Day 5
A good majority of the time on this trip I find myself being the first to wake, this morning being the earliest at sometime around 6am. I walked into the Wal-Mart to stretch my legs out and try to get in a good mind set for the evening. Once everyone awoke we drove over to the auto shop they have and checked in to get an oil change. This left for more time to just aimlessly wonder about the Wal-Mart stores, which are becoming our 2nd home. Matt was out side playing guitar when Tyler and I joined him. Matt was teaching Tyler how to play Gunpowder when some of the shop workers walked over. They wanted to hear Matt play something, he froze so I suggested he play Gunpowder, then the tips came rolling in. The group was growing as the song carried and after they even bought a cd. One of them got Adam’s number and texted him saying he was going to draw up their next album cover.
It was then time for driving, & it was a calm drive. I don’t remember if I slept of what but it seemed to be really short. When we arrived at the venue the temperature dropped drastically. The Venue was called ‘Art Ambush’ it was a Hybrid between a tattoo shop and a venue, and was one of the coolest venues I’ve ever been too. Everyone that worked their was extremely nice and accommodating, I even got paid tonight. I was talking with some of the locals and this is the only venue in their area, they are really appreciative of it. Their was an opener called ’Cute as a Button’ and even though they were a dueling hardcore band, I actually enjoyed them. I could pick up influences from Fear Before, The Number 12 looks like you, and The Jonbenet. They had a pretty good size following as well. But none were as loyal as the dman shows.
Their were numerous fans who brought Dman goodies on this Valentines evening. They received a batch of brownie cupcakes, sugar cookies, and a heart shaped cookie cake with a sentimental note iced on top. This was the most people I have seen singing along to dman, and one kid actually drove from Tampa to Waco for the show. Some other kids also came from Houston as well. They had a really good set, besides Nic breaking the head on his snare.
Foxy didn’t do anything too out of the ordinary for them this evening, besides the accidentally now intentionally adopted move that Loruen does. He was trying to figure out what was wrong with his cab, and I guess got frustrated and just knocked it over and started dancing on top of it I believe at Java Jazz, and he did it again at Art Ambush at the end of their set.
The tattoo shop was then explored. I walked in to find Michael sitting in the piercing chair with 2 women glaring at him with gloves on. I didn’t know you could do it, but he was getting his ears re-gauged. He said he had 7/16th’s before and let them close up. He got all balled up before she was about to gauge them, so I offered my hand to comfort him. He stuck out his pinky and then the pain began. It was cute. A member from dman also got a little something done, but he wants to keep it a surprise so sorry.
There were some crazy fans that insisted on just hanging around and just be loud and obnoxious. They kept insisting that we join them at ihop but, we weren’t game. The night was closed out with high spirits of a great show, that sold out as well. It was the best show of the tour and the nicest venue, accommodating to the nearly every need of the bands. The owner of the venue was a super nice guy as well. We had to drive from Waco, TX to Little Rock, AR for the show the following day and decided to get on the road that night. We drove until 4:30 am then stopped at truck stop. It was a sight to see our tour van and trailer park amongst the numerous semi trucks.
