Category TMBG UK Tour ’04

Posted in Blog/Tour Diary, TMBG UK Tour '04

Will made me a really good breakfast: Guinea Fowl eggs from his mom’s, bacon, and mushrooms. Really good. You know what else is good in England? Fried Bread. And their tomatoes are tastaayyy.

We get on the train to go back to Heathrow and make our way to the Sheraton by bus.

Dollar doesn’t have my reservation or a car available. We could wait for one. So, we waited.

I hate when someone is an asshole and coats it with kindness to such a degree you can’t see the dickish manner coming through.

Will had to go to work so we left the Dollar and got a cab to National. They had plenty of cars.

I got a Skolda and everything was awesome. Will was going to drive but the insurance was too much.

So, English driving with a stick shift was to be my new adventure.

Driving in England is fun.

Posted in Blog/Tour Diary, TMBG UK Tour '04

Me and Will got to Manchester and thought we were late. It was hard to find the Academy -well maybe its not but it was for me- but we found it. It was cool to finally come to this town because its got its own sound. It’s called Manchester. And its good. Its also the birthplace of “urban blight”, as Linnell told me. This is where the Oliver Twists can lift a timepiece from your knickers right next to me bum and not know what happened until I wonder if its teatime.
Brian was frustrated because the place wasn’t opened until 3. They usually start setting up at 10am. Will, the monitor fellow, found that his monitor board was to be set next to Brian’s soundboard...

Posted in Blog/Tour Diary, TMBG UK Tour '04

Leeds was good but weird. The people were cool, the venue was okay, but there was something weird.

The Giants’ truck driver got his gas siphoned during his slumber the night before. A fan got his car broken during the show. The thief pried the car door open. Me and the Giants shared dressing rooms that joined each other and had one kitchen. Each room had two passageways. One passageway went to a dimly lit bathroom with group showers. The other passageway went to a door to outside. In one passageway was a wadded-up diaper.

The truck driver was from Ireland and got in an argument with the bus driver who was a Royalist about the Royal family. I asked if they could hold the conversation until I got my video camera out and that quelled the argument.

My friend, William, wanted to get me...

Posted in Blog/Tour Diary, TMBG UK Tour '04

I padded the tour with a day on each end in case the shit hit the fan. And it did. Both days.

I get a little paranoid getting on a plane because of all the years of getting hassled over my accordion. I always get a seat near the back of the plane so I can get on first and put my accordion away. I also try to get an aisle seat. I love looking out the window but I also like getting up to pee with ease.

Within two hours of the flight a lady got sick and our route changed to land in Newfoundland. I hope that lady is okay. She’s a grandma and grandma’s are very important.

From that point I was told by my seatmate that Heathrow had a curfew meaning there were to be no planes making landing noise after 10:30 pm. That meant we would be 2 hours late or 12 hours late.

I watched The Stepford ...

Posted in Blog/Tour Diary, TMBG UK Tour '04

I padded my time in the UK with an extra day before and after the tour in case poo got in the fan. And it did. Both days. I was proud of myself for planning ahead but still frustrated with the first extra day’s bullshit. And when I say bullshit I mean shit from a bull that has daisies and lovely gift teabags because I was about to tour England for the first time.

The plane made a diversion from the course due to a sick lady. I hope she is okay but I guess I will never know. She was a grandma and that makes her life extremely important to her immediate family. Grandmas are great to have. They do a lot of good and always have something for you that you didn’t ask for.

We landed somewhere in Newfoundland at a very small airport...