Day 19 Los Angeles - Hotel Cafe
I will start the blog with the good news that the BROOD has made it into the Americana Music Association top 40, being the top debut album (debuting at #38).
And now, news from the darker side of things ...
As we drive southward on hwy 5, the incessant rain gets worse. This is apparently the remnants of some asian tsunami we haven't heard about because on the road none of us reads the newspapers. The drive is stressful... as the rain lets up we hit a desert dust storm for about an hour, then resume to pouring rain and sharing mountain driving with transport trucks for a couple hours more. This is one reason I took out life insurance shortly before the tour.
Our arrival in LA is delayed, and it pours rain the whole time we're there, which is literally only 6 hours.
By midninght, we'll be in a motel 6 in an Eastern suburb of LA aptly named "Ontario". So this is touring. Welcome to Los Angeles. I hope you enjoyed the alley between the van and the club. We didn't even stop at In 'n' Out burger, though the next morning I did enjoy driving through the thousands of wind turbines near the entrance to the mojave desert in the East.
As for the show.. to be honest, we've finally hit a tour low point. No offence to the LA audience, but when we hand out kitchen percussion, it's nice if you could stand up and participate a little, not just give them back after one song and sit down again. Too cool for school I guess. Plus in full LA fashion, virtually none of our guests showed up. I really want to like LA. Next time I motion we play in Silverlake instead of Hollywood.
In defiance of LA not seeming to care so much this time, I am posting several pictures of our live show that were taken by Gavin of Wooden Sky during our recent show in Edmonton. Thanks G !
I will start the blog with the good news that the BROOD has made it into the Americana Music Association top 40, being the top debut album (debuting at #38).
And now, news from the darker side of things ...
As we drive southward on hwy 5, the incessant rain gets worse. This is apparently the remnants of some asian tsunami we haven't heard about because on the road none of us reads the newspapers. The drive is stressful... as the rain lets up we hit a desert dust storm for about an hour, then resume to pouring rain and sharing mountain driving with transport trucks for a couple hours more. This is one reason I took out life insurance shortly before the tour.
Our arrival in LA is delayed, and it pours rain the whole time we're there, which is literally only 6 hours.
By midninght, we'll be in a motel 6 in an Eastern suburb of LA aptly named "Ontario". So this is touring. Welcome to Los Angeles. I hope you enjoyed the alley between the van and the club. We didn't even stop at In 'n' Out burger, though the next morning I did enjoy driving through the thousands of wind turbines near the entrance to the mojave desert in the East.
As for the show.. to be honest, we've finally hit a tour low point. No offence to the LA audience, but when we hand out kitchen percussion, it's nice if you could stand up and participate a little, not just give them back after one song and sit down again. Too cool for school I guess. Plus in full LA fashion, virtually none of our guests showed up. I really want to like LA. Next time I motion we play in Silverlake instead of Hollywood.
In defiance of LA not seeming to care so much this time, I am posting several pictures of our live show that were taken by Gavin of Wooden Sky during our recent show in Edmonton. Thanks G !
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