road trip day two

[emchy]

we got all the way up to portland yesterday. rolled out of SF by 10am (that's freeway hitting time) and into portland around 9:30 - not bad. we stopped for a proper lunch and the rest was just straight on through with stops for gas and bladder emptying. it's fucking weird to not be the main driver. man i get fidgety. what do i do? what do i do? fidget fidget fuss fuss. apparently i take many cell phone pics. this one was fun.



i m a little worried about getting all the way from seattle to sf on sunday - esp since i have a [data embargo] at 8am on monday that ican't miss. but i am sure we'll figure it out.

once we got into portland we met up with some friends of friends and had a grand old time. it's apparently shocking to think of dave lombardo as primarily the drummer of fantomas. heh.  a zillion years with slayer - but he really only (to me) started pushing his talent once he was in a jazz combo. then again - i see jazz in everything. every song has the history of its influences in it. it just makes it better. whee.

so we got food - went to a bar modelled after the one in blue velvet, then to a bar with logs for walls, and then we helped one of the portland friends pop her strip club cherry. it was a nice enough strip club. i kinda just sat back and talked music with folks. was good.

now i really should get in the shower so that we can get to seattle early enough to rest up and get sane before the show.
i miss you sf.

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[ilipodscrill.livejournal.com]

i just love how bitchy you look in that photo. it flatters you. speaking of jazz, are you familiar with the Art Ensemble of Chicago? they've been a band since 1969 or 70, and i had the privelege to see them twice at the Jack London square Yoshi's(or possibly the first time was before Yoshi's moved to the square. one of the best live shows i've ever seen. the 2nd time it was all the guys in their 70's but one had died so they had this 20-something sax player who just fit right in. i always look for them on jazzfest schedules but i fear they may be too old to ever tour again. btw, still have a prezzie 4 u :)