6.12.08

Day 6,

i'm pretty amazed that i've made it this far without getting too lazy to keep this thing going. hope you are enjoying my nonsense ramblings and type-os.

yesterday was Netherlands, today we drove to Belgium to an awesome city called Gent. we said our goodbyes to Tiny Martin and headed off to Gent, soundtracked by Biggie and the Bad Boy family, Outkast, 2pac, and Doc-Dre himself. again, a short ass ride...i think this one was only like 1-2 hours. killing it.

we got in the city super early and decided to kill some time walking around, getting food, and checking out the town. it started raining today which was a bit of a bummer, but that didn't stop Boss from taking off his shorts or sandals...


...i told you. B.A.

anyways, we quickly realized that this was a super hip college-town (which is not a bad thing). on our walk, we hit up a few "hip fashion urban" stores (you know, like the type of stores that SF invented. booya!) and Juan and Wes were stoked to find a copy of the current Vice issue. most of the mag is in German or something, but nevertheless, i'm sure it is going to be in our van for the rest of the tour and i'll prob open and "read" it a good 100 times before this tour is over.

everyone was super nice in this town, including the "official-Gent-red-bull-girls" (or so i named them)...


...they gave us free red bulls. we told them we were from San Francisco. i think they were vibing that. word? ...word.

so we walked around some more, went to a skateshop and some rando mall, we found their city's library and i was gonna go in there to talk library-talk with them but realized that i HATE my job.......

(hah. jk. jk. love it).

we did find probably the coolest invention ever invented though!!! check it out...


...outdoor, public urinals!!! AMAZING!!! (take note United States: these things should be a requirement for every sketchy park in SF). my favorite part about these are the fact that they coulda' made the walls just like 1-2 feet taller, but nooooo, it's way better of an idea to see the face of whatever weirdo-ass dude is taking a piss out in the open street. hah. (just dont look into his eyes while he's doing his business or he'll prob steal your soul).

so back to the van we went and off to the show. this show was also gonna be a good one cause we were playing with Aussitot Mort (way siq band from France. fuckin ex Amanda Woodward and shit) and Off Minor (siq dudes from NYC). so yeah, we were very much looking forward to that. both bands arrived around the same time, hugs and handshakes were given and it was all good. just u no, bro-in' down n' shit. it was rad cause Off Minor's driver was this dude named Liam who we knew. he rules and plays in this band called My Disco. and he's from Australia, so that makes him extra siq.

at the venue we found our first Dead To Me gift left behind by our hommies when they were here last month. it was all like "DTM + Comadre". what sweethearts. now if only they'd actually be "punk" like their myspace headline says and actually play shows we ask them to play with us ;)

hah. just s-talking left and right. i feel like Lil' Wayne. love those dudes, really though. so does Wes...


so anyways, the show went awesome, here's some pics...

Aussitot Mort



Off Minor



after the show, we went to our buddy Valentine's fat place/loft house thing. so fuckin cool. it was big as shit, at the top of this building, full of awesomely nice kids, and had tons of room for us and the Aussitot Mort kids to sleep in. before any of the festivities went down, we went to a nearby market, i bought a 5 Euro bottle-o-crap wine and a bag of chips...needless to say, i was ready to party. so we went back to the house and hung out with all the kids (some who we knew from last year). Boss really got into poker recently, so me, him, a few of the Aussitot Mort guys, and a bottle of whiskey all sat down to play...


...i lost (at poker) pretty early. but by the time i was out of the game, trust me, with an empty bottle of wine at hand, i felt like a fuckin winner.

after that was sleep time. a few glasses of water and a few tums (my saviour) and it was off to bed on a hammock thing i found.

siq shit:
1. dude telling us that if tonight's show didn't draw well, that the venue would have to stop putting on these "types of shows"...then us looking at each other with concerned faces and saying "holy shit, it is up to us, Aussitot Mort, and Off Minor to save screamo".
2. the amount of times the word "skram" or "skramz" came up.
3. those kids' amazing living space that we hung out and slept at.
4. fries with curry-ketchup
5. cities with water ways...