engine Studios where they're broadcasting from and it sounded great. They did "Rainflower", "Mermaid in a Manhole" and "The Big Mashup". The DJ's seemed really happy to be in Chicago and digging the great weather. I'm glad because we had a great time in Seattle. See you Thursday!
