Show Journal 2002-06-11
Day 5 – We started off the day with an amazing breakfast of eggs and pancakes by Carl. We were originally supposed to play in Minneapolis tonight but it ended up falling through. Amazingly we were offered a show in Aberdeen tonight. We actually have a few people there who like us (from the last 2 tours) but since we no one knew we were going to be playing we all decided to start the long haul onto Milwaukee. The drive there was really slow. Lots of small towns and 30mph zones. We did get to see the World’s Largest Ball Of Twine though which was a treat. At some point during the drive (right after cleaning the van) we were assaulted by handfuls of a green soupy substance that STFS was throwing at us. We jumped out and hit them with pudding pops and applesauce which we purchased just for this occasion. The best part is that it happened right in front of the truck stop restaurant! Everyone looked on in horror as we threw food at one another. We didn’t have much to do in Minneapolis so we checked out the Mall Of America. We had seen it before but it was still a worthwhile detour. A rematch of the air hockey game ensued and a karaoke video was filmed of the 2 bands singing the song from ‘The Wonder Years.’ It’s very, very silly. After the mall we decided to eat downtown. It was almost 10:30 on a weeknight so there wasn’t anything open. We were down by the 1st Ave which really isn’t the best neighborhood to hang out in. We couldn’t eat at a bar (since Adam is 19) so we were referred to the Olympic Cafe. It was a in a pretty sketchy neighborhood and we all felt pretty out of place. At one point this guy came in walked around us, left and came back with another person. They left and came back with two other people. Another group came in and was saying some shit to the guy working there about kicking his ass. Eventually the four that came in earlier came back with a few more people and we quickly decided it was time to get the hell out of there. Kevin laughed at us for overreacting but we were all pretty uncomfortable and were convinced there was going to be an ass kicking in our future. Anyway, we pressed on to somewhere in Wisconsin and hit up another truck stop. We all went in for a late night dinner. Eating so late at night was a bad idea because everyone got wound up and the food wars resumed. We all got settled in and then heard giggling outside our van. We looked out only to discover the letter ‘STFS’ written in catsup on the side of our van. We retaliated, they retaliated and at some point there was an actual foot chase that ended in Dave losing his shoe and falling down a grass hill. Classic.
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