Notes From Das Boot 15
April, 4, 2001 Buffalo
Tomorrow we’re playing Shredd & Ragan’s 7th Anniversary Concert. I’m guessing that “Shredd & Ragan” are Buffalo’s answer to Opie & Anthony, or Siskel and Ebert, or Will & Grace, I’m not really sure. I do know that were on after something called the “Erotic Price is Right”
Potsdam 6/22/04
Besides all the other bullshit of touring, there’s one part that gets overlooked. Stocking the bus with supplies from the show rider (food and drinks, etc from the dressing room). It seems like an old video game. The crew has to get the supplies to the bus, from the dressing room. It sounds easy until you take into account. A) Too Much; you can’t take too much to the bus because you’ll run out of supplies in the dressing room during the day and the band will complain. B) Too Early; If you take supplies to the bus too early, the bus drivers will have at it. They are like locusts and it’s unpopular to speak out against them. As they essentially run the bus, and live off of what’s brought on, it’s kind of a touchy subject. It’s wiser to wait until they go to sleep (which they do early-ish because they start to drive late at night). C) Too Late; If you leave too much in the dressing room after the show it gets devoured by what the English call “Liggers” (a word which I’m pretty sure has racist origins), or you can call these people, hangers on, thieving scumbags, take your pick. These after show ghouls drink and eat everything in sight and if they can’t see it they’ll ask for it. If it’s in the dressing room after the show, you can pretty much kiss it goodbye
