Tour Diary: Part 6

Good morning from snowy Boston where we're parked outside the venue we're no longer playing at... We're moving from The Royale to the Sinclair... a better room I'm told. Here'd the headline: I have a cold!! It started in Pittsburgh, I was feeling really run down then in the night, woke up with a tightness in the chest and a cough... By Philadelphia I was feeling it and trudged through the set, which was full of surprises: Pat Finnerty came up and jammed with us on a few tunes, and then Kurt Vile joined us for Siren of Titan... We've been covering George Harrison's Wah- Wah every night and someone on the bus, maybe josh had the great idea to put up the Wawa logo on the screen every time we sung the chorus! It was very funny!

had after the show I said a few hellos to the packed green room and quietly ducked out to the bus where I went right to sleep. We arrived in Brooklyn in the morning and I didn't leave the bus all day. I got some Pho delivered to the bus... a dangerous new innovation. Snow was coming and I was feeling stressed about the big new york show and was right in the middle of the cold cycle. But I managed to get myself right for the show after resting all day and I think gave one of my better performances of the tour. Adrenaline is quite a powerful drug and it got me through the night. Kyle Mooney had such a good time on the west coast shows, he joined us for a reprise of his bit, which was hilarious as ever...

I was feeling good after the show and spent some time with some friends who came to the show... James Austin Johnson among them. our own Sarah Sherman was there and I called her out towards the end of the show, but she'd left already, panicked over the snowfall starting to envelope the city. At the same time, Eric and our commercial company were at the DGA Awards and I was waiting to hear from them if we won Best Directors for the Cerave commercial... alas we lost... I took a swig on NyQuil and passed out. I woke up at 4am and was up sniffling and coughing for a few hours before konking again and now I've got a NyQuil hangover.

The shows have been fun, with Cleveland and Pittsburgh taking top spots so far... and everyone is having a good time, and enjoying each other's company, but the cold weather is taking a toll on us... A night off - where we're watch the birds vs the chiefs somewhere... Go birds obviously... Then boston tomorrow (please take note of the venue change...) and finally then heading south. I need you, "the south" I need some Vitamin D badly.

OK, back to doing nothing. p&l - t