Road to ruin

A couple months ago, my friend Naomi asked if I'd want to help sell merch at her show in L.A. Of course. Not much later, she asked, "What about S.F?"

I've made a lot of good friends by having bands stay at my house in the past, and have always wanted to try it myself. Cometbus is a factor,too. But lack of musical talent (and no effort) has gotten in the way. Here was a chance to do it before I get too old.

For the West Coast part of their tour, I'm going to be hawking T-shirts, CDs, and whatever else for Damon & Namoi and Boris with Kurihara playing guitar for both sets. All three points of the triangle have been featured in separate articles in our magazine, so this might be as close to a Giant Robot tour as you're ever going to see. And I'll get to be part of it for a week.

I start on Tuesday, and nothing is confirmed as far as where we're staying, when we're driving, or anything. I was simply told to bring earplugs (and maybe some GR stuff) and am ready to go with the flow.

Maybe I'll see some of you at one of the shows? Bellingham, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles. It would be cool if some of you came out to say hi.