Here's our midwest tour diary. Granted it was only a week long and we only played two shows, it was still rad:
7/5/99 - So everyone gets to Jer's house and begins the funny escapade of packing up "Cassie", our van. Carl of course has brought this immaculate suitcase which of course is huge, but remarkably easy to fold up and compact, making our lives easier. At around 10:30 a.m we decide that it's almost time to go. We have everything packed up and in the van. The radio has fresh batteries and the cooler is full! So for the next two hours we sit around like idiots trying to leave but everyone forgets shit or has to piss so at around 12:00 we actually turn Cassie on and start driving. Ten minutes later we're at Jiffy Lube getting the oil done. I decided to get the Air Conditioning recharged for $80 but they found out that the compressor was broken so guess what? No AC. Hottest day of the summer so far and no AC. GREAT!!! So we leave at 1:00 p.m with the intention of getting to Wilkes Barre in PA. We acutally made it farther than expected and we stopped in Brooksville. It being so hot we treated our selves to a hotel room. $60 slip 5 ways turned out to be a really good way to go. Six Ways exclusively uses Days Inn! We used the pool and found out that in Pennsylvanyia, they grow the women large. Well, at least at the Days Inn. Then we slept.
7/6/99 - We drove all day long through PA and most of Ohio. I saw Carls balls cause he decided to show everyone. I don't even know. We stopped in Sandusky Ohio right on lake Erie. We eventually made it to the Sandusky mall where we had lunch and subsequently dinner. We also took in a film. Summer of Sam. Not too bad for spike lee. Anyway, we ate at Pizza Hut and it was good, then we decided to go to bed. We found a camp ground and it was rad cause the camp was right on the lake so we slept out on the beach and it was pretty cool. They have a big may fly problem though and Cassie was covered with them. Oh well.
7/7/99 - We woke up with the sun on lake Erie. I put a fake tattoo of a spider web on my hand so I could be more "badass". Carl urinated in public, i broke a cart, Nick threw me in Lake Erie, and Jer bought these things called Jalepeanuts. GROSSSSSS! We drove all day into Indianna and stopped in Merrilville at another Days Inn cause we ended up getting a little extra money. More pool play and lots more nudity. We all spent time in the buff. I was taken advantage of by Carl and his wandering camera while I was showering. Nick mooned me and then got his shorts pulled down by carl. Funny! Sleeping next to carl sucks worse than anything. We ended driving to Chicago and had a wonderful time in the windy city. Incidently, it wasn't windy. We swam in Lake Michigan and it was super cool. The water was great and I've never been in a body of water that large that wasn't salty. I burned my feet on the pavement and had blisters. Actual blisters on my feet. Anyway, we went to eat at a small Mexican joint and then went to a used cd store. Pretty cool. We couldn't find a good parking space though so we left Chicago. We drove back to Merrilville to spend the night. Good times, whitecastle burgers are the nastiest things around. They're an 1/8" thick!!!!!! what's with that? Slept.
7/8/99 - Left Merrilville bound for Valparaiso. We made excellent time and we ended up in Valpo at around 3:00 p.m ( show starting at 8:00) We hung around the town a little bit and shot the shit with the locals. Some of them have actually heard of us so that blew my mind. We ate grinders at this rad little Italian shop. Yummy. After that we went to the show at the Night Owl. No PA. GREAT. The kids were running around getting PA equipment together. I guess it sounded ok. Anyway, the Pocket Knife Gang played before us and they were really cool. People and music that is. Good vibe. We rocked out for like 35 minutes then the fun was over. This chick who must have been a heroin addict wanted us to give her a ride to NYC. She said "I need to get the fuck out of Valpo 'cause the cops in these parts don't forget shit." Yeah lady, just jump in our van. Needless to say she stayed in Valpo. Slept.
7/9/99 - Went all the way to Rockford Illinois for a show at the Dodge Lanes. Prior to the show we stopped at an absolutely huge movie theater and saw the Matrix. It was pretty good. We left the theater and went to the show. Ate some really shitty Chinese food and then played. Played with Tinorretto, The Apology Note, Darling, and Dress Rehearsal. Darling was neat and Apology note was really young but good. That was all for us. We got in the van at midnight in Rockford Illinois and drove 18 hours home non stop. It was pretty grueling but what are you gonna do. People need to get back for work and shit. Anyway, i bought beef jerky in NY and then we were home. Great time, good people, do it again? yes please.