December 06th - 2003
SPOUT - THE STAGESTOP
Memphis, TN

Lounging around Memphis all day (from having a show there the night before) can be fun, chaotic, spontaneous, interesting, and much more.  I ended up spending alot of time in this record store I found by chance that had a lot of old 45's I could put in my jukebox back home.  I bought one of Queen. 

We chilled by the Mississippi river all day taking a shit load of funny pictures.   Followed by a group of kick ass spout fans from Nashville who drove to Memphis (one of them celebrating their birthday), it was time to meet up at the club for soundcheck.

It turns out we have major time to kill, so we go on an hour or so adventure in a certain direction to find an Applebee's which turned out to be only 10 minutes in the opposite direction from which we started.  Can you say, U-TURN?
We broke the word record of U-turns this day.  Somebody check on that.

The show was fun.  Brandon (first time ever) broke a string in the middle of the show just as the crowd was at its peak.  So we started an improv country song - mocking the fact that we're from Nashville and are there to bring the rock.
Then, it turned into fully distorted rockin' version of the Jerry Lee Lewis classic "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On".
The place is jumpin', I tell ya.

I enjoy technical mishaps now because they force you to spark something unexpected and new out of you each time.

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