The next day we got up early to get breakfast and headed down to Mission to meet up with Evens brother, that nice fella, Stian. We got some nice Mexican food and went treasure hunting in the many pawnshops in the area. And sure enough we found a Fender Bassman 1970s head, in great condition, for the price of only 4000 NOK and some neat guitars. But with a car already full of stuff, we had to leave at Mission Thrift Store. We also found a record store that had our friends in The Low Frequency in Stereo’s newest album on their monthly-recommended albums stand. Sweet!
Downtown shopping was next in line. At the Apple store a grinning Rolf Bought himself a new iPod Touch, kind of made of for the bassman Rolf? Not really.... Even and Simon decided to get back to the hotel to do some work and relax while Ruben and Rolf roamed around San Francisco as bonafide tourists. In the evening we met up to have dinner and went out and have a couple of beers with Stian before going back to the hotel.
The Harlot
The next day was gig day. But of course it would be ridiculous for a rock band to leave San Francisco without visiting the legendary Haight Ashbury.
We got up early to take our time there and to spend as much money as possible in all the thrift, vintage clothing and record stores we could come by. We could have stayed there for a week but eventually we had to get to the venue. Nice people, nice venue, but to be honest... this was not our best gig. We got to hang out with some cool people, some more family time for Even, but that’s pretty much it. You win some and you loose some. A lot of technical problems and some frustrated guys... yeah. Punky, noisy, but nothing to be bragging about.
3 of Clubs, Last show on tour
Another day, another gig, and what a gig it was!
Driving back from San Fran we decided to bring all our frustration out, in a good way, at our second Hollywood show. The 3 of Clubs was more our type of venue. Dark, more rocky and people really into music, listening, appreciating, giving a good interaction between the stage and the crowd, ending up with our best show of the entire tour! A perfect ending! Hopefully our next time in California we’ll bring more shows liker this one.
Before we head home, we’re finishing up Captcha (working title) with Nick and Michael. It’s really starting to sound good. Can’t wait to put the finishing touch on it. We’ll have to wait for a mix though, but we’re sure that the guys will do a great job with us Norwegians hanging over their shoulder!
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