Los Angeles:
VIFX Party

I woke up as we were pulling up to downtown Los Angeles, which is where the first of three Los Angeles shows was... We got to the venue, a warehouse that was rented specifically for the party that was gutted, and rebuilt.... I guess it was cool... no lunch provided.... .no local crew... I had to do it all myself....(grumbles) After sitting around for 5 hours or so, I finally set my stuff up, griping the whole time, since this party was about VIFX, not Gusgus.... Marko explained to me that this show could help my career more than it could help GusGus' career, neither of which were really affected... When I finished, I took a bath in the sink of the room provided for us..... (the hotel was an hour away...) The 'house' lighting guy and I sat around and BS'ed all night, eating sushi, and commenting on all the people walking by, even while Gusgus was on... So,after putting on a lighting clinic for the guy, he asked me how I put up with all the bullshit they gave me about lighting levels, and washing out the video..... He said he would have bailed a long time ago.. I would have, too, except for the fact that if you want to work in this business, you DON'T bail on Mark O'Shea.... As the house lighting guy and I were sitting around eating sushi, these guys came up to me, asking for my autograph...... After giving them strange looks and wondering why, they asked me if my name was Colin...... I said, 'No"...... they then explained that there's a dude named Colin on cable access tv who looks like he could be my twin brother...... He makes his living interviewing porn stars.... I kinda pulled my hair back to change my appearance a little, and they said I looked even more like him..... I leaned over to this girl sitting next to me who was wondering what was going on and told her the story...... she said she came here with those guys, and that maybe she ought to pick her friends a little better.... (laughs) So, after the show, as we were tearing down the stuff, we made a brilliant discovery.... Disco Balls ARE NOT filled with toxic waste..... that's bowling balls.... How did we find this out, you may be asking? Well......... Our mirror ball decided to take a dive as Marko was pulling it down....... It fell inches from Jan Stuggi's face, attempting to murder him..... He must have seen his life flash before his eyes AT LEAST 500 times as the mirror ball went by...(laughs)... So, after this little incident, we packed the rest of our stuff and headed for the Teddy Roosevelt Hotel, our headquarters for the rest of the tour..... .

Technically speaking

The Pearl took a spike in San Fran, so I couldn't add on the extra I-Beams the house had.... Kinda pissed me off, but, oh well...