Pizza Shoppe Omaha, tour kickoff

This was my second time playing in the Pizza Shoppe and Midwest Dilemma's umpteenth -- laying down in the back of the new old van, Liz says "too many to count". I'm a little late starting this blog, so I'm writing on the road to the Paradigm coffee shop in Sheboygan (our second road tour stop). I'm not sure what this blog will turn into, but all of it will be written from a passenger seat of the swaying, Kryptonite-secured trailor-towing, bought-from-my-parents, 1991 Ford Econoline van. AKA The Magnum. I hope everyone else in the band will give me some extra words. Lord knows they don't have anything else to do but fart and steer, and neither of those should interfere with their vocal abilities. And if they don't contribute I get to write whatever I want about all of our smelly road-worn selves. Lock your doors, America. Here comes Omaha.

Enough about the sweet joys of touring, I'll get there later.

The Pizza Shoppe was every bit as good as it was during the Mid American Music Festival. They always fill up, and there were lots of friends in the room. I was busy moving into my new house until the very last minute, so by the time I arrived and got settled, Anniversaire was on stage and we were next. I have to say, Anniversaire blew me away. Of the many talented bands I have heard from Omaha, they are my favorite. I haven't had a chance to listen to their CD yet, but I'm looking forward to it, and their next one even more -- I hope it will include my favorite instrument, their cello. Anniversaire has top notch talent and refinement, and I hope I get to hear a lot more from them.

After the show ground to a caffeinated halt at 1:30 AM I was supposed to go home and start (!) packing. That didn't happen. Instead I made a morning date to pick up Liz and fell asleep to outtakes from season 1 of The Office. See you tomorrow for the heart-pounding nerves of my first major tour... first extended road trip of any kind!