The LBC

So we take off for our final 5 hour drive to the City they call Long Beach. Fairly uneventful, though we did stop to get some Alien Jerky, which was highly lauded, but I just wasn't that impressed. Today's playlist included: Roy Buchanan, Laika and the Cosmonauts, Buck Owens, Rodney Dangerfield (live '80), Los Twang! Marvels, and Goggle-A.

Being on tour blurs the days during the hours of 9am and 6pm. With most of it in a car and the rest in a hotel room staring blankly at the idiot box or Steve's MacBook. We arrive at The Pike, tonight's venue, for a complementary dinner. We're greeted by two lovely bartenders who graciously welcomed us into their establishment and told us they were really looking forward to seeing the show. Ok, that was completely the opposite of their attitude. Quite the characters. After the initial comedy routine that they should have shortened to two minutes, they finally seat us for dinner. And for pub grub, the food is pretty good.

We hit the stage around 10 and were glad to see some familiar faces (BigTikiDude, Baja Marty, Tiki Tena). We played two fairly lengthy sets and hit the kill switch around 12:30. All in all a pretty good show, though we had to keep the volume down a bit, which is always challenging, but no big deal. Tonight's a short night for us as we're all a little sleep deprived, so we head back to the circular Holiday Inn and call it a night. Next stop: The Huntington Beach Surf Museum.