how to travel to an AAFTB show outside of the City
In case anyone ever accuses us of selling out, how many bands do you know who have taken a tandem bike to the ferry building, a ferry to vallejo, and then packed into a ford taurus to go to a show 45 minutes away? one.
that's how aaftb travels these days. so, if you are considering buying PROCESSION, please do it sooner than later, so we can buy our biodiesel van ASAP.
anyway, we played a salon in NAPA that doubles as an art gallery and show space in NAPA this weekend, it was awesome. the other bands were nice. the crowd came very early and stayed very late. mark rode another tandem bike after the show with an old aaftb fan/friend. lani, our bass player's wife, gave haircuts to the touring band from Texas at 1am. and we got to bed by two thirty or so.
we woke up on saturday. picked up our rental van. received a copmplimentary meal at a 5 star restaurant in napa, THANK YOU TONY!??! and then got on the road to Reno.
this was our second trip to Reno. our man Ryan from Real Eyes hooked us up. Thank you RYAN. He saw us the first time we were in Reno and made everything happen the second time. When we got to Reno, we remembered why it is such a unique and strange place: because you can't play without being in the shadow of a casino or a strip club.
the show went well. small stage meant that we were closer to maiming each other than usual. real eyes played a nice set and then Reno became Reno again. crazy on the inside. breaktaking on the outside (the drive up and out is ridiculously beautiful.)
we got back into SF at 445 am sunday morning. listened to the rapture, mewithoutyou, and neutral milk hotel to stay awake. another memorable and awesome trip.
thank you BLOOM Salon, Ryan from Real Eyes, TONY and Brix, and Jess from the Make Self Machine among others for making the weekend smooth and fun. and thank you to EVERYONE who came out to see us and the other bands we played with.
look for more dates outside of SF soon.
thank you.
aaftb
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