Sept. 18th/19th

By Michael Tension

First off Joey is an idiot. One for running us out of fuel 10 km outside of Lloydminster. And secondly for doing so under the advice of the negative Bastard. It wasn't really so bad. We got to be in Lloydminster after the bar closes on a Friday night. I assure you it is a site to see. We all agreed we had never seen so many drunk people (of all ages) collected in one place. We witnessed three drunken disputes involving the law in 5 minutes. Way better than tv!
Nobody in this place will pump propane after 10 pm. That's good because we all want to spend another 4 extra hours in the van before completing our trip to Saskatoon.
We were leaving Grand Prairie and making good time. We left town after a late hung over lunch with the promoters at this shitty Shark Club chain restaurant. I was still tight from the night before and can't remember any of it.
Here I'll back stroke my way through my alcoholic gray matter to the night now several sleepless nights ago. Back to the college bar. We did a sound check for this show. First and only of the tour, not that I care, just more fun than waiting. We were all in good spirits and looking forward to playing. There was an excitement in the air. Must be something left behind by Def Leppard who played in town the night before. Apparently it sold out immediately. Go figure. What has 9 arms and plays music?
Had a really great set. The kids didn't do a hell of a lot of moving, but they did pay attention and make a great deal of noise. Sold a bunch of merch and proceeded to drink the comp-beer. Hung out with some of the locals at a bar next to our hotel and the rest you already know. We had the next night off so things were more out of hand then usual.