12/25-26/07
So the clusterfuck begins...

So we get to the shop about a half an hour late. We gut the van, ram every piece of luggage we have in the back behind the bench, and finally roll out around 9:30. After a brief gas stop and a run in with a former hardcore slut, the accompanying story of a certain van-mate finger-blasting her, routine pissing, fountain drinks, and figuring out the money situation, we were off.

I wish I could explain the van setup and do it justice, but I'll try to do it amyway. We have a futon mattress with God-knows-how-many sleeping bags/blankets on it, flannel sheets, and fleece blankets on the bench seat in the back. There is about a foot and a half gap between the bags in the back and the ceiling. That was my bed for the night - the cubby hole (or the loft as it later became known). One person laid on the bench and everyone else was driving or asleep on the futon mattress.

I woke up at 6AM when we stopped for gas in Richmond and woke up for gas and a piss break at 8AM in downtown DC. Muffins and hot chocolate from WaWa for breakfast. I got to see the capital building from a distance. cool. Every state we drive through, we listen to a band from that state. Andrew waved at a box truck in new jersey and the dude called us faggots.

Everyone got real excited to see new york at 10AM. Quotes of the trip thus far include: "We have driven 20 hours to play a fucking show," "I'm going to cut off your shylock nose and stick it up your nigger-loving ass," and everyone yelling matts name for no reason. Lots of sleeping, driver changes, peeing in bottles, taint wiping, and littering.

GOOD: NYC, good dudes, lots of laughs, we're still alive, farting

BAD: traffic, public restrooms, not having played yet, driving 20 fucking hours, tolls, cops, farting

SHOW RECAP:
350 Kids, insane Have Heart and DTN sets. Stage dives non-stop. Hard mosh. Foundation records look awesome as a motherfucker. Alexxx got his eye busted on the last DTN song of the night. Figures...

On our way to B-Rolls house for the night. Staying with DTN and the Boston hardcore all-stars. Actually, Matt and I are sleeping in the van.

Sweet Pete from In My Eyes is nearly 40 years old and definately moshed and stage-dived for Have Heart.