Albuquerque, The Clown

The experiences we have had in the past in this town make us think that we have done something wrong, to hurt our band Karma. We try and try to figure out what we have done wrong, but can’t think of anything, so we give up and try to list the problems we’ve had in […]

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Tucson

Edge City Laundry Today, before we left for Tucson, we did our laundry somewhere in the Edge City of Phoenix. (It was time; Howie had been recycling socks, and I hadn’t worn any underwear for about 3 days. Rick had even started re-wearing some of the 16 pairs of pants he carries around with him. […]

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Los Angeles

The Best Part About Los Angeles We are in Los Angeles still, and I have started remembering that my favorite thing about LA is the part when we leave. We have two more shows here and then we drive east. It’s not that I dislike LA, it is just too weird for me, and our […]

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San Francisco to Los Angeles

3:30am, ML’s (our manager) guest room. I cannot fall asleep, because I am waiting terrified for “The Big One.” I have never felt an earthquake before, but everytime I come to LA, I am primed for one. Los Angeles/ Death By Large Yellow Umbrella We are in Los Angeles, the “promised land,” finally. Today is […]

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Oregon-Cal Travel, Day Off

I-5 South, South of Eugene, Oregon Eugene, OR is even more beautiful when you don’t have to play there on a Sunday night This is one of the most beautiful areas of the country – dark green grass covered hills and fir tree covered mountains. We are about 2 hours north of Grants Pass which […]

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60 miles before the Canadian Border

Crossing the Canadian Border: Joe’s gonna get NABBED Travelling North on I-5 near Mount Vernon, WA We’re playing in Vancouver tonight, and now we’re getting ready to cross the border. Crossing the border is a scary experience for a band. First of all, it costs money; you have to pay around $250 to play in […]

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Seattle and No Peter Buck

Who’s playing tonight? Well, I’m sitting here on the floor of the Crocodile Cafe. People were walking by the club, trying to figure out what band was playing tonight – there is no indication on the windows that there is even a show tonight; no posters or anything. Let me clarify that; there are pictures […]

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En route to Portland

We returned from Europe with 1 day to rest and then headed up to Milwaukee Wisconsin to start our 6-week(?) (open-ended, we don’t know when it will stop!) tour, playing at Marquette University, in the cafeteria, where we’ve played a bunch of times with Soul Asylum. We were complete basketcases; I know we played with […]

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First Tour of Europe

FINALLY! We have been trying to tour Europe for about 5 years now. There are bands who have gotten over here with only a demo tape, but for one reason or another ($$), every planned European tour we’ve had has fallen through. It’s a constant source of frustration for us. It’s terribly expensive to tour […]

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