Eric's Show Journal - posted on August 25, 2001 by

Show Journal 2001-08-25

Day 2 – We finally got a chance to sleep in the new roof extension for a few hours and it rocks. It’s a little claustraphobic sometimes but hopefully I will get used to it. Today was Kevin and Justin’s first introduction to the MRE … i.e. the prepackaged military meals that we consume on the road. A funny thing happened in Grant’s Pass. We stopped to get gas and some guy in the parking lot asked if we were 800 Octane! He had seen us with Guttermouth in Chico last month. Pretty cool to be recognized. Our roof extension is nice but now our van blows all over the road. Justin’s already scary driving is extra bad now. We make him very aware of this fact for about an hour until he gives up the wheel. We listened to a Dee Lite CD and Kevin informed us that when this CD is on girl’s panties practically fall off. We played Nintendo 64 in the van today until my eyes burned. The show tonight was awesome. Spent did an excellent job setting up the show and we really want to thank them for it. Jimmirig kicked ass with thier new and improved lineup and Hand Over Fist was equally intense and good. It’s so nice to play with such cool and down to earth people. Our apologies to Spent for missing thier set!!! I know, I know … we suck. Thanks to everyone who saw us in Chico and drove to Palo Cedro for the show. Tonight we stayed with Justin’s sister Kathy in Sacramento. We have been terribly amused by the phrase “tell us more about Sacramento” and have said it at least 200 times now. Not as funny as our new catch phrase is the huge bruise on my knee. It’s from my guitar and is 3 different colors and makes walking painful.