tour 3.09
Sunday, June 2 1996 Austin
Carol - it’s a hot hot hot day in Austin Texas. took a shower in in Jeff’s very dirty bathtub. today is a laundry day. we ate at Ruby’s BBQ. i had really yummy black bean tacos. after laundry we went swimming over at this girl Mary’s apt. she wasn’t home but it was so fuckin hot that we just snuck in and hit the pool and nobody bothered us. back to Jeff’s house. he hooked us up with some weed and left for 16 Deluxe practice.
Home alone we were watching TV and smoking pot when Jeff’s roommate Justin, who does posters for bands, showed up with a girl and they gave us weird vibes. so me, Matt & Roman walked over to Wheatville, a health food store to get something to eat. Zeph was gone forever on the phone. something told me that i should get a large black beans with brown rice and onion and salsa on top. it sucked. the funny thing was that the guy who served me at the deli was the same kid who was tripping last night at the party. both Matt & i didn’t even recognize him until Roman came over and started talking to the kid about last night. he was really embarrassed. back at Jeff’s house we didn’t know what to do. we didn’t want to stay there any longer but didn’t know where to go. luckily Zeph got in touch with that girl Mary. we went over there around midnight. she was packing when we got there. she’s moving out on Tuesday. i had a beer and fell asleep. i left my glasses over at Jeff’s. bummer!
Monday, June 3 1996 Texas
C - we left Mary’s house around 11am. the van is not well so we drive over to Espresso Lube for an oil change. they have a coffee shop next to their work area. what a concept! we ate at ruby’s again. then on to Fort Worth. the van is still fucked up. Matt stopped in Waco to get some coffee and the van wouldn’t move. we found Chuck’s Automotive Service and got totally ripped off. they were total asshole rednecks with no heart. first they charged us $65 for the fuel filter change, then $15 for driving Matt over to an ATM so we could pay them. the van was still not running well and the jerks went home after 6. we parked the van right outside chuck’s and just fucked around waiting for the van to run a little better. we walked over to Dairy Queen next to Chuck’s and spent more of the money that we don’t have and hung out there until 8pm. so we didn’t leave Waco for ft. worth till very late. I’m sure ft. worth will suck.
Zeph - We were supposed to play in Ft. Worth at a place called The Pig N’Whistle but the van was dying and it was definitely hot and dusty and it died just as we got to Waco. Some redneck mechanics ripped us off for about two hundred bucks and had us off their property by 5pm with the van running worse than ever. We limped it over to an enormous parking lot and sat there until the sun started going down. The van fixed itself and we go to Ft. Worth, get to town and the club won’t let us play because we’re late. Not for our set, but for when they were expecting us. We should have called. If we’d known what assholes they’d be we would’ve stayed in Austin.