Pictures and Stories from the land of touring.
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Pictures and Stories from the land of touring.
There comes a time when the dirt under your fingernails becomes as much a part of you as the nail itself, and when you notice that’s become the case, it’s time for a shower.
The bus’ engine rumbles beneath them as they hurtle down the nighttime highway in search of another destination, another sold-out arena, another truck-tip, another load-in, another day in the life of a roadie.
Today starts the madness of doing the 2-in-a-rows. This morning was the last time I’ll fell well-rested for a week or so, which is going to wreak havoc on my…
So I’ve spent the last week in NYC and DC, a fact that’s kept me super busy. That’s awesome, because it means I’ve gotten to see a bunch of people…
So, after ill-advised drinks in Brisbane last night, I slept my entire day away today, give or take. I mean, I walked about a little, but just sitting in the…
Boy, Howdy! Time flies when you’re living in the future! Has it really been forever, or just about that? Yes. Well, it’s been tiring, fun, and more than a little…
From the Unoriginal Title Department comes this, the latest installment of the unoriginal-titled epic series known as Clapboard. I’m leaving for Tokyo and points beyond, but I’ll be in touch…
Breaking the tradition of show-sleep-fly-eat-sleep-show-sleep-fly tradition a little bit, I went to see the big Jeezy on the top of the hill in Rio yesterday morning. The trip ended up…
Hello from Sao Paulo! Today’s my day off and I’m spending it not doing a damn thing. I’m burned out, A, and B, I have no idea what to do…
Hello again, this time from Lima, Peru! First time south of the Equator! Exciting! Drains spin backwards, the sun rises in the west and it’s springtime in late September. Okay…
Mexico City’s show was uneventful. We loaded in, I read a lot, then the show happened and we loaded out. Yesterday was an annoyingly full day of travel, as we…
Sitting in the 15-pass on the way here from the airport (here being the Presidente Intercontinental in Mexico City), I had all sorts of half-formed thoughts about wandering, about watching…
This is what it looks like from under the stage when I lift the little black fabric that covers the gap between the stage and the slightly-higher drum/guitar/bass riser under which I sit.
I wandered around London for a couple of hours today, crossing every bridge as I came to it (Tower, London, Southwark, Millennium), and also walked along the riverwalk quite a ways, too.
Here I am, back on Bon Jovi and back to not blogging. Silliness, I tell you, when I’m half a world away from home and trying to do new things…
Yesterday, I was too harsh on the trip thus far, and I intend to correct that this morning. First of all, I was in New York. New York is one…
What the hell, I can’t resist. Pros: Fitted Bottom Sheet Comfy reading chair Cons: A/C didn’t work mattress less comfy than average windows didn’t open no free WiFi Notes:Why is…
It’s occurred to me that I could do a pretty thorough series of hotel reviews while on this tour, and, while I’m not that interested in writing (or reading) reviews, I thought it might be a neat experiment to try it out at least once.
Well, here I am. I put my bike under the cover, I didn’t mow the lawn, and I set the sprinklers to go on occasionally, hopefully spurring the growth of…
As far as I can tell, Glendale, AZ is more of a strip mall than a town. I’m in a Renaissance of some sort, and man, what a disaster. I…
So tomorrow morning I leave the hotel at 6am to make an 8:15 flight. Fun times. Okay, not fun times, but at least the destination is fun times, in theory. …
I’m going to be there tomorrow morning, and it doesn’t look like I’ll be too busy on Friday night. I’ll have to work a lot on Saturday, of course, but…