Subj: Bus Ride to Bent #24 Date: 94-08-12 01:23:14 EDT From: L7s
#24 Bus Ride to Bent (July 30, Pittsburgh, Pa)
We played the show, we watched the Bad Seeds, and then we got the heck out of there and headed for Philly.
We ended up kid-napping Nick, James, and Marty of the Bad Seeds. We all sat in the back lounge of our bus with guitars, singing whichever songs we could remember at least some of the words to. Eventually, the guitars got put away, and we started grooving to Suzi’s Wilson Pickett tape. It was when Dee threw on her new “Best of Tom Jones” and “It’s Not Unusual” came on that the shit hit the fan! All ten people in the room started going off, creating a full disco cyclone. I’m talkin’ Dancing- Falling- Getting Up and Dancing some more, all in a room that measures 8’x10′, swaying back and forth down the highway at top speeds. Drinks spilled, food spilled, people spilled. At one point, Donita and Dee got lifted and passed back and forth. I had to sit out a few and hide my foot from the mayhem.
We got into Philly early. Double O rallied the troops into the lobby, then into a cab and off to Kyber Pass (which claims to be one of Philadelphia’s oldest pubs and also one of the places we play now and then). Brubacker was already there. This is his hometown, and he seems very much in his element. It was a sorta dorky, collegiate night. Donita and I watched the band, avoided the clientele, and did whatever it is people do until closing time. When the bartender yelled last call, she, Dav Rat, Brubaker, and I took it back to Brubaker’s house to check out “Bru World”. We hung out there, looking through his vintage country music collection, until about 4 am.
We left Brubacker and his dog Wolfie and headed back to the hotel. I got into my room in time for the start of Orson Welles’ movie, “The Stranger”. I called Dee up to tell her (she likes old movies), and instead I got invited to her room, where a party was going on, attended by those who did not go to Kyber Pass. I screened the movie to continue the party that started on the bus eleven hours prior. When that scene started to fizzle out, Prudence (the Bad Seeds assistant) suggested we find an all-night dinner. Actually, we didn’t need an all-night dinner since it was already light by then. So that’s how Prudence and I spent the rest of the morning. I think I finally fell asleep at 9 am. -finch
Subj: Donuts for All My Friends #25 Date: 94-08-12 01:31:46 EDT From: L7s
