thursday

thursday morning i went to kinkos to make films, then went to TBM and met up with sara. we made some plans, got to coating four screens for our first try, and sara set to reclaiming and/or cleaning the rest of the screens which have become a bit dusty during the rehabbing.

in hooking the power sprayer back up, i found that i had broken it (finally) after 9 years of working great. so long, old friend!

off to the store to get a new power sprayer and a whole pile of odds & ends: extra halogen bulbs for the exposure unit, new vents which we can close for the ductwork in the print area, spray nozzle for the hose, etc.

moved a bunch more crap around, posted a couple tables on craigslist.

we burned a screen, and got it right the first time. set up the press, and printed the credits page for the mistakes books. assembled the last signature for the books, and sent them off to urbana for binding.

i took off and went to the dianogah practice space,, where i met up with the guys, and john. we found out that there's a delay in the impending construction, so we don't *have* to be out this weekend. i think we're all agreed we should go anyway.

loaded out, mostly into john's van, and loaded into the hideout, while andrew was soundchecking. katie and tim bought us falafel lunches. amazingly good.

we spent a good amount of time soundchecking, both with andrew and alone, and were pretty comfortable. i went upstairs with my bass and kip's ipod to learn 'don't be scared', a handsome family cover that andrew had decided to include in the set, and 'spare-ohs'.

tonight's show was a benefit for obama's campaign. tickets were $100, and sold out last week.

we started at 8:30, and played fine. sorry, i don't feel like being too descriptive here. andrew and stephanie joined us for four or five songs, and all went fine. both times we played 'a breaks b' (including soundcheck) tonight were pretty much the best live versions we've done yet. we kept it short, and let andrew come on asap.

andrew played great, as always. he had nora up for three songs, then had us come up. jason messed a couple things up, but confidently, so it looked like he was being creative. i only had a few lapses, hopefully they weren't glaring.

so tired by the end of the night. we loaded out in the blowing snowstorm. i drove eric selz home, then went to kip's to load in to his basement. andrew called at 1am, when i was almost home, to see if i wanted pancakes, which i would have loved. too late.

into the bed.